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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 90 91
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 +29
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,664 798 1,035
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.63% 2.73% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 3.01% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 469 651
10th Percentile £363 £358 £357
25th Percentile £463 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £645 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £776 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 20 33
10th Percentile £17.74 £47.29 £13.29
25th Percentile £28.29 £65.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +38.10% -16.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £68.88
90th Percentile £60.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +81.25% -38.15%

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 39,137 26,475 37,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.32% 90.62% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,793 17,183 24,611
10th Percentile £315 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.05% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,000 2,387
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.81
25th Percentile £19.34 £19.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.28 £70.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £29.23 £33.07
% change year-on-year +25.59% -11.60% -7.64%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 +32 1,393 £550 +2.33% 750
UK excluding London +38 822 £525 +5.00% 619
London +32 619 £550 - 210
Work from Home +38 549 £550 +2.76% 347
South East +10 207 £525 -4.55% 200
North of England +33 196 £550 +25.71% 135
Midlands -14 137 £558 +11.50% 113
South West +20 121 £525 +10.53% 64
North West +48 115 £500 +2.41% 65
West Midlands -20 93 £566 +13.25% 79
East of England +1 82 £563 -4.26% 69
Yorkshire -6 68 £595 +48.75% 59
Scotland +31 46 £519 +3.75% 29
East Midlands -12 43 £494 +3.95% 34
Wales +7 21 £500 -31.03% 10
Northern Ireland +12 16 £475 +18.75% 11
North East -15 13 £500 +11.11% 15
Channel Islands - 2 - - 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 15 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
2 14 (0.84%) Confluence
2 14 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (0.54%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.30%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.30%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.24%) Apache
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.18%) Documentum
7 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.12%) CMS
8 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 75 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.30%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.18%) Trello
8 3 (0.18%) Windchill
9 1 (0.060%) InVision
9 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 249 (14.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 109 (6.55%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (4.03%) Oracle EBS
4 65 (3.91%) SAP ERP
5 52 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 43 (2.58%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (1.98%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 28 (1.68%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (1.08%) Shopify
11 17 (1.02%) Oracle Assets
12 16 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
14 13 (0.78%) SAP FI
14 13 (0.78%) SAP PP
14 13 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (0.78%) Workday HCM
15 12 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
16 11 (0.66%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 212 (12.74%) Azure
2 189 (11.36%) Dynamics 365
3 162 (9.74%) OCI
4 136 (8.17%) Power Platform
5 93 (5.59%) SaaS
6 61 (3.67%) AWS
7 50 (3.00%) PaaS
8 43 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.86%) Boomi
10 29 (1.74%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
12 26 (1.56%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
14 21 (1.26%) GCP
15 19 (1.14%) IaaS
16 16 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
17 15 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.84%) GitHub
18 14 (0.84%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.18%) LAN
2 2 (0.12%) 5G
2 2 (0.12%) Firewall
2 2 (0.12%) FTP
3 1 (0.060%) DHCP
3 1 (0.060%) DNS
3 1 (0.060%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.060%) HTTP
3 1 (0.060%) Intranet
3 1 (0.060%) Modbus
3 1 (0.060%) RFID
3 1 (0.060%) SMS
3 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.060%) VoIP
3 1 (0.060%) VPN
3 1 (0.060%) WAN
3 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (6.55%) Power BI
2 68 (4.09%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.44%) Oracle ODI
6 23 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 21 (1.26%) SQL Server
8 18 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.66%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.60%) Metadata
12 8 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.48%) GIS
12 8 (0.48%) Tableau
13 7 (0.42%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.36%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.30%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.24%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (5.23%) JIRA
2 29 (1.74%) Postman
3 23 (1.38%) Git
4 17 (1.02%) Hudson
5 10 (0.60%) SoapUI
6 9 (0.54%) GitLab
7 7 (0.42%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.42%) Selenium
8 6 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.30%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.18%) LSMW
11 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.12%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.12%) Gradle
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.12%) TestRail
12 2 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 873 (52.46%) Finance
2 496 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 236 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.41%) Manufacturing
5 137 (8.23%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.39%) Retail
7 62 (3.73%) Legal
7 62 (3.73%) Local Government
8 58 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 44 (2.64%) Law
12 42 (2.52%) General Ledger
13 41 (2.46%) Banking
14 25 (1.50%) Billing
14 25 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.32%) Marketing
16 20 (1.20%) Military
17 19 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 269 (16.17%) Lead
2 239 (14.36%) Consultant
3 236 (14.18%) Architect
4 189 (11.36%) Analyst
5 155 (9.31%) Project Manager
6 147 (8.83%) Senior
7 117 (7.03%) Solutions Architect
8 105 (6.31%) Business Analyst
9 81 (4.87%) Developer
10 72 (4.33%) ERP Manager
11 54 (3.25%) SAP Consultant
12 53 (3.19%) Accountant
13 52 (3.13%) SAP Manager
14 51 (3.06%) Implementation Consultant
15 46 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
16 43 (2.58%) Oracle Consultant
16 43 (2.58%) Senior Manager
17 38 (2.28%) Systems Accountant
17 38 (2.28%) Test Manager
18 35 (2.10%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (11.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 89 (5.35%) REST
3 71 (4.27%) Middleware
4 62 (3.73%) SOAP
5 49 (2.94%) XML
6 45 (2.70%) JSON
7 41 (2.46%) Web Services
8 24 (1.44%) OAuth
9 22 (1.32%) XSLT
10 21 (1.26%) .NET
11 16 (0.96%) JWT
11 16 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
12 12 (0.72%) PySpark
13 11 (0.66%) EDI
14 8 (0.48%) Kafka
14 8 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (0.48%) Node.js
15 7 (0.42%) ADO
15 7 (0.42%) SAPUI5
16 6 (0.36%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.43%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.76%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.28%) Product Ownership
5 31 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 25 (1.50%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.20%) IoT
10 17 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (0.90%) FMCG
12 14 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.78%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.60%) Life Science
16 9 (0.54%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.48%) LIMS
17 8 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.90%) Windows
2 6 (0.36%) Linux
3 3 (0.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (26.62%) Migration
2 338 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 285 (17.13%) Data Migration
4 284 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 252 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
6 241 (14.48%) User Acceptance Testing
7 238 (14.30%) Agile
8 190 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (11.06%) Change Management
10 178 (10.70%) Validation
11 177 (10.64%) Project Management
12 165 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
13 159 (9.56%) CRM
14 129 (7.75%) Data Modelling
15 122 (7.33%) Procure-to-Pay
16 118 (7.09%) Project Delivery
17 115 (6.91%) Roadmaps
18 114 (6.85%) DevOps
19 104 (6.25%) Analytics
20 100 (6.01%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 149 (8.95%) SQL
2 48 (2.88%) Python
3 43 (2.58%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.80%) Java
5 28 (1.68%) C#
6 18 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.72%) Ruby
8 11 (0.66%) ABAP
9 10 (0.60%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.30%) Korn
13 5 (0.30%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.30%) VBA
13 5 (0.30%) X++
14 4 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) SOQL
15 3 (0.18%) SOSL
15 3 (0.18%) XPath
Qualifications
1 200 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 146 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 136 (8.17%) Degree
4 96 (5.77%) CIMA
5 85 (5.11%) ACCA
6 47 (2.82%) PMP
7 40 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 16 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
11 13 (0.78%) SAP Certification
12 10 (0.60%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.48%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.42%) APMP
14 7 (0.42%) OCA
15 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 83 (4.99%) QA
3 68 (4.09%) GDPR
4 54 (3.25%) PMO
5 32 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.20%) IFRS
7 18 (1.08%) GAAP
8 15 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.90%) SLA
9 13 (0.78%) NIST
10 11 (0.66%) GxP
11 10 (0.60%) ITGC
12 9 (0.54%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.48%) COBIT
14 7 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
14 7 (0.42%) GMP
14 7 (0.42%) SOX 404
15 6 (0.36%) IFRS 17
15 6 (0.36%) NCSC
16 5 (0.30%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.18%) Docker
3 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.060%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.54%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.30%) Terraform
4 3 (0.18%) Control-M
4 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.12%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.12%) MOM
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.060%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.060%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.060%) Kibana
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.060%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 506 (30.41%) SAP
2 481 (28.91%) Oracle
3 275 (16.53%) Microsoft
4 91 (5.47%) Workday
5 63 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 59 (3.55%) IFS
7 51 (3.06%) Siemens
8 39 (2.34%) Databricks
9 37 (2.22%) Ariba
10 35 (2.10%) ServiceNow
11 34 (2.04%) Sage
12 32 (1.92%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.08%) Infor
14 16 (0.96%) Informatica
15 9 (0.54%) Foundry
15 9 (0.54%) HP
15 9 (0.54%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.48%) Google
17 7 (0.42%) Talend
18 6 (0.36%) Concur