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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 93 92
Rank change year-on-year +34 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,991 882 955
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.76% 2.69% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 2.97% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,181 532 558
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 54 39
10th Percentile £17.29 £6.00 £24.80
25th Percentile £24.89 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £37.63 £26.21 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.58% -50.08% -18.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.13 £69.44
90th Percentile £65.13 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.84% -44.44% -30.42%

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 45,002 29,684 34,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.96% 90.46% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,648 21,888
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,621 1,980
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.89 £17.33 £17.74
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.56% -

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +27 1,648 £550 +2.33% 814
UK excluding London +44 1,035 £525 +2.44% 610
London +22 691 £598 +8.64% 263
Work from Home +32 573 £550 - 349
South East +3 261 £525 +1.94% 160
North of England +52 251 £500 +5.26% 153
Midlands +34 205 £525 - 169
North West +34 145 £525 +7.36% 78
West Midlands +9 121 £540 +2.86% 104
South West +10 115 £550 -11.29% 55
East of England +12 92 £575 - 52
Yorkshire +16 86 £458 +5.48% 58
East Midlands +31 76 £525 -12.50% 65
Scotland +11 63 £500 -0.50% 19
Northern Ireland +19 28 £450 +28.57% 5
Wales - 21 £500 - 9
North East -30 20 £500 -6.98% 18
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 30 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.85%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.20%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.15%) ThingWorx
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.050%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 94 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 19 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.050%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 304 (15.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 148 (7.43%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.31%) SAP ERP
4 61 (3.06%) NetSuite
5 56 (2.81%) Oracle Payables
6 52 (2.61%) Oracle EBS
7 44 (2.21%) Oracle Receivables
8 37 (1.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 27 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
12 18 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.80%) SAP MDG
14 15 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
14 15 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
15 10 (0.50%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 224 (11.25%) Azure
2 193 (9.69%) Dynamics 365
3 192 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 153 (7.68%) OCI
5 121 (6.08%) SaaS
6 71 (3.57%) AWS
7 57 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.11%) PaaS
9 36 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
10 34 (1.71%) Boomi
11 29 (1.46%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.46%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.36%) GCP
12 27 (1.36%) GitHub
12 27 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 16 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (0.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 5 (0.25%) SSL
3 4 (0.20%) Firewall
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
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%) SMS
6 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) VoIP
6 1 (0.050%) VPN
6 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (7.08%) Power BI
2 72 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.91%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 30 (1.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 28 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
8 24 (1.21%) Tableau
9 18 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (0.85%) Metadata
11 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
14 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 80 (4.02%) JIRA
2 36 (1.81%) Git
3 21 (1.05%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.55%) Postman
6 8 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.20%) Selenium
8 4 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) LSMW
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.050%) MLflow
11 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,032 (51.83%) Finance
2 500 (25.11%) Social Skills
3 245 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (10.10%) Manufacturing
5 167 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.37%) Retail
7 79 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (2.96%) General Ledger
9 58 (2.91%) Legal
10 53 (2.66%) Local Government
11 50 (2.51%) Billing
12 47 (2.36%) Law
13 40 (2.01%) Banking
14 39 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 36 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
16 35 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 29 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
18 21 (1.05%) Marketing
19 19 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 362 (18.18%) Lead
2 318 (15.97%) Architect
3 244 (12.26%) Analyst
3 244 (12.26%) Consultant
4 168 (8.44%) Senior
5 158 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
6 153 (7.68%) Project Manager
7 115 (5.78%) Business Analyst
7 115 (5.78%) Developer
8 76 (3.82%) ERP Manager
9 68 (3.42%) Oracle Consultant
10 64 (3.21%) Accountant
11 59 (2.96%) Financial Analyst
12 48 (2.41%) Systems Accountant
13 46 (2.31%) SAP Manager
14 45 (2.26%) Programme Manager
15 44 (2.21%) Senior Manager
16 43 (2.16%) Finance Manager
17 42 (2.11%) ERP Project Manager
18 41 (2.06%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (10.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 111 (5.58%) REST
3 105 (5.27%) Middleware
4 62 (3.11%) SOAP
5 42 (2.11%) JSON
6 39 (1.96%) XML
7 34 (1.71%) Web Services
8 28 (1.41%) .NET
9 21 (1.05%) OAuth
10 20 (1.00%) EDI
11 17 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
13 15 (0.75%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.65%) Node.js
14 13 (0.65%) XSLT
15 12 (0.60%) HTML
16 11 (0.55%) CSS
16 11 (0.55%) PySpark
17 10 (0.50%) RESTful
18 9 (0.45%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
2 78 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 51 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 39 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.66%) FMCG
9 31 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (0.90%) IoT
12 16 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.75%) AI Agents
13 15 (0.75%) Life Science
14 14 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.60%) Operational Technology
17 11 (0.55%) Low-Code
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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (25.67%) Migration
1 511 (25.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 373 (18.73%) Data Migration
3 329 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 313 (15.72%) User Acceptance Testing
5 274 (13.76%) Agile
6 266 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 250 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
8 210 (10.55%) Change Management
9 209 (10.50%) Validation
10 206 (10.35%) Business Intelligence
11 184 (9.24%) Analytics
11 184 (9.24%) Data Modelling
12 172 (8.64%) CRM
13 169 (8.49%) Roadmaps
14 158 (7.94%) Project Management
15 154 (7.73%) Process Improvement
16 142 (7.13%) Translating Business Requirements
17 137 (6.88%) Procure-to-Pay
18 136 (6.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 182 (9.14%) SQL
2 67 (3.37%) Python
3 36 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.71%) Java
4 34 (1.71%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.36%) C#
6 20 (1.00%) Ruby
6 20 (1.00%) X++
7 19 (0.95%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.80%) ABAP
9 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.35%) Groovy
11 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOSL
12 5 (0.25%) VBA
13 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.15%) Korn
15 2 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (11.20%) Security Cleared
2 159 (7.99%) SC Cleared
3 116 (5.83%) Degree
4 78 (3.92%) ACCA
4 78 (3.92%) CIMA
5 49 (2.46%) DV Cleared
6 39 (1.96%) PMP
7 32 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 18 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.45%) SAP Certification
12 8 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.25%) CISM
15 5 (0.25%) CISSP
15 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (7.38%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.67%) GDPR
3 69 (3.47%) QA
4 53 (2.66%) PMO
5 36 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (1.41%) IFRS
7 20 (1.00%) GAAP
8 15 (0.75%) GMP
9 12 (0.60%) GxP
9 12 (0.60%) SLA
10 11 (0.55%) GRC
10 11 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.40%) NCSC
13 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 5 (0.25%) NIST
15 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 4 (0.20%) P3O
16 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.050%) Firmware
3 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.050%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (0.80%) Terraform
2 13 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.40%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Kibana
5 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
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
1 611 (30.69%) SAP
2 561 (28.18%) Oracle
3 355 (17.83%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.17%) IFS
5 79 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 79 (3.97%) Workday
6 63 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 43 (2.16%) Ariba
8 41 (2.06%) Infor
9 40 (2.01%) Siemens
10 39 (1.96%) Databricks
11 37 (1.86%) MuleSoft
12 36 (1.81%) Sage
13 18 (0.90%) JD Edwards
14 17 (0.85%) Concur
15 14 (0.70%) Google
16 12 (0.60%) Epicor
16 12 (0.60%) SYSPRO
17 11 (0.55%) Informatica
18 9 (0.45%) Baan