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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 88 90
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,348 871 1,057
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.44% 2.80% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.13% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 767 482 678
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £456 £427 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £718 £786 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 13 33
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.85 £13.29
25th Percentile £21.75 £16.92 £37.50
Median hourly rate £51.02 £35.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +45.77% -43.36% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £69.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.02 £16.92 £40.62
% change year-on-year +201.54% -58.34% +30.39%

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 34,128 27,815 38,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.17% 89.32% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,612 16,932 25,487
10th Percentile £306 £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 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -3.52% -0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 868 2,102
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.04 £31.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year -20.52% -10.64% +18.61%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +14 1,165 £550 +4.76% 725
UK excluding London +10 675 £525 +3.96% 544
London +28 517 £575 +5.50% 252
Work from Home +30 463 £525 -4.55% 358
North of England -4 157 £550 +15.79% 139
South East +12 153 £550 +5.26% 186
Midlands -29 123 £525 -2.33% 112
South West +3 106 £519 +4.27% 53
North West +28 98 £500 +1.27% 81
West Midlands -24 82 £550 +4.76% 75
East of England +11 78 £525 -2.33% 44
Yorkshire -36 54 £595 +48.75% 44
East Midlands -17 40 £525 -12.21% 37
Scotland +33 37 £525 +13.51% 13
Wales +20 19 £438 -39.66% 8
Northern Ireland - 10 £475 - 2
North East -19 5 £500 +5.26% 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 22 (1.63%) Confluence
2 20 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
2 20 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.45%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 4 (0.30%) Documentum
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.22%) Apache
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.22%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.22%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.074%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.074%) Camunda
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.074%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.37%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.30%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) InVision
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.074%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 197 (14.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 81 (6.01%) Oracle ERP
3 57 (4.23%) SAP ERP
4 54 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 46 (3.41%) Oracle Payables
6 44 (3.26%) Oracle EBS
7 39 (2.89%) NetSuite
8 35 (2.60%) Oracle Receivables
9 25 (1.85%) Oracle General Ledger
10 23 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 20 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
12 18 (1.34%) Shopify
13 16 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
13 16 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (1.19%) SAP EWM
14 15 (1.11%) Unit4 Business World
14 15 (1.11%) Workday HCM
15 14 (1.04%) SAP WM
16 13 (0.96%) SAP PP
17 10 (0.74%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 190 (14.09%) Azure
2 151 (11.20%) OCI
3 147 (10.91%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 96 (7.12%) SaaS
6 46 (3.41%) PaaS
7 40 (2.97%) AWS
8 34 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.15%) Power Automate
10 27 (2.00%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (1.63%) Lucidchart
12 22 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
14 20 (1.48%) Boomi
15 16 (1.19%) GCP
15 16 (1.19%) IaaS
15 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (1.19%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.074%) DKIM
3 1 (0.074%) DMARC
3 1 (0.074%) Network Security
3 1 (0.074%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.04%) Power BI
2 48 (3.56%) Oracle Reports
3 40 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.37%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.56%) Oracle Database
6 15 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 13 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.74%) SAP HANA
9 8 (0.59%) Power Query
9 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.52%) Tableau
11 6 (0.45%) GIS
11 6 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
12 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.37%) Metadata
12 5 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (5.12%) JIRA
2 32 (2.37%) Postman
3 12 (0.89%) GitLab
4 11 (0.82%) Git
5 7 (0.52%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.45%) Selenium
7 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.22%) Hudson
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.15%) Gradle
10 2 (0.15%) LSMW
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.15%) TestRail
10 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.074%) JMeter
General
1 661 (49.04%) Finance
2 500 (37.09%) Social Skills
3 175 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 116 (8.61%) Manufacturing
6 55 (4.08%) Local Government
7 46 (3.41%) General Ledger
8 44 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 43 (3.19%) Retail
10 42 (3.12%) Banking
11 40 (2.97%) Legal
12 39 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 34 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.78%) Marketing
17 21 (1.56%) Billing
18 15 (1.11%) Military
19 12 (0.89%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 207 (15.36%) Consultant
2 164 (12.17%) Lead
3 155 (11.50%) Analyst
4 145 (10.76%) Architect
5 137 (10.16%) Project Manager
6 101 (7.49%) Senior
7 90 (6.68%) Business Analyst
8 74 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
9 69 (5.12%) Developer
10 58 (4.30%) SAP Consultant
11 52 (3.86%) ERP Manager
12 48 (3.56%) SAP Manager
13 38 (2.82%) Accountant
14 34 (2.52%) Functional Consultant
14 34 (2.52%) Oracle Consultant
15 32 (2.37%) Programme Manager
16 31 (2.30%) ERP Analyst
17 29 (2.15%) Oracle Specialist
17 29 (2.15%) Senior Manager
17 29 (2.15%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (14.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (6.45%) REST
3 62 (4.60%) SOAP
4 53 (3.93%) XML
5 51 (3.78%) JSON
6 50 (3.71%) Middleware
7 44 (3.26%) Web Services
8 26 (1.93%) OAuth
9 25 (1.85%) XSLT
10 20 (1.48%) .NET
11 15 (1.11%) EDI
12 13 (0.96%) JWT
13 12 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.74%) ADO
15 8 (0.59%) HTML
16 7 (0.52%) Node.js
17 6 (0.45%) RESTful
18 5 (0.37%) CSS
18 5 (0.37%) Kafka
19 4 (0.30%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.79%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (3.12%) Data Structures
3 39 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (1.93%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 20 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.19%) FMCG
9 14 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 13 (0.96%) AI Agents
10 13 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.96%) IoT
11 12 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.89%) Life Science
11 12 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.82%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.67%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.67%) SCADA
13 9 (0.67%) Synthetic Data
14 8 (0.59%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.19%) Windows
2 7 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (23.37%) Migration
2 259 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 249 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
4 235 (17.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 222 (16.47%) Agile
6 190 (14.09%) Data Migration
7 157 (11.65%) CRM
8 151 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
9 148 (10.98%) Project Management
10 144 (10.68%) Change Management
11 119 (8.83%) Validation
12 116 (8.61%) Project Delivery
13 112 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 104 (7.72%) Roadmaps
15 101 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
16 98 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
17 90 (6.68%) DevOps
18 77 (5.71%) Analytics
19 70 (5.19%) Data Governance
20 68 (5.04%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 138 (10.24%) SQL
2 38 (2.82%) PL/SQL
3 32 (2.37%) C#
4 30 (2.23%) Python
5 26 (1.93%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.63%) Java
7 8 (0.59%) Groovy
7 8 (0.59%) VBA
8 6 (0.45%) ABAP
8 6 (0.45%) X++
9 5 (0.37%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.30%) Korn
10 4 (0.30%) Perl
11 3 (0.22%) C++
11 3 (0.22%) PHP
11 3 (0.22%) R
11 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 179 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.46%) Degree
3 141 (10.46%) SC Cleared
4 75 (5.56%) CIMA
5 66 (4.90%) ACCA
6 41 (3.04%) PMP
7 39 (2.89%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.93%) SAP Certification
10 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (0.89%) Azure Certification
11 12 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.82%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.74%) OCA
14 7 (0.52%) APMP
14 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 6 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.71%) QA
2 66 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.08%) GDPR
4 50 (3.71%) PMO
5 30 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.11%) GAAP
6 15 (1.11%) IFRS
7 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.82%) GxP
10 10 (0.74%) ITGC
10 10 (0.74%) NIST
11 9 (0.67%) SLA
12 8 (0.59%) COBIT
13 7 (0.52%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.45%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.45%) NCSC
15 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.074%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.37%) Terraform
2 3 (0.22%) Control-M
2 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.074%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.074%) Kibana
4 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 435 (32.27%) Oracle
2 418 (31.01%) SAP
3 229 (16.99%) Microsoft
4 89 (6.60%) Workday
5 67 (4.97%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.08%) IFS
7 27 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.00%) Siemens
8 26 (1.93%) Sage
9 20 (1.48%) Ariba
10 18 (1.34%) Databricks
11 16 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.82%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.59%) Adobe
14 7 (0.52%) Foundry
14 7 (0.52%) Informatica
15 6 (0.45%) Google
15 6 (0.45%) Infor
16 5 (0.37%) OpenText
17 4 (0.30%) CODA