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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 89 93
Rank change year-on-year +29 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,968 875 986
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 2.69% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.97% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 528 582
10th Percentile £360 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £729 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 53 42
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £27.60 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.21 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +106.03% -43.33% -28.74%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.75 £67.91
90th Percentile £69.03 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.50 £25.61 £40.00
% change year-on-year +77.70% -35.99% -38.58%

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 44,806 29,445 35,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.36% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,768 18,486 22,647
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,649 1,571 2,189
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.20 £13.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.86
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £68.75 £73.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +87.50% -40.00% -1.45%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +25 1,624 £550 +2.33% 785
UK excluding London +46 1,021 £525 +5.00% 558
London +19 678 £581 +5.68% 265
Work from Home +36 578 £550 - 398
South East +3 256 £525 +1.94% 129
North of England +57 241 £500 +5.26% 142
Midlands +44 198 £525 - 160
North West +37 143 £525 +7.69% 72
South West +9 122 £538 +2.38% 49
West Midlands +17 119 £540 +2.86% 85
East of England +21 98 £575 - 50
Yorkshire +5 78 £450 +11.11% 54
East Midlands +24 72 £525 - 74
Scotland +5 58 £500 -0.50% 21
Northern Ireland +27 31 £450 +28.57% 4
Wales - 22 £500 - 10
North East -27 20 £500 -6.98% 18
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 29 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.20%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.051%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.051%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.051%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.051%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 88 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.10%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 302 (15.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 148 (7.52%) Oracle ERP
3 63 (3.20%) SAP ERP
4 57 (2.90%) NetSuite
5 54 (2.74%) Oracle Payables
6 49 (2.49%) Oracle EBS
7 42 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 38 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 29 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
13 17 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
14 16 (0.81%) SAP MDG
15 14 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
15 14 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
16 10 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
16 10 (0.51%) SAP SD
17 9 (0.46%) SAP FI
17 9 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 241 (12.25%) Azure
2 191 (9.71%) Power Platform
3 184 (9.35%) Dynamics 365
4 143 (7.27%) OCI
5 118 (6.00%) SaaS
6 72 (3.66%) AWS
7 58 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.18%) PaaS
9 35 (1.78%) Boomi
9 35 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
10 29 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 28 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (1.42%) Power Automate
12 27 (1.37%) GitHub
13 25 (1.27%) GCP
14 24 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.36%) Network Security
2 6 (0.30%) HTTP
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) SSL
5 2 (0.10%) Intranet
5 2 (0.10%) LAN
5 2 (0.10%) RFID
5 2 (0.10%) WAN
6 1 (0.051%) DHCP
6 1 (0.051%) DMZ
6 1 (0.051%) DNS
6 1 (0.051%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.051%) Modbus
6 1 (0.051%) SMS
6 1 (0.051%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) VoIP
6 1 (0.051%) VPN
6 1 (0.051%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (7.16%) Power BI
2 70 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
5 26 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.12%) Tableau
7 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (0.86%) Metadata
9 13 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.41%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.36%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 79 (4.01%) JIRA
2 37 (1.88%) Git
3 20 (1.02%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Postman
5 11 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.25%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.051%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.051%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,006 (51.12%) Finance
2 489 (24.85%) Social Skills
3 245 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 200 (10.16%) Manufacturing
5 160 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 104 (5.28%) Retail
7 73 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.20%) Legal
9 57 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 57 (2.90%) General Ledger
10 56 (2.85%) Local Government
11 54 (2.74%) Billing
12 48 (2.44%) Law
13 40 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 35 (1.78%) Banking
15 32 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 32 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (0.97%) Aerospace
18 18 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 352 (17.89%) Lead
2 313 (15.90%) Architect
3 247 (12.55%) Consultant
4 240 (12.20%) Analyst
5 173 (8.79%) Senior
6 155 (7.88%) Project Manager
7 151 (7.67%) Solutions Architect
8 111 (5.64%) Business Analyst
9 107 (5.44%) Developer
10 81 (4.12%) ERP Manager
11 62 (3.15%) Accountant
11 62 (3.15%) Oracle Consultant
12 57 (2.90%) Financial Analyst
13 50 (2.54%) Senior Manager
14 47 (2.39%) Systems Accountant
15 46 (2.34%) SAP Consultant
15 46 (2.34%) SAP Manager
16 45 (2.29%) Finance Manager
16 45 (2.29%) Implementation Consultant
17 42 (2.13%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (9.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 106 (5.39%) REST
3 103 (5.23%) Middleware
4 58 (2.95%) SOAP
5 45 (2.29%) JSON
6 38 (1.93%) XML
7 37 (1.88%) Web Services
8 29 (1.47%) .NET
9 20 (1.02%) OAuth
10 19 (0.97%) EDI
11 17 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
12 16 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (0.81%) Node.js
13 13 (0.66%) XSLT
14 12 (0.61%) HTML
14 12 (0.61%) OAuth2
15 11 (0.56%) CSS
16 10 (0.51%) PySpark
17 9 (0.46%) JWT
17 9 (0.46%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.18%) Legacy Systems
2 73 (3.71%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.64%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.03%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.78%) Public Cloud
7 34 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.73%) FMCG
8 30 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 24 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (0.86%) IoT
11 15 (0.76%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.76%) Life Science
12 14 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.71%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.61%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.27%) Windows
2 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.25%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.051%) AIX
5 1 (0.051%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.051%) Unix
5 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (25.46%) Migration
2 490 (24.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 358 (18.19%) Data Migration
4 329 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 308 (15.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 260 (13.21%) Agile
7 256 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 246 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 214 (10.87%) Validation
10 206 (10.47%) Change Management
11 203 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
12 182 (9.25%) Data Modelling
13 174 (8.84%) CRM
14 171 (8.69%) Analytics
15 163 (8.28%) Roadmaps
16 157 (7.98%) Project Management
17 143 (7.27%) Process Improvement
18 141 (7.16%) Procure-to-Pay
19 130 (6.61%) Project Delivery
19 130 (6.61%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 183 (9.30%) SQL
2 69 (3.51%) Python
3 37 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.73%) Java
5 33 (1.68%) PL/SQL
6 29 (1.47%) C#
7 20 (1.02%) Ruby
8 18 (0.91%) Apex Code
8 18 (0.91%) X++
9 16 (0.81%) ABAP
10 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.30%) Groovy
14 5 (0.25%) SOQL
14 5 (0.25%) SOSL
14 5 (0.25%) VBA
15 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.15%) Korn
17 2 (0.10%) XPath
Qualifications
1 204 (10.37%) Security Cleared
2 145 (7.37%) SC Cleared
3 113 (5.74%) Degree
4 75 (3.81%) CIMA
5 74 (3.76%) ACCA
6 38 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.83%) PMP
8 29 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 17 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.56%) SAP Certification
11 9 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.30%) CISM
13 6 (0.30%) CISSP
13 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (7.22%) Data Quality
2 76 (3.86%) GDPR
3 73 (3.71%) QA
4 55 (2.79%) PMO
5 33 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (1.42%) IFRS
7 20 (1.02%) GAAP
8 15 (0.76%) GMP
9 13 (0.66%) SLA
10 12 (0.61%) GxP
10 12 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.46%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.46%) GRC
11 9 (0.46%) NCSC
12 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 5 (0.25%) NIST
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 3 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.051%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.76%) Terraform
2 13 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.51%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Kibana
6 4 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.15%) MOM
8 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.10%) SCCM
9 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 605 (30.74%) SAP
2 539 (27.39%) Oracle
3 342 (17.38%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.27%) IFS
5 78 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 78 (3.96%) Workday
6 60 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 48 (2.44%) Siemens
8 44 (2.24%) Ariba
9 43 (2.18%) Infor
10 39 (1.98%) Databricks
11 36 (1.83%) Sage
12 35 (1.78%) MuleSoft
13 18 (0.91%) Concur
13 18 (0.91%) JD Edwards
14 13 (0.66%) Google
15 12 (0.61%) Epicor
16 11 (0.56%) Informatica
17 10 (0.51%) HP
17 10 (0.51%) SYSPRO