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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 86 89
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,327 862 1,036
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.46% 2.75% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 3.09% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 471 656
10th Percentile £350 £358 £369
25th Percentile £459 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 11 29
10th Percentile £17.22 £14.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £21.18 £15.99 £38.39
Median hourly rate £41.86 £30.59 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.83% -63.80% +227.39%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £90.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £16.50 £48.12
% change year-on-year +153.67% -65.71% +113.84%

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 33,541 27,883 38,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.38% 89.07% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,255 16,908 25,386
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £643
90th Percentile £722 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,020 876 1,970
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.98
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.67% +12.44%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £62.49
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -18.80% +44.23%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 1,152 £550 +2.80% 682
UK excluding London +10 673 £525 +0.48% 613
London +35 510 £575 +5.50% 175
Work from Home +28 450 £525 -4.55% 426
South East +18 161 £543 +3.83% 219
North of England -10 155 £575 +21.05% 124
Midlands -22 125 £525 -2.33% 92
North West +20 98 £500 - 59
South West -1 97 £525 +5.00% 64
West Midlands -24 82 £568 +5.58% 56
East of England +15 76 £525 +1.20% 79
Yorkshire -29 52 £595 +48.75% 47
East Midlands -24 42 £525 -12.50% 36
Scotland +29 40 £506 +2.53% 17
Wales +13 18 £438 -39.66% 24
Northern Ireland - 8 £475 - 10
North East -22 5 £500 - 22
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 24 (1.81%) Confluence
2 21 (1.58%) Oracle Workflow
3 20 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.30%) Documentum
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.15%) SAP EP
10 1 (0.075%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.075%) Apache
10 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.075%) Camunda
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.075%) SAS
Applications
1 74 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.34%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) InVision
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.15%) Sketch
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 189 (14.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 93 (7.01%) Oracle ERP
3 63 (4.75%) SAP ERP
4 53 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 48 (3.62%) Oracle Payables
6 43 (3.24%) Oracle EBS
7 39 (2.94%) NetSuite
8 34 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
9 28 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.66%) Oracle Assets
11 20 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 18 (1.36%) Shopify
13 17 (1.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 17 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
14 16 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
14 16 (1.21%) SAP EWM
15 14 (1.06%) SAP WM
15 14 (1.06%) Workday HCM
16 13 (0.98%) SAP PP
17 10 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 178 (13.41%) Azure
2 151 (11.38%) OCI
3 145 (10.93%) Dynamics 365
4 101 (7.61%) Power Platform
5 91 (6.86%) SaaS
6 45 (3.39%) PaaS
7 39 (2.94%) AWS
8 31 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.96%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.66%) Lucidchart
11 22 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
13 20 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.43%) Boomi
15 17 (1.28%) Tricentis Tosca
16 16 (1.21%) IaaS
17 15 (1.13%) GCP
17 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.075%) DKIM
3 1 (0.075%) DMARC
3 1 (0.075%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.50%) Power BI
2 49 (3.69%) Oracle Reports
3 38 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.49%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 21 (1.58%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.68%) Power Query
9 9 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.60%) Tableau
11 7 (0.53%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.45%) GIS
12 6 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.38%) Metadata
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 72 (5.43%) JIRA
2 31 (2.34%) Postman
3 13 (0.98%) GitLab
4 7 (0.53%) Git
4 7 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (0.53%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.45%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.23%) Hudson
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.15%) Gradle
9 2 (0.15%) LSMW
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.15%) TestRail
9 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.075%) QADirector
General
1 660 (49.74%) Finance
2 501 (37.75%) Social Skills
3 171 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 114 (8.59%) Manufacturing
6 54 (4.07%) Local Government
7 51 (3.84%) General Ledger
8 46 (3.47%) Banking
9 44 (3.32%) Retail
10 43 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
11 42 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
12 37 (2.79%) Legal
13 34 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.81%) Marketing
17 20 (1.51%) Billing
18 14 (1.06%) Military
19 13 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 12 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 199 (15.00%) Consultant
2 161 (12.13%) Lead
3 154 (11.61%) Analyst
4 141 (10.63%) Architect
4 141 (10.63%) Project Manager
5 93 (7.01%) Senior
6 86 (6.48%) Business Analyst
7 71 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (4.90%) Developer
9 59 (4.45%) SAP Consultant
10 53 (3.99%) ERP Manager
11 47 (3.54%) SAP Manager
12 36 (2.71%) Accountant
13 34 (2.56%) Functional Consultant
14 32 (2.41%) ERP Analyst
15 31 (2.34%) Oracle Consultant
15 31 (2.34%) Programme Manager
16 29 (2.19%) Oracle Specialist
17 28 (2.11%) SAP Project Manager
17 28 (2.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (15.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 81 (6.10%) REST
3 59 (4.45%) SOAP
4 54 (4.07%) XML
5 46 (3.47%) JSON
6 44 (3.32%) Middleware
7 42 (3.17%) Web Services
8 25 (1.88%) OAuth
9 23 (1.73%) XSLT
10 19 (1.43%) .NET
11 15 (1.13%) EDI
12 13 (0.98%) JWT
13 10 (0.75%) ADO
13 10 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.60%) HTML
15 5 (0.38%) CSS
15 5 (0.38%) Kafka
15 5 (0.38%) RESTful
16 4 (0.30%) BAPI
16 4 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.03%) Legacy Systems
2 40 (3.01%) Data Structures
3 36 (2.71%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (1.88%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.88%) Public Cloud
6 19 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.21%) FMCG
8 15 (1.13%) Life Science
9 14 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 13 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.98%) IoT
11 12 (0.90%) AI Agents
11 12 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.68%) SCADA
12 9 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.68%) Synthetic Data
13 8 (0.60%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.06%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.30%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.075%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (23.51%) Migration
2 255 (19.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 242 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (17.33%) Agile
4 230 (17.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 187 (14.09%) Data Migration
6 153 (11.53%) CRM
7 151 (11.38%) Project Management
8 145 (10.93%) User Acceptance Testing
9 142 (10.70%) Change Management
10 120 (9.04%) Project Delivery
11 112 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 110 (8.29%) Validation
13 105 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
14 103 (7.76%) Workshop Facilitation
15 102 (7.69%) Roadmaps
16 89 (6.71%) DevOps
17 77 (5.80%) Analytics
18 69 (5.20%) Risk Management
19 67 (5.05%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 140 (10.55%) SQL
2 38 (2.86%) PL/SQL
3 28 (2.11%) C#
4 24 (1.81%) Python
5 22 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.58%) Java
7 9 (0.68%) VBA
8 8 (0.60%) ABAP
9 7 (0.53%) Groovy
10 6 (0.45%) X++
11 5 (0.38%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.23%) C++
13 3 (0.23%) Korn
13 3 (0.23%) R
13 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.15%) Perl
14 2 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 179 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.74%) Degree
3 141 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 71 (5.35%) CIMA
5 63 (4.75%) ACCA
6 42 (3.17%) PMP
7 41 (3.09%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.66%) SAP Certification
11 16 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
12 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.83%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.75%) OCA
16 9 (0.68%) Azure Certification
17 8 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 7 (0.53%) APMP
19 6 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
20 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.73%) QA
2 62 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 54 (4.07%) GDPR
4 45 (3.39%) PMO
5 30 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.13%) GAAP
6 15 (1.13%) IFRS
7 14 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.83%) SLA
9 10 (0.75%) GxP
9 10 (0.75%) ITGC
9 10 (0.75%) NIST
10 8 (0.60%) COBIT
11 7 (0.53%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.45%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.45%) NCSC
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.38%) Terraform
2 4 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.23%) Control-M
4 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.075%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 448 (33.76%) Oracle
2 409 (30.82%) SAP
3 219 (16.50%) Microsoft
4 85 (6.41%) Workday
5 66 (4.97%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.03%) IFS
7 25 (1.88%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.81%) Sage
9 18 (1.36%) Databricks
9 18 (1.36%) Siemens
10 17 (1.28%) Ariba
11 16 (1.21%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.68%) Adobe
13 7 (0.53%) Informatica
13 7 (0.53%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.45%) Infor
15 5 (0.38%) Anaplan
15 5 (0.38%) Google
15 5 (0.38%) Hyperion
15 5 (0.38%) OpenText