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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 88 89
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +26
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,372 873 1,078
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.43% 2.82% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.15% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 485 689
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £456 £426 £430
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 £723 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 12 35
10th Percentile £17.69 £18.73 £13.54
25th Percentile £22.85 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +5.20% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.92 £85.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £62.00 £40.62
% change year-on-year -7.26% +52.65% +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 34,716 27,671 39,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.89% 89.53% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,993 16,979 25,588
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £409 £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 £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,102 844 2,136
10th Percentile £14.55 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.41% -13.00% +7.69%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +17 1,178 £550 +3.19% 609
UK excluding London +18 693 £525 +5.00% 509
London +29 512 £575 +4.55% 165
Work from Home +34 483 £525 -4.55% 272
North of England -3 163 £550 +15.79% 121
South East +7 147 £550 +5.26% 182
Midlands -22 128 £550 +2.33% 101
South West +8 118 £525 +11.88% 44
North West +28 104 £500 +2.25% 78
West Midlands -27 84 £559 +3.95% 63
East of England +12 81 £541 +0.70% 57
Yorkshire -43 54 £595 +48.75% 34
East Midlands -15 43 £525 -9.95% 38
Scotland +20 33 £535 +12.63% 11
Wales +19 21 £438 -39.66% 4
Northern Ireland +7 10 £475 +18.75% 2
North East -19 5 £500 +5.26% 11
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 (1.60%) Confluence
2 20 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 20 (1.46%) Oracle Workflow
2 20 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.44%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.29%) Documentum
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.22%) Apache
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.22%) CMS
5 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.073%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.073%) Camunda
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.073%) SAS
7 1 (0.073%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 68 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.19%) MS Visio
4 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.36%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.073%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 203 (14.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 80 (5.83%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (4.37%) SAP ERP
4 51 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 47 (3.43%) Oracle Payables
6 44 (3.21%) Oracle EBS
7 34 (2.48%) NetSuite
8 33 (2.41%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 18 (1.31%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.31%) Shopify
12 17 (1.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 17 (1.24%) SAP EWM
13 15 (1.09%) Workday HCM
14 14 (1.02%) Oracle Cash Management
14 14 (1.02%) SAP WM
15 13 (0.95%) SAP PP
16 11 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
17 10 (0.73%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 206 (15.01%) Azure
2 148 (10.79%) Dynamics 365
2 148 (10.79%) OCI
3 101 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 96 (7.00%) SaaS
5 43 (3.13%) PaaS
6 41 (2.99%) AWS
7 35 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.19%) Power Automate
9 29 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (1.75%) Boomi
12 23 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (1.53%) Lucidchart
13 21 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (1.31%) GCP
15 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (1.17%) IaaS
17 15 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.073%) DKIM
3 1 (0.073%) DMARC
3 1 (0.073%) Network Security
3 1 (0.073%) RFID
3 1 (0.073%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.17%) Power BI
2 47 (3.43%) Oracle Reports
3 44 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 29 (2.11%) Data Lake
6 18 (1.31%) Oracle Database
7 14 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.66%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.58%) GIS
11 8 (0.58%) Tableau
12 6 (0.44%) Power Query
13 5 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.36%) Metadata
14 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.29%) Oracle ODI
14 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 69 (5.03%) JIRA
2 32 (2.33%) Postman
3 11 (0.80%) Git
3 11 (0.80%) GitLab
4 7 (0.51%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.44%) Selenium
6 5 (0.36%) Hudson
6 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.15%) Gradle
8 2 (0.15%) LSMW
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.15%) TestRail
8 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
8 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.073%) MLflow
General
1 679 (49.49%) Finance
2 493 (35.93%) Social Skills
3 179 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 117 (8.53%) Manufacturing
6 59 (4.30%) Local Government
7 46 (3.35%) Retail
8 45 (3.28%) General Ledger
9 44 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (2.99%) Banking
10 41 (2.99%) Legal
11 40 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 34 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.68%) Marketing
16 22 (1.60%) Billing
17 16 (1.17%) Military
18 12 (0.87%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 211 (15.38%) Consultant
2 161 (11.73%) Architect
2 161 (11.73%) Lead
3 155 (11.30%) Analyst
4 139 (10.13%) Project Manager
5 111 (8.09%) Senior
6 92 (6.71%) Business Analyst
7 85 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
8 71 (5.17%) Developer
9 61 (4.45%) SAP Consultant
10 52 (3.79%) ERP Manager
11 50 (3.64%) SAP Manager
12 41 (2.99%) Accountant
13 37 (2.70%) Implementation Consultant
14 35 (2.55%) Senior Manager
15 33 (2.41%) Programme Manager
16 32 (2.33%) Systems Accountant
17 31 (2.26%) Functional Consultant
18 29 (2.11%) Oracle Consultant
18 29 (2.11%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (14.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 90 (6.56%) REST
3 62 (4.52%) SOAP
4 56 (4.08%) Middleware
5 54 (3.94%) XML
6 50 (3.64%) JSON
7 47 (3.43%) Web Services
8 25 (1.82%) OAuth
9 24 (1.75%) XSLT
10 21 (1.53%) .NET
11 13 (0.95%) EDI
11 13 (0.95%) JWT
12 9 (0.66%) ADO
12 9 (0.66%) HTML
12 9 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.51%) Node.js
14 6 (0.44%) Kafka
14 6 (0.44%) RESTful
15 5 (0.36%) CSS
15 5 (0.36%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (2.84%) Management Information System
3 37 (2.70%) Data Structures
4 31 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.38%) IoT
7 19 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.09%) FMCG
9 14 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (0.87%) Life Science
12 11 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.73%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.66%) SCADA
14 9 (0.66%) Synthetic Data
15 8 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.09%) Windows
2 7 (0.51%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.073%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (23.98%) Migration
2 260 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 249 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
4 232 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 222 (16.18%) Agile
6 193 (14.07%) Data Migration
7 160 (11.66%) CRM
8 154 (11.22%) Project Management
9 149 (10.86%) User Acceptance Testing
10 146 (10.64%) Change Management
11 124 (9.04%) Validation
12 113 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
12 113 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 113 (8.24%) Roadmaps
13 110 (8.02%) Project Delivery
14 99 (7.22%) Workshop Facilitation
15 91 (6.63%) DevOps
16 88 (6.41%) Analytics
17 72 (5.25%) Data Modelling
18 70 (5.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.62%) SQL
2 37 (2.70%) PL/SQL
3 32 (2.33%) C#
4 31 (2.26%) Python
5 25 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.53%) Java
7 8 (0.58%) Groovy
8 6 (0.44%) ABAP
8 6 (0.44%) VBA
8 6 (0.44%) X++
9 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.29%) C++
10 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.29%) Korn
10 4 (0.29%) Perl
10 4 (0.29%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.29%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.22%) PHP
11 3 (0.22%) R
11 3 (0.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 178 (12.97%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.24%) Degree
3 138 (10.06%) SC Cleared
4 81 (5.90%) CIMA
5 70 (5.10%) ACCA
6 42 (3.06%) PMP
7 39 (2.84%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.97%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.82%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.95%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.80%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.73%) OCA
16 7 (0.51%) APMP
16 7 (0.51%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 7 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.25%) Data Quality
2 70 (5.10%) QA
3 58 (4.23%) GDPR
4 49 (3.57%) PMO
5 32 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.24%) GAAP
6 17 (1.24%) IFRS
7 14 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.80%) SLA
10 10 (0.73%) GxP
10 10 (0.73%) ITGC
10 10 (0.73%) NIST
11 8 (0.58%) COBIT
12 7 (0.51%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.44%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.44%) NCSC
14 5 (0.36%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.36%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.073%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.073%) Kibana
4 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 427 (31.12%) SAP
2 422 (30.76%) Oracle
3 231 (16.84%) Microsoft
4 87 (6.34%) Workday
5 65 (4.74%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.62%) Siemens
7 31 (2.26%) IFS
8 29 (2.11%) Sage
9 27 (1.97%) ServiceNow
10 24 (1.75%) Databricks
11 23 (1.68%) Ariba
12 18 (1.31%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.80%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.73%) Informatica
15 8 (0.58%) Adobe
16 7 (0.51%) Foundry
17 6 (0.44%) Google
17 6 (0.44%) Infor
18 4 (0.29%) ESRI
18 4 (0.29%) OpenText