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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 97 96
Rank change year-on-year +39 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,810 751 991
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.70% 2.61% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 2.87% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,014 461 615
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
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 113 26 29
10th Percentile £17.70 £17.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.30 £64.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £86.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £35.75
% change year-on-year -20.69% +102.80% -44.72%

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 41,377 26,173 36,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 91.02% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,864 16,755 23,656
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,474 1,096 2,500
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.59 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.34% -24.42% +1.04%
75th Percentile £67.65 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.76 £74.38 £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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +37 1,535 £536 -0.28% 672
UK excluding London +43 933 £525 +3.96% 506
London +35 656 £550 -2.65% 240
Work from Home +58 540 £550 - 312
South East +8 230 £550 +2.33% 145
North of England +41 213 £500 +5.26% 121
Midlands +24 182 £525 +5.00% 117
South West +30 131 £525 +5.00% 56
North West +39 113 £500 +2.25% 71
West Midlands +8 109 £525 +5.00% 63
East of England +13 96 £575 -4.17% 34
Yorkshire +11 86 £550 +37.50% 40
East Midlands +14 69 £525 +10.53% 53
Scotland +13 46 £513 +1.18% 22
Wales +9 22 £500 - 10
Northern Ireland +18 17 £475 +18.75% 14
North East -20 14 £500 -9.09% 12
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 23 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.88%) Confluence
4 13 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.055%) Documentum
9 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 89 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 287 (15.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 123 (6.80%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (3.31%) SAP ERP
4 51 (2.82%) Oracle EBS
5 46 (2.54%) NetSuite
6 45 (2.49%) Oracle Payables
7 39 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 33 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
9 32 (1.77%) Oracle Receivables
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
13 15 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (0.72%) Shopify
15 12 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
15 12 (0.66%) Teamcenter
15 12 (0.66%) Workday HCM
16 11 (0.61%) SAP FI
16 11 (0.61%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 225 (12.43%) Azure
2 190 (10.50%) Dynamics 365
3 151 (8.34%) OCI
4 149 (8.23%) Power Platform
5 90 (4.97%) SaaS
6 63 (3.48%) AWS
7 54 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (2.65%) PaaS
9 33 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 32 (1.77%) Power Automate
11 31 (1.71%) Boomi
12 25 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (0.94%) GitHub
13 17 (0.94%) IaaS
13 17 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (0.83%) GCP
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
1 106 (5.86%) Power BI
2 56 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
3 48 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
5 23 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.16%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.66%) Metadata
9 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.61%) Tableau
10 10 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 99 (5.47%) JIRA
2 31 (1.71%) Git
3 29 (1.60%) Postman
4 21 (1.16%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) GitLab
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.055%) ERwin
11 1 (0.055%) JMeter
11 1 (0.055%) PowerDesigner
General
1 925 (51.10%) Finance
2 493 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 233 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (9.56%) Manufacturing
5 120 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 86 (4.75%) Retail
7 65 (3.59%) Legal
8 55 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (2.82%) Local Government
10 50 (2.76%) General Ledger
11 48 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 46 (2.54%) Law
13 37 (2.04%) Banking
14 35 (1.93%) Billing
15 32 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.05%) Military
18 16 (0.88%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 302 (16.69%) Lead
2 261 (14.42%) Architect
3 242 (13.37%) Consultant
4 213 (11.77%) Analyst
5 172 (9.50%) Project Manager
6 148 (8.18%) Senior
7 129 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
8 106 (5.86%) Business Analyst
9 91 (5.03%) Developer
10 87 (4.81%) ERP Manager
11 62 (3.43%) Accountant
12 55 (3.04%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.87%) Financial Analyst
13 52 (2.87%) Implementation Consultant
14 51 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
15 50 (2.76%) Senior Manager
16 47 (2.60%) SAP Manager
17 46 (2.54%) Systems Accountant
18 44 (2.43%) Programme Manager
19 40 (2.21%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (11.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 102 (5.64%) REST
3 84 (4.64%) Middleware
4 61 (3.37%) SOAP
5 51 (2.82%) JSON
6 49 (2.71%) XML
7 35 (1.93%) Web Services
8 24 (1.33%) .NET
8 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 22 (1.22%) XSLT
10 16 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (0.83%) JWT
11 15 (0.83%) Node.js
12 13 (0.72%) EDI
13 11 (0.61%) HTML
14 10 (0.55%) PySpark
14 10 (0.55%) RESTful
15 8 (0.44%) OpenAPI
15 8 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.58%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.15%) Data Structures
3 44 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 30 (1.66%) Cloud Native
6 28 (1.55%) FMCG
7 27 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (0.88%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.77%) IoT
13 14 (0.77%) Life Science
14 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.44%) Operational Technology
16 8 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.22%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Unix
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (25.64%) Migration
2 394 (21.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 301 (16.63%) Data Migration
3 301 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 268 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 262 (14.48%) Agile
6 241 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
7 221 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 199 (10.99%) Change Management
9 198 (10.94%) Validation
10 184 (10.17%) Project Management
11 157 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
12 147 (8.12%) Data Modelling
13 145 (8.01%) CRM
14 143 (7.90%) Procure-to-Pay
15 135 (7.46%) Roadmaps
16 119 (6.57%) Analytics
17 114 (6.30%) DevOps
18 113 (6.24%) Translating Business Requirements
19 110 (6.08%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 155 (8.56%) SQL
2 55 (3.04%) Python
3 37 (2.04%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.88%) Java
5 32 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.71%) C#
7 18 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.88%) Ruby
8 16 (0.88%) X++
9 11 (0.61%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
12 5 (0.28%) VBA
13 4 (0.22%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) C++
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 192 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 141 (7.79%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.46%) Degree
4 101 (5.58%) CIMA
5 93 (5.14%) ACCA
6 44 (2.43%) PMP
7 36 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 14 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.55%) SAP Certification
12 9 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.39%) APMP
13 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.22%) CISSP
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 74 (4.09%) QA
3 70 (3.87%) GDPR
4 46 (2.54%) PMO
5 30 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (1.22%) IFRS
7 19 (1.05%) SLA
8 16 (0.88%) GAAP
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.55%) GxP
10 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.39%) GMP
12 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.28%) NCSC
12 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.22%) GRC
13 4 (0.22%) NIST
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) 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%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 564 (31.16%) SAP
2 509 (28.12%) Oracle
3 298 (16.46%) Microsoft
4 90 (4.97%) Workday
5 74 (4.09%) IFS
6 72 (3.98%) Salesforce
7 56 (3.09%) Siemens
8 52 (2.87%) ServiceNow
9 41 (2.27%) Databricks
10 36 (1.99%) Ariba
11 35 (1.93%) MuleSoft
12 29 (1.60%) Infor
12 29 (1.60%) Sage
13 16 (0.88%) Informatica
14 13 (0.72%) Epicor
15 9 (0.50%) HP
15 9 (0.50%) JD Edwards
16 8 (0.44%) Concur
16 8 (0.44%) Foundry
16 8 (0.44%) Google