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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 96 96
Rank change year-on-year +37 0 +14
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,858 776 997
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.71% 2.63% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 2.89% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 473 611
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 30 36
10th Percentile £17.71 £16.88 £13.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £27.72 £24.50
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 £56.56
90th Percentile £71.05 £85.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +122.22% -50.46%

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 42,415 26,864 37,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.78% 91.03% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,461 17,061 23,740
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 2,543 1,206 2,581
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +9.23%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +33 1,562 £550 +0.69% 661
UK excluding London +51 967 £525 +3.96% 555
London +33 668 £560 -0.88% 211
Work from Home +55 565 £550 - 316
South East +3 240 £550 +2.33% 156
North of England +46 222 £500 +5.26% 112
Midlands +22 185 £525 +5.00% 135
South West +41 125 £525 +13.51% 61
North West +37 116 £500 +2.25% 61
West Midlands +10 115 £540 +8.00% 76
East of England +19 93 £575 - 39
Yorkshire +9 89 £550 +37.50% 43
East Midlands +20 66 £525 +7.69% 59
Scotland +16 59 £500 -1.28% 21
Wales +10 25 £525 - 24
Northern Ireland +22 22 £475 +18.75% 23
North East -23 17 £500 -8.05% 11
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 25 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.86%) 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%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 80 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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
1 283 (15.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 135 (7.27%) Oracle ERP
3 63 (3.39%) SAP ERP
4 54 (2.91%) NetSuite
5 52 (2.80%) Oracle Payables
6 46 (2.48%) Oracle EBS
7 40 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 35 (1.88%) Oracle Receivables
9 30 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 18 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
12 17 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
13 16 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
15 13 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite
16 12 (0.65%) SAP MDG
16 12 (0.65%) Teamcenter
17 10 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
18 9 (0.48%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 233 (12.54%) Azure
2 180 (9.69%) Dynamics 365
3 162 (8.72%) Power Platform
4 147 (7.91%) OCI
5 104 (5.60%) SaaS
6 66 (3.55%) AWS
7 53 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (2.42%) PaaS
9 32 (1.72%) Boomi
10 31 (1.67%) Power Automate
10 31 (1.67%) PowerApps
11 26 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
12 24 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (1.13%) GitHub
14 19 (1.02%) GCP
15 18 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.86%) IaaS
18 15 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
18 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
1 120 (6.46%) Power BI
2 58 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
4 28 (1.51%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.40%) Oracle ODI
6 22 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.08%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.70%) Tableau
9 12 (0.65%) Metadata
10 9 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.32%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 79 (4.25%) JIRA
2 31 (1.67%) Git
3 20 (1.08%) Hudson
4 18 (0.97%) Postman
5 11 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 6 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.27%) Selenium
9 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.11%) GitLab
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.054%) ERwin
11 1 (0.054%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.054%) PowerDesigner
General
1 964 (51.88%) Finance
2 469 (25.24%) Social Skills
3 233 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (9.58%) Manufacturing
5 137 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 95 (5.11%) Retail
7 63 (3.39%) Legal
8 60 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (2.85%) General Ledger
10 52 (2.80%) Local Government
11 51 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
12 47 (2.53%) Law
13 46 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
14 41 (2.21%) Billing
15 40 (2.15%) Banking
16 29 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
17 25 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 24 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.91%) Aerospace
19 17 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 321 (17.28%) Lead
2 274 (14.75%) Architect
3 245 (13.19%) Consultant
4 211 (11.36%) Analyst
5 175 (9.42%) Project Manager
6 152 (8.18%) Senior
7 137 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
8 103 (5.54%) Business Analyst
9 93 (5.01%) ERP Manager
10 91 (4.90%) Developer
11 65 (3.50%) Accountant
12 59 (3.18%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.80%) Finance Manager
13 52 (2.80%) Implementation Consultant
14 51 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
14 51 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 50 (2.69%) SAP Consultant
16 49 (2.64%) Systems Accountant
17 43 (2.31%) SAP Manager
18 42 (2.26%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (11.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 102 (5.49%) REST
3 90 (4.84%) Middleware
4 58 (3.12%) SOAP
5 48 (2.58%) JSON
6 45 (2.42%) XML
7 28 (1.51%) Web Services
8 24 (1.29%) .NET
9 21 (1.13%) OAuth
10 19 (1.02%) XSLT
11 16 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
12 15 (0.81%) Node.js
13 13 (0.70%) EDI
13 13 (0.70%) HTML
14 12 (0.65%) JWT
15 11 (0.59%) CSS
16 10 (0.54%) OAuth2
16 10 (0.54%) PySpark
16 10 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 107 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 55 (2.96%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.48%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.05%) Public Cloud
6 32 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 31 (1.67%) FMCG
8 30 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.91%) IoT
13 16 (0.86%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.65%) Life Science
15 12 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
17 8 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
17 8 (0.43%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.18%) 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
1 484 (26.05%) Migration
2 421 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 324 (17.44%) Data Migration
4 305 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 279 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 252 (13.56%) Agile
7 244 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
8 232 (12.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 208 (11.19%) Change Management
10 202 (10.87%) Validation
11 178 (9.58%) Project Management
12 173 (9.31%) Business Intelligence
13 161 (8.67%) Data Modelling
14 152 (8.18%) CRM
15 146 (7.86%) Roadmaps
16 139 (7.48%) Procure-to-Pay
17 127 (6.84%) Analytics
18 118 (6.35%) Project Delivery
19 117 (6.30%) Translating Business Requirements
20 115 (6.19%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 156 (8.40%) SQL
2 58 (3.12%) Python
3 37 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 33 (1.78%) Java
4 33 (1.78%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.45%) C#
6 18 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 17 (0.91%) Ruby
8 16 (0.86%) X++
9 12 (0.65%) ABAP
10 10 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.27%) SOQL
12 5 (0.27%) SOSL
13 4 (0.22%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.22%) VBA
14 3 (0.16%) C++
14 3 (0.16%) Groovy
14 3 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 199 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 145 (7.80%) SC Cleared
3 116 (6.24%) Degree
4 103 (5.54%) CIMA
5 97 (5.22%) ACCA
6 42 (2.26%) PMP
7 37 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 15 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.48%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.38%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.32%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.27%) CFA
16 4 (0.22%) APMG
16 4 (0.22%) CCAB
16 4 (0.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 74 (3.98%) QA
3 71 (3.82%) GDPR
4 45 (2.42%) PMO
5 31 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.29%) IFRS
7 19 (1.02%) SLA
8 18 (0.97%) GAAP
9 11 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.48%) NCSC
11 8 (0.43%) GxP
12 7 (0.38%) GMP
13 6 (0.32%) GRC
13 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.22%) NIST
16 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 11 (0.59%) Terraform
2 9 (0.48%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.27%) Kibana
3 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.22%) Grafana
5 3 (0.16%) Control-M
5 3 (0.16%) MOM
5 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.054%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.054%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.054%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 570 (30.68%) SAP
2 522 (28.09%) Oracle
3 308 (16.58%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.52%) Workday
5 83 (4.47%) IFS
6 78 (4.20%) Salesforce
7 60 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 55 (2.96%) Siemens
9 40 (2.15%) Databricks
10 38 (2.05%) Sage
11 35 (1.88%) Ariba
12 34 (1.83%) Infor
12 34 (1.83%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.75%) Informatica
14 12 (0.65%) Epicor
14 12 (0.65%) JD Edwards
15 11 (0.59%) Concur
15 11 (0.59%) Google
16 9 (0.48%) HP
17 8 (0.43%) Foundry