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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 98 98
Rank change year-on-year +40 0 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,806 754 995
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.70% 2.61% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 2.86% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 460 618
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% +0.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 26 31
10th Percentile £17.71 £17.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.60 £64.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £86.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £29.75
% change year-on-year -20.69% +143.70% -54.00%

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 41,283 26,327 36,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.64% 90.98% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,781 16,819 23,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,472 1,115 2,532
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.84% -23.32% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.05 £74.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +34 1,531 £540 +0.47% 888
UK excluding London +45 936 £525 +4.48% 643
London +40 652 £550 -2.65% 343
Work from Home +56 540 £550 - 435
South East +6 229 £560 +4.19% 164
North of England +41 214 £500 +5.26% 148
Midlands +25 182 £525 +5.00% 152
South West +34 133 £525 +10.53% 68
North West +30 113 £500 +2.25% 87
West Midlands +7 109 £525 +5.00% 92
East of England +11 95 £575 -4.17% 48
Yorkshire +2 87 £550 +37.50% 50
East Midlands +19 69 £525 +10.53% 59
Scotland +17 48 £513 +1.18% 30
Wales +9 22 £500 - 18
Northern Ireland +19 17 £475 +18.75% 29
North East -19 14 £500 -9.09% 14
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 24 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.89%) Confluence
2 16 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
3 11 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.22%) Apache
4 4 (0.22%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
4 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
4 4 (0.22%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
5 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.055%) SAS
Applications
1 90 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 22 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 284 (15.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 122 (6.76%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.38%) SAP ERP
4 48 (2.66%) NetSuite
4 48 (2.66%) Oracle EBS
5 46 (2.55%) Oracle Payables
6 39 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 33 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
8 32 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
9 19 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
10 18 (1.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 16 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
12 14 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
13 13 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
14 12 (0.66%) SAP MDG
14 12 (0.66%) Shopify
14 12 (0.66%) Teamcenter
15 11 (0.61%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.55%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 226 (12.51%) Azure
2 190 (10.52%) Dynamics 365
3 151 (8.36%) Power Platform
4 149 (8.25%) OCI
5 92 (5.09%) SaaS
6 63 (3.49%) AWS
7 53 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (2.66%) PaaS
9 32 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.72%) Boomi
10 31 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (0.94%) GitHub
13 17 (0.94%) IaaS
13 17 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.83%) GCP
15 15 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.055%) DHCP
4 1 (0.055%) DMZ
4 1 (0.055%) DNS
4 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.055%) Modbus
4 1 (0.055%) MQTT
4 1 (0.055%) RFID
4 1 (0.055%) SMS
4 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
4 1 (0.055%) VPN
4 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.055%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (6.04%) Power BI
2 56 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
3 50 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
5 24 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.16%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.66%) Metadata
9 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.55%) Tableau
11 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.44%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 99 (5.48%) JIRA
2 31 (1.72%) Git
3 29 (1.61%) Postman
4 20 (1.11%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) GitLab
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.055%) TestRail
11 1 (0.055%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 923 (51.11%) Finance
2 489 (27.08%) Social Skills
3 235 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (9.41%) Manufacturing
5 119 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 87 (4.82%) Retail
7 65 (3.60%) Legal
8 55 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (2.82%) Local Government
10 50 (2.77%) General Ledger
11 46 (2.55%) Law
12 45 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 37 (2.05%) Banking
14 36 (1.99%) Billing
15 32 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.00%) Military
19 16 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 302 (16.72%) Lead
2 259 (14.34%) Architect
3 243 (13.46%) Consultant
4 212 (11.74%) Analyst
5 172 (9.52%) Project Manager
6 148 (8.19%) Senior
7 128 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
8 105 (5.81%) Business Analyst
9 90 (4.98%) Developer
10 88 (4.87%) ERP Manager
11 63 (3.49%) Accountant
12 55 (3.05%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.88%) Implementation Consultant
14 51 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
15 50 (2.77%) Financial Analyst
15 50 (2.77%) Senior Manager
16 47 (2.60%) SAP Manager
16 47 (2.60%) Systems Accountant
17 44 (2.44%) Programme Manager
18 39 (2.16%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (11.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 102 (5.65%) REST
3 85 (4.71%) Middleware
4 60 (3.32%) SOAP
5 51 (2.82%) JSON
6 49 (2.71%) XML
7 34 (1.88%) Web Services
8 24 (1.33%) .NET
8 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 22 (1.22%) XSLT
10 16 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (0.83%) JWT
11 15 (0.83%) Node.js
12 13 (0.72%) EDI
13 12 (0.66%) HTML
14 10 (0.55%) PySpark
14 10 (0.55%) RESTful
15 9 (0.50%) CSS
16 8 (0.44%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 56 (3.10%) Data Structures
3 44 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 40 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.66%) Cloud Native
6 30 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 29 (1.61%) FMCG
8 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (0.83%) AI Agents
10 15 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (0.83%) IoT
11 14 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.72%) Life Science
13 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (0.44%) Operational Technology
15 8 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.22%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.055%) AIX
5 1 (0.055%) Android
5 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (25.64%) Migration
2 395 (21.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 301 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 301 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 268 (14.84%) User Acceptance Testing
5 258 (14.29%) Agile
6 241 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
7 224 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 201 (11.13%) Change Management
9 199 (11.02%) Validation
10 181 (10.02%) Project Management
11 160 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
12 147 (8.14%) Data Modelling
13 146 (8.08%) CRM
14 143 (7.92%) Procure-to-Pay
15 138 (7.64%) Roadmaps
16 119 (6.59%) Analytics
17 112 (6.20%) DevOps
17 112 (6.20%) Project Delivery
18 111 (6.15%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 154 (8.53%) SQL
2 53 (2.93%) Python
3 35 (1.94%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.88%) Java
5 33 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.72%) C#
7 18 (1.00%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.89%) Ruby
8 16 (0.89%) X++
9 11 (0.61%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
13 4 (0.22%) VBA
14 3 (0.17%) C++
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
15 2 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 192 (10.63%) Security Cleared
2 142 (7.86%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.48%) Degree
4 101 (5.59%) CIMA
5 93 (5.15%) ACCA
6 44 (2.44%) PMP
7 36 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.89%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 14 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
11 9 (0.50%) SAP Certification
11 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.33%) APMP
13 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.22%) CISM
14 4 (0.22%) CISSP
14 4 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 75 (4.15%) QA
3 70 (3.88%) GDPR
4 47 (2.60%) PMO
5 31 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (1.27%) IFRS
7 19 (1.05%) SLA
8 17 (0.94%) GAAP
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.50%) GxP
11 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.39%) GMP
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.28%) NCSC
13 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.22%) GRC
14 4 (0.22%) NIST
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.28%) Terraform
4 4 (0.22%) Kibana
4 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Control-M
5 3 (0.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.17%) MOM
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 559 (30.95%) SAP
2 505 (27.96%) Oracle
3 300 (16.61%) Microsoft
4 86 (4.76%) Workday
5 73 (4.04%) IFS
6 71 (3.93%) Salesforce
7 56 (3.10%) Siemens
8 53 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 41 (2.27%) Databricks
10 36 (1.99%) Ariba
11 35 (1.94%) MuleSoft
12 30 (1.66%) Sage
13 28 (1.55%) Infor
14 14 (0.78%) Informatica
15 13 (0.72%) Epicor
16 10 (0.55%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.50%) HP
18 8 (0.44%) Concur
18 8 (0.44%) Foundry
18 8 (0.44%) Google