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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 87 93
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,166 958 1,170
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.26% 2.59% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 2.99% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 504 725
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £759 £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 30 31
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.18 £50.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.75 £70.94 £89.50
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £66.44
% change year-on-year -39.20% -46.78% +232.19%

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 31,979 31,998 41,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.50% 86.61% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,013 19,257 27,677
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.22% -3.36%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,115 1,171 1,588
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -22.46% +25.29%
75th Percentile £45.46 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +48.33%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +6 1,011 £550 +4.76% 616
UK excluding London 0 593 £525 +5.00% 558
London +28 442 £575 +4.55% 161
Work from Home +29 382 £525 -3.67% 281
South East +35 170 £515 +3.00% 219
Midlands -28 112 £575 +9.52% 94
North of England -31 107 £550 +12.82% 110
South West 0 88 £575 +15.00% 60
North West +10 80 £513 +2.50% 51
West Midlands -34 70 £575 +9.52% 66
East of England +16 67 £550 +13.99% 43
Scotland +12 43 £500 +8.11% 29
East Midlands -6 42 £525 -12.50% 27
Yorkshire -49 24 £550 +29.41% 46
Northern Ireland +1 10 £350 - 6
Wales +2 5 £325 -50.00% 12
North East -13 3 £500 +5.26% 14
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 9 (0.77%) 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 70 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (2.40%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.34%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Windchill
8 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.086%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.086%) Notion
Business Applications
1 159 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 87 (7.46%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (5.75%) SAP ERP
4 44 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 39 (3.34%) Oracle EBS
6 37 (3.17%) NetSuite
6 37 (3.17%) Oracle Payables
7 26 (2.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 24 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.97%) Oracle Assets
10 19 (1.63%) Oracle EBS R12
11 18 (1.54%) SAP EWM
12 14 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (1.20%) Oracle SCM
13 13 (1.11%) Oracle Cash Management
13 13 (1.11%) SAP PP
13 13 (1.11%) SAP WM
13 13 (1.11%) Unit4 Business World
14 10 (0.86%) Primavera
15 9 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 149 (12.78%) Azure
2 114 (9.78%) OCI
3 109 (9.35%) Dynamics 365
4 103 (8.83%) SaaS
5 101 (8.66%) Power Platform
6 32 (2.74%) AWS
7 28 (2.40%) PaaS
8 23 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (1.72%) Lucidchart
11 19 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.29%) Boomi
14 15 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.20%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (0.94%) Tricentis Tosca
18 10 (0.86%) GCP
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 80 (6.86%) Power BI
2 55 (4.72%) Oracle Reports
3 36 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 27 (2.32%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.80%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.54%) SAP HANA
8 16 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (0.86%) Power Query
10 9 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.77%) Tableau
11 8 (0.69%) SAP BW
12 7 (0.60%) GIS
13 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.43%) Metadata
14 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 51 (4.37%) JIRA
2 12 (1.03%) Postman
3 10 (0.86%) Git
3 10 (0.86%) GitLab
4 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.17%) Hudson
6 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.17%) LSMW
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.17%) Selenium
6 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.086%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.086%) MLflow
7 1 (0.086%) QADirector
7 1 (0.086%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.086%) TestRail
7 1 (0.086%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 569 (48.80%) Finance
2 420 (36.02%) Social Skills
3 157 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (11.84%) Manufacturing
5 123 (10.55%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.77%) Local Government
6 44 (3.77%) Retail
7 43 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 38 (3.26%) General Ledger
9 38 (3.26%) Legal
10 36 (3.09%) Banking
11 32 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (2.06%) Billing
14 24 (2.06%) Marketing
15 20 (1.72%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 169 (14.49%) Consultant
2 159 (13.64%) Analyst
3 131 (11.23%) Lead
4 115 (9.86%) Architect
5 114 (9.78%) Project Manager
6 80 (6.86%) Senior
7 73 (6.26%) Business Analyst
8 64 (5.49%) Developer
9 50 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
10 45 (3.86%) SAP Consultant
11 40 (3.43%) SAP Manager
12 37 (3.17%) ERP Manager
13 35 (3.00%) Oracle Consultant
14 33 (2.83%) Functional Consultant
15 30 (2.57%) ERP Analyst
16 26 (2.23%) ERP Support
16 26 (2.23%) Programme Manager
17 25 (2.14%) Accountant
17 25 (2.14%) Administrator
18 24 (2.06%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (12.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (4.63%) REST
3 36 (3.09%) SOAP
4 32 (2.74%) Web Services
5 28 (2.40%) Middleware
6 26 (2.23%) XML
7 24 (2.06%) JSON
8 19 (1.63%) .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
13 7 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
14 4 (0.34%) ADO
14 4 (0.34%) BAPI
14 4 (0.34%) IDoc
14 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.34%) Node.js
14 4 (0.34%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.57%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.57%) Data Structures
5 29 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 17 (1.46%) Life Science
6 17 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.29%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.11%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.03%) AS400
10 12 (1.03%) FMCG
11 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.69%) IoT
13 8 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.60%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.60%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (0.60%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.51%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Android
3 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.17%) Linux
4 1 (0.086%) AIX
4 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (23.33%) Migration
2 221 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (17.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 195 (16.72%) Agile
4 195 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 186 (15.95%) Data Migration
6 141 (12.09%) CRM
7 127 (10.89%) Change Management
8 121 (10.38%) Project Management
9 119 (10.21%) Project Delivery
10 116 (9.95%) User Acceptance Testing
11 115 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
12 112 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 91 (7.80%) Roadmaps
14 84 (7.20%) Validation
15 78 (6.69%) Workshop Facilitation
16 71 (6.09%) DevOps
17 68 (5.83%) Analytics
17 68 (5.83%) Logistics
18 65 (5.57%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.38%) SQL
2 34 (2.92%) PL/SQL
3 21 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 20 (1.72%) C#
5 16 (1.37%) Python
6 15 (1.29%) Java
7 8 (0.69%) Groovy
7 8 (0.69%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) ABAP
9 6 (0.51%) X++
10 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.34%) PHP
12 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.17%) Korn
13 2 (0.17%) R
13 2 (0.17%) XPath
14 1 (0.086%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.086%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 134 (11.49%) Degree
2 132 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 109 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.34%) PMP
5 38 (3.26%) PMI Certification
6 37 (3.17%) CIMA
7 35 (3.00%) ACCA
8 22 (1.89%) SAP Certification
9 21 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 9 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.60%) OCA
15 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 4 (0.34%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.23%) QA
2 48 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 44 (3.77%) PMO
4 41 (3.52%) GDPR
5 34 (2.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (0.94%) GxP
6 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.94%) NIST
7 10 (0.86%) SLA
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%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.34%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.34%) ISO 20022
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%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.086%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 411 (35.25%) Oracle
2 361 (30.96%) SAP
3 182 (15.61%) Microsoft
4 71 (6.09%) Salesforce
5 68 (5.83%) Workday
6 37 (3.17%) IFS
7 21 (1.80%) Ariba
8 17 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.37%) Sage
10 14 (1.20%) Databricks
11 13 (1.11%) 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%) Google
16 4 (0.34%) JD Edwards
16 4 (0.34%) Murex