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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 94 93
Rank change year-on-year +32 -1 +29
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,667 789 1,016
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.64% 2.69% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 2.97% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 461 645
10th Percentile £363 £358 £356
25th Percentile £463 £438 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £778 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 20 29
10th Percentile £17.75 £47.29 £13.05
25th Percentile £28.86 £65.94 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +75.84% -34.03%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -20.69% +130.16% -51.29%

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 39,015 26,568 37,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.69% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,668 17,198 24,355
10th Percentile £316 £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 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,023 2,389
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.92 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.45 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.20 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.28% -12.12% -8.65%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +36 1,391 £550 +2.33% 712
UK excluding London +38 825 £525 +5.00% 569
London +36 617 £550 - 203
Work from Home +43 541 £540 +1.89% 346
South East +4 202 £525 -4.55% 152
North of England +32 195 £550 +25.71% 132
Midlands -10 140 £540 +8.00% 132
South West +19 121 £525 +10.53% 61
North West +36 117 £500 +2.41% 71
West Midlands -21 92 £565 +13.00% 78
East of England +10 85 £563 -6.25% 57
Yorkshire -8 66 £595 +48.75% 50
Scotland +27 48 £519 +3.75% 35
East Midlands -8 47 £500 +5.26% 54
Wales +10 22 £488 -32.76% 9
Northern Ireland +13 16 £475 +18.75% 6
North East -18 12 £500 +11.11% 12
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 15 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
2 14 (0.84%) Confluence
2 14 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 14 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.42%) WebLogic
4 5 (0.30%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.30%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.24%) Apache
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.18%) CMS
6 3 (0.18%) Documentum
6 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 76 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.66%) 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 (14.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 110 (6.60%) Oracle ERP
3 64 (3.84%) Oracle EBS
4 63 (3.78%) SAP ERP
5 48 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 42 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
7 35 (2.10%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 27 (1.62%) 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
1 211 (12.66%) Azure
2 183 (10.98%) Dynamics 365
3 159 (9.54%) OCI
4 136 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 93 (5.58%) SaaS
6 60 (3.60%) AWS
7 50 (3.00%) PaaS
8 40 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.80%) Boomi
10 26 (1.56%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
11 25 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 24 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (1.26%) GCP
14 19 (1.14%) IaaS
15 18 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (0.84%) Tricentis Tosca
19 13 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.18%) FTP
1 3 (0.18%) LAN
2 2 (0.12%) 5G
2 2 (0.12%) Firewall
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 (6.54%) Power BI
2 68 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 23 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
5 23 (1.38%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (0.66%) Metadata
7 11 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.54%) Tableau
9 8 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.42%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.36%) GIS
12 5 (0.30%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (5.16%) JIRA
2 29 (1.74%) Postman
3 22 (1.32%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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%) TestRail
12 2 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 876 (52.55%) Finance
2 494 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 239 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (8.58%) Manufacturing
5 133 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 75 (4.50%) Retail
7 62 (3.72%) Legal
8 60 (3.60%) Local Government
9 57 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
10 56 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 44 (2.64%) Law
13 43 (2.58%) General Ledger
14 39 (2.34%) Banking
15 26 (1.56%) Billing
16 25 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.20%) Marketing
17 20 (1.20%) Military
18 19 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 272 (16.32%) Lead
2 235 (14.10%) Consultant
3 232 (13.92%) Architect
4 191 (11.46%) Analyst
5 156 (9.36%) Project Manager
6 147 (8.82%) Senior
7 115 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
8 105 (6.30%) Business Analyst
9 85 (5.10%) Developer
10 74 (4.44%) ERP Manager
11 53 (3.18%) Accountant
11 53 (3.18%) SAP Consultant
12 51 (3.06%) Implementation Consultant
12 51 (3.06%) SAP Manager
13 46 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
13 46 (2.76%) Senior Manager
14 43 (2.58%) Oracle Consultant
15 38 (2.28%) Systems Accountant
16 37 (2.22%) Test Manager
16 37 (2.22%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (11.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.22%) REST
3 70 (4.20%) Middleware
4 60 (3.60%) SOAP
5 50 (3.00%) XML
6 46 (2.76%) JSON
7 42 (2.52%) Web Services
8 24 (1.44%) OAuth
9 23 (1.38%) XSLT
10 20 (1.20%) .NET
11 16 (0.96%) JWT
11 16 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.66%) EDI
12 11 (0.66%) PySpark
13 8 (0.48%) Kafka
13 8 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
13 8 (0.48%) Node.js
14 7 (0.42%) ADO
14 7 (0.42%) SAPUI5
15 6 (0.36%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.42%) 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 26 (1.56%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 21 (1.26%) IoT
10 17 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (0.84%) FMCG
13 13 (0.78%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.60%) Life Science
15 10 (0.60%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.48%) LIMS
16 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
1 445 (26.69%) Migration
2 339 (20.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 285 (17.10%) Data Migration
3 285 (17.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 253 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 235 (14.10%) Agile
7 189 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 186 (11.16%) Change Management
9 180 (10.80%) Validation
10 179 (10.74%) Project Management
11 166 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
12 154 (9.24%) CRM
13 130 (7.80%) Data Modelling
14 124 (7.44%) Procure-to-Pay
15 116 (6.96%) Project Delivery
16 115 (6.90%) Roadmaps
17 110 (6.60%) DevOps
18 104 (6.24%) Analytics
19 97 (5.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.70%) SQL
2 47 (2.82%) Python
3 42 (2.52%) PL/SQL
4 31 (1.86%) Java
5 27 (1.62%) C#
6 16 (0.96%) 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 5 (0.30%) Korn
12 5 (0.30%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.30%) VBA
12 5 (0.30%) X++
13 4 (0.24%) Perl
14 3 (0.18%) SOQL
14 3 (0.18%) SOSL
14 3 (0.18%) XPath
Qualifications
1 198 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 146 (8.76%) SC Cleared
3 135 (8.10%) Degree
4 98 (5.88%) CIMA
5 87 (5.22%) ACCA
6 47 (2.82%) PMP
7 40 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 16 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
10 13 (0.78%) SAP Certification
11 10 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.54%) 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 96 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 83 (4.98%) QA
3 68 (4.08%) GDPR
4 53 (3.18%) PMO
5 30 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.20%) IFRS
7 17 (1.02%) GAAP
8 15 (0.90%) SLA
9 13 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 12 (0.72%) NIST
11 11 (0.66%) GxP
12 9 (0.54%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.48%) ITGC
14 7 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
14 7 (0.42%) GMP
15 6 (0.36%) COBIT
15 6 (0.36%) IFRS 17
15 6 (0.36%) NCSC
16 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.30%) SOX 404
System Software
1 8 (0.48%) 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 4 (0.24%) 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 (30.35%) SAP
2 479 (28.73%) Oracle
3 270 (16.20%) Microsoft
4 91 (5.46%) Workday
5 63 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 60 (3.60%) IFS
7 51 (3.06%) Siemens
8 40 (2.40%) Databricks
9 38 (2.28%) Ariba
10 37 (2.22%) ServiceNow
11 34 (2.04%) Sage
12 32 (1.92%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.20%) Infor
14 16 (0.96%) Informatica
15 9 (0.54%) Foundry
15 9 (0.54%) Google
15 9 (0.54%) HP
15 9 (0.54%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.42%) Talend
17 6 (0.36%) Concur