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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 90 98
Rank change year-on-year +29 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,982 915 895
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.69% 2.80% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 3.09% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 548 508
10th Percentile £370 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £518 £504
% change year-on-year +1.45% +2.73% -8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 50 36
10th Percentile £14.82 £6.00 £18.13
25th Percentile £17.75 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £22.10 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.22% -52.22% -27.17%
75th Percentile £44.63 £70.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £75.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.95 £17.14 £40.18
% change year-on-year +57.28% -57.35% -37.30%

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 45,365 29,616 33,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.47% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,789 18,444 20,998
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,884 1,758 1,700
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67.99 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +19 1,637 £550 - 796
UK excluding London +37 1,041 £525 +1.45% 693
London +19 681 £600 +9.09% 185
Work from Home +26 549 £550 - 324
South East +2 276 £525 +1.94% 200
North of England +67 274 £500 - 155
Midlands +33 207 £525 - 159
North West +45 159 £525 +5.00% 70
West Midlands +16 116 £525 - 93
Yorkshire +35 94 £500 +23.46% 61
East of England -2 85 £509 -11.48% 73
East Midlands +28 82 £525 -12.50% 66
South West -19 81 £538 -13.31% 81
Scotland +17 74 £525 +5.00% 25
Northern Ireland +23 28 £450 +28.57% 6
North East -23 21 £500 -6.98% 26
Wales - 18 £488 - 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 34 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
3 18 (0.91%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.25%) CMS
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.20%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.20%) ThingWorx
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.10%) Apache
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.050%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.050%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 102 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.20%) Windchill
8 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 290 (14.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 157 (7.92%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.38%) Oracle Payables
3 67 (3.38%) SAP ERP
4 63 (3.18%) NetSuite
5 51 (2.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 46 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
7 41 (2.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 31 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (1.31%) Oracle General Ledger
10 23 (1.16%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
11 19 (0.96%) SAP MDG
12 17 (0.86%) Infor CloudSuite
13 15 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (0.66%) SAP FI
14 13 (0.66%) SAP MM
14 13 (0.66%) Workday HCM
15 12 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
15 12 (0.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 202 (10.19%) Azure
2 199 (10.04%) Dynamics 365
3 193 (9.74%) Power Platform
4 151 (7.62%) OCI
5 120 (6.05%) SaaS
6 82 (4.14%) AWS
7 61 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.02%) GCP
9 39 (1.97%) PaaS
10 37 (1.87%) SuccessFactors
11 36 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
12 31 (1.56%) Power Automate
13 29 (1.46%) Boomi
14 27 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 26 (1.31%) GitHub
15 26 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (0.91%) Entra ID
17 16 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.40%) HTTP
2 7 (0.35%) Network Security
3 6 (0.30%) FTP
4 5 (0.25%) SSL
5 3 (0.15%) 5G
5 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 2 (0.10%) Intranet
6 2 (0.10%) LAN
6 2 (0.10%) WAN
7 1 (0.050%) DHCP
7 1 (0.050%) DMZ
7 1 (0.050%) DNS
7 1 (0.050%) MQTT
7 1 (0.050%) RFID
7 1 (0.050%) SMS
7 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.050%) VPN
7 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.86%) Power BI
2 65 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (2.57%) Oracle Reports
4 36 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
5 26 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 23 (1.16%) Tableau
7 18 (0.91%) Metadata
8 13 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.30%) Power Query
12 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 90 (4.54%) JIRA
2 33 (1.66%) Git
3 19 (0.96%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
4 13 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.30%) Postman
5 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.20%) Selenium
7 3 (0.15%) GitLab
7 3 (0.15%) LSMW
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.10%) MLflow
8 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,029 (51.92%) Finance
2 554 (27.95%) Social Skills
3 251 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (10.65%) Manufacturing
5 170 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.40%) Retail
7 82 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
8 66 (3.33%) General Ledger
9 56 (2.83%) Billing
9 56 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 53 (2.67%) Legal
11 50 (2.52%) Law
12 46 (2.32%) Banking
13 44 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 41 (2.07%) Local Government
15 35 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 33 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
17 29 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
18 21 (1.06%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 371 (18.72%) Lead
2 318 (16.04%) Architect
3 259 (13.07%) Analyst
4 233 (11.76%) Consultant
5 152 (7.67%) Senior
6 142 (7.16%) Solutions Architect
7 139 (7.01%) Project Manager
8 120 (6.05%) Business Analyst
9 110 (5.55%) Developer
10 87 (4.39%) Oracle Consultant
11 72 (3.63%) ERP Manager
12 58 (2.93%) Financial Analyst
13 54 (2.72%) Accountant
14 50 (2.52%) Functional Consultant
15 47 (2.37%) Programme Manager
16 46 (2.32%) Data Analyst
17 44 (2.22%) Lead Architect
18 42 (2.12%) ERP Project Manager
18 42 (2.12%) SAP Consultant
18 42 (2.12%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (11.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 120 (6.05%) REST
3 106 (5.35%) Middleware
4 72 (3.63%) SOAP
5 43 (2.17%) JSON
5 43 (2.17%) XML
6 34 (1.72%) Web Services
7 30 (1.51%) .NET
8 24 (1.21%) OAuth
9 21 (1.06%) EDI
10 20 (1.01%) OAuth2
11 19 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
12 18 (0.91%) Terraform
13 17 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
14 14 (0.71%) XSLT
15 11 (0.55%) CSS
15 11 (0.55%) HTML
15 11 (0.55%) Node.js
16 10 (0.50%) PySpark
16 10 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
2 69 (3.48%) Data Structures
3 61 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 59 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
5 57 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 35 (1.77%) FMCG
8 34 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 33 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (0.96%) Life Science
13 16 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.71%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.71%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.61%) CMDB
16 12 (0.61%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.31%) Windows
2 8 (0.40%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (27.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 506 (25.53%) Migration
3 379 (19.12%) Data Migration
4 325 (16.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 325 (16.40%) User Acceptance Testing
5 283 (14.28%) Agile
6 278 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 257 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
8 205 (10.34%) Validation
9 204 (10.29%) Change Management
10 194 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
11 186 (9.38%) CRM
12 181 (9.13%) Data Modelling
12 181 (9.13%) Roadmaps
13 178 (8.98%) Analytics
14 176 (8.88%) Process Improvement
15 153 (7.72%) Translating Business Requirements
16 142 (7.16%) Procure-to-Pay
17 141 (7.11%) Project Delivery
18 138 (6.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (8.83%) SQL
2 64 (3.23%) Python
3 36 (1.82%) Java
4 35 (1.77%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.61%) PL/SQL
6 29 (1.46%) C#
7 21 (1.06%) Apex Code
7 21 (1.06%) X++
8 20 (1.01%) Ruby
9 16 (0.81%) ABAP
10 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.40%) Groovy
13 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.30%) SOQL
14 6 (0.30%) SOSL
15 5 (0.25%) VBA
16 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.15%) C++
17 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 237 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 168 (8.48%) SC Cleared
3 128 (6.46%) Degree
4 70 (3.53%) ACCA
5 65 (3.28%) CIMA
6 55 (2.77%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.92%) PMP
8 34 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.40%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.40%) CISM
14 8 (0.40%) CISSP
15 7 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (0.35%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.30%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (8.07%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.58%) QA
3 69 (3.48%) GDPR
4 59 (2.98%) PMO
5 33 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.26%) IFRS
7 20 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.91%) GRC
9 17 (0.86%) GAAP
10 13 (0.66%) NCSC
11 11 (0.55%) GMP
12 10 (0.50%) GxP
13 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.35%) NIST
13 7 (0.35%) SLA
14 6 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 6 (0.30%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.30%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.050%) Firmware
4 1 (0.050%) IAG
4 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.45%) HP ALM
3 6 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.25%) Grafana
4 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.20%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 609 (30.73%) SAP
2 568 (28.66%) Oracle
3 374 (18.87%) Microsoft
4 88 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 79 (3.99%) ServiceNow
6 73 (3.68%) IFS
7 72 (3.63%) Workday
8 42 (2.12%) Ariba
9 39 (1.97%) Infor
10 31 (1.56%) Databricks
11 29 (1.46%) Sage
12 28 (1.41%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.16%) Google
14 20 (1.01%) JD Edwards
15 17 (0.86%) Concur
16 14 (0.71%) SYSPRO
17 13 (0.66%) Siemens
18 11 (0.55%) Epicor
19 10 (0.50%) Adobe
19 10 (0.50%) IBM