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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 99 97
Rank change year-on-year +43 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,877 771 1,005
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.71% 2.58% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 2.84% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 471 606
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 34 39
10th Percentile £17.73 £15.28 £14.03
25th Percentile £28.50 £23.73 £26.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +94.43% -43.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £69.03 £85.00 £65.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +122.22% -50.46%

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 42,996 27,186 37,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.90% 91.05% 84.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,808 17,251 23,716
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,575 1,262 2,618
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.73
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.82 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +31 1,577 £550 +2.33% 608
UK excluding London +50 982 £525 +5.00% 521
London +30 668 £560 +1.59% 195
Work from Home +62 563 £550 - 316
South East +3 248 £525 -2.33% 144
North of England +41 218 £500 +9.59% 106
Midlands +26 194 £525 +2.44% 113
South West +33 126 £525 +13.51% 70
North West +34 122 £500 +2.41% 68
West Midlands +10 120 £540 +8.00% 66
East of England +18 95 £575 - 42
Yorkshire -4 79 £550 +37.50% 33
East Midlands +22 70 £525 +5.00% 46
Scotland +21 57 £500 -0.99% 20
Wales - 25 £525 - 24
Northern Ireland +23 24 £475 +18.75% 22
North East -23 17 £500 -6.98% 8
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 26 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.85%) Confluence
4 6 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.27%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.27%) SAS
6 4 (0.21%) Apache
6 4 (0.21%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.16%) 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%) CMS
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.053%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.053%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.27%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
9 1 (0.053%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 289 (15.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 137 (7.30%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.57%) SAP ERP
4 54 (2.88%) Oracle Payables
5 52 (2.77%) NetSuite
6 44 (2.34%) Oracle EBS
7 41 (2.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 35 (1.86%) Oracle Receivables
9 29 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 18 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
12 16 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
13 14 (0.75%) Infor CloudSuite
13 14 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.64%) SAP MDG
14 12 (0.64%) Teamcenter
15 10 (0.53%) Oracle 11i
16 9 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 242 (12.89%) Azure
2 175 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
3 168 (8.95%) Power Platform
4 142 (7.57%) OCI
5 109 (5.81%) SaaS
6 68 (3.62%) AWS
7 57 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (2.34%) PaaS
9 31 (1.65%) Boomi
9 31 (1.65%) Power Automate
10 30 (1.60%) PowerApps
11 27 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
12 24 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (1.12%) GitHub
14 20 (1.07%) GCP
15 18 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.85%) IaaS
18 15 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.27%) Network Security
2 4 (0.21%) FTP
3 3 (0.16%) 5G
3 3 (0.16%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
4 2 (0.11%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) LAN
4 2 (0.11%) RFID
4 2 (0.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.053%) DHCP
5 1 (0.053%) DMZ
5 1 (0.053%) DNS
5 1 (0.053%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.053%) Modbus
5 1 (0.053%) MQTT
5 1 (0.053%) SMS
5 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.053%) VoIP
5 1 (0.053%) VPN
5 1 (0.053%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (6.87%) Power BI
2 57 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (2.98%) Oracle Reports
4 28 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
6 23 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.01%) SQL Server
9 15 (0.80%) Tableau
10 14 (0.75%) Metadata
11 10 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
12 9 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.37%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
15 6 (0.32%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
16 5 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
17 4 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 82 (4.37%) JIRA
2 31 (1.65%) Git
3 20 (1.07%) Hudson
4 17 (0.91%) Postman
5 10 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.32%) Selenium
6 6 (0.32%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 2 (0.11%) Gradle
8 2 (0.11%) LSMW
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.053%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.053%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.053%) TestRail
General
1 978 (52.10%) Finance
2 478 (25.47%) Social Skills
3 240 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (9.70%) Manufacturing
5 139 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 94 (5.01%) Retail
7 63 (3.36%) Legal
8 60 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
9 56 (2.98%) General Ledger
10 54 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
11 52 (2.77%) Local Government
12 47 (2.50%) Law
13 46 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 43 (2.29%) Billing
15 39 (2.08%) Banking
16 30 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 23 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.91%) Aerospace
20 16 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 328 (17.47%) Lead
2 277 (14.76%) Architect
3 248 (13.21%) Consultant
4 213 (11.35%) Analyst
5 172 (9.16%) Project Manager
6 152 (8.10%) Senior
7 136 (7.25%) Solutions Architect
8 98 (5.22%) Business Analyst
9 93 (4.95%) ERP Manager
10 92 (4.90%) Developer
11 69 (3.68%) Accountant
12 57 (3.04%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.77%) Finance Manager
13 52 (2.77%) Implementation Consultant
13 52 (2.77%) Systems Accountant
14 50 (2.66%) SAP Consultant
15 49 (2.61%) Financial Analyst
15 49 (2.61%) Senior Manager
16 43 (2.29%) ERP Project Manager
17 42 (2.24%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (10.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 99 (5.27%) REST
3 91 (4.85%) Middleware
4 55 (2.93%) SOAP
5 45 (2.40%) JSON
6 42 (2.24%) XML
7 29 (1.55%) Web Services
8 25 (1.33%) .NET
9 17 (0.91%) OAuth
10 16 (0.85%) EDI
10 16 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.85%) Node.js
10 16 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
11 14 (0.75%) XSLT
12 13 (0.69%) HTML
13 11 (0.59%) CSS
13 11 (0.59%) JWT
14 10 (0.53%) PySpark
15 9 (0.48%) Ajax
15 9 (0.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 105 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 56 (2.98%) Data Structures
3 48 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 47 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 32 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.60%) Cloud Native
7 30 (1.60%) FMCG
8 23 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (0.96%) IoT
12 16 (0.85%) AI Agents
13 15 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.64%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.59%) Life Science
17 8 (0.43%) Algorithms
17 8 (0.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.17%) Windows
2 7 (0.37%) Linux
3 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.053%) AIX
5 1 (0.053%) Android
5 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.053%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.053%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.053%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (26.00%) Migration
2 430 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 332 (17.69%) Data Migration
4 303 (16.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 282 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 249 (13.27%) Agile
7 244 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 205 (10.92%) Validation
10 204 (10.87%) Change Management
11 183 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
12 180 (9.59%) Project Management
13 161 (8.58%) Data Modelling
14 154 (8.20%) CRM
15 149 (7.94%) Roadmaps
16 140 (7.46%) Procure-to-Pay
17 138 (7.35%) Analytics
18 122 (6.50%) Translating Business Requirements
19 120 (6.39%) Process Improvement
20 116 (6.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 163 (8.68%) SQL
2 64 (3.41%) Python
3 36 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.81%) Java
5 33 (1.76%) PL/SQL
6 25 (1.33%) C#
7 18 (0.96%) Apex Code
8 17 (0.91%) Ruby
9 15 (0.80%) X++
10 14 (0.75%) ABAP
11 11 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.43%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.27%) SOQL
14 5 (0.27%) SOSL
14 5 (0.27%) VBA
15 4 (0.21%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.16%) C++
16 3 (0.16%) Groovy
16 3 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 192 (10.23%) Security Cleared
2 140 (7.46%) SC Cleared
3 111 (5.91%) Degree
4 103 (5.49%) CIMA
5 97 (5.17%) ACCA
6 41 (2.18%) PMP
7 34 (1.81%) PMI Certification
8 28 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 16 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.48%) SAP Certification
13 8 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.37%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.27%) CFA
16 4 (0.21%) CCAB
16 4 (0.21%) CISM
16 4 (0.21%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.84%) GDPR
3 71 (3.78%) QA
4 46 (2.45%) PMO
5 31 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.28%) IFRS
7 19 (1.01%) SLA
8 18 (0.96%) GAAP
9 11 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.43%) GxP
11 8 (0.43%) NCSC
12 7 (0.37%) GMP
13 6 (0.32%) GRC
13 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.21%) NIST
16 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
16 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.59%) HP ALM
1 11 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 11 (0.59%) Terraform
2 6 (0.32%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.27%) Grafana
3 5 (0.27%) Kibana
4 3 (0.16%) Control-M
4 3 (0.16%) MOM
4 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.053%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.053%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.053%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.053%) SCCM
Vendors
1 579 (30.85%) SAP
2 516 (27.49%) Oracle
3 311 (16.57%) Microsoft
4 86 (4.58%) Workday
5 84 (4.48%) IFS
6 78 (4.16%) Salesforce
7 58 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 55 (2.93%) Siemens
9 41 (2.18%) Databricks
10 37 (1.97%) Ariba
11 36 (1.92%) Infor
11 36 (1.92%) Sage
12 33 (1.76%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.75%) Informatica
13 14 (0.75%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.69%) Google
15 12 (0.64%) Concur
15 12 (0.64%) Epicor
16 11 (0.59%) HP
17 8 (0.43%) Foundry