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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 88 89
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 +28
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,480 875 1,075
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.47% 2.87% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 3.18% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 495 692
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £461 £431 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +1.76%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £774 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +7.00% -0.10% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 19 37
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.26 £13.78
25th Percentile £25.38 £42.50 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +9.24% -1.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.78 £77.50 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -33.15%

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 36,846 27,490 38,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 90.18% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,348 17,263 25,101
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 £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -2.18% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,189 895 2,262
10th Percentile £14.79 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.05 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £31.76 £33.28
% change year-on-year -20.09% -4.57% -4.91%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +17 1,257 £550 +2.80% 766
UK excluding London +19 734 £535 +7.00% 639
London +9 549 £575 +4.55% 211
Work from Home +37 519 £550 - 357
North of England +12 175 £550 +15.79% 141
South East -5 156 £550 +4.76% 215
Midlands -18 139 £540 +2.86% 125
South West +18 125 £525 +13.26% 58
North West +42 113 £500 +2.41% 78
West Midlands -18 94 £565 +8.65% 74
East of England +2 80 £550 +1.15% 73
Yorkshire -27 56 £595 +48.75% 53
East Midlands -10 44 £525 - 49
Scotland +19 29 £536 +10.00% 16
Wales +21 23 £475 -34.48% 16
Northern Ireland +8 12 £475 +18.75% 6
North East -20 6 £500 - 14
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 21 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
2 20 (1.35%) Confluence
2 20 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 19 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.47%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.20%) Documentum
6 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.14%) Apache
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) CMS
7 2 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.14%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.068%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 66 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 27 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.34%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) Sketch
9 2 (0.14%) Windchill
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 223 (15.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 96 (6.49%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (4.12%) SAP ERP
4 58 (3.92%) Oracle EBS
5 52 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 46 (3.11%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.23%) NetSuite
8 32 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 20 (1.35%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.22%) Shopify
12 17 (1.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (1.08%) Workday HCM
14 14 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
15 13 (0.88%) SAP PP
16 12 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
17 11 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
17 11 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
17 11 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 219 (14.80%) Azure
2 161 (10.88%) OCI
3 156 (10.54%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (6.76%) Power Platform
4 100 (6.76%) SaaS
5 47 (3.18%) AWS
6 45 (3.04%) PaaS
7 39 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.09%) Power Automate
9 29 (1.96%) Boomi
9 29 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 23 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
12 20 (1.35%) GCP
13 19 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (1.15%) IaaS
14 17 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (1.01%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.14%) LAN
1 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.068%) DKIM
2 1 (0.068%) DMARC
2 1 (0.068%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.068%) Firewall
2 1 (0.068%) Modbus
2 1 (0.068%) Network Security
2 1 (0.068%) RFID
2 1 (0.068%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.86%) Power BI
2 59 (3.99%) Oracle Reports
3 53 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.16%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 16 (1.08%) Oracle Database
8 15 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.61%) Oracle ODI
10 9 (0.61%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.54%) GIS
11 8 (0.54%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.47%) Tableau
13 5 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.27%) Metadata
14 4 (0.27%) Power Query
15 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 74 (5.00%) JIRA
2 29 (1.96%) Postman
3 15 (1.01%) Git
4 9 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 8 (0.54%) GitLab
6 7 (0.47%) Hudson
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.41%) Selenium
8 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.20%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.14%) Gradle
11 2 (0.14%) LSMW
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
11 2 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
12 1 (0.068%) QADirector
General
1 748 (50.54%) Finance
2 503 (33.99%) Social Skills
3 196 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.58%) Manufacturing
5 125 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 61 (4.12%) Local Government
7 58 (3.92%) Retail
8 51 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 51 (3.45%) Legal
9 46 (3.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 42 (2.84%) General Ledger
11 41 (2.77%) Banking
12 38 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.62%) Marketing
14 24 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.49%) Billing
16 17 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.01%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 230 (15.54%) Consultant
2 181 (12.23%) Lead
3 179 (12.09%) Architect
4 165 (11.15%) Analyst
5 151 (10.20%) Project Manager
6 126 (8.51%) Senior
7 100 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
8 98 (6.62%) Business Analyst
9 74 (5.00%) Developer
10 63 (4.26%) ERP Manager
11 58 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
12 52 (3.51%) SAP Manager
13 50 (3.38%) Implementation Consultant
14 43 (2.91%) Accountant
15 37 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
15 37 (2.50%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.43%) Programme Manager
17 34 (2.30%) Systems Accountant
17 34 (2.30%) Test Manager
18 32 (2.16%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (14.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.95%) REST
3 62 (4.19%) Middleware
4 61 (4.12%) SOAP
5 49 (3.31%) XML
6 46 (3.11%) JSON
7 45 (3.04%) Web Services
8 23 (1.55%) OAuth
9 21 (1.42%) XSLT
10 20 (1.35%) .NET
11 14 (0.95%) JWT
12 10 (0.68%) EDI
13 9 (0.61%) HTML
13 9 (0.61%) PySpark
13 9 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.54%) ADO
15 7 (0.47%) Node.js
16 6 (0.41%) RESTful
17 5 (0.34%) CSS
17 5 (0.34%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.95%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (2.91%) Data Structures
3 41 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 27 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.35%) IoT
9 17 (1.15%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.08%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.08%) FMCG
11 13 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (0.68%) Life Science
12 10 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.68%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.61%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.54%) LIMS
14 8 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.15%) Windows
2 7 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.068%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (24.80%) Migration
2 285 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 251 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 250 (16.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 218 (14.73%) Data Migration
6 217 (14.66%) Agile
7 170 (11.49%) Project Management
8 169 (11.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 154 (10.41%) Change Management
10 151 (10.20%) CRM
11 141 (9.53%) Validation
12 127 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 125 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
14 114 (7.70%) Project Delivery
15 112 (7.57%) Roadmaps
16 101 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
17 97 (6.55%) Analytics
17 97 (6.55%) DevOps
18 86 (5.81%) Data Modelling
19 78 (5.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 135 (9.12%) SQL
2 38 (2.57%) PL/SQL
3 36 (2.43%) Python
4 28 (1.89%) C#
5 22 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.22%) Java
7 8 (0.54%) Groovy
8 7 (0.47%) ABAP
9 6 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.41%) X++
10 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.34%) VBA
11 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.27%) C++
11 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.27%) Korn
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
12 3 (0.20%) PHP
12 3 (0.20%) XPath
13 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 185 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.47%) Degree
3 138 (9.32%) SC Cleared
4 88 (5.95%) CIMA
5 75 (5.07%) ACCA
6 42 (2.84%) PMP
7 37 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.35%) SAP Certification
11 14 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.88%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (0.74%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.54%) OCA
16 7 (0.47%) APMP
16 7 (0.47%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.27%) QA
2 73 (4.93%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.78%) GDPR
4 53 (3.58%) PMO
5 31 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.22%) GAAP
6 18 (1.22%) IFRS
7 14 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.95%) SLA
8 12 (0.81%) GxP
9 11 (0.74%) NIST
10 10 (0.68%) ITGC
11 9 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.61%) GMP
12 8 (0.54%) COBIT
13 7 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
13 7 (0.47%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.41%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.41%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.20%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.068%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.47%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.34%) Terraform
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
5 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.14%) MOM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Identity Management
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.068%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.068%) Kibana
6 1 (0.068%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 455 (30.74%) Oracle
2 447 (30.20%) SAP
3 247 (16.69%) Microsoft
4 95 (6.42%) Workday
5 59 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.31%) Siemens
7 45 (3.04%) IFS
8 35 (2.36%) Sage
9 33 (2.23%) Databricks
10 29 (1.96%) ServiceNow
11 24 (1.62%) Ariba
11 24 (1.62%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.01%) Informatica
13 13 (0.88%) Infor
14 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.54%) Adobe
15 8 (0.54%) Foundry
16 7 (0.47%) HP
17 6 (0.41%) Epicor
17 6 (0.41%) JD Edwards