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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 87 94
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,262 865 1,013
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 2.74% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.10% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 474 619
10th Percentile £354 £359 £375
25th Percentile £457 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 11 29
10th Percentile £6.00 £14.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.69 £15.99 £55.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £30.59 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% -63.80% +171.27%
75th Percentile £44.94 £46.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £90.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £16.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +38.48% -70.00% +144.44%

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 31,821 27,941 37,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.79% 88.66% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,057 16,962 24,992
10th Percentile £304 £306 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,969 885 1,593
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.62 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.48 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.49 £74.82 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.11 £43.90
% change year-on-year -20.86% -31.42% +59.64%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +13 1,089 £550 +2.80% 731
UK excluding London +9 647 £525 +0.48% 701
London +23 476 £575 +6.24% 122
Work from Home +24 420 £525 -4.55% 366
South East +32 161 £515 +3.00% 230
North of England -9 146 £550 +10.00% 120
Midlands -27 116 £525 -2.55% 107
North West +14 95 £500 -0.50% 49
South West -4 90 £525 +5.00% 94
East of England +4 73 £529 +3.17% 101
West Midlands -31 72 £550 +3.53% 62
Scotland +31 46 £500 +9.59% 25
Yorkshire -25 46 £595 +41.67% 53
East Midlands -9 44 £525 -12.50% 45
Wales +13 15 £438 -39.66% 28
Northern Ireland - 8 £425 - 12
North East -15 5 £500 - 20
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 26 (2.06%) Confluence
2 21 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 19 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (0.48%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.40%) CMS
6 4 (0.32%) Documentum
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.24%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) Camunda
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.079%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) InVision
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.079%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 180 (14.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 89 (7.05%) Oracle ERP
3 64 (5.07%) SAP ERP
4 49 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 44 (3.49%) Oracle Payables
6 42 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
7 38 (3.01%) NetSuite
8 33 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
9 28 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
10 19 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.43%) Unit4 Business World
12 17 (1.35%) SAP EWM
12 17 (1.35%) Shopify
13 15 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
14 14 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 14 (1.11%) SAP PP
14 14 (1.11%) SAP WM
15 13 (1.03%) Workday HCM
16 9 (0.71%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 151 (11.97%) Azure
2 146 (11.57%) OCI
3 139 (11.01%) Dynamics 365
4 104 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 89 (7.05%) SaaS
6 38 (3.01%) PaaS
7 34 (2.69%) AWS
8 27 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.98%) Power Automate
10 22 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 21 (1.66%) Lucidchart
12 19 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
13 18 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (1.35%) Boomi
15 15 (1.19%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (1.03%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.16%) LAN
3 1 (0.079%) DKIM
3 1 (0.079%) DMARC
3 1 (0.079%) Network Security
3 1 (0.079%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.26%) Power BI
2 53 (4.20%) Oracle Reports
3 36 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 25 (1.98%) Oracle Database
6 22 (1.74%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (1.03%) SAP HANA
9 11 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.79%) Power Query
11 8 (0.63%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.63%) SAP BW
11 8 (0.63%) Tableau
12 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
14 5 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.40%) GIS
14 5 (0.40%) Metadata
14 5 (0.40%) Oracle BI EE
15 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 69 (5.47%) JIRA
2 24 (1.90%) Postman
3 13 (1.03%) GitLab
4 9 (0.71%) Git
5 7 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.40%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.32%) Selenium
9 3 (0.24%) Hudson
9 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.16%) Gradle
10 2 (0.16%) LSMW
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.16%) TestRail
10 2 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.079%) MLflow
General
1 612 (48.49%) Finance
2 479 (37.96%) Social Skills
3 161 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 121 (9.59%) Manufacturing
6 49 (3.88%) Local Government
7 45 (3.57%) General Ledger
8 44 (3.49%) Retail
9 43 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 42 (3.33%) Banking
11 41 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (2.69%) Legal
13 33 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.90%) Marketing
17 22 (1.74%) Billing
18 12 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.95%) Law
19 10 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 174 (13.79%) Consultant
2 154 (12.20%) Analyst
3 152 (12.04%) Lead
4 137 (10.86%) Project Manager
5 133 (10.54%) Architect
6 88 (6.97%) Senior
7 77 (6.10%) Business Analyst
8 67 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
9 63 (4.99%) Developer
10 52 (4.12%) SAP Consultant
11 47 (3.72%) ERP Manager
12 45 (3.57%) SAP Manager
13 31 (2.46%) Functional Consultant
14 30 (2.38%) Accountant
14 30 (2.38%) ERP Analyst
14 30 (2.38%) Oracle Consultant
15 29 (2.30%) Programme Manager
16 26 (2.06%) ERP Project Manager
16 26 (2.06%) Oracle Developer
16 26 (2.06%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (15.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 75 (5.94%) REST
3 52 (4.12%) SOAP
4 46 (3.65%) XML
5 42 (3.33%) Middleware
6 38 (3.01%) JSON
7 37 (2.93%) Web Services
8 22 (1.74%) OAuth
9 21 (1.66%) XSLT
10 17 (1.35%) .NET
11 15 (1.19%) EDI
12 10 (0.79%) JWT
12 10 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.63%) HTML
14 7 (0.55%) ADO
15 5 (0.40%) CSS
15 5 (0.40%) RESTful
16 4 (0.32%) BAPI
16 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
16 4 (0.32%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (3.09%) Data Structures
3 36 (2.85%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (1.74%) Product Ownership
5 22 (1.74%) Public Cloud
6 17 (1.35%) Life Science
7 16 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.95%) Cloud Native
10 12 (0.95%) FMCG
10 12 (0.95%) IoT
10 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.71%) SCADA
11 9 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.71%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.55%) AS400
13 7 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.71%) Windows
2 5 (0.40%) Linux
3 3 (0.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.16%) Android
4 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.079%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.079%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (22.74%) Migration
2 232 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 231 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
4 223 (17.67%) Agile
5 217 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 177 (14.03%) Data Migration
7 144 (11.41%) CRM
8 137 (10.86%) Project Management
9 129 (10.22%) User Acceptance Testing
10 123 (9.75%) Change Management
11 119 (9.43%) Project Delivery
12 108 (8.56%) Business Intelligence
12 108 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 99 (7.84%) Roadmaps
13 99 (7.84%) Validation
14 93 (7.37%) Workshop Facilitation
15 81 (6.42%) DevOps
16 79 (6.26%) Analytics
17 68 (5.39%) Logistics
18 66 (5.23%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 144 (11.41%) SQL
2 38 (3.01%) PL/SQL
3 24 (1.90%) C#
4 20 (1.58%) Python
5 19 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.43%) Java
7 10 (0.79%) VBA
8 8 (0.63%) ABAP
8 8 (0.63%) Groovy
9 6 (0.48%) X++
10 5 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.24%) PHP
12 3 (0.24%) R
12 3 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.24%) XPath
13 2 (0.16%) C++
13 2 (0.16%) Korn
13 2 (0.16%) Perl
13 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 169 (13.39%) Degree
3 134 (10.62%) SC Cleared
4 58 (4.60%) CIMA
5 53 (4.20%) ACCA
6 38 (3.01%) PMI Certification
7 36 (2.85%) PMP
8 24 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.74%) SAP Certification
10 16 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
11 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.79%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.79%) OCA
14 7 (0.55%) APMP
15 6 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.55%) QA
2 57 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.80%) GDPR
4 44 (3.49%) PMO
5 33 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.11%) GAAP
6 14 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.03%) GxP
7 13 (1.03%) IFRS
8 11 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.87%) NIST
9 10 (0.79%) ITGC
10 8 (0.63%) COBIT
10 8 (0.63%) SLA
11 7 (0.55%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 5 (0.40%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.40%) NCSC
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.079%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.32%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.24%) Control-M
5 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Identity Management
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.079%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 434 (34.39%) Oracle
2 385 (30.51%) SAP
3 192 (15.21%) Microsoft
4 79 (6.26%) Workday
5 61 (4.83%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.46%) IFS
7 23 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.43%) Ariba
8 18 (1.43%) Databricks
8 18 (1.43%) Sage
9 15 (1.19%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.63%) Adobe
11 7 (0.55%) Informatica
12 6 (0.48%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.40%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.40%) Hyperion
13 5 (0.40%) Infor
13 5 (0.40%) OpenText
14 4 (0.32%) Google
14 4 (0.32%) JD Edwards