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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 90 96
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,990 920 910
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 2.79% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.09% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 547 516
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.90% -4.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £730 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 52 38
10th Percentile £15.36 £6.00 £16.78
25th Percentile £19.24 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.95 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +46.14% -48.22% -28.74%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.88 £68.75
90th Percentile £69.70 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £17.43 £40.18
% change year-on-year +86.51% -56.63% -38.30%

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 45,278 29,786 33,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.80% 90.49% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,840 18,586 21,275
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,823 1,710 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.46
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +19 1,645 £550 - 1,637
UK excluding London +37 1,042 £525 +0.96% 1,141
London +21 686 £600 +9.09% 687
Work from Home +28 570 £550 - 815
South East 0 273 £525 +1.94% 286
North of England +62 266 £510 +2.00% 280
Midlands +37 207 £525 - 234
North West +42 152 £525 +5.00% 147
West Midlands +8 117 £530 +0.95% 128
South West -12 97 £525 -16.13% 106
Yorkshire +31 93 £500 +24.22% 98
East of England +2 83 £550 -4.35% 90
East Midlands +26 81 £525 -12.50% 106
Scotland +19 70 £500 - 105
Northern Ireland +26 28 £450 +28.57% 42
North East -27 21 £500 -6.98% 39
Wales - 20 £488 - 21
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 33 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.85%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.20%) CMS
5 4 (0.20%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.20%) ThingWorx
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.10%) Apache
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.050%) Mendix
Applications
1 99 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 290 (14.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 156 (7.84%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.37%) SAP ERP
4 64 (3.22%) Oracle Payables
5 63 (3.17%) NetSuite
6 52 (2.61%) Oracle EBS
7 49 (2.46%) Oracle Receivables
8 39 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 28 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
10 24 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
11 18 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (0.85%) SAP MDG
13 16 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
15 13 (0.65%) Workday HCM
16 11 (0.55%) SAP FI
17 10 (0.50%) SAP CO
17 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 211 (10.60%) Azure
2 195 (9.80%) Dynamics 365
3 191 (9.60%) Power Platform
4 159 (7.99%) OCI
5 118 (5.93%) SaaS
6 78 (3.92%) AWS
7 59 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.01%) PaaS
9 36 (1.81%) GCP
10 35 (1.76%) SuccessFactors
11 33 (1.66%) Boomi
12 32 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.36%) GitHub
15 26 (1.31%) PowerApps
16 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 16 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
19 15 (0.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 5 (0.25%) FTP
2 5 (0.25%) SSL
3 4 (0.20%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
5 2 (0.10%) Intranet
5 2 (0.10%) LAN
5 2 (0.10%) WAN
6 1 (0.050%) DHCP
6 1 (0.050%) DMZ
6 1 (0.050%) DNS
6 1 (0.050%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.050%) Modbus
6 1 (0.050%) MQTT
6 1 (0.050%) RFID
6 1 (0.050%) SMS
6 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) VPN
6 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (6.88%) Power BI
2 70 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
4 36 (1.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.31%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
5 26 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.16%) Tableau
7 17 (0.85%) Metadata
8 16 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.30%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 87 (4.37%) JIRA
2 34 (1.71%) Git
3 19 (0.95%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.45%) Postman
7 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.25%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
9 4 (0.20%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
12 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
12 1 (0.050%) MLflow
12 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,035 (52.01%) Finance
2 535 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 249 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (10.60%) Manufacturing
5 170 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 109 (5.48%) Retail
7 83 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (3.27%) General Ledger
9 59 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 56 (2.81%) Legal
11 53 (2.66%) Billing
12 48 (2.41%) Law
13 45 (2.26%) Local Government
14 43 (2.16%) Banking
15 40 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
16 37 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 36 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
18 30 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.11%) Aerospace
20 20 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 372 (18.69%) Lead
2 316 (15.88%) Architect
3 251 (12.61%) Analyst
4 237 (11.91%) Consultant
5 161 (8.09%) Senior
6 149 (7.49%) Project Manager
7 147 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
8 117 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 111 (5.58%) Developer
10 81 (4.07%) Oracle Consultant
11 74 (3.72%) ERP Manager
12 59 (2.96%) Accountant
13 58 (2.91%) Financial Analyst
14 45 (2.26%) Programme Manager
15 43 (2.16%) Data Analyst
15 43 (2.16%) Functional Consultant
15 43 (2.16%) Systems Accountant
16 42 (2.11%) Finance Manager
16 42 (2.11%) SAP Manager
17 41 (2.06%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (11.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 115 (5.78%) REST
3 99 (4.97%) Middleware
4 69 (3.47%) SOAP
5 44 (2.21%) JSON
6 41 (2.06%) XML
7 33 (1.66%) Web Services
8 28 (1.41%) .NET
9 24 (1.21%) OAuth
10 21 (1.06%) EDI
11 19 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
12 18 (0.90%) OAuth2
13 15 (0.75%) XSLT
14 14 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
15 12 (0.60%) Node.js
16 11 (0.55%) CSS
16 11 (0.55%) HTML
16 11 (0.55%) PySpark
17 10 (0.50%) JWT
17 10 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (5.33%) Legacy Systems
2 78 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.91%) Product Ownership
4 54 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 50 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 41 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.81%) FMCG
7 36 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 31 (1.56%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (0.90%) Life Science
13 16 (0.80%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.70%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.65%) IoT
15 13 (0.65%) Low-Code
16 12 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.31%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (26.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 504 (25.33%) Migration
3 375 (18.84%) Data Migration
4 328 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 321 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
6 278 (13.97%) Agile
7 274 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (10.40%) Change Management
10 206 (10.35%) Validation
11 198 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
12 186 (9.35%) Data Modelling
13 182 (9.15%) Analytics
14 177 (8.89%) CRM
15 172 (8.64%) Roadmaps
16 166 (8.34%) Process Improvement
17 146 (7.34%) Translating Business Requirements
18 144 (7.24%) Project Management
19 140 (7.04%) Project Delivery
20 138 (6.93%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.10%) SQL
2 65 (3.27%) Python
3 35 (1.76%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.71%) JavaScript
5 33 (1.66%) Java
6 27 (1.36%) C#
7 21 (1.06%) Apex Code
8 20 (1.01%) Ruby
8 20 (1.01%) X++
9 14 (0.70%) ABAP
9 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.40%) Groovy
12 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.30%) SOQL
13 6 (0.30%) SOSL
14 5 (0.25%) VBA
15 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.15%) C++
16 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 225 (11.31%) Security Cleared
2 156 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 123 (6.18%) Degree
4 73 (3.67%) ACCA
5 70 (3.52%) CIMA
6 53 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.91%) PMP
8 32 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.35%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.35%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.30%) CISM
15 6 (0.30%) CISSP
15 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.62%) QA
3 69 (3.47%) GDPR
4 52 (2.61%) PMO
5 36 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.26%) IFRS
7 17 (0.85%) GAAP
8 14 (0.70%) GMP
8 14 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.65%) GRC
10 11 (0.55%) GxP
11 9 (0.45%) NCSC
11 9 (0.45%) SLA
12 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.30%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.25%) NIST
15 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 15 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.050%) Firmware
4 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (0.90%) Terraform
2 14 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.25%) Grafana
4 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.20%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 605 (30.40%) SAP
2 587 (29.50%) Oracle
3 365 (18.34%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.22%) Salesforce
5 80 (4.02%) IFS
6 77 (3.87%) Workday
7 76 (3.82%) ServiceNow
8 41 (2.06%) Infor
9 38 (1.91%) Ariba
10 35 (1.76%) Databricks
11 32 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 32 (1.61%) Sage
12 26 (1.31%) Siemens
13 22 (1.11%) JD Edwards
14 21 (1.06%) Google
15 17 (0.85%) Concur
16 13 (0.65%) SYSPRO
17 12 (0.60%) Epicor
18 9 (0.45%) Baan
18 9 (0.45%) HP