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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 77 94
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,893 1,058 945
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.47% 3.19% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 3.53% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 636 513
10th Percentile £370 £341 £363
25th Percentile £463 £459 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 43 36
10th Percentile £13.98 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £16.88 £13.82 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £17.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.35% -51.92% -58.15%
75th Percentile £29.54 £30.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £73.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.66 £41.43
% change year-on-year +48.02% -62.20% -36.38%

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 46,170 29,963 32,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.61% 90.48% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,721 18,625 19,646
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,354 1,887 1,283
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.90 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.65 £65.06 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -7.99%

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 October 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 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 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 October 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 +4 1,577 £550 - 2,336
UK excluding London +19 996 £525 - 1,496
London -5 624 £600 +4.35% 978
Work from Home -1 532 £550 +2.33% 920
North of England +46 272 £525 +2.44% 338
Midlands +19 229 £525 - 260
South East -18 228 £525 +1.94% 352
North West +18 153 £525 +2.44% 168
West Midlands +20 138 £525 - 158
Yorkshire +46 101 £450 -14.29% 111
East of England -7 96 £500 -7.62% 158
East Midlands +14 81 £525 - 102
South West -29 81 £575 -4.17% 163
Scotland -9 54 £525 +5.00% 130
Wales +6 22 £475 +46.15% 36
Northern Ireland +15 19 £450 +28.57% 81
North East -24 18 £538 +19.44% 64

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 41 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (1.00%) Confluence
4 10 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.42%) CMS
6 5 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.26%) SAS
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.16%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.11%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.11%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 108 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.69%) Windchill
7 11 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.053%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 266 (14.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 142 (7.50%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.54%) Oracle Payables
4 64 (3.38%) SAP ERP
5 59 (3.12%) NetSuite
6 56 (2.96%) Oracle Receivables
7 46 (2.43%) Oracle EBS
8 37 (1.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 36 (1.90%) Oracle General Ledger
10 35 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
11 30 (1.58%) Oracle Financials
12 25 (1.32%) Oracle Assets
13 23 (1.22%) SAP MDG
14 19 (1.00%) Teamcenter
15 17 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
15 17 (0.90%) Workday HCM
16 16 (0.85%) SAP MM
17 15 (0.79%) SAP FI
18 13 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
19 12 (0.63%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 218 (11.52%) Azure
2 173 (9.14%) Dynamics 365
3 162 (8.56%) Power Platform
4 121 (6.39%) OCI
4 121 (6.39%) SaaS
5 72 (3.80%) AWS
6 71 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.17%) GCP
9 36 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
11 28 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 27 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.32%) PaaS
14 23 (1.22%) Boomi
15 22 (1.16%) Entra ID
16 20 (1.06%) GitHub
17 16 (0.85%) Serverless
18 15 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.63%) HTTP
2 9 (0.48%) Network Security
3 5 (0.26%) SSL
4 4 (0.21%) FTP
5 3 (0.16%) Firewall
6 2 (0.11%) DMZ
6 2 (0.11%) DNS
6 2 (0.11%) MQTT
6 2 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.053%) 5G
7 1 (0.053%) Intranet
7 1 (0.053%) LAN
7 1 (0.053%) RFID
7 1 (0.053%) SMS
7 1 (0.053%) SMTP
7 1 (0.053%) WAN
7 1 (0.053%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.39%) Power BI
2 59 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 22 (1.16%) Tableau
6 16 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 15 (0.79%) Metadata
8 13 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (0.69%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 9 (0.48%) Power Query
11 7 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.37%) Oracle ODI
11 7 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.32%) GIS
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 104 (5.49%) JIRA
2 32 (1.69%) Git
3 13 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.53%) Postman
5 8 (0.42%) Hudson
6 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.21%) Flyway
9 3 (0.16%) MLflow
10 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
10 2 (0.11%) TestRail
11 1 (0.053%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
General
1 943 (49.82%) Finance
2 596 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 266 (14.05%) Manufacturing
4 240 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
5 172 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.55%) Retail
7 86 (4.54%) General Ledger
8 82 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (4.01%) Billing
10 71 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.64%) Banking
12 41 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
13 37 (1.95%) Legal
13 37 (1.95%) Local Government
14 32 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 26 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.22%) Marketing
18 21 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 309 (16.32%) Lead
2 281 (14.84%) Architect
3 230 (12.15%) Consultant
4 225 (11.89%) Analyst
5 135 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
6 134 (7.08%) Senior
7 125 (6.60%) Project Manager
8 118 (6.23%) Business Analyst
9 92 (4.86%) Developer
10 86 (4.54%) Oracle Consultant
11 71 (3.75%) Administrator
12 60 (3.17%) ERP Manager
13 58 (3.06%) Accountant
14 57 (3.01%) Functional Consultant
15 42 (2.22%) Data Analyst
16 41 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
17 40 (2.11%) Finance Manager
18 39 (2.06%) Programme Manager
19 37 (1.95%) SAP Consultant
19 37 (1.95%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (12.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 130 (6.87%) REST
3 112 (5.92%) Middleware
4 79 (4.17%) SOAP
5 51 (2.69%) XML
6 45 (2.38%) JSON
6 45 (2.38%) Web Services
7 30 (1.58%) .NET
7 30 (1.58%) OAuth
8 25 (1.32%) OAuth2
9 21 (1.11%) EDI
9 21 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
10 18 (0.95%) Terraform
11 14 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (0.74%) XSLT
12 12 (0.63%) CSS
12 12 (0.63%) HTML
12 12 (0.63%) IDoc
12 12 (0.63%) Node.js
13 11 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (4.54%) Legacy Systems
2 69 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 68 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (3.38%) Data Structures
5 60 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 56 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 38 (2.01%) FMCG
8 29 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.32%) Life Science
11 20 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 17 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 13 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (1.53%) Windows
2 11 (0.58%) Linux
3 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
5 4 (0.21%) Android
5 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) AIX
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (32.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 452 (23.88%) Migration
3 341 (18.01%) Data Migration
4 285 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
5 276 (14.58%) Agile
6 270 (14.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 256 (13.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 244 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 210 (11.09%) Validation
10 194 (10.25%) Process Improvement
11 186 (9.83%) CRM
12 185 (9.77%) Roadmaps
13 180 (9.51%) Change Management
14 172 (9.09%) Analytics
15 153 (8.08%) Workshop Facilitation
16 149 (7.87%) Data Modelling
17 147 (7.77%) Project Delivery
18 145 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
19 134 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
20 131 (6.92%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 183 (9.67%) SQL
2 60 (3.17%) Python
3 37 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 32 (1.69%) C#
5 30 (1.58%) Java
6 24 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.06%) X++
8 18 (0.95%) ABAP
9 14 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.42%) Groovy
11 8 (0.42%) Ruby
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.21%) C++
13 4 (0.21%) PHP
14 3 (0.16%) Rust
14 3 (0.16%) SOQL
14 3 (0.16%) SOSL
15 2 (0.11%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 261 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 195 (10.30%) SC Cleared
3 120 (6.34%) Degree
4 75 (3.96%) ACCA
5 71 (3.75%) CIMA
6 54 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.06%) PMP
8 38 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.58%) APMG
13 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.48%) SAP Certification
15 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.42%) CISSP
15 8 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.37%) CISM
16 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 66 (3.49%) QA
3 52 (2.75%) PMO
4 51 (2.69%) GDPR
5 25 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.27%) IFRS
7 22 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.00%) GRC
9 16 (0.85%) GAAP
9 16 (0.85%) NCSC
10 13 (0.69%) GMP
11 11 (0.58%) GxP
12 9 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 9 (0.48%) SLA
13 8 (0.42%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 6 (0.32%) NIST
16 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.37%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) IAG
5 1 (0.053%) Firmware
5 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.21%) SCCM
5 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.053%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.053%) MOM
6 1 (0.053%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 624 (32.96%) SAP
2 526 (27.79%) Oracle
3 375 (19.81%) Microsoft
4 92 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 83 (4.38%) Workday
6 77 (4.07%) ServiceNow
7 56 (2.96%) IFS
8 50 (2.64%) Ariba
9 36 (1.90%) Infor
10 35 (1.85%) Sage
11 31 (1.64%) JD Edwards
12 24 (1.27%) Siemens
13 23 (1.22%) Databricks
13 23 (1.22%) MuleSoft
14 20 (1.06%) Google
15 18 (0.95%) IBM
16 17 (0.90%) Concur
17 16 (0.85%) SYSPRO
18 15 (0.79%) PTC
19 12 (0.63%) Dell