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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 97 97
Rank change year-on-year +38 0 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,814 758 993
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.71% 2.60% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 2.86% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 462 618
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% +0.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 26 31
10th Percentile £17.71 £17.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.60 £64.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £86.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £29.75
% change year-on-year -20.69% +143.70% -54.00%

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 41,434 26,510 36,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.66% 90.99% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,895 16,942 23,625
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,120 2,526
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.71
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +40 1,539 £539 +0.23% 671
UK excluding London +48 940 £525 +4.48% 528
London +39 656 £550 -2.22% 241
Work from Home +57 542 £550 - 317
South East +7 231 £560 +4.19% 138
North of England +42 213 £500 +5.26% 126
Midlands +28 183 £525 +5.00% 126
South West +34 133 £525 +10.53% 62
North West +27 112 £500 +2.25% 71
West Midlands +10 110 £525 +5.00% 73
East of England +11 97 £575 -4.17% 31
Yorkshire +5 87 £550 +37.50% 43
East Midlands +19 69 £525 +10.53% 52
Scotland +17 48 £513 +1.18% 25
Wales +10 22 £500 - 10
Northern Ireland +19 17 £475 +18.75% 23
North East -19 14 £500 -9.09% 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 24 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.88%) Confluence
4 13 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) 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%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 90 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 22 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 286 (15.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 124 (6.84%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.36%) SAP ERP
4 50 (2.76%) Oracle EBS
5 48 (2.65%) NetSuite
6 46 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
7 39 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 33 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
9 32 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
13 15 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
14 12 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
14 12 (0.66%) Shopify
14 12 (0.66%) Teamcenter
14 12 (0.66%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.61%) SAP FI
15 11 (0.61%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 224 (12.35%) Azure
2 190 (10.47%) Dynamics 365
3 151 (8.32%) OCI
4 150 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 92 (5.07%) SaaS
6 63 (3.47%) AWS
7 53 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (2.65%) PaaS
9 32 (1.76%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.71%) Boomi
10 31 (1.71%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (0.94%) GitHub
13 17 (0.94%) IaaS
13 17 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.83%) GCP
15 15 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.055%) DHCP
4 1 (0.055%) DMZ
4 1 (0.055%) DNS
4 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.055%) Modbus
4 1 (0.055%) MQTT
4 1 (0.055%) RFID
4 1 (0.055%) SMS
4 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
4 1 (0.055%) VPN
4 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.055%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (5.95%) Power BI
2 56 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
3 49 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
5 23 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.16%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.66%) Metadata
9 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.61%) Tableau
10 10 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 100 (5.51%) JIRA
2 31 (1.71%) Git
3 29 (1.60%) Postman
4 20 (1.10%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) GitLab
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.055%) ERwin
11 1 (0.055%) JMeter
11 1 (0.055%) PowerDesigner
General
1 931 (51.32%) Finance
2 493 (27.18%) Social Skills
3 235 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (9.43%) Manufacturing
5 120 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 86 (4.74%) Retail
7 65 (3.58%) Legal
8 55 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
9 52 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (2.87%) Local Government
10 50 (2.76%) General Ledger
11 47 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 46 (2.54%) Law
13 37 (2.04%) Banking
14 36 (1.98%) Billing
15 33 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.05%) Military
19 16 (0.88%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 302 (16.65%) Lead
2 259 (14.28%) Architect
3 243 (13.40%) Consultant
4 215 (11.85%) Analyst
5 172 (9.48%) Project Manager
6 148 (8.16%) Senior
7 128 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
8 106 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 91 (5.02%) Developer
10 88 (4.85%) ERP Manager
11 63 (3.47%) Accountant
12 55 (3.03%) Oracle Consultant
13 53 (2.92%) Financial Analyst
14 52 (2.87%) Implementation Consultant
15 51 (2.81%) SAP Consultant
16 50 (2.76%) Senior Manager
17 47 (2.59%) Systems Accountant
18 46 (2.54%) SAP Manager
19 44 (2.43%) Programme Manager
20 39 (2.15%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (11.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 103 (5.68%) REST
3 84 (4.63%) Middleware
4 61 (3.36%) SOAP
5 51 (2.81%) JSON
6 49 (2.70%) XML
7 35 (1.93%) Web Services
8 24 (1.32%) .NET
8 24 (1.32%) OAuth
9 22 (1.21%) XSLT
10 16 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (0.83%) JWT
11 15 (0.83%) Node.js
12 13 (0.72%) EDI
13 12 (0.66%) HTML
14 10 (0.55%) PySpark
14 10 (0.55%) RESTful
15 9 (0.50%) CSS
16 8 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.57%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.14%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.26%) Public Cloud
5 30 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 29 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.54%) FMCG
8 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (0.88%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.77%) IoT
14 13 (0.72%) Life Science
15 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
17 8 (0.44%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.21%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Unix
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (25.58%) Migration
2 396 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 301 (16.59%) Data Migration
4 300 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 268 (14.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 261 (14.39%) Agile
7 242 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
8 223 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 201 (11.08%) Change Management
10 199 (10.97%) Validation
11 184 (10.14%) Project Management
12 159 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
13 147 (8.10%) Data Modelling
14 145 (7.99%) CRM
15 143 (7.88%) Procure-to-Pay
16 137 (7.55%) Roadmaps
17 119 (6.56%) Analytics
18 113 (6.23%) DevOps
19 111 (6.12%) Translating Business Requirements
20 110 (6.06%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 156 (8.60%) SQL
2 54 (2.98%) Python
3 37 (2.04%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.87%) Java
5 33 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.71%) C#
7 18 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.88%) Ruby
8 16 (0.88%) X++
9 11 (0.61%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
12 5 (0.28%) VBA
13 4 (0.22%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) C++
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 192 (10.58%) Security Cleared
2 142 (7.83%) SC Cleared
3 136 (7.50%) Degree
4 101 (5.57%) CIMA
5 93 (5.13%) ACCA
6 44 (2.43%) PMP
7 36 (1.98%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 14 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.55%) SAP Certification
12 9 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.39%) APMP
13 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.22%) CISSP
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (6.17%) Data Quality
2 75 (4.13%) QA
3 70 (3.86%) GDPR
4 47 (2.59%) PMO
5 31 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (1.27%) IFRS
7 19 (1.05%) SLA
8 17 (0.94%) GAAP
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.50%) GxP
11 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.39%) GMP
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.28%) NCSC
13 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.22%) GRC
14 4 (0.22%) NIST
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.28%) Terraform
4 4 (0.22%) Kibana
4 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Control-M
5 3 (0.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.17%) MOM
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 562 (30.98%) SAP
2 508 (28.00%) Oracle
3 301 (16.59%) Microsoft
4 89 (4.91%) Workday
5 73 (4.02%) IFS
6 72 (3.97%) Salesforce
7 56 (3.09%) Siemens
8 53 (2.92%) ServiceNow
9 41 (2.26%) Databricks
10 36 (1.98%) Ariba
11 35 (1.93%) MuleSoft
12 30 (1.65%) Sage
13 28 (1.54%) Infor
14 15 (0.83%) Informatica
15 13 (0.72%) Epicor
16 10 (0.55%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.50%) HP
18 8 (0.44%) Concur
18 8 (0.44%) Foundry
18 8 (0.44%) Google