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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 94 97
Rank change year-on-year +34 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,806 755 992
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.68% 2.61% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.87% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 459 614
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £644 £646 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 26 32
10th Percentile £17.70 £17.14 £13.17
25th Percentile £28.50 £64.38 £19.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £37.68
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +95.73% -39.71%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £86.25 £64.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -20.69% +130.16% -51.29%

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 41,594 26,332 36,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.70% 91.01% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,970 16,762 23,491
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 2,502 1,133 2,525
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.29 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.09% -34.02% +8.91%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +36 1,527 £550 +2.33% 945
UK excluding London +43 933 £525 +5.00% 676
London +37 652 £550 -2.22% 368
Work from Home +54 544 £550 - 454
South East +3 229 £560 +6.92% 172
North of England +44 216 £500 +5.26% 159
Midlands +31 184 £525 +5.00% 154
South West +33 125 £525 +10.53% 73
West Midlands +8 113 £530 +6.00% 93
North West +34 112 £500 +2.25% 88
East of England +18 94 £575 -2.13% 50
Yorkshire +12 89 £550 +37.50% 56
East Midlands +15 67 £525 +10.53% 60
Scotland +16 50 £513 +1.18% 27
Wales +2 21 £525 - 24
Northern Ireland +21 18 £475 +18.75% 33
North East -20 15 £500 -9.09% 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 23 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.89%) Confluence
4 11 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.28%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.22%) SAS
6 4 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 289 (16.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 129 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
3 61 (3.38%) SAP ERP
4 49 (2.71%) Oracle Payables
5 48 (2.66%) Oracle EBS
6 47 (2.60%) NetSuite
7 40 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 34 (1.88%) Oracle Receivables
9 31 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 18 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
13 15 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
15 13 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
16 12 (0.66%) SAP MDG
16 12 (0.66%) Teamcenter
17 11 (0.61%) SAP FI
18 10 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite
18 10 (0.55%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 226 (12.51%) Azure
2 183 (10.13%) Dynamics 365
3 156 (8.64%) Power Platform
4 152 (8.42%) OCI
5 100 (5.54%) SaaS
6 63 (3.49%) AWS
7 52 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (2.77%) PaaS
9 32 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.66%) Boomi
12 25 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
14 19 (1.05%) IaaS
15 18 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.89%) GitHub
18 15 (0.83%) GCP
18 15 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
2 3 (0.17%) Network Security
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.055%) DHCP
4 1 (0.055%) DMZ
4 1 (0.055%) DNS
4 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.055%) Modbus
4 1 (0.055%) MQTT
4 1 (0.055%) RFID
4 1 (0.055%) SMS
4 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
4 1 (0.055%) VPN
4 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.31%) Power BI
2 57 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
3 53 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
6 21 (1.16%) SQL Server
7 20 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 20 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (0.66%) Metadata
8 12 (0.66%) Tableau
9 10 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.44%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 83 (4.60%) JIRA
2 31 (1.72%) Git
3 26 (1.44%) Postman
4 20 (1.11%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.28%) Selenium
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.17%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.11%) GitLab
9 2 (0.11%) Gradle
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 1 (0.055%) ERwin
10 1 (0.055%) JMeter
10 1 (0.055%) PowerDesigner
General
1 936 (51.83%) Finance
2 475 (26.30%) Social Skills
3 231 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (9.47%) Manufacturing
5 126 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 90 (4.98%) Retail
7 65 (3.60%) Legal
8 57 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (2.99%) Local Government
10 52 (2.88%) General Ledger
11 50 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
12 46 (2.55%) Law
13 45 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 39 (2.16%) Banking
15 37 (2.05%) Billing
16 31 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
17 21 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 19 (1.05%) Military
20 16 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 311 (17.22%) Lead
2 264 (14.62%) Architect
3 244 (13.51%) Consultant
4 207 (11.46%) Analyst
5 170 (9.41%) Project Manager
6 147 (8.14%) Senior
7 130 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
8 101 (5.59%) Business Analyst
9 89 (4.93%) Developer
10 87 (4.82%) ERP Manager
11 64 (3.54%) Accountant
12 57 (3.16%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.88%) Implementation Consultant
14 51 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
15 50 (2.77%) Senior Manager
16 49 (2.71%) Financial Analyst
17 47 (2.60%) Systems Accountant
18 46 (2.55%) SAP Manager
19 45 (2.49%) Finance Manager
20 44 (2.44%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (11.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 100 (5.54%) REST
3 86 (4.76%) Middleware
4 58 (3.21%) SOAP
5 48 (2.66%) JSON
6 46 (2.55%) XML
7 31 (1.72%) Web Services
8 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 23 (1.27%) .NET
10 21 (1.16%) XSLT
11 17 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
12 16 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
13 15 (0.83%) JWT
13 15 (0.83%) Node.js
14 12 (0.66%) EDI
15 11 (0.61%) HTML
16 10 (0.55%) PySpark
16 10 (0.55%) RESTful
17 9 (0.50%) CSS
18 8 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 55 (3.05%) Data Structures
3 46 (2.55%) Product Ownership
4 43 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 42 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 32 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.66%) Cloud Native
8 29 (1.61%) FMCG
9 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (0.94%) IoT
12 15 (0.83%) AI Agents
13 14 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.72%) Life Science
15 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
17 8 (0.44%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.22%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.055%) AIX
5 1 (0.055%) Android
5 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (25.91%) Migration
2 400 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 306 (16.94%) Data Migration
4 300 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 272 (15.06%) User Acceptance Testing
6 250 (13.84%) Agile
7 237 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
8 225 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 204 (11.30%) Change Management
10 198 (10.96%) Validation
11 178 (9.86%) Project Management
12 167 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
13 151 (8.36%) Data Modelling
14 145 (8.03%) CRM
15 144 (7.97%) Roadmaps
16 143 (7.92%) Procure-to-Pay
17 121 (6.70%) Analytics
18 116 (6.42%) Project Delivery
19 112 (6.20%) Translating Business Requirements
20 110 (6.09%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 154 (8.53%) SQL
2 53 (2.93%) Python
3 34 (1.88%) PL/SQL
4 33 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.77%) Java
6 29 (1.61%) C#
7 18 (1.00%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.89%) Ruby
8 16 (0.89%) X++
9 11 (0.61%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
13 4 (0.22%) VBA
14 3 (0.17%) Groovy
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
15 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (10.69%) Security Cleared
2 142 (7.86%) SC Cleared
3 121 (6.70%) Degree
4 104 (5.76%) CIMA
5 96 (5.32%) ACCA
6 44 (2.44%) PMP
7 36 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 15 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.50%) SAP Certification
13 8 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.22%) CFA
16 4 (0.22%) CISM
16 4 (0.22%) CISSP
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (6.31%) Data Quality
2 74 (4.10%) QA
3 71 (3.93%) GDPR
4 43 (2.38%) PMO
5 31 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (1.27%) IFRS
7 19 (1.05%) SLA
8 17 (0.94%) GAAP
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.50%) GxP
11 8 (0.44%) NCSC
12 7 (0.39%) GMP
13 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.28%) GRC
15 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.22%) NIST
16 3 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
3 7 (0.39%) Terraform
4 4 (0.22%) Kibana
4 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Control-M
5 3 (0.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.17%) MOM
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 561 (31.06%) SAP
2 505 (27.96%) Oracle
3 295 (16.33%) Microsoft
4 82 (4.54%) Workday
5 73 (4.04%) Salesforce
6 72 (3.99%) IFS
7 57 (3.16%) ServiceNow
8 56 (3.10%) Siemens
9 41 (2.27%) Databricks
10 36 (1.99%) Ariba
11 34 (1.88%) MuleSoft
12 30 (1.66%) Sage
13 27 (1.50%) Infor
14 14 (0.78%) Informatica
15 12 (0.66%) Epicor
16 10 (0.55%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.50%) Concur
17 9 (0.50%) HP
18 8 (0.44%) Foundry
18 8 (0.44%) Google