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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 90 90
Rank change year-on-year +24 0 +31
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,528 813 1,063
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.49% 2.77% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.06% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 471 678
10th Percentile £360 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £648 £675 £642
90th Percentile £725 £775 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 18 40
10th Percentile £19.16 £17.22 £14.15
25th Percentile £27.72 £65.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £78.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%

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 37,710 26,528 38,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.02% 90.44% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,926 17,086 24,905
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 926 2,329
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.51 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.72 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.76 £31.25
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.63% -10.71%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +22 1,298 £550 +2.33% 746
UK excluding London +33 750 £525 +5.00% 620
London +19 574 £565 +2.73% 201
Work from Home +37 518 £550 - 347
North of England +32 185 £550 +20.55% 134
South East -1 174 £550 - 203
Midlands -16 133 £525 +5.00% 115
North West +44 119 £500 +2.41% 70
South West +19 116 £525 +13.26% 58
West Midlands -17 93 £565 +13.00% 71
East of England +6 82 £550 -4.35% 67
Yorkshire -14 59 £595 +48.75% 54
East Midlands -20 39 £500 +5.26% 44
Scotland +18 28 £538 +10.26% 31
Wales +15 23 £475 -34.48% 10
Northern Ireland +10 14 £475 +18.75% 8
North East -21 7 £500 - 13
Channel Islands - 1 - - 5

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 19 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.18%) Confluence
3 14 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.52%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.33%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.33%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.26%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.20%) Documentum
8 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 65 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.26%) Trello
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.065%) InVision
10 1 (0.065%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 228 (14.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 94 (6.15%) Oracle ERP
3 65 (4.25%) Oracle EBS
4 58 (3.80%) SAP ERP
5 52 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 45 (2.95%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.16%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
9 26 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.18%) Shopify
11 17 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.05%) Workday HCM
13 14 (0.92%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (0.85%) SAP PP
15 12 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
16 11 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
16 11 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
16 11 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 214 (14.01%) Azure
2 180 (11.78%) Dynamics 365
3 151 (9.88%) OCI
4 120 (7.85%) Power Platform
5 91 (5.96%) SaaS
6 57 (3.73%) AWS
7 43 (2.81%) PaaS
8 42 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.03%) Power Automate
10 30 (1.96%) Boomi
10 30 (1.96%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
12 21 (1.37%) GCP
13 18 (1.18%) IaaS
14 17 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.92%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.065%) DHCP
3 1 (0.065%) DKIM
3 1 (0.065%) DMARC
3 1 (0.065%) DNS
3 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.065%) HTTP
3 1 (0.065%) Intranet
3 1 (0.065%) Modbus
3 1 (0.065%) Network Security
3 1 (0.065%) RFID
3 1 (0.065%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.065%) VoIP
3 1 (0.065%) VPN
3 1 (0.065%) WAN
3 1 (0.065%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.89%) Power BI
2 59 (3.86%) Oracle Reports
3 54 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.90%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.37%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 15 (0.98%) Oracle ODI
7 15 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.85%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.52%) GIS
9 8 (0.52%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.46%) Tableau
11 5 (0.33%) Metadata
12 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.26%) Power Query
13 3 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 74 (4.84%) JIRA
2 29 (1.90%) Postman
3 22 (1.44%) Git
4 12 (0.79%) Hudson
5 10 (0.65%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.52%) GitLab
7 7 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.39%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.20%) LSMW
12 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.13%) TestRail
12 2 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
13 1 (0.065%) MLflow
General
1 778 (50.92%) Finance
2 491 (32.13%) Social Skills
3 204 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 129 (8.44%) Manufacturing
6 66 (4.32%) Retail
7 62 (4.06%) Local Government
8 51 (3.34%) Legal
9 50 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 45 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 42 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (2.68%) General Ledger
13 38 (2.49%) Banking
14 27 (1.77%) Law
15 24 (1.57%) Marketing
15 24 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.51%) Billing
16 23 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 228 (14.92%) Consultant
2 216 (14.14%) Lead
3 203 (13.29%) Architect
4 171 (11.19%) Analyst
5 155 (10.14%) Project Manager
6 134 (8.77%) Senior
7 100 (6.54%) Business Analyst
7 100 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
8 76 (4.97%) Developer
9 67 (4.38%) ERP Manager
10 52 (3.40%) SAP Consultant
10 52 (3.40%) SAP Manager
11 50 (3.27%) Implementation Consultant
12 47 (3.08%) Accountant
13 41 (2.68%) Financial Analyst
14 40 (2.62%) Senior Manager
15 37 (2.42%) Systems Accountant
16 33 (2.16%) Programme Manager
16 33 (2.16%) Test Manager
17 32 (2.09%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (13.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.56%) REST
3 62 (4.06%) Middleware
4 57 (3.73%) SOAP
5 50 (3.27%) XML
6 46 (3.01%) JSON
7 43 (2.81%) Web Services
8 25 (1.64%) OAuth
9 22 (1.44%) XSLT
10 20 (1.31%) .NET
11 16 (1.05%) JWT
12 12 (0.79%) PySpark
13 11 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.65%) EDI
15 8 (0.52%) ADO
15 8 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.52%) Node.js
16 7 (0.46%) HTML
16 7 (0.46%) SAPUI5
17 6 (0.39%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
2 51 (3.34%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.95%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 26 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.37%) IoT
8 19 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.98%) FMCG
11 15 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.59%) Life Science
16 8 (0.52%) LIMS
16 8 (0.52%) PMI
16 8 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.11%) Windows
2 7 (0.46%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (25.85%) Migration
2 298 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 260 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 246 (16.10%) Data Migration
5 239 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (14.53%) Agile
7 199 (13.02%) User Acceptance Testing
8 175 (11.45%) Project Management
9 163 (10.67%) Change Management
10 155 (10.14%) Validation
11 154 (10.08%) CRM
12 147 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 137 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
14 115 (7.53%) Project Delivery
15 108 (7.07%) Data Modelling
15 108 (7.07%) DevOps
16 107 (7.00%) Roadmaps
17 98 (6.41%) Workshop Facilitation
18 96 (6.28%) Analytics
19 93 (6.09%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 130 (8.51%) SQL
2 44 (2.88%) Python
3 37 (2.42%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.83%) C#
5 27 (1.77%) Java
6 21 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.65%) ABAP
8 8 (0.52%) Apex Code
8 8 (0.52%) Ruby
9 7 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.39%) X++
11 5 (0.33%) Korn
11 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.33%) VBA
12 4 (0.26%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 193 (12.63%) Security Cleared
2 141 (9.23%) SC Cleared
3 137 (8.97%) Degree
4 89 (5.82%) CIMA
5 77 (5.04%) ACCA
6 45 (2.95%) PMP
7 40 (2.62%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.92%) SAP Certification
11 13 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.59%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.46%) APMP
14 7 (0.46%) OCA
15 6 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.10%) Data Quality
1 78 (5.10%) QA
2 60 (3.93%) GDPR
3 56 (3.66%) PMO
4 29 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 18 (1.18%) GAAP
5 18 (1.18%) IFRS
6 15 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.92%) SLA
8 11 (0.72%) NIST
9 10 (0.65%) GxP
9 10 (0.65%) ITGC
10 9 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.52%) COBIT
11 8 (0.52%) GMP
12 7 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.46%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.39%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.39%) NCSC
14 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 6 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.065%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (0.52%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.33%) Terraform
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) MOM
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.065%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.065%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.065%) Kibana
6 1 (0.065%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.065%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 455 (29.78%) SAP
2 446 (29.19%) Oracle
3 264 (17.28%) Microsoft
4 88 (5.76%) Workday
5 58 (3.80%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.40%) IFS
7 49 (3.21%) Siemens
8 36 (2.36%) Databricks
9 34 (2.23%) Sage
10 32 (2.09%) Ariba
11 30 (1.96%) MuleSoft
12 27 (1.77%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.05%) Infor
13 16 (1.05%) Informatica
14 10 (0.65%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.59%) Foundry
16 8 (0.52%) Adobe
16 8 (0.52%) HP
17 6 (0.39%) Epicor
17 6 (0.39%) Talend