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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 89 87
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 +34
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,497 829 1,072
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.47% 2.80% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 3.10% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 473 689
10th Percentile £357 £363 £350
25th Percentile £457 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £647 £675 £638
90th Percentile £713 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 18 40
10th Percentile £18.42 £17.22 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -9.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.90 £78.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%

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 37,084 26,717 38,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.01% 90.37% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,485 17,170 25,048
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £745 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,212 916 2,333
10th Percentile £14.83 £15.26 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.79 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.85% +0.83% -10.00%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 16 March 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 +20 1,268 £550 +2.33% 641
UK excluding London +31 734 £525 +5.00% 555
London +23 561 £575 +4.55% 168
Work from Home +31 517 £550 -0.09% 290
North of England +23 177 £550 +15.79% 127
South East -3 168 £550 - 195
Midlands -14 135 £533 +6.50% 115
South West +13 114 £525 +13.39% 51
North West +31 113 £500 +2.25% 71
West Midlands -18 94 £565 +13.00% 67
East of England +3 79 £541 -5.87% 49
Yorkshire -18 57 £595 +37.97% 42
East Midlands -18 40 £500 +2.56% 47
Scotland +16 27 £536 +10.00% 18
Wales +15 23 £475 -34.48% 6
Northern Ireland +12 15 £475 +18.75% 3
North East -17 7 £500 - 17
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 19 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.14%) Confluence
3 14 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.53%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.27%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.20%) Documentum
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.13%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.067%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.067%) InVision
9 1 (0.067%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 220 (14.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 92 (6.15%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (4.07%) Oracle EBS
4 55 (3.67%) SAP ERP
5 51 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 46 (3.07%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.20%) NetSuite
8 32 (2.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
10 18 (1.20%) Shopify
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.07%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.87%) SAP PP
14 12 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
15 10 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.67%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.67%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 215 (14.36%) Azure
2 171 (11.42%) Dynamics 365
3 150 (10.02%) OCI
4 112 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 95 (6.35%) SaaS
6 52 (3.47%) AWS
7 46 (3.07%) PaaS
8 40 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.00%) Boomi
9 30 (2.00%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 24 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.40%) GCP
14 18 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (1.20%) IaaS
15 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.067%) DHCP
3 1 (0.067%) DKIM
3 1 (0.067%) DMARC
3 1 (0.067%) DNS
3 1 (0.067%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.067%) HTTP
3 1 (0.067%) Intranet
3 1 (0.067%) Modbus
3 1 (0.067%) Network Security
3 1 (0.067%) RFID
3 1 (0.067%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.067%) VoIP
3 1 (0.067%) VPN
3 1 (0.067%) WAN
3 1 (0.067%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.54%) Power BI
2 58 (3.87%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (2.00%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 14 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 13 (0.87%) Oracle ODI
10 8 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) GIS
10 8 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.53%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.47%) Tableau
12 5 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.33%) Metadata
12 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 74 (4.94%) JIRA
2 29 (1.94%) Postman
3 21 (1.40%) Git
4 10 (0.67%) Hudson
4 10 (0.67%) SoapUI
5 9 (0.60%) GitLab
6 7 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.47%) Selenium
7 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.13%) Gradle
10 2 (0.13%) LSMW
10 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.13%) TestRail
10 2 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
11 1 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 764 (51.04%) Finance
2 487 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 204 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.42%) Manufacturing
4 126 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 64 (4.28%) Retail
6 62 (4.14%) Local Government
7 54 (3.61%) Legal
8 52 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 42 (2.81%) General Ledger
11 41 (2.74%) Banking
12 39 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.60%) Billing
13 24 (1.60%) Marketing
14 23 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.40%) Law
15 21 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 227 (15.16%) Consultant
2 200 (13.36%) Lead
3 188 (12.56%) Architect
4 162 (10.82%) Analyst
5 154 (10.29%) Project Manager
6 133 (8.88%) Senior
7 98 (6.55%) Business Analyst
8 97 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
9 76 (5.08%) Developer
10 63 (4.21%) ERP Manager
11 54 (3.61%) SAP Consultant
12 50 (3.34%) Implementation Consultant
13 47 (3.14%) Accountant
13 47 (3.14%) SAP Manager
14 40 (2.67%) Financial Analyst
15 39 (2.61%) Senior Manager
16 38 (2.54%) Systems Accountant
17 35 (2.34%) Test Manager
18 29 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
18 29 (1.94%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (13.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.81%) REST
3 61 (4.07%) Middleware
4 58 (3.87%) SOAP
5 49 (3.27%) XML
6 46 (3.07%) JSON
7 45 (3.01%) Web Services
8 24 (1.60%) OAuth
9 22 (1.47%) XSLT
10 21 (1.40%) .NET
11 15 (1.00%) JWT
12 13 (0.87%) PySpark
13 10 (0.67%) EDI
14 9 (0.60%) HTML
14 9 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.53%) ADO
15 8 (0.53%) Node.js
15 8 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
16 6 (0.40%) Kafka
17 5 (0.33%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
2 48 (3.21%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 29 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 28 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.40%) IoT
8 19 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.94%) FMCG
13 11 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.60%) Life Science
14 9 (0.60%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.53%) LIMS
15 8 (0.53%) PMI
15 8 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.14%) Windows
2 7 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (25.32%) Migration
2 293 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 255 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 245 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
5 233 (15.56%) Data Migration
6 224 (14.96%) Agile
7 194 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
8 170 (11.36%) Project Management
9 157 (10.49%) Change Management
10 154 (10.29%) Validation
11 148 (9.89%) CRM
12 139 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 130 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
14 112 (7.48%) Project Delivery
15 108 (7.21%) Roadmaps
16 106 (7.08%) DevOps
17 100 (6.68%) Analytics
17 100 (6.68%) Data Modelling
18 98 (6.55%) Workshop Facilitation
19 81 (5.41%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 130 (8.68%) SQL
2 40 (2.67%) Python
3 36 (2.40%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.87%) C#
5 22 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.34%) Java
7 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
8 7 (0.47%) ABAP
9 6 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.40%) X++
10 5 (0.33%) Korn
10 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.27%) C++
11 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
11 4 (0.27%) Ruby
11 4 (0.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.20%) PHP
12 3 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 188 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 144 (9.62%) Degree
3 139 (9.29%) SC Cleared
4 91 (6.08%) CIMA
5 78 (5.21%) ACCA
6 44 (2.94%) PMP
7 39 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.07%) SAP Certification
11 14 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (0.80%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.53%) OCA
17 7 (0.47%) APMP
18 6 (0.40%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.41%) QA
2 74 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.07%) GDPR
4 53 (3.54%) PMO
5 29 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.20%) GAAP
6 18 (1.20%) IFRS
7 14 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.94%) SLA
8 11 (0.73%) NIST
9 10 (0.67%) GxP
9 10 (0.67%) ITGC
10 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.53%) COBIT
11 8 (0.53%) GMP
12 7 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.47%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.40%) NCSC
14 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.067%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (0.53%) HP ALM
2 7 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.47%) Terraform
3 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.13%) MOM
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.067%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.067%) Kibana
5 1 (0.067%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 443 (29.59%) Oracle
2 442 (29.53%) SAP
3 255 (17.03%) Microsoft
4 92 (6.15%) Workday
5 59 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 50 (3.34%) IFS
7 49 (3.27%) Siemens
8 36 (2.40%) Databricks
9 34 (2.27%) Sage
10 28 (1.87%) Ariba
10 28 (1.87%) MuleSoft
10 28 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.07%) Infor
11 16 (1.07%) Informatica
12 10 (0.67%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.60%) Foundry
14 8 (0.53%) HP
15 7 (0.47%) Adobe
16 6 (0.40%) Epicor
16 6 (0.40%) JD Edwards