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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 77 90
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,936 1,067 939
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.50% 3.22% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 3.55% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 644 508
10th Percentile £371 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 43 36
10th Percentile £13.98 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £17.06 £13.82 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £17.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.35% -51.92% -58.40%
75th Percentile £31.15 £30.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £59.78 £73.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.66 £41.43
% change year-on-year +48.02% -62.20% -36.38%

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 46,826 30,024 32,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.73% 90.50% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,144 18,679 19,408
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,407 1,886 1,245
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.07 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 14 October 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 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 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 14 October 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 +2 1,599 £550 - 1,554
UK excluding London +21 1,023 £525 - 905
London -11 630 £600 +5.49% 742
Work from Home -3 544 £550 +4.76% 687
North of England +48 277 £525 +2.44% 231
South East -20 232 £525 +1.94% 195
Midlands +19 230 £525 - 170
North West +19 157 £525 +2.44% 105
West Midlands +19 138 £525 - 100
Yorkshire +43 101 £450 -14.29% 82
East of England -6 98 £500 -7.62% 79
East Midlands +9 82 £525 - 70
South West -32 82 £575 -4.17% 86
Scotland +3 68 £525 +5.00% 96
Wales +5 22 £475 +46.15% 14
Northern Ireland +18 19 £450 +28.57% 52
North East -25 19 £538 +19.44% 48

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 41 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.19%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (0.98%) Confluence
4 10 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.41%) CMS
6 5 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.26%) SAS
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.15%) OpenEdge
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.15%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.10%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.10%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 109 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.67%) Windchill
7 10 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.15%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.052%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 268 (13.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 142 (7.33%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.46%) Oracle Payables
4 65 (3.36%) SAP ERP
5 61 (3.15%) NetSuite
6 56 (2.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 47 (2.43%) Oracle EBS
8 37 (1.91%) Oracle General Ledger
8 37 (1.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 35 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
10 30 (1.55%) Oracle Financials
11 25 (1.29%) Oracle Assets
12 23 (1.19%) SAP MDG
13 21 (1.08%) Teamcenter
14 17 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
14 17 (0.88%) Workday HCM
15 16 (0.83%) SAP FI
15 16 (0.83%) SAP MM
16 13 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite
17 12 (0.62%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 226 (11.67%) Azure
2 175 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
3 165 (8.52%) Power Platform
4 125 (6.46%) SaaS
5 121 (6.25%) OCI
6 73 (3.77%) AWS
7 72 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (2.12%) GCP
10 36 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
12 28 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (1.39%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.34%) PaaS
15 25 (1.29%) Boomi
16 22 (1.14%) Entra ID
17 20 (1.03%) GitHub
18 16 (0.83%) Serverless
19 15 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
19 15 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.62%) HTTP
2 10 (0.52%) Network Security
3 5 (0.26%) SSL
4 4 (0.21%) FTP
5 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 2 (0.10%) DMZ
6 2 (0.10%) DNS
6 2 (0.10%) MQTT
6 2 (0.10%) VPN
7 1 (0.052%) 5G
7 1 (0.052%) Intranet
7 1 (0.052%) LAN
7 1 (0.052%) RFID
7 1 (0.052%) SMS
7 1 (0.052%) SMTP
7 1 (0.052%) WAN
7 1 (0.052%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.42%) Power BI
2 66 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 28 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 21 (1.08%) Tableau
7 18 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.77%) Metadata
9 13 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 9 (0.46%) Power Query
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.36%) Oracle ODI
12 7 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.31%) GIS
13 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 103 (5.32%) JIRA
2 33 (1.70%) Git
3 13 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.52%) Postman
5 8 (0.41%) Hudson
6 7 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.31%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.21%) Flyway
9 3 (0.15%) MLflow
10 2 (0.10%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.10%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.10%) LSMW
10 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 2 (0.10%) TestRail
11 1 (0.052%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.052%) JDeveloper
General
1 959 (49.54%) Finance
2 605 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 273 (14.10%) Manufacturing
4 240 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
5 176 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.53%) Retail
7 90 (4.65%) General Ledger
8 85 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (3.93%) Billing
10 72 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.58%) Banking
12 43 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 39 (2.01%) Legal
14 37 (1.91%) Local Government
15 32 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.55%) Aerospace
17 28 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 28 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.19%) Marketing
19 21 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 311 (16.06%) Lead
2 297 (15.34%) Architect
3 233 (12.04%) Consultant
4 226 (11.67%) Analyst
5 141 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
6 138 (7.13%) Senior
7 129 (6.66%) Project Manager
8 117 (6.04%) Business Analyst
9 92 (4.75%) Developer
10 87 (4.49%) Oracle Consultant
11 70 (3.62%) Administrator
12 66 (3.41%) ERP Manager
13 59 (3.05%) Accountant
14 58 (3.00%) Functional Consultant
15 42 (2.17%) Data Analyst
16 41 (2.12%) Finance Manager
16 41 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
16 41 (2.12%) Programme Manager
17 40 (2.07%) ERP Architect
18 37 (1.91%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (12.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 130 (6.71%) REST
3 119 (6.15%) Middleware
4 79 (4.08%) SOAP
5 51 (2.63%) XML
6 47 (2.43%) Web Services
7 45 (2.32%) JSON
8 32 (1.65%) .NET
9 30 (1.55%) OAuth
10 25 (1.29%) OAuth2
11 21 (1.08%) EDI
11 21 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
12 18 (0.93%) Terraform
13 14 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (0.72%) XSLT
14 12 (0.62%) CSS
14 12 (0.62%) HTML
14 12 (0.62%) IDoc
14 12 (0.62%) Node.js
14 12 (0.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
2 70 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 61 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 58 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.01%) FMCG
8 29 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.34%) Life Science
9 26 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.08%) AI Agents
12 18 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.77%) Operational Technology
15 14 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 13 (0.67%) SCADA
17 12 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.60%) Windows
2 11 (0.57%) Linux
3 9 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.31%) Unix
5 5 (0.26%) Android
5 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.052%) AIX
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (32.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 468 (24.17%) Migration
3 355 (18.34%) Data Migration
4 289 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
5 284 (14.67%) Agile
6 281 (14.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 266 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 246 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 218 (11.26%) Validation
10 194 (10.02%) Process Improvement
11 193 (9.97%) Roadmaps
12 189 (9.76%) CRM
13 185 (9.56%) Change Management
14 176 (9.09%) Analytics
15 157 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
16 152 (7.85%) Data Modelling
16 152 (7.85%) Project Delivery
17 148 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
18 135 (6.97%) Decision-Making
19 134 (6.92%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 188 (9.71%) SQL
2 60 (3.10%) Python
3 37 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.76%) C#
5 30 (1.55%) Java
6 24 (1.24%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.03%) X++
8 18 (0.93%) ABAP
9 14 (0.72%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.41%) Groovy
11 8 (0.41%) Ruby
12 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.26%) C++
14 4 (0.21%) PHP
15 3 (0.15%) OpenEdge ABL
15 3 (0.15%) Rust
15 3 (0.15%) SOQL
15 3 (0.15%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 263 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 196 (10.12%) SC Cleared
3 121 (6.25%) Degree
4 79 (4.08%) ACCA
5 75 (3.87%) CIMA
6 54 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.07%) PMP
8 39 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.57%) APMG
12 11 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.46%) CISSP
14 9 (0.46%) SAP Certification
15 8 (0.41%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.36%) CISM
16 7 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (9.35%) Data Quality
2 65 (3.36%) QA
3 54 (2.79%) PMO
4 52 (2.69%) GDPR
5 25 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.24%) IFRS
6 24 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (0.98%) GRC
8 17 (0.88%) NCSC
9 16 (0.83%) GAAP
10 14 (0.72%) GMP
11 12 (0.62%) GxP
12 10 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 9 (0.46%) SLA
14 8 (0.41%) Accessibility
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 7 (0.36%) NIST
16 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.36%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) IAG
5 1 (0.052%) Firmware
5 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.26%) SCCM
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.052%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.052%) MOM
6 1 (0.052%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 634 (32.75%) SAP
2 534 (27.58%) Oracle
3 383 (19.78%) Microsoft
4 92 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 83 (4.29%) Workday
6 77 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 61 (3.15%) IFS
8 51 (2.63%) Ariba
9 36 (1.86%) Infor
10 35 (1.81%) Sage
11 30 (1.55%) JD Edwards
12 26 (1.34%) Siemens
13 23 (1.19%) Databricks
13 23 (1.19%) MuleSoft
14 20 (1.03%) Google
15 18 (0.93%) Concur
15 18 (0.93%) IBM
16 16 (0.83%) SYSPRO
17 15 (0.77%) PTC
18 12 (0.62%) Dell