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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 79 93
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,938 1,056 945
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.53% 3.19% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 3.52% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 642 505
10th Percentile £363 £328 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £638
90th Percentile £745 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £511
% change year-on-year - +2.69% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 45 35
10th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £20.35
25th Percentile £17.12 £14.65 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £17.35 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.64% -63.48% -25.20%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £79.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.66 £51.25
% change year-on-year +48.02% -69.44% -20.31%

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 46,382 29,970 32,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.66% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,008 18,622 19,630
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,245 1,858 1,349
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.19 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.64 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.01% -48.10% +1.18%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +7 1,606 £550 - 2,447
UK excluding London +21 1,012 £525 - 1,592
London -1 644 £600 +5.49% 1,026
Work from Home +8 547 £550 +4.76% 1,053
North of England +54 278 £525 +2.44% 353
South East -8 243 £500 -2.91% 422
Midlands +21 229 £525 -2.33% 304
North West +21 152 £525 +2.44% 166
West Midlands +24 136 £525 - 193
Yorkshire +44 107 £475 -7.32% 135
East of England -11 88 £507 -9.46% 149
East Midlands +15 83 £525 -8.70% 111
South West -38 78 £563 -6.25% 148
Scotland -4 61 £525 +5.00% 100
Northern Ireland +19 20 £450 +28.57% 84
Wales +3 20 £475 +46.15% 48
North East -21 19 £513 +13.89% 56

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 39 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (0.98%) Confluence
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.41%) CMS
6 5 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.26%) SAS
6 5 (0.26%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
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
10 1 (0.052%) Mendix
Applications
1 109 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.67%) Windchill
7 12 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.052%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 276 (14.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 147 (7.59%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.41%) Oracle Payables
3 66 (3.41%) SAP ERP
4 58 (2.99%) NetSuite
5 55 (2.84%) Oracle Receivables
6 44 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
7 38 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 37 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
9 32 (1.65%) Oracle General Ledger
10 28 (1.44%) Oracle Financials
11 23 (1.19%) SAP MDG
12 22 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
13 17 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
13 17 (0.88%) Workday HCM
14 15 (0.77%) Teamcenter
15 14 (0.72%) SAP FI
15 14 (0.72%) SAP MM
16 13 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite
16 13 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 224 (11.56%) Azure
2 182 (9.39%) Dynamics 365
3 167 (8.62%) Power Platform
4 126 (6.50%) OCI
5 122 (6.30%) SaaS
6 73 (3.77%) AWS
6 73 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.12%) GCP
9 35 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 30 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
11 27 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (1.34%) Boomi
12 26 (1.34%) PaaS
12 26 (1.34%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.24%) Entra ID
14 21 (1.08%) GitHub
15 18 (0.93%) Serverless
16 15 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
16 15 (0.77%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.62%) HTTP
2 8 (0.41%) Network Security
3 6 (0.31%) FTP
4 5 (0.26%) SSL
5 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 2 (0.10%) DMZ
6 2 (0.10%) DNS
6 2 (0.10%) MQTT
6 2 (0.10%) SMS
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%) SMTP
7 1 (0.052%) WAN
7 1 (0.052%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (5.57%) Power BI
2 59 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
4 25 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 23 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.14%) Tableau
7 15 (0.77%) Metadata
8 14 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
10 10 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.41%) Power Query
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.31%) GIS
13 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 110 (5.68%) JIRA
2 31 (1.60%) Git
3 13 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.46%) Hudson
4 9 (0.46%) Postman
5 7 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.36%) Zephyr
6 6 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.21%) Flyway
8 3 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.10%) GitLab
9 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.10%) LSMW
9 2 (0.10%) Selenium
9 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.10%) TestRail
10 1 (0.052%) Cypress.io
General
1 973 (50.21%) Finance
2 580 (29.93%) Social Skills
3 252 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
3 252 (13.00%) Manufacturing
4 172 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 105 (5.42%) Retail
6 81 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
7 78 (4.02%) Billing
7 78 (4.02%) General Ledger
8 63 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.43%) Banking
9 47 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (2.01%) Legal
11 37 (1.91%) Local Government
12 29 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
14 25 (1.29%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.14%) Marketing
16 21 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 314 (16.20%) Lead
2 284 (14.65%) Architect
3 241 (12.44%) Analyst
4 232 (11.97%) Consultant
5 148 (7.64%) Senior
6 141 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
7 133 (6.86%) Project Manager
8 120 (6.19%) Business Analyst
9 96 (4.95%) Developer
10 88 (4.54%) Oracle Consultant
11 65 (3.35%) Administrator
12 61 (3.15%) ERP Manager
13 60 (3.10%) Accountant
14 59 (3.04%) Functional Consultant
15 46 (2.37%) Data Analyst
15 46 (2.37%) Financial Analyst
16 40 (2.06%) Finance Manager
16 40 (2.06%) SAP Manager
17 39 (2.01%) SAP Consultant
17 39 (2.01%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (11.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 129 (6.66%) REST
3 112 (5.78%) Middleware
4 81 (4.18%) SOAP
5 51 (2.63%) XML
6 45 (2.32%) JSON
7 44 (2.27%) Web Services
8 30 (1.55%) .NET
9 27 (1.39%) OAuth
10 25 (1.29%) OAuth2
11 23 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
12 21 (1.08%) EDI
13 18 (0.93%) Terraform
14 14 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
14 14 (0.72%) XSLT
15 12 (0.62%) IDoc
15 12 (0.62%) Node.js
16 11 (0.57%) OpenAPI
16 11 (0.57%) RESTful
16 11 (0.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (3.72%) Product Ownership
3 69 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 64 (3.30%) Data Structures
5 62 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 58 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 37 (1.91%) FMCG
8 31 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.34%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.29%) Life Science
11 17 (0.88%) AI Agents
11 17 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 15 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.72%) Operational Technology
14 13 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.62%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 12 (0.62%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.44%) Windows
2 11 (0.57%) Linux
3 9 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.31%) Unix
5 4 (0.21%) Android
5 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.21%) 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
1 606 (31.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 469 (24.20%) Migration
3 347 (17.91%) Data Migration
4 289 (14.91%) Agile
5 286 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (14.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 262 (13.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 248 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 214 (11.04%) Validation
10 200 (10.32%) Process Improvement
11 193 (9.96%) Change Management
12 191 (9.86%) CRM
12 191 (9.86%) Roadmaps
13 170 (8.77%) Analytics
14 160 (8.26%) Data Modelling
15 155 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
16 153 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
17 148 (7.64%) Project Delivery
18 135 (6.97%) DevOps
19 134 (6.91%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 192 (9.91%) SQL
2 58 (2.99%) Python
3 35 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 30 (1.55%) C#
5 28 (1.44%) Java
6 24 (1.24%) PL/SQL
7 21 (1.08%) X++
8 19 (0.98%) ABAP
9 14 (0.72%) Apex Code
10 12 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.41%) Groovy
12 8 (0.41%) Ruby
13 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.21%) PHP
15 3 (0.15%) C++
15 3 (0.15%) Rust
15 3 (0.15%) SOQL
15 3 (0.15%) SOSL
16 2 (0.10%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 254 (13.11%) Security Cleared
2 189 (9.75%) SC Cleared
3 127 (6.55%) Degree
4 76 (3.92%) ACCA
5 71 (3.66%) CIMA
6 53 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.12%) PMP
8 39 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 34 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.41%) APMG
14 8 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.41%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.36%) CISM
15 7 (0.36%) CISSP
15 7 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (9.18%) Data Quality
2 69 (3.56%) QA
3 56 (2.89%) GDPR
4 49 (2.53%) PMO
5 27 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.24%) IFRS
7 21 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (0.98%) GRC
9 17 (0.88%) GAAP
10 15 (0.77%) NCSC
11 13 (0.67%) GMP
12 12 (0.62%) GxP
13 10 (0.52%) SLA
14 9 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 8 (0.41%) NIST
16 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 6 (0.31%) Accessibility
17 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
17 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.41%) 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 12 (0.62%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.21%) SCCM
5 1 (0.052%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.052%) MOM
5 1 (0.052%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 637 (32.87%) SAP
2 544 (28.07%) Oracle
3 374 (19.30%) Microsoft
4 92 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 83 (4.28%) Workday
6 80 (4.13%) ServiceNow
7 57 (2.94%) 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%) Databricks
13 23 (1.19%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.08%) Google
14 21 (1.08%) Siemens
15 17 (0.88%) IBM
16 16 (0.83%) Concur
16 16 (0.83%) SYSPRO
17 15 (0.77%) PTC
18 12 (0.62%) Dell