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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 90 90
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 +11
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,167 923 1,177
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.27% 2.55% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 2.95% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 484 729
10th Percentile £350 £363 £386
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.19%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 28 33
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.09 £50.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £57.00
Median hourly rate £21.65 £35.18 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -58.61% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.75 £71.88 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -39.20% -45.02% +221.56%

All Process and 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 32,049 31,289 41,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.77% 86.33% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,064 18,819 27,584
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 1,102 1,587
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.11 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.14 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £33.54 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.43% -24.63% +50.85%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 +12 1,014 £550 +3.00% 1,164
UK excluding London -1 583 £525 +5.00% 763
London +33 453 £575 +4.55% 429
Work from Home +20 380 £525 -4.55% 535
South East +34 170 £515 +3.00% 243
Midlands -31 109 £550 +4.76% 157
North of England -33 103 £525 +5.00% 173
South West +2 86 £600 +20.00% 74
North West +7 80 £513 +2.50% 97
East of England +17 67 £550 +15.79% 65
West Midlands -41 65 £575 +9.52% 102
East Midlands -10 44 £525 -12.50% 54
Scotland +17 42 £500 +8.11% 40
Yorkshire -64 20 £538 +26.47% 61
Northern Ireland -2 10 £350 - 13
Wales +6 5 £325 -50.00% 11
North East -9 3 £500 -12.66% 15
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 25 (2.14%) Confluence
2 18 (1.54%) Oracle Workflow
2 18 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.34%) CMS
6 3 (0.26%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.26%) Documentum
6 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.086%) Apache
8 1 (0.086%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.086%) Camunda
8 1 (0.086%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.086%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (2.40%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.34%) Trello
8 2 (0.17%) InVision
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.17%) Sketch
8 2 (0.17%) Windchill
9 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.086%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.086%) Notion
Business Applications
1 156 (13.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 87 (7.46%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (5.66%) SAP ERP
4 40 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 40 (3.43%) Oracle EBS
5 37 (3.17%) NetSuite
5 37 (3.17%) Oracle Payables
6 27 (2.31%) Oracle General Ledger
7 24 (2.06%) Oracle Assets
7 24 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
8 19 (1.63%) Oracle EBS R12
9 18 (1.54%) SAP EWM
10 16 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 14 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
11 14 (1.20%) Oracle SCM
11 14 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
12 13 (1.11%) SAP WM
13 10 (0.86%) Primavera
13 10 (0.86%) SAP PP
14 9 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 146 (12.51%) Azure
2 119 (10.20%) OCI
3 106 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
4 101 (8.65%) SaaS
5 100 (8.57%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.74%) AWS
7 29 (2.49%) PaaS
8 22 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (1.71%) Lucidchart
10 19 (1.63%) PowerApps
11 17 (1.46%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.20%) Boomi
13 14 (1.20%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.86%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.086%) DKIM
2 1 (0.086%) DMARC
2 1 (0.086%) Internet
2 1 (0.086%) LAN
2 1 (0.086%) Network Security
2 1 (0.086%) SAN
2 1 (0.086%) VPN
2 1 (0.086%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.77%) Power BI
2 55 (4.71%) Oracle Reports
3 38 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.31%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.80%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.46%) SAP HANA
8 16 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (0.86%) Power Query
9 10 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.77%) Tableau
11 8 (0.69%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.51%) GIS
12 6 (0.51%) Metadata
12 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 51 (4.37%) JIRA
2 12 (1.03%) Postman
3 10 (0.86%) GitLab
4 9 (0.77%) Git
5 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Hudson
7 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.17%) LSMW
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.17%) Selenium
7 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.086%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.086%) MLflow
8 1 (0.086%) QADirector
8 1 (0.086%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.086%) TestRail
8 1 (0.086%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 573 (49.10%) Finance
2 424 (36.33%) Social Skills
3 159 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (11.40%) Manufacturing
5 122 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.77%) Retail
7 43 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.60%) Local Government
8 42 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 38 (3.26%) General Ledger
9 38 (3.26%) Legal
10 36 (3.08%) Banking
11 33 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.23%) Billing
15 24 (2.06%) Marketing
16 20 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.54%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 171 (14.65%) Consultant
2 159 (13.62%) Analyst
3 131 (11.23%) Lead
4 114 (9.77%) Project Manager
5 113 (9.68%) Architect
6 75 (6.43%) Senior
7 74 (6.34%) Business Analyst
8 65 (5.57%) Developer
9 49 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
11 39 (3.34%) ERP Manager
12 38 (3.26%) Oracle Consultant
13 37 (3.17%) SAP Manager
14 34 (2.91%) Functional Consultant
15 29 (2.49%) ERP Analyst
16 26 (2.23%) Administrator
17 25 (2.14%) ERP Project Manager
17 25 (2.14%) ERP Support
18 24 (2.06%) Accountant
18 24 (2.06%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (12.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (4.63%) REST
3 37 (3.17%) SOAP
4 32 (2.74%) Web Services
5 29 (2.49%) Middleware
6 27 (2.31%) XML
7 24 (2.06%) JSON
8 20 (1.71%) .NET
9 14 (1.20%) EDI
10 13 (1.11%) OAuth
11 11 (0.94%) XSLT
12 9 (0.77%) HTML
13 7 (0.60%) CSS
14 6 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.34%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.34%) ADO
15 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.34%) Node.js
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.26%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (2.49%) Data Structures
4 29 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.37%) Life Science
5 16 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.37%) Virtual Team
6 13 (1.11%) Cloud Native
6 13 (1.11%) FMCG
6 13 (1.11%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.03%) AS400
8 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (0.69%) e-Learning
10 8 (0.69%) IoT
11 7 (0.60%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (0.60%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.69%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Unix
3 3 (0.26%) Linux
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.086%) AIX
5 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (23.39%) Migration
2 224 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
3 205 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 197 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 194 (16.62%) Agile
6 189 (16.20%) Data Migration
7 138 (11.83%) CRM
8 125 (10.71%) Change Management
9 118 (10.11%) Project Management
10 117 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
11 116 (9.94%) Project Delivery
12 115 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
13 111 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 89 (7.63%) Roadmaps
15 88 (7.54%) Validation
16 78 (6.68%) Workshop Facilitation
17 69 (5.91%) DevOps
18 68 (5.83%) Analytics
19 66 (5.66%) Logistics
20 64 (5.48%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (13.45%) SQL
2 35 (3.00%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.80%) C#
3 21 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.46%) Python
5 16 (1.37%) Java
6 8 (0.69%) Groovy
6 8 (0.69%) VBA
7 6 (0.51%) ABAP
7 6 (0.51%) X++
8 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.34%) PHP
10 3 (0.26%) R
10 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.17%) Korn
11 2 (0.17%) XPath
12 1 (0.086%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.086%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (11.40%) Degree
2 129 (11.05%) Security Cleared
3 106 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 38 (3.26%) PMP
5 37 (3.17%) PMI Certification
6 35 (3.00%) CIMA
7 33 (2.83%) ACCA
8 24 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.89%) SAP Certification
10 21 (1.80%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.03%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
15 8 (0.69%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.60%) OCA
17 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.14%) QA
2 47 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 41 (3.51%) GDPR
4 40 (3.43%) PMO
5 34 (2.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.94%) NIST
6 11 (0.94%) SLA
7 10 (0.86%) GxP
8 8 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.69%) IFRS
8 8 (0.69%) ITGC
9 7 (0.60%) APQC
10 6 (0.51%) COBIT
10 6 (0.51%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.43%) GAAP
12 4 (0.34%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.26%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.086%) Firmware
3 1 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.086%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.60%) Terraform
2 6 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.086%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.086%) Control-M
5 1 (0.086%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.086%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 415 (35.56%) Oracle
2 353 (30.25%) SAP
3 178 (15.25%) Microsoft
4 71 (6.08%) Salesforce
5 68 (5.83%) Workday
6 38 (3.26%) IFS
7 18 (1.54%) Ariba
8 17 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.37%) Sage
10 14 (1.20%) Databricks
11 12 (1.03%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
13 7 (0.60%) Hyperion
13 7 (0.60%) OpenText
14 6 (0.51%) Adobe
15 5 (0.43%) Anaplan
16 4 (0.34%) Axway
16 4 (0.34%) IBM
16 4 (0.34%) JD Edwards
16 4 (0.34%) Murex