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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 88 93
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,976 899 946
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.74% 2.73% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.02% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 545 543
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% +1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 52 37
10th Percentile £15.75 £6.00 £23.60
25th Percentile £23.00 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £25.61 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.37% -51.23% -19.11%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £19.40 £46.25
% change year-on-year +80.41% -58.05% -28.98%

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 44,879 29,748 33,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.93% 90.41% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,704 18,653 21,488
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,741 1,659 1,873
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.30 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.05 £40.94
% change year-on-year +90.72% -43.70% +3.38%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +23 1,634 £550 +1.38% 1,075
UK excluding London +43 1,031 £525 +1.94% 759
London +21 686 £600 +9.09% 375
Work from Home +30 568 £550 - 499
South East +2 266 £525 +1.94% 204
North of England +62 248 £500 +1.01% 182
Midlands +35 206 £525 -4.55% 204
North West +33 143 £525 +5.53% 89
West Midlands +7 119 £540 +2.86% 127
South West +1 107 £538 -14.14% 62
East of England +12 90 £575 - 65
Yorkshire +21 85 £475 +18.01% 72
East Midlands +30 79 £525 -12.50% 77
Scotland +12 67 £500 - 30
Northern Ireland +26 28 £450 +28.57% 13
North East -25 20 £500 -6.98% 23
Wales - 20 £500 - 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 31 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.20%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.15%) SAP EP
6 3 (0.15%) ThingWorx
7 2 (0.10%) Apache
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.051%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.051%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 95 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 294 (14.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 150 (7.59%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.34%) SAP ERP
4 59 (2.99%) NetSuite
5 58 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
6 51 (2.58%) Oracle EBS
7 45 (2.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 37 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 26 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
10 25 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
11 23 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
12 18 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.81%) SAP MDG
13 16 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
15 12 (0.61%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
16 10 (0.51%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 217 (10.98%) Azure
2 192 (9.72%) Dynamics 365
3 190 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 157 (7.95%) OCI
5 119 (6.02%) SaaS
6 71 (3.59%) AWS
7 57 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.13%) PaaS
9 35 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
10 34 (1.72%) Boomi
11 28 (1.42%) GCP
11 28 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 28 (1.42%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.37%) GitHub
13 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 16 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 5 (0.25%) SSL
3 4 (0.20%) Firewall
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
5 2 (0.10%) Intranet
5 2 (0.10%) LAN
5 2 (0.10%) RFID
5 2 (0.10%) WAN
6 1 (0.051%) DHCP
6 1 (0.051%) DMZ
6 1 (0.051%) DNS
6 1 (0.051%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.051%) Modbus
6 1 (0.051%) MQTT
6 1 (0.051%) SMS
6 1 (0.051%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) VPN
6 1 (0.051%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.98%) Power BI
2 73 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (3.14%) Oracle Reports
4 35 (1.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 33 (1.67%) Data Lake
6 27 (1.37%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
8 24 (1.21%) Tableau
9 18 (0.91%) Metadata
9 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 83 (4.20%) JIRA
2 34 (1.72%) Git
3 21 (1.06%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.51%) Postman
6 9 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.25%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
9 4 (0.20%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
12 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.051%) JDeveloper
12 1 (0.051%) MLflow
12 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,029 (52.07%) Finance
2 504 (25.51%) Social Skills
3 244 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (10.07%) Manufacturing
5 166 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.41%) Retail
7 80 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (3.14%) General Ledger
9 59 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
10 57 (2.88%) Legal
11 50 (2.53%) Local Government
12 49 (2.48%) Billing
13 47 (2.38%) Law
14 42 (2.13%) Banking
15 37 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 36 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 34 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
18 30 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
19 21 (1.06%) Marketing
20 19 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 364 (18.42%) Lead
2 316 (15.99%) Architect
3 247 (12.50%) Consultant
4 241 (12.20%) Analyst
5 163 (8.25%) Senior
6 155 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
7 151 (7.64%) Project Manager
8 113 (5.72%) Developer
9 112 (5.67%) Business Analyst
10 77 (3.90%) Oracle Consultant
11 74 (3.74%) ERP Manager
12 62 (3.14%) Accountant
13 57 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
14 46 (2.33%) Systems Accountant
15 43 (2.18%) Programme Manager
15 43 (2.18%) SAP Manager
15 43 (2.18%) Senior Manager
16 42 (2.13%) Finance Manager
17 41 (2.07%) ERP Project Manager
17 41 (2.07%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (11.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 113 (5.72%) REST
3 102 (5.16%) Middleware
4 65 (3.29%) SOAP
5 42 (2.13%) JSON
6 40 (2.02%) XML
7 34 (1.72%) Web Services
8 28 (1.42%) .NET
9 21 (1.06%) OAuth
10 20 (1.01%) EDI
11 17 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (0.76%) OAuth2
12 15 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
13 13 (0.66%) XSLT
14 12 (0.61%) HTML
14 12 (0.61%) Node.js
15 11 (0.56%) CSS
15 11 (0.56%) PySpark
16 10 (0.51%) RESTful
17 9 (0.46%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 107 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
2 78 (3.95%) Data Structures
3 58 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 38 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.72%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.67%) FMCG
9 32 (1.62%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (0.91%) IoT
13 16 (0.81%) Life Science
14 15 (0.76%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.66%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.66%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.27%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.25%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.051%) AIX
5 1 (0.051%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.051%) Unix
5 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (25.66%) Migration
2 505 (25.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 371 (18.78%) Data Migration
4 323 (16.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 315 (15.94%) User Acceptance Testing
6 277 (14.02%) Agile
7 266 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 246 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
10 207 (10.48%) Change Management
11 204 (10.32%) Validation
12 189 (9.56%) Analytics
13 187 (9.46%) Data Modelling
14 174 (8.81%) Roadmaps
15 173 (8.76%) CRM
16 160 (8.10%) Process Improvement
17 154 (7.79%) Project Management
18 141 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
19 138 (6.98%) Project Delivery
20 137 (6.93%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 184 (9.31%) SQL
2 64 (3.24%) Python
3 36 (1.82%) PL/SQL
4 33 (1.67%) Java
4 33 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 26 (1.32%) C#
6 20 (1.01%) Ruby
6 20 (1.01%) X++
7 19 (0.96%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.76%) ABAP
9 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.40%) Groovy
10 8 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOSL
12 5 (0.25%) VBA
13 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.15%) C++
14 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 223 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 157 (7.95%) SC Cleared
3 119 (6.02%) Degree
4 77 (3.90%) ACCA
5 76 (3.85%) CIMA
6 52 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 38 (1.92%) PMP
8 32 (1.62%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.35%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.30%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.25%) CISM
15 5 (0.25%) CISSP
15 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 75 (3.80%) GDPR
3 67 (3.39%) QA
4 51 (2.58%) PMO
5 36 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 27 (1.37%) IFRS
7 19 (0.96%) GAAP
8 14 (0.71%) GMP
9 12 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (0.61%) SLA
10 11 (0.56%) GRC
10 11 (0.56%) GxP
11 8 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.40%) NCSC
12 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.25%) NIST
14 4 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 4 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.051%) Firmware
3 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.051%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (0.81%) Terraform
2 12 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.40%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.25%) Grafana
4 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.20%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 597 (30.21%) SAP
2 565 (28.59%) Oracle
3 348 (17.61%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.20%) IFS
5 81 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 79 (4.00%) Workday
7 66 (3.34%) ServiceNow
8 41 (2.07%) Infor
9 40 (2.02%) Ariba
10 39 (1.97%) Databricks
11 36 (1.82%) MuleSoft
12 35 (1.77%) Sage
13 33 (1.67%) Siemens
14 18 (0.91%) JD Edwards
15 17 (0.86%) Concur
16 13 (0.66%) Google
17 12 (0.61%) Epicor
17 12 (0.61%) SYSPRO
18 11 (0.56%) Informatica
19 9 (0.46%) Baan