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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 93 94
Rank change year-on-year +34 +1 +24
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,746 791 1,021
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.70% 2.71% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 2.98% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 994 488 648
10th Percentile £363 £362 £363
25th Percentile £460 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £731 £772 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 22 29
10th Percentile £17.69 £51.38 £13.05
25th Percentile £29.43 £65.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +78.13% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £62.63 £86.25 £69.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £35.75
% change year-on-year -19.30% +99.30% -44.72%

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 39,921 26,554 37,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.61% 90.86% 86.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,152 17,143 24,256
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +1.04% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,393 1,068 2,439
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.81 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.95% -16.94% -6.17%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.24 £59.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.71 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.52% -23.29% +1.39%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +31 1,464 £550 +2.33% 533
UK excluding London +31 882 £525 +3.96% 446
London +40 639 £550 - 147
Work from Home +42 552 £538 - 261
South East +17 228 £543 -1.36% 129
North of England +33 205 £525 +20.00% 106
Midlands -8 145 £525 +5.00% 106
South West +16 123 £525 +10.53% 45
North West +33 115 £500 +2.41% 56
East of England +3 93 £575 -4.17% 38
West Midlands -19 91 £540 +8.00% 60
Yorkshire -2 77 £595 +48.75% 42
East Midlands -1 53 £503 +5.79% 46
Scotland +19 51 £519 +2.72% 14
Wales +10 23 £475 -34.48% 2
Northern Ireland +19 18 £475 +18.75% 14
North East -15 13 £500 +11.11% 10
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 18 (1.03%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.92%) Confluence
3 15 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 14 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.34%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.29%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.29%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.23%) Apache
7 4 (0.23%) CMS
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.057%) Documentum
10 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 85 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.29%) PTC Creo
7 3 (0.17%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 270 (15.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 117 (6.70%) Oracle ERP
3 68 (3.89%) SAP ERP
4 65 (3.72%) Oracle EBS
5 44 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 43 (2.46%) Oracle Payables
7 37 (2.12%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 29 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (1.03%) Shopify
11 17 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
12 16 (0.92%) Oracle EBS R12
12 16 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 14 (0.80%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
14 13 (0.74%) SAP FI
14 13 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
15 11 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
15 11 (0.63%) SAP PP
15 11 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 209 (11.97%) Azure
2 193 (11.05%) Dynamics 365
3 157 (8.99%) OCI
4 148 (8.48%) Power Platform
5 97 (5.56%) SaaS
6 64 (3.67%) AWS
7 51 (2.92%) PaaS
8 39 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (1.66%) Power Automate
10 28 (1.60%) Boomi
10 28 (1.60%) PowerApps
11 27 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
12 22 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (1.09%) IaaS
14 18 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.03%) GCP
15 15 (0.86%) GitHub
15 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.23%) FTP
1 4 (0.23%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) 5G
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.057%) DHCP
4 1 (0.057%) DMZ
4 1 (0.057%) DNS
4 1 (0.057%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.057%) HTTP
4 1 (0.057%) Modbus
4 1 (0.057%) MQTT
4 1 (0.057%) RFID
4 1 (0.057%) SMS
4 1 (0.057%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.057%) VoIP
4 1 (0.057%) VPN
4 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.057%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (6.59%) Power BI
2 62 (3.55%) Oracle Reports
3 58 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
6 22 (1.26%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.74%) Metadata
9 11 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.52%) Tableau
11 8 (0.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.34%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.34%) Star Schema
13 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.23%) GIS
14 4 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 94 (5.38%) JIRA
2 27 (1.55%) Postman
3 26 (1.49%) Git
4 19 (1.09%) Hudson
5 10 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.40%) GitLab
6 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.40%) Selenium
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.29%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.23%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) LSMW
10 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.11%) TestRail
11 2 (0.11%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 899 (51.49%) Finance
2 501 (28.69%) Social Skills
3 246 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (8.99%) Manufacturing
5 128 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 86 (4.93%) Retail
7 66 (3.78%) Legal
8 60 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.92%) Local Government
11 48 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 45 (2.58%) General Ledger
12 45 (2.58%) Law
13 37 (2.12%) Banking
14 30 (1.72%) Billing
15 28 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.20%) Military
18 19 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 286 (16.38%) Lead
2 248 (14.20%) Architect
3 233 (13.34%) Consultant
4 208 (11.91%) Analyst
5 171 (9.79%) Project Manager
6 157 (8.99%) Senior
7 119 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
8 112 (6.41%) Business Analyst
9 88 (5.04%) Developer
10 81 (4.64%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.26%) Accountant
12 55 (3.15%) SAP Consultant
13 53 (3.04%) SAP Manager
14 52 (2.98%) Senior Manager
15 50 (2.86%) Implementation Consultant
16 49 (2.81%) Financial Analyst
16 49 (2.81%) Oracle Consultant
17 40 (2.29%) Systems Accountant
18 39 (2.23%) Data Analyst
18 39 (2.23%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (10.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 92 (5.27%) REST
3 72 (4.12%) Middleware
4 58 (3.32%) SOAP
5 45 (2.58%) XML
6 44 (2.52%) JSON
7 35 (2.00%) Web Services
8 22 (1.26%) OAuth
9 20 (1.15%) XSLT
10 16 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (0.86%) .NET
11 15 (0.86%) JWT
12 13 (0.74%) EDI
12 13 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.74%) Node.js
13 11 (0.63%) PySpark
14 7 (0.40%) ADO
14 7 (0.40%) Kafka
14 7 (0.40%) RESTful
14 7 (0.40%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 60 (3.44%) Data Structures
3 48 (2.75%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.23%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.18%) Public Cloud
6 29 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.15%) FMCG
9 20 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.09%) IoT
11 17 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.80%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.63%) Life Science
16 10 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.57%) SCADA
16 10 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.97%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Linux
3 3 (0.17%) Unix
4 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (26.86%) Migration
2 371 (21.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 298 (17.07%) Data Migration
4 295 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 256 (14.66%) User Acceptance Testing
6 254 (14.55%) Agile
6 254 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 193 (11.05%) Change Management
9 186 (10.65%) Project Management
10 185 (10.60%) Validation
11 170 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
12 155 (8.88%) CRM
13 144 (8.25%) Data Modelling
14 130 (7.45%) Procure-to-Pay
15 127 (7.27%) Roadmaps
16 123 (7.04%) Project Delivery
17 115 (6.59%) Analytics
18 104 (5.96%) Decision-Making
18 104 (5.96%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 143 (8.19%) SQL
2 50 (2.86%) Python
3 39 (2.23%) PL/SQL
4 32 (1.83%) Java
5 27 (1.55%) C#
6 22 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.80%) Ruby
9 11 (0.63%) ABAP
9 11 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.52%) X++
11 7 (0.40%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.29%) Korn
12 5 (0.29%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.29%) SOQL
12 5 (0.29%) SOSL
12 5 (0.29%) VBA
13 4 (0.23%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 197 (11.28%) Security Cleared
2 147 (8.42%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.73%) Degree
4 102 (5.84%) CIMA
5 92 (5.27%) ACCA
6 49 (2.81%) PMP
7 40 (2.29%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
10 14 (0.80%) SAP Certification
11 13 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.40%) APMP
14 7 (0.40%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.29%) OCA
16 5 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.73%) Data Quality
2 87 (4.98%) QA
3 75 (4.30%) GDPR
4 54 (3.09%) PMO
5 26 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.15%) IFRS
7 17 (0.97%) GAAP
8 15 (0.86%) SLA
9 12 (0.69%) GxP
10 11 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
11 8 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.40%) GMP
12 7 (0.40%) NIST
13 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
14 5 (0.29%) NCSC
15 4 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.29%) Docker
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.52%) HP ALM
2 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.23%) Terraform
4 3 (0.17%) Control-M
4 3 (0.17%) Kibana
4 3 (0.17%) MOM
4 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.057%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 547 (31.33%) SAP
2 486 (27.84%) Oracle
3 282 (16.15%) Microsoft
4 95 (5.44%) Workday
5 69 (3.95%) Salesforce
6 68 (3.89%) IFS
7 53 (3.04%) Siemens
8 41 (2.35%) Databricks
9 40 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 38 (2.18%) Ariba
11 37 (2.12%) Sage
12 31 (1.78%) MuleSoft
13 28 (1.60%) Infor
14 16 (0.92%) Informatica
15 9 (0.52%) Foundry
15 9 (0.52%) Google
15 9 (0.52%) HP
16 8 (0.46%) OpenAI
17 7 (0.40%) Talend
18 6 (0.34%) Anaplan