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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 77 92
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,894 1,055 951
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.47% 3.19% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.53% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 638 513
10th Percentile £363 £331 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £518
% change year-on-year - +1.45% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 42 36
10th Percentile £13.99 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £17.12 £13.41 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £16.96 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -52.04% -58.28%
75th Percentile £29.54 £31.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £73.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.58 £41.43
% change year-on-year +48.78% -62.39% -38.85%

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 46,126 29,916 32,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.50% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,740 18,573 19,640
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,322 1,863 1,307
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.95 £65.23 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +68.05% -47.49% -

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +6 1,576 £550 - 2,490
UK excluding London +25 997 £525 - 1,604
London -10 623 £600 +4.80% 1,028
Work from Home -3 536 £550 +4.76% 984
North of England +59 273 £525 +3.70% 371
South East -15 231 £519 +0.73% 409
Midlands +24 228 £525 - 298
North West +27 153 £525 +2.44% 179
West Midlands +19 138 £525 - 184
Yorkshire +44 101 £450 -10.00% 131
East of England -10 94 £500 -9.09% 154
East Midlands +13 80 £525 - 114
South West -38 80 £575 -4.17% 172
Scotland 0 55 £525 +5.00% 96
Wales +11 22 £475 +46.15% 45
Northern Ireland +21 19 £450 +28.57% 82
North East -23 19 £525 +16.67% 66

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 40 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (1.00%) Confluence
4 10 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.42%) 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 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.16%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.11%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.11%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 108 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.69%) Windchill
7 11 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 263 (13.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 141 (7.44%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.48%) Oracle Payables
4 64 (3.38%) SAP ERP
5 58 (3.06%) NetSuite
6 55 (2.90%) Oracle Receivables
7 45 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
8 37 (1.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 34 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
9 34 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
10 29 (1.53%) Oracle Financials
11 23 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
11 23 (1.21%) SAP MDG
12 17 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
12 17 (0.90%) Workday HCM
13 16 (0.84%) Teamcenter
14 15 (0.79%) SAP MM
15 14 (0.74%) SAP FI
16 13 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
17 12 (0.63%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 217 (11.46%) Azure
2 173 (9.13%) Dynamics 365
3 162 (8.55%) Power Platform
4 122 (6.44%) OCI
5 121 (6.39%) SaaS
6 73 (3.85%) AWS
7 71 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (2.16%) GCP
10 36 (1.90%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
12 28 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 25 (1.32%) PaaS
15 23 (1.21%) Boomi
16 22 (1.16%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.11%) GitHub
18 16 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
18 16 (0.84%) Serverless
19 15 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.63%) HTTP
2 9 (0.48%) Network Security
3 5 (0.26%) SSL
4 4 (0.21%) FTP
5 3 (0.16%) Firewall
6 2 (0.11%) DMZ
6 2 (0.11%) DNS
6 2 (0.11%) MQTT
6 2 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.053%) 5G
7 1 (0.053%) Intranet
7 1 (0.053%) LAN
7 1 (0.053%) RFID
7 1 (0.053%) SMS
7 1 (0.053%) SMTP
7 1 (0.053%) WAN
7 1 (0.053%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.39%) Power BI
2 59 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 23 (1.21%) Tableau
5 22 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 15 (0.79%) Metadata
7 15 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (0.69%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.42%) Power Query
11 7 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.37%) Oracle ODI
11 7 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.32%) GIS
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 104 (5.49%) JIRA
2 32 (1.69%) Git
3 13 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.48%) Postman
5 8 (0.42%) Hudson
6 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.21%) Flyway
9 3 (0.16%) MLflow
10 2 (0.11%) GitLab
10 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) TestRail
11 1 (0.053%) Selenium
11 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
General
1 949 (50.11%) Finance
2 585 (30.89%) Social Skills
3 265 (13.99%) Manufacturing
4 245 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
5 171 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.54%) Retail
7 83 (4.38%) General Ledger
8 82 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
9 75 (3.96%) Billing
10 71 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (2.59%) Banking
12 42 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 39 (2.06%) Legal
13 39 (2.06%) Local Government
14 30 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.43%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 27 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (1.16%) Marketing
16 22 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 313 (16.53%) Lead
2 281 (14.84%) Architect
3 226 (11.93%) Consultant
4 221 (11.67%) Analyst
5 139 (7.34%) Senior
6 135 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
7 124 (6.55%) Project Manager
8 116 (6.12%) Business Analyst
9 94 (4.96%) Developer
10 83 (4.38%) Oracle Consultant
11 68 (3.59%) Administrator
12 60 (3.17%) ERP Manager
13 59 (3.12%) Accountant
14 57 (3.01%) Functional Consultant
15 41 (2.16%) Data Analyst
16 40 (2.11%) Finance Manager
16 40 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
17 39 (2.06%) Programme Manager
17 39 (2.06%) Systems Accountant
18 37 (1.95%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (12.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 130 (6.86%) REST
3 112 (5.91%) Middleware
4 79 (4.17%) SOAP
5 51 (2.69%) XML
6 45 (2.38%) JSON
6 45 (2.38%) Web Services
7 30 (1.58%) .NET
7 30 (1.58%) OAuth
8 25 (1.32%) OAuth2
9 21 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
10 20 (1.06%) EDI
11 18 (0.95%) Terraform
12 14 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (0.74%) XSLT
13 12 (0.63%) CSS
13 12 (0.63%) HTML
13 12 (0.63%) IDoc
13 12 (0.63%) Node.js
14 11 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 68 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 67 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
4 65 (3.43%) Data Structures
5 61 (3.22%) Management Information System
6 58 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 37 (1.95%) FMCG
8 29 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.32%) Life Science
11 20 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 17 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 13 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.48%) Windows
2 11 (0.58%) Linux
3 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
5 4 (0.21%) Android
5 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) AIX
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (32.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 452 (23.86%) Migration
3 340 (17.95%) Data Migration
4 284 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
5 277 (14.63%) Agile
6 269 (14.20%) User Acceptance Testing
7 253 (13.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 241 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 209 (11.03%) Validation
10 194 (10.24%) Process Improvement
11 189 (9.98%) Roadmaps
12 185 (9.77%) CRM
13 179 (9.45%) Change Management
14 171 (9.03%) Analytics
15 153 (8.08%) Data Modelling
16 149 (7.87%) Workshop Facilitation
17 148 (7.81%) Project Delivery
18 143 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
19 133 (7.02%) Decision-Making
20 129 (6.81%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 185 (9.77%) SQL
2 60 (3.17%) Python
3 37 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 31 (1.64%) C#
5 30 (1.58%) Java
6 24 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.06%) X++
8 18 (0.95%) ABAP
9 14 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.42%) Groovy
11 8 (0.42%) Ruby
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.21%) C++
13 4 (0.21%) PHP
14 3 (0.16%) Rust
14 3 (0.16%) SOQL
14 3 (0.16%) SOSL
15 2 (0.11%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 258 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 194 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 121 (6.39%) Degree
4 75 (3.96%) ACCA
5 71 (3.75%) CIMA
6 54 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.06%) PMP
8 38 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 32 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.48%) APMG
13 9 (0.48%) SAP Certification
14 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.42%) CISSP
14 8 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.37%) CISM
15 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (9.35%) Data Quality
2 67 (3.54%) QA
3 53 (2.80%) GDPR
4 52 (2.75%) PMO
5 27 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.27%) IFRS
7 22 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.00%) GRC
9 17 (0.90%) GAAP
10 16 (0.84%) NCSC
11 13 (0.69%) GMP
12 12 (0.63%) GxP
13 9 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 9 (0.48%) SLA
14 7 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 6 (0.32%) NIST
16 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (0.84%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.42%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) IAG
5 1 (0.053%) Firmware
5 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (0.63%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.21%) SCCM
5 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.053%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.053%) MOM
6 1 (0.053%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 618 (32.63%) SAP
2 528 (27.88%) Oracle
3 372 (19.64%) Microsoft
4 90 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 82 (4.33%) Workday
6 77 (4.07%) ServiceNow
7 54 (2.85%) IFS
8 51 (2.69%) Ariba
9 36 (1.90%) Infor
10 35 (1.85%) Sage
11 30 (1.58%) JD Edwards
12 24 (1.27%) Databricks
13 23 (1.21%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.11%) Google
14 21 (1.11%) Siemens
15 17 (0.90%) IBM
16 16 (0.84%) Concur
16 16 (0.84%) SYSPRO
17 15 (0.79%) PTC
18 12 (0.63%) Dell