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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 84 92
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,284 890 1,018
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 2.76% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 3.12% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 486 622
10th Percentile £354 £359 £375
25th Percentile £460 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 30
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.25 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.71 £16.92 £55.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £56.50 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.56% -33.33% +172.07%
75th Percentile £44.94 £73.75 £87.25
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £90.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.25 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -67.04% +22.73% +144.44%

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 32,425 28,554 37,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.87% 88.48% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,478 17,360 24,692
10th Percentile £304 £308 £305
25th Percentile £406 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,006 922 1,534
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.41 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.65% -32.42% +55.17%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +16 1,108 £550 +4.76% 526
UK excluding London +7 655 £525 +2.94% 444
London +32 488 £575 +5.50% 131
Work from Home +20 420 £525 -4.55% 259
South East +22 166 £515 +3.00% 163
North of England -11 147 £550 +10.00% 79
Midlands -26 116 £525 -2.33% 85
North West +18 96 £506 +0.75% 37
South West +8 91 £525 +5.00% 46
East of England +4 73 £529 +5.75% 52
West Midlands -35 72 £550 +4.76% 62
Scotland +31 47 £500 +9.59% 18
Yorkshire -36 46 £595 +40.00% 32
East Midlands -15 44 £525 -12.50% 23
Wales +10 14 £400 -38.46% 8
Northern Ireland - 9 £388 - 3
North East -18 5 £500 - 11
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 28 (2.18%) Confluence
2 21 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
4 19 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.47%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.39%) CMS
7 4 (0.31%) Documentum
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.23%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.16%) SAP EP
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.078%) Camunda
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 78 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) InVision
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.16%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Windchill
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.078%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.078%) Notion
Business Applications
1 181 (14.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 94 (7.32%) Oracle ERP
3 68 (5.30%) SAP ERP
4 49 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 46 (3.58%) Oracle Payables
6 44 (3.43%) Oracle EBS
7 39 (3.04%) NetSuite
8 33 (2.57%) Oracle Receivables
9 29 (2.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 20 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.40%) Unit4 Business World
12 17 (1.32%) SAP EWM
12 17 (1.32%) Shopify
13 15 (1.17%) Oracle Cash Management
13 15 (1.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 14 (1.09%) SAP PP
14 14 (1.09%) SAP WM
15 13 (1.01%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.78%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 152 (11.84%) Azure
2 147 (11.45%) OCI
3 136 (10.59%) Dynamics 365
4 107 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 92 (7.17%) SaaS
6 38 (2.96%) PaaS
7 35 (2.73%) AWS
8 26 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (1.87%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.64%) Lucidchart
10 21 (1.64%) PowerApps
11 20 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (1.32%) Boomi
15 15 (1.17%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.09%) GCP
17 13 (1.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.16%) LAN
3 1 (0.078%) DKIM
3 1 (0.078%) DMARC
3 1 (0.078%) Internet
3 1 (0.078%) Network Security
3 1 (0.078%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.46%) Power BI
2 57 (4.44%) Oracle Reports
3 37 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 26 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 23 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 15 (1.17%) SAP HANA
9 11 (0.86%) Power Query
9 11 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.78%) Tableau
11 8 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.62%) SAP BW
12 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
14 5 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.39%) GIS
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
15 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 71 (5.53%) JIRA
2 24 (1.87%) Postman
3 13 (1.01%) GitLab
4 9 (0.70%) Git
5 8 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.39%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.31%) Selenium
8 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.23%) Hudson
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.16%) Gradle
10 2 (0.16%) LSMW
10 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.16%) TestRail
10 2 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.078%) Bitbucket
General
1 623 (48.52%) Finance
2 480 (37.38%) Social Skills
3 160 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 125 (9.74%) Manufacturing
6 49 (3.82%) Local Government
7 45 (3.50%) General Ledger
7 45 (3.50%) Retail
8 44 (3.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 43 (3.35%) Banking
10 41 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
11 38 (2.96%) Legal
12 33 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.87%) Billing
14 24 (1.87%) Marketing
15 12 (0.93%) Aerospace
15 12 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 175 (13.63%) Consultant
2 155 (12.07%) Analyst
3 151 (11.76%) Lead
4 137 (10.67%) Project Manager
5 136 (10.59%) Architect
6 88 (6.85%) Senior
7 77 (6.00%) Business Analyst
8 69 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
9 63 (4.91%) Developer
10 52 (4.05%) SAP Consultant
11 49 (3.82%) ERP Manager
12 46 (3.58%) SAP Manager
13 32 (2.49%) Oracle Consultant
14 31 (2.41%) Functional Consultant
15 30 (2.34%) Accountant
16 29 (2.26%) ERP Analyst
16 29 (2.26%) Programme Manager
17 27 (2.10%) ERP Project Manager
17 27 (2.10%) Oracle Developer
18 26 (2.02%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (15.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 74 (5.76%) REST
3 51 (3.97%) SOAP
4 46 (3.58%) XML
5 42 (3.27%) Middleware
6 38 (2.96%) JSON
6 38 (2.96%) Web Services
7 22 (1.71%) OAuth
8 21 (1.64%) XSLT
9 17 (1.32%) .NET
10 16 (1.25%) EDI
11 10 (0.78%) JWT
11 10 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.62%) HTML
13 7 (0.55%) ADO
14 5 (0.39%) CSS
15 4 (0.31%) BAPI
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.31%) RESTful
15 4 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (2.96%) Data Structures
2 38 (2.96%) Management Information System
3 34 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (1.87%) Product Ownership
5 22 (1.71%) Public Cloud
6 18 (1.40%) Life Science
7 16 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 12 (0.93%) FMCG
10 12 (0.93%) IoT
10 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 11 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.70%) SCADA
12 9 (0.70%) Synthetic Data
13 8 (0.62%) AS400
13 8 (0.62%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.70%) Windows
2 5 (0.39%) Linux
3 4 (0.31%) Unix
4 2 (0.16%) Android
4 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.078%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.078%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (22.59%) Migration
2 239 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 235 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
4 223 (17.37%) Agile
5 218 (16.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 177 (13.79%) Data Migration
7 144 (11.21%) CRM
8 138 (10.75%) Project Management
9 129 (10.05%) User Acceptance Testing
10 128 (9.97%) Change Management
11 119 (9.27%) Project Delivery
12 116 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
13 109 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 100 (7.79%) Roadmaps
15 98 (7.63%) Validation
16 90 (7.01%) Workshop Facilitation
17 81 (6.31%) DevOps
18 80 (6.23%) Analytics
19 69 (5.37%) Logistics
20 67 (5.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 151 (11.76%) SQL
2 39 (3.04%) PL/SQL
3 23 (1.79%) C#
4 21 (1.64%) Python
5 19 (1.48%) Java
5 19 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.78%) VBA
7 8 (0.62%) ABAP
7 8 (0.62%) Groovy
8 6 (0.47%) X++
9 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.23%) PHP
10 3 (0.23%) R
10 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.23%) XPath
11 2 (0.16%) C++
11 2 (0.16%) Korn
11 2 (0.16%) Perl
11 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 167 (13.01%) Degree
3 135 (10.51%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.13%) CIMA
5 49 (3.82%) ACCA
6 39 (3.04%) PMI Certification
7 37 (2.88%) PMP
8 24 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.87%) SAP Certification
9 18 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
10 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.78%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.78%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.78%) OCA
13 7 (0.55%) APMP
14 6 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.45%) QA
2 57 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.74%) GDPR
4 43 (3.35%) PMO
5 33 (2.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.09%) GAAP
6 14 (1.09%) IFRS
6 14 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.01%) GxP
8 11 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.86%) NIST
9 10 (0.78%) ITGC
10 8 (0.62%) COBIT
10 8 (0.62%) SLA
11 7 (0.55%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS 17
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.39%) NCSC
14 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.31%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.23%) Control-M
5 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Identity Management
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.078%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 450 (35.05%) Oracle
2 394 (30.69%) SAP
3 194 (15.11%) Microsoft
4 80 (6.23%) Workday
5 64 (4.98%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.41%) IFS
7 23 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.40%) Ariba
8 18 (1.40%) Databricks
9 17 (1.32%) Sage
10 16 (1.25%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.62%) Adobe
12 7 (0.55%) Informatica
13 6 (0.47%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.47%) OpenText
14 5 (0.39%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.39%) Hyperion
14 5 (0.39%) IBM
14 5 (0.39%) Infor
15 4 (0.31%) Murex