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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 90 88
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 +32
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,496 823 1,072
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.47% 2.80% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.10% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 469 689
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £458 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 18 40
10th Percentile £18.42 £17.22 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -9.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.90 £78.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%

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 37,130 26,538 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.00% 90.38% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,530 17,031 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £745 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,210 919 2,337
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.62 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% +0.83% -10.07%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 1,267 £550 +2.33% 752
UK excluding London +26 734 £525 +5.00% 608
London +27 560 £575 +4.55% 217
Work from Home +32 512 £550 -0.09% 348
North of England +25 176 £550 +15.79% 139
South East 0 169 £550 - 205
Midlands -16 135 £533 +6.50% 123
North West +39 113 £500 +2.25% 75
South West +13 113 £525 +13.39% 61
West Midlands -20 94 £565 +13.00% 74
East of England +2 80 £550 -4.35% 54
Yorkshire -16 56 £595 +37.97% 50
East Midlands -21 40 £500 +2.56% 48
Scotland +18 27 £536 +10.00% 23
Wales +12 23 £475 -34.48% 8
Northern Ireland +8 15 £475 +18.75% 4
North East -17 7 £500 - 17
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 19 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.14%) Confluence
3 14 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.53%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.27%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.20%) Documentum
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.13%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.067%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.067%) InVision
9 1 (0.067%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 221 (14.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 94 (6.28%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (4.01%) Oracle EBS
4 55 (3.68%) SAP ERP
5 51 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 46 (3.07%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.21%) NetSuite
8 32 (2.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 23 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
10 18 (1.20%) Shopify
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.07%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.87%) SAP PP
14 12 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
15 10 (0.67%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.67%) SAP MM
15 10 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 213 (14.24%) Azure
2 172 (11.50%) Dynamics 365
3 150 (10.03%) OCI
4 112 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 94 (6.28%) SaaS
6 52 (3.48%) AWS
7 46 (3.07%) PaaS
8 40 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.01%) Boomi
9 30 (2.01%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 24 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.40%) GCP
14 18 (1.20%) IaaS
15 17 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.067%) DHCP
3 1 (0.067%) DKIM
3 1 (0.067%) DMARC
3 1 (0.067%) DNS
3 1 (0.067%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.067%) HTTP
3 1 (0.067%) Intranet
3 1 (0.067%) Modbus
3 1 (0.067%) Network Security
3 1 (0.067%) RFID
3 1 (0.067%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.067%) VoIP
3 1 (0.067%) VPN
3 1 (0.067%) WAN
3 1 (0.067%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.55%) Power BI
2 57 (3.81%) Oracle Reports
3 54 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.94%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.47%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.00%) Oracle ODI
7 15 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 14 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.53%) GIS
9 8 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.47%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.47%) Tableau
11 5 (0.33%) Metadata
12 4 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle BI EE
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 73 (4.88%) JIRA
2 29 (1.94%) Postman
3 21 (1.40%) Git
4 11 (0.74%) Hudson
5 10 (0.67%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.53%) GitLab
7 7 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.47%) Selenium
8 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.13%) Gradle
11 2 (0.13%) LSMW
11 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.13%) TestRail
11 2 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
12 1 (0.067%) MLflow
General
1 763 (51.00%) Finance
2 487 (32.55%) Social Skills
3 203 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.42%) Manufacturing
5 125 (8.36%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.28%) Retail
7 62 (4.14%) Local Government
8 53 (3.54%) Legal
9 52 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 41 (2.74%) General Ledger
12 39 (2.61%) Banking
12 39 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.60%) Billing
13 24 (1.60%) Marketing
14 22 (1.47%) Law
14 22 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 227 (15.17%) Consultant
2 200 (13.37%) Lead
3 190 (12.70%) Architect
4 161 (10.76%) Analyst
5 154 (10.29%) Project Manager
6 131 (8.76%) Senior
7 98 (6.55%) Business Analyst
7 98 (6.55%) Solutions Architect
8 75 (5.01%) Developer
9 64 (4.28%) ERP Manager
10 52 (3.48%) SAP Consultant
11 50 (3.34%) Implementation Consultant
12 48 (3.21%) SAP Manager
13 47 (3.14%) Accountant
14 40 (2.67%) Financial Analyst
15 38 (2.54%) Senior Manager
15 38 (2.54%) Systems Accountant
16 35 (2.34%) Test Manager
17 30 (2.01%) Programme Manager
18 29 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (13.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 88 (5.88%) REST
3 60 (4.01%) Middleware
4 58 (3.88%) SOAP
5 49 (3.28%) XML
6 46 (3.07%) JSON
7 44 (2.94%) Web Services
8 24 (1.60%) OAuth
9 22 (1.47%) XSLT
10 20 (1.34%) .NET
11 15 (1.00%) JWT
12 13 (0.87%) PySpark
13 10 (0.67%) EDI
14 9 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.53%) ADO
15 8 (0.53%) HTML
15 8 (0.53%) Node.js
15 8 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
16 6 (0.40%) Kafka
17 5 (0.33%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.82%) Legacy Systems
2 47 (3.14%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 29 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 27 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.40%) IoT
8 19 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.94%) FMCG
13 11 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.60%) Life Science
14 9 (0.60%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.53%) LIMS
15 8 (0.53%) PMI
15 8 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.14%) Windows
2 7 (0.47%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (25.60%) Migration
2 293 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 256 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 243 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
5 236 (15.78%) Data Migration
6 223 (14.91%) Agile
7 194 (12.97%) User Acceptance Testing
8 170 (11.36%) Project Management
9 159 (10.63%) Change Management
10 153 (10.23%) Validation
11 149 (9.96%) CRM
12 140 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 130 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
14 111 (7.42%) Project Delivery
15 107 (7.15%) Roadmaps
16 105 (7.02%) DevOps
17 100 (6.68%) Data Modelling
18 99 (6.62%) Analytics
19 98 (6.55%) Workshop Facilitation
20 82 (5.48%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 129 (8.62%) SQL
2 40 (2.67%) Python
3 36 (2.41%) PL/SQL
4 27 (1.80%) C#
5 22 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.34%) Java
7 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
8 7 (0.47%) ABAP
9 6 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.40%) X++
10 5 (0.33%) Korn
11 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.27%) Perl
11 4 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.27%) Ruby
11 4 (0.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.20%) C++
12 3 (0.20%) PHP
12 3 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 186 (12.43%) Security Cleared
2 140 (9.36%) Degree
3 137 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.02%) CIMA
5 77 (5.15%) ACCA
6 44 (2.94%) PMP
7 39 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.94%) SAP Certification
11 12 (0.80%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.67%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.47%) APMP
14 7 (0.47%) OCA
15 6 (0.40%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.28%) QA
2 75 (5.01%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.01%) GDPR
4 54 (3.61%) PMO
5 29 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.20%) GAAP
6 18 (1.20%) IFRS
7 14 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.94%) SLA
8 11 (0.74%) NIST
9 10 (0.67%) GxP
9 10 (0.67%) ITGC
10 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.53%) COBIT
11 8 (0.53%) GMP
12 7 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.47%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.40%) NCSC
14 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 6 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.067%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (0.53%) HP ALM
2 7 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.47%) Terraform
3 3 (0.20%) Control-M
4 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.13%) MOM
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.067%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.067%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.067%) Kibana
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.067%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 441 (29.48%) Oracle
2 439 (29.34%) SAP
3 254 (16.98%) Microsoft
4 92 (6.15%) Workday
5 59 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.41%) IFS
7 49 (3.28%) Siemens
8 36 (2.41%) Databricks
9 34 (2.27%) Sage
10 29 (1.94%) Ariba
11 28 (1.87%) MuleSoft
11 28 (1.87%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.07%) Infor
12 16 (1.07%) Informatica
13 10 (0.67%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.60%) Foundry
15 8 (0.53%) HP
16 7 (0.47%) Adobe
17 6 (0.40%) Epicor
17 6 (0.40%) Talend