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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 77 95
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 -5
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,936 1,071 939
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.50% 3.23% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 3.56% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,090 645 509
10th Percentile £375 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +1.40% -2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 43 36
10th Percentile £13.98 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £17.06 £13.82 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £17.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.35% -51.92% -58.40%
75th Percentile £31.15 £30.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £59.78 £73.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.66 £41.43
% change year-on-year +48.02% -62.20% -36.38%

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 46,870 30,047 32,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 90.49% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,156 18,700 19,515
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,444 1,888 1,247
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.18 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 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 15 October 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 +3 1,597 £550 - 368
UK excluding London +19 1,026 £525 - 308
London -10 627 £600 +4.35% 116
Work from Home +1 542 £550 +2.33% 206
North of England +47 283 £525 +2.44% 69
Midlands +25 229 £525 - 73
South East -21 229 £525 +1.94% 71
North West +20 158 £525 +2.44% 36
West Midlands +17 140 £525 - 37
Yorkshire +37 102 £450 -14.29% 22
East of England -3 97 £500 -7.62% 33
South West -36 81 £575 -4.17% 43
East Midlands +10 79 £525 - 36
Scotland +12 72 £513 +2.50% 20
North East -17 23 £550 +2.33% 15
Wales +5 21 £475 +46.15% 3
Northern Ireland +15 19 £450 +28.57% 8

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 41 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.19%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (0.98%) Confluence
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.36%) CMS
6 6 (0.31%) OpenEdge
7 5 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.26%) SAS
8 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
9 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.15%) ThingWorx
10 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.10%) SAP EP
10 2 (0.10%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 111 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.67%) Windchill
7 9 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.15%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.052%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 266 (13.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 143 (7.39%) Oracle ERP
3 68 (3.51%) Oracle Payables
4 65 (3.36%) SAP ERP
5 58 (3.00%) NetSuite
6 57 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
7 46 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
8 39 (2.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 37 (1.91%) Oracle General Ledger
10 34 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
11 30 (1.55%) Oracle Financials
12 26 (1.34%) Oracle Assets
13 23 (1.19%) SAP MDG
14 21 (1.08%) Teamcenter
15 17 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
15 17 (0.88%) Workday HCM
16 16 (0.83%) SAP FI
16 16 (0.83%) SAP MM
17 13 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite
18 12 (0.62%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 224 (11.57%) Azure
2 175 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
3 164 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 123 (6.35%) OCI
4 123 (6.35%) SaaS
5 74 (3.82%) AWS
6 72 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.12%) GCP
9 35 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
11 28 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
12 27 (1.39%) PaaS
13 26 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 25 (1.29%) Boomi
15 21 (1.08%) Entra ID
16 20 (1.03%) GitHub
17 16 (0.83%) Serverless
18 15 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.62%) HTTP
2 10 (0.52%) Network Security
3 5 (0.26%) SSL
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) FTP
5 2 (0.10%) DMZ
5 2 (0.10%) DNS
5 2 (0.10%) MQTT
5 2 (0.10%) VPN
6 1 (0.052%) 5G
6 1 (0.052%) Intranet
6 1 (0.052%) LAN
6 1 (0.052%) RFID
6 1 (0.052%) SMS
6 1 (0.052%) SMTP
6 1 (0.052%) WAN
6 1 (0.052%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.42%) Power BI
2 65 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 29 (1.50%) SQL Server
5 24 (1.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 21 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.08%) Tableau
7 20 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.77%) Metadata
9 13 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 9 (0.46%) Power Query
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.31%) GIS
13 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 103 (5.32%) JIRA
2 33 (1.70%) Git
3 13 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.52%) Postman
5 8 (0.41%) Hudson
6 7 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.31%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.21%) Flyway
9 3 (0.15%) MLflow
10 2 (0.10%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.10%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.10%) LSMW
10 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 2 (0.10%) TestRail
11 1 (0.052%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.052%) Jenkins
General
1 958 (49.48%) Finance
2 604 (31.20%) Social Skills
3 275 (14.20%) Manufacturing
4 237 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 176 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 103 (5.32%) Retail
7 90 (4.65%) General Ledger
8 83 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
9 75 (3.87%) Billing
10 72 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.58%) Banking
12 41 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (2.12%) Legal
13 36 (1.86%) Local Government
14 32 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 30 (1.55%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 28 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.19%) Marketing
18 21 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 309 (15.96%) Lead
2 301 (15.55%) Architect
3 233 (12.04%) Consultant
4 226 (11.67%) Analyst
5 144 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
6 135 (6.97%) Senior
7 130 (6.71%) Project Manager
8 120 (6.20%) Business Analyst
9 88 (4.55%) Developer
10 86 (4.44%) Oracle Consultant
11 70 (3.62%) Administrator
12 67 (3.46%) ERP Manager
13 58 (3.00%) Accountant
13 58 (3.00%) Functional Consultant
14 42 (2.17%) ERP Architect
15 41 (2.12%) Data Analyst
15 41 (2.12%) Finance Manager
15 41 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.12%) Programme Manager
16 37 (1.91%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (12.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 129 (6.66%) REST
3 121 (6.25%) Middleware
4 78 (4.03%) SOAP
5 50 (2.58%) XML
6 49 (2.53%) Web Services
7 44 (2.27%) JSON
8 31 (1.60%) .NET
9 30 (1.55%) OAuth
10 25 (1.29%) OAuth2
11 21 (1.08%) EDI
11 21 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
12 18 (0.93%) Terraform
13 14 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
14 13 (0.67%) Node.js
14 13 (0.67%) XSLT
15 12 (0.62%) CSS
15 12 (0.62%) HTML
15 12 (0.62%) IDoc
15 12 (0.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
3 70 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 61 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 57 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.01%) FMCG
8 29 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.34%) Life Science
9 26 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 23 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 19 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (0.77%) Operational Technology
16 14 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 13 (0.67%) SCADA
18 12 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.60%) Windows
2 11 (0.57%) Linux
3 9 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.31%) Unix
5 5 (0.26%) Android
5 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.052%) AIX
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (32.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (24.33%) Migration
3 357 (18.44%) Data Migration
4 288 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
5 284 (14.67%) Agile
6 280 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
7 265 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 248 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 219 (11.31%) Validation
10 194 (10.02%) Process Improvement
11 193 (9.97%) Roadmaps
12 188 (9.71%) CRM
13 186 (9.61%) Change Management
14 177 (9.14%) Analytics
15 161 (8.32%) Workshop Facilitation
16 154 (7.95%) Project Delivery
17 149 (7.70%) Data Modelling
18 147 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
19 136 (7.02%) Decision-Making
20 135 (6.97%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 188 (9.71%) SQL
2 60 (3.10%) Python
3 37 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 33 (1.70%) C#
5 29 (1.50%) Java
6 23 (1.19%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.03%) X++
8 18 (0.93%) ABAP
9 14 (0.72%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.41%) Groovy
11 8 (0.41%) Ruby
12 6 (0.31%) OpenEdge ABL
12 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.26%) C++
13 5 (0.26%) Progress 4GL
14 4 (0.21%) PHP
15 3 (0.15%) SOQL
15 3 (0.15%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 263 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 196 (10.12%) SC Cleared
3 121 (6.25%) Degree
4 77 (3.98%) ACCA
5 73 (3.77%) CIMA
6 54 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.07%) PMP
8 39 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.57%) APMG
12 11 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.46%) CISSP
14 9 (0.46%) SAP Certification
15 8 (0.41%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.36%) CISM
16 7 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 66 (3.41%) QA
3 54 (2.79%) PMO
4 51 (2.63%) GDPR
5 24 (1.24%) IFRS
5 24 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (0.98%) GRC
7 17 (0.88%) NCSC
8 16 (0.83%) GAAP
9 14 (0.72%) GMP
10 12 (0.62%) GxP
11 11 (0.57%) SLA
12 10 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 8 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 6 (0.31%) NIST
16 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.36%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) IAG
5 1 (0.052%) Firmware
5 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.26%) SCCM
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.052%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.052%) MOM
6 1 (0.052%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 634 (32.75%) SAP
2 535 (27.63%) Oracle
3 386 (19.94%) Microsoft
4 92 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 84 (4.34%) Workday
6 77 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 62 (3.20%) IFS
8 50 (2.58%) Ariba
9 36 (1.86%) Sage
10 35 (1.81%) Infor
11 30 (1.55%) JD Edwards
12 26 (1.34%) Siemens
13 23 (1.19%) MuleSoft
14 22 (1.14%) Databricks
15 19 (0.98%) Google
16 18 (0.93%) Concur
16 18 (0.93%) IBM
17 16 (0.83%) SYSPRO
18 15 (0.77%) PTC
19 12 (0.62%) Dell