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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 96 86
Rank change year-on-year +20 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,152 898 1,205
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.29% 2.45% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 2.85% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 466 738
10th Percentile £350 £363 £381
25th Percentile £463 £456 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +5.41%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 31 32
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.23 £50.13
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £59.84
Median hourly rate £21.58 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.98% -58.40% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.75 £70.63 £89.13
90th Percentile £53.34 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.40 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -39.48% -45.02% +221.56%

All Process and 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 31,506 31,506 41,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.04% 86.11% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,718 18,972 28,134
10th Percentile £294 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,047 1,115 1,606
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £20.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £73.68 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -35.71% -20.14% +48.56%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +18 1,014 £550 +4.76% 1,710
UK excluding London 0 570 £525 +5.00% 1,413
London +42 456 £575 +4.55% 599
Work from Home +22 370 £550 -0.09% 840
South East +34 168 £515 +14.44% 642
Midlands -28 109 £550 +4.76% 248
North of England -26 100 £525 +5.00% 236
South West +7 89 £600 +20.00% 82
North West +5 76 £513 +2.50% 134
East of England +16 65 £550 +12.24% 101
West Midlands -41 64 £575 +11.11% 128
East Midlands -4 45 £525 -12.50% 111
Scotland +19 36 £500 -4.76% 47
Yorkshire -55 21 £538 +26.47% 74
Northern Ireland -2 8 £350 - 25
Wales +2 4 £325 -55.17% 13
North East -11 3 £500 -14.71% 28
Channel Islands - 1 - - 34

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 24 (2.08%) Confluence
2 20 (1.74%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.69%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.26%) Documentum
7 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.087%) Apache
9 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.087%) Camunda
9 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (0.087%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.087%) SAS
Applications
1 68 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Windchill
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.087%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.087%) Notion
Business Applications
1 150 (13.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 97 (8.42%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (5.21%) SAP ERP
4 39 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
5 37 (3.21%) Oracle Payables
6 36 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 36 (3.13%) NetSuite
7 28 (2.43%) Oracle Assets
7 28 (2.43%) Oracle General Ledger
8 25 (2.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 25 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 17 (1.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 17 (1.48%) SAP EWM
10 15 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.22%) Oracle SCM
11 14 (1.22%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (1.13%) SAP WM
13 12 (1.04%) Primavera
14 8 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
14 8 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 140 (12.15%) Azure
2 124 (10.76%) OCI
3 102 (8.85%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (8.68%) SaaS
5 91 (7.90%) Power Platform
6 30 (2.60%) AWS
7 29 (2.52%) PaaS
8 23 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (1.56%) Lucidchart
11 17 (1.48%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.39%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.22%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.13%) Boomi
15 9 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.78%) Smartsheet
16 8 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.087%) DKIM
2 1 (0.087%) DMARC
2 1 (0.087%) Internet
2 1 (0.087%) LAN
2 1 (0.087%) Network Security
2 1 (0.087%) SAN
2 1 (0.087%) VPN
2 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.08%) Power BI
2 56 (4.86%) Oracle Reports
3 38 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 31 (2.69%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.56%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 17 (1.48%) SAP HANA
8 9 (0.78%) Power Query
8 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.69%) SAP BW
9 8 (0.69%) Tableau
10 6 (0.52%) GIS
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
12 4 (0.35%) Metadata
13 3 (0.26%) MySQL
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 49 (4.25%) JIRA
2 10 (0.87%) Postman
3 8 (0.69%) GitLab
4 7 (0.61%) Git
5 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 1 (0.087%) Hudson
8 1 (0.087%) LSMW
8 1 (0.087%) MLflow
8 1 (0.087%) QADirector
8 1 (0.087%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.087%) Zephyr
General
1 564 (48.96%) Finance
2 407 (35.33%) Social Skills
3 153 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (11.37%) Manufacturing
5 117 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.82%) Retail
7 42 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 41 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (3.47%) Legal
10 38 (3.30%) Local Government
11 36 (3.13%) General Ledger
11 36 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (3.04%) Banking
13 33 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (2.26%) Billing
16 23 (2.00%) Marketing
17 22 (1.91%) Telecoms
18 17 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.39%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 172 (14.93%) Consultant
2 153 (13.28%) Analyst
3 134 (11.63%) Lead
4 112 (9.72%) Architect
5 110 (9.55%) Project Manager
6 76 (6.60%) Senior
7 70 (6.08%) Business Analyst
8 63 (5.47%) Developer
9 47 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
11 41 (3.56%) Oracle Consultant
12 37 (3.21%) ERP Manager
13 35 (3.04%) SAP Manager
14 34 (2.95%) Functional Consultant
15 29 (2.52%) ERP Analyst
16 26 (2.26%) ERP Support
17 24 (2.08%) Administrator
17 24 (2.08%) ERP Project Manager
17 24 (2.08%) Oracle Developer
18 23 (2.00%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (13.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 51 (4.43%) REST
3 34 (2.95%) SOAP
4 30 (2.60%) Middleware
5 29 (2.52%) Web Services
6 26 (2.26%) XML
7 21 (1.82%) JSON
8 20 (1.74%) .NET
9 14 (1.22%) EDI
10 12 (1.04%) OAuth
11 10 (0.87%) XSLT
12 9 (0.78%) HTML
13 7 (0.61%) CSS
14 6 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.35%) ADO
15 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.35%) Node.js
15 4 (0.35%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.64%) Legacy Systems
2 47 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 34 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 18 (1.56%) Life Science
7 16 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.39%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.13%) FMCG
9 12 (1.04%) AS400
9 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.95%) Public Cloud
11 10 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.78%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.61%) IoT
14 7 (0.61%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.78%) Windows
2 7 (0.61%) Unix
3 3 (0.26%) Linux
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.087%) AIX
5 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (23.09%) Migration
2 219 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 191 (16.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 190 (16.49%) Agile
6 186 (16.15%) Data Migration
7 132 (11.46%) CRM
8 126 (10.94%) Change Management
9 117 (10.16%) Project Management
10 116 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
11 112 (9.72%) Project Delivery
12 107 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
13 105 (9.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 86 (7.47%) Roadmaps
15 83 (7.20%) Validation
16 71 (6.16%) Workshop Facilitation
17 68 (5.90%) DevOps
18 66 (5.73%) Logistics
19 64 (5.56%) Analytics
20 62 (5.38%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (13.80%) SQL
2 39 (3.39%) PL/SQL
3 20 (1.74%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.65%) C#
5 16 (1.39%) Java
6 15 (1.30%) Python
7 9 (0.78%) Groovy
8 8 (0.69%) VBA
9 6 (0.52%) ABAP
9 6 (0.52%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.52%) X++
10 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.35%) Perl
10 4 (0.35%) PHP
11 3 (0.26%) R
11 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.17%) Korn
12 2 (0.17%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.087%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.087%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 130 (11.28%) Degree
3 109 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.04%) PMP
5 34 (2.95%) PMI Certification
6 32 (2.78%) CIMA
7 31 (2.69%) ACCA
8 23 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.82%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.74%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.43%) OCA
18 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.86%) QA
2 45 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.30%) PMO
4 37 (3.21%) GDPR
5 35 (3.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.22%) SLA
7 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.87%) NIST
8 9 (0.78%) GxP
9 8 (0.69%) IFRS
9 8 (0.69%) ITGC
10 7 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.61%) APQC
11 6 (0.52%) COBIT
11 6 (0.52%) GAAP
11 6 (0.52%) SOX 404
12 4 (0.35%) GMP
12 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.26%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Docker
3 4 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.087%) Firmware
4 1 (0.087%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.43%) Terraform
3 4 (0.35%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 4 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.17%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.087%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.087%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 424 (36.81%) Oracle
2 347 (30.12%) SAP
3 172 (14.93%) Microsoft
4 71 (6.16%) Salesforce
5 64 (5.56%) Workday
6 40 (3.47%) IFS
7 20 (1.74%) Ariba
8 17 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.13%) Sage
10 12 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.87%) Databricks
12 8 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
13 7 (0.61%) Hyperion
13 7 (0.61%) OpenText
14 6 (0.52%) Adobe
15 5 (0.43%) Anaplan
15 5 (0.43%) IBM
16 4 (0.35%) Axway
16 4 (0.35%) JD Edwards
16 4 (0.35%) Murex