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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 87 89
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,359 874 1,079
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.42% 2.84% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.17% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 485 690
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £455 £431 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.61% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 12 35
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.30 £13.54
25th Percentile £22.03 £30.48 £37.50
Median hourly rate £53.01 £60.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% -1.68% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £69.06 £86.50
90th Percentile £59.38 £85.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.01 £36.71 £40.62
% change year-on-year +44.40% -9.61% +30.39%

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 34,545 27,534 38,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.04% 89.45% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,908 16,837 25,471
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £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 £717 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 848 2,117
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -11.20% +8.53%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +18 1,170 £550 +4.76% 564
UK excluding London +5 677 £525 +5.00% 470
London +25 519 £575 +5.02% 176
Work from Home +28 475 £525 -4.55% 263
North of England -1 159 £550 +15.79% 121
South East +2 147 £550 +5.26% 159
Midlands -25 125 £525 -2.33% 97
South West +7 113 £519 +4.80% 43
North West +27 100 £500 +2.25% 80
West Midlands -31 82 £550 +4.76% 62
East of England +8 77 £525 -2.33% 49
Yorkshire -36 54 £595 +48.75% 32
East Midlands -16 42 £525 -12.21% 35
Scotland +27 34 £530 +14.59% 11
Wales +18 20 £438 -39.66% 3
Northern Ireland +7 10 £475 +18.75% 2
North East -20 5 £500 +5.26% 10
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 22 (1.62%) Confluence
2 20 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
2 20 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.44%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 4 (0.29%) Documentum
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.22%) Apache
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.22%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.22%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.074%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.074%) Camunda
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.074%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (2.28%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.37%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.29%) Trello
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.15%) InVision
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.074%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 196 (14.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 80 (5.89%) Oracle ERP
3 58 (4.27%) SAP ERP
4 53 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 48 (3.53%) Oracle Payables
6 46 (3.38%) Oracle EBS
7 36 (2.65%) Oracle Receivables
8 35 (2.58%) NetSuite
9 26 (1.91%) Oracle General Ledger
10 24 (1.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 21 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
12 18 (1.32%) Shopify
13 17 (1.25%) Oracle Cash Management
13 17 (1.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 17 (1.25%) SAP EWM
14 15 (1.10%) Workday HCM
15 14 (1.03%) SAP WM
15 14 (1.03%) Unit4 Business World
16 13 (0.96%) SAP PP
17 11 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 196 (14.42%) Azure
2 147 (10.82%) Dynamics 365
3 145 (10.67%) OCI
4 101 (7.43%) Power Platform
5 95 (6.99%) SaaS
6 42 (3.09%) AWS
7 41 (3.02%) PaaS
8 35 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.21%) Power Automate
10 29 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (1.62%) Lucidchart
14 21 (1.55%) Boomi
14 21 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
15 17 (1.25%) GCP
15 17 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (1.18%) IaaS
17 15 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 15 (1.10%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.074%) DKIM
3 1 (0.074%) DMARC
3 1 (0.074%) Network Security
3 1 (0.074%) RFID
3 1 (0.074%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.22%) Power BI
2 49 (3.61%) Oracle Reports
3 45 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.35%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.99%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.62%) Oracle Database
7 15 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 14 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.66%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.59%) GIS
11 8 (0.59%) Tableau
12 7 (0.52%) Power Query
13 6 (0.44%) Metadata
13 6 (0.44%) Oracle ODI
14 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
15 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (5.08%) JIRA
2 32 (2.35%) Postman
3 11 (0.81%) Git
3 11 (0.81%) GitLab
4 7 (0.52%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.44%) Selenium
6 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.29%) Hudson
8 2 (0.15%) Gradle
8 2 (0.15%) LSMW
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.15%) TestRail
8 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
8 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.074%) MLflow
General
1 667 (49.08%) Finance
2 495 (36.42%) Social Skills
3 177 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 118 (8.68%) Manufacturing
6 56 (4.12%) Local Government
7 46 (3.38%) General Ledger
8 45 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.31%) Retail
9 43 (3.16%) Banking
10 41 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 39 (2.87%) Legal
12 34 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.84%) Marketing
16 22 (1.62%) Billing
17 16 (1.18%) Military
18 13 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 215 (15.82%) Consultant
2 161 (11.85%) Lead
3 154 (11.33%) Analyst
4 151 (11.11%) Architect
5 136 (10.01%) Project Manager
6 104 (7.65%) Senior
7 91 (6.70%) Business Analyst
8 79 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
9 72 (5.30%) Developer
10 61 (4.49%) SAP Consultant
11 53 (3.90%) ERP Manager
12 48 (3.53%) SAP Manager
13 41 (3.02%) Accountant
14 34 (2.50%) Functional Consultant
14 34 (2.50%) Programme Manager
15 33 (2.43%) Implementation Consultant
15 33 (2.43%) Oracle Consultant
15 33 (2.43%) Senior Manager
16 32 (2.35%) Systems Accountant
17 29 (2.13%) ERP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (14.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (6.40%) REST
3 62 (4.56%) SOAP
4 53 (3.90%) XML
5 51 (3.75%) Middleware
6 50 (3.68%) JSON
7 47 (3.46%) Web Services
8 25 (1.84%) OAuth
9 24 (1.77%) XSLT
10 19 (1.40%) .NET
11 13 (0.96%) EDI
11 13 (0.96%) JWT
12 10 (0.74%) ADO
12 10 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.59%) HTML
14 7 (0.52%) Node.js
15 6 (0.44%) RESTful
16 5 (0.37%) CSS
16 5 (0.37%) Kafka
17 4 (0.29%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.74%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (3.09%) Data Structures
3 40 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (1.91%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.25%) IoT
9 16 (1.18%) FMCG
10 15 (1.10%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.03%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.88%) Life Science
13 12 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.74%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.66%) SCADA
16 9 (0.66%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.10%) Windows
2 7 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (23.91%) Migration
2 254 (18.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 250 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 226 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 224 (16.48%) Agile
6 193 (14.20%) Data Migration
7 161 (11.85%) CRM
8 153 (11.26%) Project Management
9 152 (11.18%) User Acceptance Testing
10 143 (10.52%) Change Management
11 120 (8.83%) Validation
12 114 (8.39%) Project Delivery
13 112 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
14 110 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 110 (8.09%) Roadmaps
15 97 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
16 88 (6.48%) DevOps
17 85 (6.25%) Analytics
18 70 (5.15%) Decision-Making
19 68 (5.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 137 (10.08%) SQL
2 40 (2.94%) PL/SQL
3 31 (2.28%) C#
4 30 (2.21%) Python
5 25 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.55%) Java
7 8 (0.59%) Groovy
8 7 (0.52%) VBA
9 6 (0.44%) ABAP
9 6 (0.44%) X++
10 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.29%) Korn
11 4 (0.29%) Perl
11 4 (0.29%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.22%) C++
12 3 (0.22%) PHP
12 3 (0.22%) R
12 3 (0.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 177 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 166 (12.21%) Degree
3 139 (10.23%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.74%) CIMA
5 68 (5.00%) ACCA
6 41 (3.02%) PMP
7 38 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.84%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.96%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.81%) ISTQB
16 10 (0.74%) OCA
17 7 (0.52%) APMP
17 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 6 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.45%) QA
2 68 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.05%) GDPR
4 51 (3.75%) PMO
5 30 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.10%) GAAP
6 15 (1.10%) IFRS
7 14 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.81%) GxP
10 10 (0.74%) ITGC
10 10 (0.74%) NIST
10 10 (0.74%) SLA
11 8 (0.59%) COBIT
12 7 (0.52%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.44%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.44%) NCSC
14 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.074%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.37%) Terraform
2 3 (0.22%) Control-M
2 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.074%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.074%) Kibana
4 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 423 (31.13%) Oracle
2 416 (30.61%) SAP
3 230 (16.92%) Microsoft
4 84 (6.18%) Workday
5 68 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.43%) Siemens
7 28 (2.06%) IFS
7 28 (2.06%) Sage
8 25 (1.84%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.55%) Ariba
9 21 (1.55%) Databricks
10 15 (1.10%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.81%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.74%) Informatica
13 8 (0.59%) Adobe
14 7 (0.52%) Foundry
15 6 (0.44%) Google
15 6 (0.44%) Infor
16 4 (0.29%) ESRI
16 4 (0.29%) OpenText