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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 95 96
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,982 863 995
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.76% 2.65% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 2.94% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 523 592
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 52 43
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.70 £17.60
25th Percentile £28.20 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £26.86 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.46% -40.32% -30.66%
75th Percentile £58.75 £74.06 £66.94
90th Percentile £67.68 £81.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.25 £26.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +114.61% -34.48% -38.58%

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 44,805 29,397 36,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.38% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,846 18,489 23,062
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,636 1,550 2,325
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.65 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.75 £70.00 £73.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.33 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.96% -36.18% -4.70%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +28 1,639 £550 +2.33% 584
UK excluding London +51 1,028 £525 +3.96% 467
London +20 687 £575 +4.55% 178
Work from Home +45 587 £550 - 303
South East +5 256 £525 -0.24% 106
North of England +53 241 £500 +6.67% 122
Midlands +40 199 £525 - 136
North West +38 143 £525 +9.09% 64
South West +11 125 £538 +7.50% 41
West Midlands +17 121 £540 +2.86% 71
East of England +25 100 £575 - 41
Yorkshire +15 78 £458 +12.96% 44
East Midlands +20 72 £525 - 65
Scotland +15 59 £500 -0.99% 17
Northern Ireland +26 30 £463 +32.14% 1
Wales - 23 £488 - 11
North East -22 20 £500 -6.98% 17
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 30 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.20%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.050%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 86 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 2 (0.10%) Windchill
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 304 (15.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 147 (7.42%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.33%) SAP ERP
4 57 (2.88%) NetSuite
5 53 (2.67%) Oracle Payables
6 49 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
7 40 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
8 38 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 32 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
12 17 (0.86%) Infor CloudSuite
12 17 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (0.86%) SAP MDG
13 14 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
14 12 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
15 10 (0.50%) Teamcenter
16 9 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 250 (12.61%) Azure
2 192 (9.69%) Power Platform
3 184 (9.28%) Dynamics 365
4 143 (7.21%) OCI
5 117 (5.90%) SaaS
6 74 (3.73%) AWS
7 59 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.17%) PaaS
9 36 (1.82%) Boomi
10 33 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
11 29 (1.46%) PowerApps
12 28 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (1.41%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.36%) GCP
13 27 (1.36%) GitHub
14 24 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 6 (0.30%) HTTP
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) SSL
5 2 (0.10%) Intranet
5 2 (0.10%) LAN
5 2 (0.10%) RFID
5 2 (0.10%) WAN
6 1 (0.050%) DHCP
6 1 (0.050%) DMZ
6 1 (0.050%) DNS
6 1 (0.050%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.050%) Modbus
6 1 (0.050%) SMS
6 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) VoIP
6 1 (0.050%) VPN
6 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (7.11%) Power BI
2 68 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
6 24 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.06%) Tableau
8 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (0.86%) Metadata
10 12 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 80 (4.04%) JIRA
2 37 (1.87%) Git
3 20 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Postman
5 11 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.25%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
9 4 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
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 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.050%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,018 (51.36%) Finance
2 499 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 248 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (10.14%) Manufacturing
5 159 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 102 (5.15%) Retail
7 73 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
8 64 (3.23%) Legal
9 59 (2.98%) General Ledger
10 57 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 57 (2.88%) Local Government
11 53 (2.67%) Billing
12 48 (2.42%) Law
13 43 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 38 (1.92%) Banking
15 31 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
17 27 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
18 19 (0.96%) Aerospace
19 18 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 346 (17.46%) Lead
2 315 (15.89%) Architect
3 252 (12.71%) Consultant
4 238 (12.01%) Analyst
5 174 (8.78%) Senior
6 157 (7.92%) Project Manager
7 153 (7.72%) Solutions Architect
8 114 (5.75%) Business Analyst
9 108 (5.45%) Developer
10 83 (4.19%) ERP Manager
11 66 (3.33%) Accountant
12 62 (3.13%) Oracle Consultant
13 57 (2.88%) Financial Analyst
14 51 (2.57%) Systems Accountant
15 50 (2.52%) Implementation Consultant
15 50 (2.52%) Senior Manager
16 46 (2.32%) Finance Manager
16 46 (2.32%) SAP Consultant
16 46 (2.32%) SAP Manager
17 42 (2.12%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (9.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 107 (5.40%) Middleware
3 106 (5.35%) REST
4 59 (2.98%) SOAP
5 46 (2.32%) JSON
6 40 (2.02%) XML
7 37 (1.87%) Web Services
8 30 (1.51%) .NET
9 20 (1.01%) EDI
9 20 (1.01%) OAuth
10 17 (0.86%) Node.js
10 17 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.66%) HTML
12 13 (0.66%) XSLT
13 12 (0.61%) OAuth2
14 11 (0.55%) CSS
15 10 (0.50%) PySpark
15 10 (0.50%) React
16 9 (0.45%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 71 (3.58%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.88%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 36 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (1.77%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.72%) FMCG
9 31 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (0.91%) AI Agents
11 18 (0.91%) IoT
12 15 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (0.76%) Life Science
13 14 (0.71%) Virtual Team
14 13 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.61%) Operational Technology
15 12 (0.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.36%) 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 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (25.58%) Migration
2 489 (24.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 357 (18.01%) Data Migration
4 327 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 312 (15.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 265 (13.37%) Agile
7 260 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 252 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
9 215 (10.85%) Validation
10 207 (10.44%) Change Management
11 202 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
12 181 (9.13%) Data Modelling
13 180 (9.08%) CRM
14 170 (8.58%) Analytics
15 163 (8.22%) Project Management
16 162 (8.17%) Roadmaps
17 143 (7.21%) Procure-to-Pay
18 140 (7.06%) Process Improvement
19 132 (6.66%) Project Delivery
20 131 (6.61%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 183 (9.23%) SQL
2 72 (3.63%) Python
3 39 (1.97%) JavaScript
4 37 (1.87%) Java
5 32 (1.61%) C#
5 32 (1.61%) PL/SQL
6 20 (1.01%) Ruby
7 18 (0.91%) Apex Code
7 18 (0.91%) X++
8 16 (0.81%) ABAP
9 13 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.61%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.30%) Groovy
13 5 (0.25%) SOQL
13 5 (0.25%) SOSL
13 5 (0.25%) VBA
14 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.15%) C++
15 3 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 207 (10.44%) Security Cleared
2 148 (7.47%) SC Cleared
3 115 (5.80%) Degree
4 80 (4.04%) CIMA
5 78 (3.94%) ACCA
6 37 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.82%) PMP
8 29 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 17 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (0.55%) SAP Certification
13 9 (0.45%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.30%) CISM
15 6 (0.30%) CISSP
15 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
16 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 79 (3.99%) GDPR
3 73 (3.68%) QA
4 52 (2.62%) PMO
5 33 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (1.41%) IFRS
7 20 (1.01%) GAAP
8 15 (0.76%) GMP
9 13 (0.66%) SLA
10 12 (0.61%) GxP
10 12 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.45%) GRC
11 9 (0.45%) NCSC
12 8 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 5 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.25%) NIST
15 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 11 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.35%) Docker
3 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.050%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.76%) Terraform
2 13 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.50%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
6 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 615 (31.03%) SAP
2 548 (27.65%) Oracle
3 348 (17.56%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.24%) IFS
5 79 (3.99%) Workday
6 78 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 60 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 53 (2.67%) Siemens
9 45 (2.27%) Ariba
10 42 (2.12%) Infor
11 39 (1.97%) Databricks
12 36 (1.82%) MuleSoft
12 36 (1.82%) Sage
13 18 (0.91%) Concur
13 18 (0.91%) JD Edwards
14 14 (0.71%) Google
15 12 (0.61%) Epicor
16 11 (0.55%) Informatica
17 10 (0.50%) HP
18 9 (0.45%) Foundry