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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 96 94
Rank change year-on-year +38 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,841 767 1,000
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.72% 2.61% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.87% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 464 616
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £541 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% +0.23% -1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £646 £641
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% +0.50% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 30 35
10th Percentile £17.71 £16.88 £13.54
25th Percentile £28.50 £27.72 £23.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +97.96% -43.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £71.05 £85.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £33.43
% change year-on-year -17.86% +109.39% -47.43%

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 41,920 26,731 37,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.71% 91.01% 85.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,154 16,984 23,772
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,513 1,182 2,587
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.00 £61.16
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +8.91%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +34 1,557 £550 +2.33% 705
UK excluding London +46 953 £525 +4.48% 582
London +32 669 £560 -1.32% 225
Work from Home +61 555 £550 - 344
South East +6 236 £550 +3.53% 162
North of England +44 220 £500 +5.26% 118
Midlands +20 186 £525 +5.00% 146
South West +41 124 £525 +12.00% 63
West Midlands +9 116 £540 +8.00% 84
North West +32 114 £500 +2.25% 61
East of England +16 94 £575 -2.13% 40
Yorkshire +12 90 £550 +37.50% 47
East Midlands +15 66 £525 +7.69% 62
Scotland +12 55 £500 -1.14% 21
Wales +8 22 £538 - 29
Northern Ireland +21 20 £475 +18.75% 18
North East -13 16 £500 -8.05% 13
Channel Islands - 2 - -

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 23 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.87%) Confluence
4 10 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.27%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.22%) SAS
6 4 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.16%) CMS
7 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.054%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.27%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 287 (15.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 137 (7.44%) Oracle ERP
3 62 (3.37%) SAP ERP
4 52 (2.82%) NetSuite
5 51 (2.77%) Oracle Payables
6 46 (2.50%) Oracle EBS
7 40 (2.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 35 (1.90%) Oracle Receivables
9 32 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
10 20 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 18 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
12 17 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
13 16 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite
15 12 (0.65%) SAP MDG
15 12 (0.65%) Teamcenter
16 10 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
17 9 (0.49%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 230 (12.49%) Azure
2 181 (9.83%) Dynamics 365
3 158 (8.58%) Power Platform
4 155 (8.42%) OCI
5 104 (5.65%) SaaS
6 66 (3.59%) AWS
7 53 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (2.77%) PaaS
9 32 (1.74%) Boomi
9 32 (1.74%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.68%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
12 20 (1.09%) IaaS
13 19 (1.03%) GitHub
14 18 (0.98%) GCP
14 18 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) Network Security
2 3 (0.16%) 5G
2 3 (0.16%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) LAN
3 2 (0.11%) RFID
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.054%) DHCP
4 1 (0.054%) DMZ
4 1 (0.054%) DNS
4 1 (0.054%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.054%) Modbus
4 1 (0.054%) MQTT
4 1 (0.054%) SMS
4 1 (0.054%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.054%) VoIP
4 1 (0.054%) VPN
4 1 (0.054%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (6.30%) Power BI
2 56 (3.04%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (1.47%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.36%) Oracle ODI
6 21 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.65%) Metadata
8 12 (0.65%) Tableau
9 9 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.27%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 80 (4.35%) JIRA
2 31 (1.68%) Git
3 26 (1.41%) Postman
4 20 (1.09%) Hudson
5 11 (0.60%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.33%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.27%) Selenium
8 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.11%) GitLab
9 2 (0.11%) Gradle
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.054%) ERwin
10 1 (0.054%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.054%) PowerDesigner
General
1 953 (51.77%) Finance
2 473 (25.69%) Social Skills
3 231 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (9.51%) Manufacturing
5 136 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 93 (5.05%) Retail
7 63 (3.42%) Legal
8 59 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (2.88%) Local Government
10 51 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.77%) General Ledger
11 45 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
12 44 (2.39%) Law
13 40 (2.17%) Billing
14 39 (2.12%) Banking
15 29 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (1.09%) Military
19 16 (0.87%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 319 (17.33%) Lead
2 270 (14.67%) Architect
3 245 (13.31%) Consultant
4 207 (11.24%) Analyst
5 176 (9.56%) Project Manager
6 150 (8.15%) Senior
7 134 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
8 102 (5.54%) Business Analyst
9 92 (5.00%) ERP Manager
10 89 (4.83%) Developer
11 64 (3.48%) Accountant
12 60 (3.26%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.82%) Implementation Consultant
13 52 (2.82%) Senior Manager
14 50 (2.72%) Finance Manager
14 50 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
14 50 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
15 48 (2.61%) Systems Accountant
16 44 (2.39%) SAP Manager
17 43 (2.34%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (11.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 107 (5.81%) REST
3 87 (4.73%) Middleware
4 64 (3.48%) SOAP
5 52 (2.82%) JSON
6 50 (2.72%) XML
7 33 (1.79%) Web Services
8 26 (1.41%) OAuth
9 23 (1.25%) .NET
9 23 (1.25%) XSLT
10 17 (0.92%) JWT
10 17 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (0.81%) Node.js
13 13 (0.71%) HTML
14 11 (0.60%) CSS
14 11 (0.60%) EDI
15 10 (0.54%) OAuth2
15 10 (0.54%) PySpark
15 10 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (2.93%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 43 (2.34%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.34%) Public Cloud
5 32 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 30 (1.63%) Cloud Native
7 29 (1.58%) FMCG
8 24 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
10 20 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (0.92%) IoT
12 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
13 13 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.71%) Life Science
14 12 (0.65%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
17 7 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.20%) Windows
2 7 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.054%) AIX
5 1 (0.054%) Android
5 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.054%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.054%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (26.18%) Migration
2 409 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 319 (17.33%) Data Migration
4 303 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 279 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 252 (13.69%) Agile
7 237 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
8 227 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 204 (11.08%) Change Management
10 199 (10.81%) Validation
11 177 (9.61%) Project Management
12 169 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
13 156 (8.47%) Data Modelling
14 152 (8.26%) CRM
15 146 (7.93%) Roadmaps
16 143 (7.77%) Procure-to-Pay
17 123 (6.68%) Analytics
18 118 (6.41%) Project Delivery
19 116 (6.30%) Translating Business Requirements
20 113 (6.14%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (8.20%) SQL
2 56 (3.04%) Python
3 37 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 33 (1.79%) Java
4 33 (1.79%) PL/SQL
5 28 (1.52%) C#
6 18 (0.98%) Apex Code
7 17 (0.92%) Ruby
8 16 (0.87%) X++
9 11 (0.60%) ABAP
10 10 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.27%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.27%) SOQL
12 5 (0.27%) SOSL
13 4 (0.22%) VBA
14 3 (0.16%) Groovy
14 3 (0.16%) Korn
15 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 201 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 146 (7.93%) SC Cleared
3 118 (6.41%) Degree
4 103 (5.59%) CIMA
5 96 (5.21%) ACCA
6 42 (2.28%) PMP
7 36 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 15 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.49%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.38%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.27%) CFA
16 4 (0.22%) CCAB
16 4 (0.22%) CISM
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 74 (4.02%) QA
3 71 (3.86%) GDPR
4 45 (2.44%) PMO
5 31 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (1.20%) IFRS
7 19 (1.03%) SLA
8 16 (0.87%) GAAP
9 11 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.49%) GxP
10 9 (0.49%) NCSC
11 7 (0.38%) GMP
12 6 (0.33%) GRC
12 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.22%) NIST
15 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 10 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.54%) Terraform
3 9 (0.49%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.27%) Kibana
4 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.22%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Control-M
6 3 (0.16%) MOM
6 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.054%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 566 (30.74%) SAP
2 521 (28.30%) Oracle
3 298 (16.19%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.56%) Workday
5 79 (4.29%) IFS
6 76 (4.13%) Salesforce
7 60 (3.26%) ServiceNow
8 55 (2.99%) Siemens
9 41 (2.23%) Databricks
10 37 (2.01%) Sage
11 35 (1.90%) Ariba
12 34 (1.85%) MuleSoft
13 29 (1.58%) Infor
14 14 (0.76%) Informatica
15 12 (0.65%) Epicor
16 11 (0.60%) Google
16 11 (0.60%) JD Edwards
17 10 (0.54%) Concur
18 9 (0.49%) HP
19 8 (0.43%) Foundry