ERP Contract Job Trends

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 94 95
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 +16
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,802 761 1,000
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 2.61% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 2.87% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 469 626
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £438 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 23 30
10th Percentile £17.69 £52.75 £13.05
25th Percentile £30.26 £65.63 £17.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £87.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -37.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

ERP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,694 26,498 36,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.34% 91.04% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,533 17,004 23,615
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,106 2,441
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.50 £59.98 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ERP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ERP job vacancy trend in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ERP

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +40 1,522 £540 +1.17% 585
UK excluding London +41 919 £525 +3.96% 487
London +43 654 £550 -0.45% 176
Work from Home +52 548 £550 - 276
South East +11 232 £550 - 124
North of England +31 209 £500 +8.11% 112
Midlands +15 173 £525 +5.00% 109
South West +27 123 £523 +4.50% 63
North West +33 109 £500 +2.25% 58
West Midlands -3 103 £525 +5.00% 55
East of England +19 99 £563 -4.26% 49
Yorkshire +6 86 £583 +45.63% 42
East Midlands +10 66 £525 +10.53% 52
Scotland +15 46 £531 +4.89% 19
Wales +15 25 £475 - 3
Northern Ireland +13 16 £475 +18.75% 24
North East -20 14 £500 -6.98% 15
Channel Islands - 2 - -

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.94%) Confluence
3 16 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 14 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.28%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.28%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.22%) Apache
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.17%) CMS
8 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.055%) Documentum
10 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 87 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 22 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 282 (15.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 124 (6.88%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.39%) SAP ERP
4 56 (3.11%) Oracle EBS
5 44 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
6 42 (2.33%) NetSuite
7 36 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 34 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
9 31 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 17 (0.94%) Shopify
12 16 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.89%) Unit4 Business World
13 15 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
14 12 (0.67%) SAP FI
14 12 (0.67%) Teamcenter
14 12 (0.67%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.61%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 222 (12.32%) Azure
2 195 (10.82%) Dynamics 365
3 155 (8.60%) OCI
4 144 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 93 (5.16%) SaaS
6 65 (3.61%) AWS
7 52 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (2.72%) PaaS
9 31 (1.72%) Boomi
10 29 (1.61%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.61%) PowerApps
11 28 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
12 26 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.00%) GCP
13 18 (1.00%) IaaS
14 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
14 17 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (0.89%) GitHub
16 15 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.055%) DHCP
4 1 (0.055%) DMZ
4 1 (0.055%) DNS
4 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.055%) Modbus
4 1 (0.055%) MQTT
4 1 (0.055%) RFID
4 1 (0.055%) SMS
4 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
4 1 (0.055%) VPN
4 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.055%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (5.72%) Power BI
2 60 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 51 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
6 20 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 20 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.05%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.67%) Metadata
9 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.61%) Tableau
10 9 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.39%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.22%) GIS
15 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 103 (5.72%) JIRA
2 30 (1.66%) Git
3 29 (1.61%) Postman
4 21 (1.17%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.28%) GitLab
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 1 (0.055%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.055%) TestRail
11 1 (0.055%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 920 (51.05%) Finance
2 491 (27.25%) Social Skills
3 237 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (9.10%) Manufacturing
5 121 (6.71%) Public Sector
6 85 (4.72%) Retail
7 67 (3.72%) Legal
8 59 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.83%) Local Government
10 49 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
11 48 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 47 (2.61%) General Ledger
13 46 (2.55%) Law
14 35 (1.94%) Banking
15 32 (1.78%) Billing
15 32 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.17%) Military
16 21 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 292 (16.20%) Lead
2 267 (14.82%) Architect
3 238 (13.21%) Consultant
4 213 (11.82%) Analyst
5 180 (9.99%) Project Manager
6 157 (8.71%) Senior
7 130 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
8 108 (5.99%) Business Analyst
9 89 (4.94%) Developer
10 84 (4.66%) ERP Manager
11 60 (3.33%) Accountant
12 53 (2.94%) SAP Consultant
13 51 (2.83%) Financial Analyst
13 51 (2.83%) Implementation Consultant
13 51 (2.83%) Oracle Consultant
13 51 (2.83%) Senior Manager
14 47 (2.61%) SAP Manager
15 45 (2.50%) Systems Accountant
16 44 (2.44%) Programme Manager
17 40 (2.22%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (11.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 101 (5.60%) REST
3 84 (4.66%) Middleware
4 60 (3.33%) SOAP
5 50 (2.77%) JSON
6 48 (2.66%) XML
7 33 (1.83%) Web Services
8 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 22 (1.22%) XSLT
10 21 (1.17%) .NET
11 18 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
12 15 (0.83%) JWT
12 15 (0.83%) Node.js
13 14 (0.78%) EDI
13 14 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.55%) HTML
14 10 (0.55%) PySpark
14 10 (0.55%) RESTful
15 8 (0.44%) Kafka
15 8 (0.44%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.55%) Legacy Systems
2 61 (3.39%) Data Structures
3 42 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.28%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.28%) Public Cloud
5 29 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 29 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 25 (1.39%) FMCG
7 24 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (0.94%) IoT
11 16 (0.89%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.67%) Life Science
14 11 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.55%) SCADA
16 8 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.22%) Windows
2 5 (0.28%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.055%) Android
5 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (25.69%) Migration
2 387 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 304 (16.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 297 (16.48%) Data Migration
5 267 (14.82%) User Acceptance Testing
6 266 (14.76%) Agile
7 244 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
8 212 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 196 (10.88%) Change Management
10 194 (10.77%) Validation
11 187 (10.38%) Project Management
12 157 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
13 151 (8.38%) CRM
14 145 (8.05%) Data Modelling
15 139 (7.71%) Procure-to-Pay
16 131 (7.27%) Roadmaps
17 115 (6.38%) Analytics
18 113 (6.27%) Translating Business Requirements
19 112 (6.22%) Decision-Making
19 112 (6.22%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 148 (8.21%) SQL
2 50 (2.77%) Python
3 39 (2.16%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.89%) Java
5 30 (1.66%) C#
5 30 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.89%) Apex Code
7 15 (0.83%) Ruby
8 14 (0.78%) X++
9 12 (0.67%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.28%) SOQL
13 5 (0.28%) SOSL
13 5 (0.28%) VBA
14 4 (0.22%) Perl
15 3 (0.17%) C++
15 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 200 (11.10%) Security Cleared
2 150 (8.32%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.49%) Degree
4 100 (5.55%) CIMA
5 92 (5.11%) ACCA
6 46 (2.55%) PMP
7 39 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.89%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.72%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.55%) SAP Certification
14 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.39%) APMP
15 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.39%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.22%) APMG
17 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.33%) QA
3 70 (3.88%) GDPR
4 48 (2.66%) PMO
5 29 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 21 (1.17%) IFRS
7 18 (1.00%) GAAP
7 18 (1.00%) SLA
8 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.55%) GxP
9 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.28%) NCSC
12 5 (0.28%) NIST
13 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.22%) GRC
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.28%) Terraform
4 4 (0.22%) Kibana
4 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Control-M
5 3 (0.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.17%) MOM
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 555 (30.80%) SAP
2 505 (28.02%) Oracle
3 296 (16.43%) Microsoft
4 92 (5.11%) Workday
5 73 (4.05%) IFS
5 73 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.11%) Siemens
7 52 (2.89%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.00%) Databricks
9 35 (1.94%) MuleSoft
10 34 (1.89%) Ariba
11 30 (1.66%) Sage
12 29 (1.61%) Infor
13 16 (0.89%) Informatica
14 11 (0.61%) Epicor
15 9 (0.50%) Google
15 9 (0.50%) HP
15 9 (0.50%) JD Edwards
16 8 (0.44%) Foundry
17 7 (0.39%) Talend