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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 88 94
Rank change year-on-year +26 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,991 920 917
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 2.78% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.07% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 552 525
10th Percentile £363 £326 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £642 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 52 37
10th Percentile £15.36 £6.00 £18.80
25th Percentile £19.48 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.61 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.69% -46.09% -26.81%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £19.40 £45.00
% change year-on-year +80.41% -56.89% -30.90%

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 45,268 29,990 33,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.86% 90.46% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,853 18,764 21,291
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £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 £729 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,826 1,696 1,837
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.89 £17.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +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 10 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 10 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 10 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 1,643 £550 - 1,185
UK excluding London +38 1,043 £525 +0.96% 775
London +14 686 £600 +9.09% 463
Work from Home +36 566 £550 - 490
South East 0 272 £525 +1.94% 223
North of England +64 256 £500 - 184
Midlands +36 209 £525 -4.55% 199
North West +35 147 £525 +5.00% 89
West Midlands +15 120 £535 +1.90% 121
South West -3 101 £538 -14.14% 61
Yorkshire +28 88 £475 +18.01% 74
East of England +11 88 £575 - 68
East Midlands +34 81 £525 -12.50% 78
Scotland +15 69 £500 - 30
Northern Ireland +27 28 £450 +28.57% 7
North East -26 21 £500 -6.98% 23
Wales - 21 £488 - 17
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 (1.05%) 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%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.20%) ThingWorx
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
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%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 99 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.10%) Windchill
8 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 292 (14.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 156 (7.84%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.37%) SAP ERP
4 60 (3.01%) NetSuite
5 58 (2.91%) Oracle Payables
6 50 (2.51%) Oracle EBS
7 45 (2.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 38 (1.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 26 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
11 23 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
12 18 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.80%) SAP MDG
13 16 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (0.65%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.60%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
16 10 (0.50%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 214 (10.75%) Azure
2 194 (9.74%) Dynamics 365
3 192 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 163 (8.19%) OCI
5 117 (5.88%) SaaS
6 73 (3.67%) AWS
7 56 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.11%) PaaS
9 35 (1.76%) SuccessFactors
10 34 (1.71%) Boomi
11 31 (1.56%) GCP
12 30 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.36%) GitHub
14 27 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
16 18 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 16 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (0.75%) Snowflake
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%) RFID
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%) SMS
6 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) VPN
6 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.93%) Power BI
2 70 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
4 35 (1.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 28 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
6 26 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.21%) Tableau
8 17 (0.85%) Metadata
9 16 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.40%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.35%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.30%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
13 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 85 (4.27%) JIRA
2 34 (1.71%) Git
3 20 (1.00%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (0.50%) 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 1,031 (51.78%) Finance
2 520 (26.12%) Social Skills
3 249 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (10.50%) Manufacturing
5 170 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 110 (5.52%) Retail
7 81 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (3.11%) General Ledger
9 59 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 56 (2.81%) Legal
11 49 (2.46%) Billing
12 48 (2.41%) Law
12 48 (2.41%) Local Government
13 43 (2.16%) Banking
14 40 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 37 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 31 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.16%) Aerospace
18 19 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 366 (18.38%) Lead
2 320 (16.07%) Architect
3 249 (12.51%) Analyst
4 242 (12.15%) Consultant
5 162 (8.14%) Senior
6 152 (7.63%) Project Manager
6 152 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
7 114 (5.73%) Business Analyst
8 110 (5.52%) Developer
9 80 (4.02%) Oracle Consultant
10 72 (3.62%) ERP Manager
11 60 (3.01%) Accountant
12 58 (2.91%) Financial Analyst
13 45 (2.26%) Data Analyst
14 44 (2.21%) Systems Accountant
15 42 (2.11%) ERP Architect
15 42 (2.11%) Programme Manager
15 42 (2.11%) SAP Manager
16 41 (2.06%) Finance Manager
16 41 (2.06%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (11.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 115 (5.78%) REST
3 102 (5.12%) Middleware
4 67 (3.37%) SOAP
5 43 (2.16%) JSON
6 40 (2.01%) XML
7 33 (1.66%) Web Services
8 29 (1.46%) .NET
9 22 (1.10%) OAuth
10 20 (1.00%) EDI
11 19 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 15 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
14 14 (0.70%) XSLT
15 12 (0.60%) HTML
15 12 (0.60%) Node.js
16 11 (0.55%) CSS
16 11 (0.55%) PySpark
17 10 (0.50%) RESTful
18 9 (0.45%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 108 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
2 78 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 59 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 35 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.71%) FMCG
9 33 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.85%) Life Science
13 16 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.75%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.75%) IoT
15 14 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.70%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.60%) Low-Code
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
1 514 (25.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 508 (25.51%) Migration
3 373 (18.73%) Data Migration
4 325 (16.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 316 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
6 277 (13.91%) Agile
7 276 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 254 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (10.40%) Change Management
10 206 (10.35%) Validation
11 201 (10.10%) Business Intelligence
12 191 (9.59%) Data Modelling
13 187 (9.39%) Analytics
14 173 (8.69%) CRM
15 169 (8.49%) Roadmaps
16 163 (8.19%) Process Improvement
17 148 (7.43%) Project Management
18 144 (7.23%) Translating Business Requirements
19 137 (6.88%) Procure-to-Pay
20 136 (6.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.09%) SQL
2 65 (3.26%) Python
3 35 (1.76%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.71%) Java
5 33 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.36%) C#
7 21 (1.05%) Apex Code
8 20 (1.00%) Ruby
8 20 (1.00%) X++
9 15 (0.75%) ABAP
10 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.40%) Groovy
11 8 (0.40%) TypeScript
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%) C++
15 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 224 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 156 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 123 (6.18%) Degree
4 76 (3.82%) ACCA
5 74 (3.72%) CIMA
6 53 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 37 (1.86%) PMP
8 32 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.35%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.30%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.25%) APMG
15 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 74 (3.72%) GDPR
3 69 (3.47%) QA
4 50 (2.51%) PMO
5 36 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 27 (1.36%) IFRS
7 19 (0.95%) GAAP
8 14 (0.70%) GMP
9 13 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.55%) GRC
10 11 (0.55%) GxP
10 11 (0.55%) SLA
11 9 (0.45%) NCSC
12 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.25%) NIST
14 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 13 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.050%) Firmware
3 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.050%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (0.85%) Terraform
2 14 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.40%) 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
1 602 (30.24%) SAP
2 577 (28.98%) Oracle
3 355 (17.83%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.17%) IFS
4 83 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 79 (3.97%) Workday
6 70 (3.52%) ServiceNow
7 41 (2.06%) Ariba
7 41 (2.06%) Infor
8 38 (1.91%) Databricks
9 35 (1.76%) MuleSoft
10 33 (1.66%) Sage
11 30 (1.51%) Siemens
12 21 (1.05%) JD Edwards
13 17 (0.85%) Concur
14 15 (0.75%) Google
15 13 (0.65%) SYSPRO
16 12 (0.60%) Epicor
17 9 (0.45%) Baan
17 9 (0.45%) Informatica