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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 91 91
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,079 921 1,229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.22% 2.49% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 2.89% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 490 746
10th Percentile £350 £363 £388
25th Percentile £456 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £639 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 28
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.24 £45.50
25th Percentile £14.65 £28.00 £55.94
Median hourly rate £17.35 £35.36 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.95% -58.28% +215.94%
75th Percentile £32.75 £68.75 £90.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.92 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -52.15% -45.02% +267.50%

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 30,286 31,889 42,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.52% 86.07% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,837 19,171 28,834
10th Percentile £295 £310 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,193 1,584
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.74
Median hourly rate £25.08 £39.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.52% -7.06% +30.61%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.23 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.43% -5.88% +59.00%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +16 952 £550 +4.76% 1,058
UK excluding London 0 536 £525 +3.96% 848
London +28 424 £575 +4.55% 373
Work from Home +25 356 £525 -4.55% 552
South East +33 163 £515 +14.44% 347
Midlands -29 96 £550 +4.76% 153
South West +14 87 £600 +15.38% 66
North of England -40 86 £519 +3.75% 179
East of England +28 68 £529 +5.75% 61
North West -3 64 £513 +2.50% 109
West Midlands -40 56 £550 +6.28% 93
East Midlands 0 40 £525 -12.50% 60
Scotland +9 33 £500 -4.76% 32
Yorkshire -60 18 £525 +5.00% 58
Northern Ireland -4 7 £350 - 11
Wales +3 4 £325 -52.73% 7
North East -6 4 £538 -8.32% 15
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 26 (2.41%) Confluence
2 20 (1.85%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.28%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
6 3 (0.28%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.19%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.093%) Camunda
8 1 (0.093%) Documentum
8 1 (0.093%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.093%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 63 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
2 30 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.37%) Trello
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.19%) InVision
7 2 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.19%) Windchill
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.093%) Notion
Business Applications
1 145 (13.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 97 (8.99%) Oracle ERP
3 52 (4.82%) SAP ERP
4 34 (3.15%) Oracle Payables
5 31 (2.87%) NetSuite
5 31 (2.87%) Oracle EBS
6 29 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
7 28 (2.59%) Oracle Assets
8 27 (2.50%) Oracle EBS R12
9 26 (2.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 25 (2.32%) Oracle Receivables
11 18 (1.67%) SAP EWM
12 16 (1.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (1.30%) Oracle SCM
13 14 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
14 13 (1.20%) SAP WM
15 12 (1.11%) Primavera
16 9 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
17 8 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 123 (11.40%) Azure
2 119 (11.03%) OCI
3 93 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (8.06%) SaaS
5 80 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.69%) PaaS
7 27 (2.50%) AWS
8 20 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (1.76%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.30%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.02%) Entra ID
14 10 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (0.93%) Boomi
14 10 (0.93%) Smartsheet
15 7 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 6 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.093%) DKIM
2 1 (0.093%) DMARC
2 1 (0.093%) Internet
2 1 (0.093%) Intranet
2 1 (0.093%) LAN
2 1 (0.093%) Network Security
2 1 (0.093%) SAN
2 1 (0.093%) VPN
2 1 (0.093%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.93%) Power BI
2 51 (4.73%) Oracle Reports
3 35 (3.24%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.97%) Oracle Database
5 19 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 18 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.58%) SAP HANA
8 10 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.83%) Power Query
10 8 (0.74%) SAP BW
10 8 (0.74%) Tableau
11 7 (0.65%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.46%) GIS
12 5 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.37%) Metadata
13 4 (0.37%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 48 (4.45%) JIRA
2 10 (0.93%) Postman
3 7 (0.65%) Git
4 6 (0.56%) GitLab
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) Hudson
7 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.19%) Selenium
8 1 (0.093%) LSMW
8 1 (0.093%) MLflow
8 1 (0.093%) QADirector
8 1 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.093%) Zephyr
General
1 521 (48.29%) Finance
2 375 (34.75%) Social Skills
3 146 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (11.12%) Manufacturing
5 105 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 42 (3.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 38 (3.52%) Legal
8 37 (3.43%) Retail
9 36 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (3.06%) Banking
12 32 (2.97%) General Ledger
13 26 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.41%) Local Government
14 25 (2.32%) Billing
15 23 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.58%) Marketing
18 16 (1.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 165 (15.29%) Consultant
2 152 (14.09%) Analyst
3 111 (10.29%) Lead
4 107 (9.92%) Project Manager
5 97 (8.99%) Architect
6 71 (6.58%) Senior
7 67 (6.21%) Business Analyst
8 61 (5.65%) Developer
9 41 (3.80%) Oracle Consultant
10 39 (3.61%) SAP Consultant
11 35 (3.24%) ERP Manager
11 35 (3.24%) Functional Consultant
12 33 (3.06%) ERP Analyst
13 32 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (2.87%) SAP Manager
15 26 (2.41%) Programme Manager
16 24 (2.22%) Administrator
17 22 (2.04%) ERP Project Manager
17 22 (2.04%) Financial Analyst
18 21 (1.95%) ERP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (12.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 46 (4.26%) REST
3 31 (2.87%) SOAP
4 28 (2.59%) Middleware
5 26 (2.41%) Web Services
6 20 (1.85%) XML
7 18 (1.67%) JSON
8 15 (1.39%) .NET
9 13 (1.20%) EDI
10 11 (1.02%) HTML
11 9 (0.83%) CSS
11 9 (0.83%) OAuth
12 8 (0.74%) XSLT
13 7 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.56%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.37%) ADO
15 4 (0.37%) Node.js
15 4 (0.37%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.28%) BAPI
16 3 (0.28%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
2 47 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 27 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.41%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.76%) Life Science
7 18 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 15 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.30%) FMCG
10 12 (1.11%) AS400
11 11 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.02%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (0.83%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.93%) Windows
2 7 (0.65%) Unix
3 3 (0.28%) Linux
4 2 (0.19%) Android
4 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.093%) AIX
5 1 (0.093%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (22.43%) Migration
2 198 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 178 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 172 (15.94%) Agile
6 164 (15.20%) Data Migration
7 117 (10.84%) CRM
8 115 (10.66%) Change Management
9 114 (10.57%) Project Management
10 107 (9.92%) Project Delivery
10 107 (9.92%) User Acceptance Testing
11 106 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
12 96 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (7.32%) Roadmaps
14 73 (6.77%) Validation
15 72 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
16 65 (6.02%) Analytics
17 58 (5.38%) DevOps
18 57 (5.28%) Data Management
18 57 (5.28%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 154 (14.27%) SQL
2 35 (3.24%) PL/SQL
3 16 (1.48%) C#
3 16 (1.48%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.39%) Python
5 14 (1.30%) Java
6 9 (0.83%) Groovy
7 8 (0.74%) VBA
8 7 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.56%) ABAP
10 5 (0.46%) X++
11 4 (0.37%) Perl
11 4 (0.37%) PHP
12 3 (0.28%) R
12 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.093%) ProC
14 1 (0.093%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.093%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (11.03%) Degree
2 118 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 101 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.06%) PMP
5 32 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.50%) ACCA
6 27 (2.50%) CIMA
7 19 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.58%) SAP Certification
9 14 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 10 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.37%) APMG
14 4 (0.37%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.37%) CCA
14 4 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.45%) Data Quality
2 43 (3.99%) QA
3 35 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 33 (3.06%) PMO
5 29 (2.69%) GDPR
6 15 (1.39%) SLA
7 10 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.83%) GxP
9 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.65%) APQC
10 7 (0.65%) NIST
11 6 (0.56%) IFRS
12 5 (0.46%) COBIT
12 5 (0.46%) GAAP
12 5 (0.46%) ITGC
12 5 (0.46%) SOX 404
13 4 (0.37%) GMP
13 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.093%) Firmware
4 1 (0.093%) Samba
Systems Management
1 5 (0.46%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.46%) Terraform
2 4 (0.37%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (0.19%) Control-M
3 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.093%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.093%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 398 (36.89%) Oracle
2 323 (29.94%) SAP
3 156 (14.46%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.84%) Salesforce
5 57 (5.28%) Workday
6 42 (3.89%) IFS
7 19 (1.76%) Ariba
8 16 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.83%) Databricks
10 8 (0.74%) PeopleSoft
10 8 (0.74%) Sage
11 7 (0.65%) Hyperion
11 7 (0.65%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.56%) Adobe
13 5 (0.46%) Adaptive Insights
13 5 (0.46%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.46%) IBM
13 5 (0.46%) OpenText
14 4 (0.37%) Axway
14 4 (0.37%) Rockwell