ERP Contracts

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 99 104
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing ERP 772 1,003 1,330
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.52% 2.32% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.73% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 610 836
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 16
10th Percentile £14.58 £16.03 £39.55
25th Percentile £17.24 £28.00 £50.94
Median hourly rate £58.75 £37.68 £63.59
Median % change year-on-year +55.92% -40.74% +55.09%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.25 £73.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.22 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £35.36 £63.59
% change year-on-year +90.89% -44.39% +307.87%

All Process and 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 27,864 36,803 49,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 85.25% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,568 23,445 34,342
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,367 2,552 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.91 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 16 Contract 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 June 2025. 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 -3 662 £538 -0.46% 4,167
London +23 337 £550 - 1,639
UK excluding London -20 319 £505 +1.00% 2,752
Work from Home -29 243 £550 - 2,124
South East +31 114 £538 +4.88% 674
North of England -27 54 £450 -10.00% 649
Midlands -34 48 £525 +5.00% 498
South West +12 45 £463 -11.48% 318
East of England +21 30 £550 +10.00% 333
Scotland -31 29 £505 -3.81% 177
North West +1 28 £450 -10.00% 423
West Midlands -43 27 £525 +5.00% 291
Yorkshire -24 21 £400 -20.04% 163
East Midlands +3 19 £525 -5.41% 202
North East +2 5 £538 -2.27% 65
Northern Ireland -12 2 £400 -38.46% 54

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (1.55%) Oracle Workflow
3 11 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.91%) NetWeaver
4 7 (0.91%) SAP EP
5 5 (0.65%) Confluence
6 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.39%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 41 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.91%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) Trello
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 82 (10.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (9.59%) Oracle ERP
3 35 (4.53%) Oracle Payables
4 32 (4.15%) Oracle EBS
5 31 (4.02%) SAP ERP
6 24 (3.11%) Oracle EBS R12
7 21 (2.72%) NetSuite
8 19 (2.46%) Oracle Assets
8 19 (2.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 18 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
10 15 (1.94%) Unit4 Business World
11 14 (1.81%) Oracle General Ledger
11 14 (1.81%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (1.17%) Oracle Cash Management
12 9 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
12 9 (1.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 8 (1.04%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.91%) SAP CRM
15 6 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
16 5 (0.65%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 88 (11.40%) OCI
2 69 (8.94%) Azure
2 69 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
3 61 (7.90%) SaaS
4 47 (6.09%) Power Platform
5 23 (2.98%) SuccessFactors
6 18 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.94%) AWS
8 12 (1.55%) PaaS
9 11 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.17%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.04%) Oracle CX
12 6 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.65%) Serverless
14 4 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.52%) Boomi
14 4 (0.52%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 4 (0.52%) Smartsheet
15 2 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.39%) RFID
2 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) LAN
2 1 (0.13%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) SSL
2 1 (0.13%) WAN
2 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.22%) Oracle Reports
2 39 (5.05%) Power BI
3 20 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 14 (1.81%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.30%) Oracle Database
7 8 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.65%) Oracle BI EE
10 5 (0.65%) Tableau
11 4 (0.52%) GIS
11 4 (0.52%) MySQL
11 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.52%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 32 (4.15%) JIRA
2 4 (0.52%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.52%) NeoLoad
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.26%) JMeter
4 2 (0.26%) LSMW
4 2 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.13%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) Hudson
5 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) TestRail
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 370 (47.93%) Finance
2 257 (33.29%) Social Skills
3 118 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.27%) Manufacturing
5 44 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.57%) Retail
7 28 (3.63%) Legal
7 28 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 21 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.46%) Local Government
11 16 (2.07%) Banking
11 16 (2.07%) Marketing
12 15 (1.94%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.94%) Billing
13 14 (1.81%) General Ledger
13 14 (1.81%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (16.97%) Analyst
2 103 (13.34%) Consultant
3 94 (12.18%) Lead
4 83 (10.75%) Project Manager
5 73 (9.46%) Business Analyst
6 61 (7.90%) Architect
7 52 (6.74%) Senior
8 42 (5.44%) ERP Manager
9 41 (5.31%) Developer
10 34 (4.40%) Oracle Consultant
11 32 (4.15%) SAP Manager
12 23 (2.98%) SAP Architect
13 22 (2.85%) Financial Analyst
14 20 (2.59%) Programme Manager
15 19 (2.46%) ERP Analyst
15 19 (2.46%) ERP Consultant
15 19 (2.46%) ERP Project Manager
15 19 (2.46%) Functional Consultant
16 18 (2.33%) Technical Architect
17 16 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (2.98%) Middleware
3 17 (2.20%) Web Services
4 14 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
5 13 (1.68%) SAP PI
6 12 (1.55%) .NET
6 12 (1.55%) REST
6 12 (1.55%) XML
7 11 (1.42%) SOAP
8 9 (1.17%) SailPoint
9 8 (1.04%) RESTful
9 8 (1.04%) SAPUI5
10 7 (0.91%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.91%) EDI
11 6 (0.78%) CSS
11 6 (0.78%) HTML
12 4 (0.52%) JSON
12 4 (0.52%) OAuth
12 4 (0.52%) RAML
12 4 (0.52%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.22%) Management Information System
2 36 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.11%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.20%) Life Science
5 15 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.94%) FMCG
6 14 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.78%) LIMS
9 6 (0.78%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.65%) e-Learning
10 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 4 (0.52%) Genomics
11 4 (0.52%) SCADA
11 4 (0.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.78%) Windows
2 5 (0.65%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.13%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (23.70%) Migration
2 145 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 138 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (17.49%) Agile
5 116 (15.03%) Data Migration
6 113 (14.64%) Project Management
7 103 (13.34%) Change Management
8 95 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 83 (10.75%) CRM
10 78 (10.10%) Business Intelligence
11 71 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
12 68 (8.81%) Project Delivery
13 55 (7.12%) Validation
14 51 (6.61%) Analytics
15 49 (6.35%) Data Management
16 45 (5.83%) Risk Management
17 44 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (5.70%) PRINCE2
18 42 (5.44%) Procure-to-Pay
19 41 (5.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 100 (12.95%) SQL
2 29 (3.76%) PL/SQL
3 21 (2.72%) Java
4 15 (1.94%) Python
5 11 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.30%) ABAP
6 10 (1.30%) C#
7 5 (0.65%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.65%) ProC
7 5 (0.65%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.52%) Perl
8 4 (0.52%) Ruby
8 4 (0.52%) X++
9 3 (0.39%) R
9 3 (0.39%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.13%) PHP
11 1 (0.13%) VB
11 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 74 (9.59%) Degree
2 64 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 54 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.27%) PMP
5 22 (2.85%) PMI Certification
6 11 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.04%) ACCA
8 8 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.78%) CIMA
10 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.65%) CBAP
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.39%) CISSP
12 3 (0.39%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.26%) CISM
13 2 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.50%) PMO
2 25 (3.24%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.98%) GDPR
3 23 (2.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (2.85%) QA
5 15 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.55%) SLA
7 7 (0.91%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.65%) GRC
9 4 (0.52%) APQC
9 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.39%) GAAP
10 3 (0.39%) GxP
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) ITGC
11 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) PMBOK
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) NIST
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.65%) Docker
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.52%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.26%) Control-M
4 2 (0.26%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 253 (32.77%) Oracle
2 235 (30.44%) SAP
3 125 (16.19%) Microsoft
4 51 (6.61%) Workday
5 46 (5.96%) Salesforce
6 36 (4.66%) Ariba
7 34 (4.40%) IFS
8 9 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.65%) Concur
10 5 (0.65%) Informatica
10 5 (0.65%) LabVantage
10 5 (0.65%) PeopleSoft
10 5 (0.65%) Sage
10 5 (0.65%) Siemens
11 4 (0.52%) Adaptive Insights
11 4 (0.52%) Adobe
11 4 (0.52%) Dell
11 4 (0.52%) ReadSoft
12 3 (0.39%) Rockwell