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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 83 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +30
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,454 868 1,074
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.45% 2.89% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.21% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 488 691
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £461 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +1.85%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £643
90th Percentile £725 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £500 £507
% change year-on-year +7.00% -1.28% -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 18 37
10th Percentile £18.10 £29.58 £13.78
25th Percentile £27.04 £53.75 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £68.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +11.26% -1.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.80 £78.75 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -33.15%

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 36,453 27,072 38,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.50% 90.11% 86.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,124 16,979 25,034
10th Percentile £313 £305 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,168 886 2,250
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.13
Median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.31 £58.75
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.13 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £33.50
% change year-on-year -20.81% -5.19% -4.29%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +15 1,233 £550 +2.80% 794
UK excluding London +19 724 £535 +7.00% 669
London +3 533 £575 +4.55% 201
Work from Home +33 515 £540 -1.82% 349
North of England +19 176 £550 +15.79% 149
South East +1 151 £550 +4.76% 215
Midlands -26 134 £540 +2.86% 134
South West +20 125 £525 +13.26% 65
North West +29 114 £500 +2.41% 82
West Midlands -25 91 £559 +7.45% 76
East of England +7 80 £550 +1.15% 78
Yorkshire -29 56 £595 +48.75% 58
East Midlands -19 42 £525 - 55
Scotland +16 30 £536 +10.00% 19
Wales +17 23 £475 -34.48% 15
Northern Ireland +9 12 £475 +18.75% 6
North East -19 6 £500 +5.26% 14
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 20 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 20 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
2 19 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.24%) Confluence
4 7 (0.48%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.21%) Documentum
6 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.14%) Apache
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) CMS
7 2 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.14%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 66 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.34%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.28%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) InVision
8 2 (0.14%) Sketch
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Windchill
9 1 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 221 (15.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 96 (6.60%) Oracle ERP
3 62 (4.26%) SAP ERP
4 58 (3.99%) Oracle EBS
5 51 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 46 (3.16%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.27%) NetSuite
8 32 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 22 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 20 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (1.24%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.24%) Shopify
12 17 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (1.10%) Workday HCM
14 14 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
15 13 (0.89%) SAP PP
16 12 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
17 11 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
17 11 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
18 10 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 216 (14.86%) Azure
2 163 (11.21%) OCI
3 153 (10.52%) Dynamics 365
4 101 (6.95%) SaaS
5 100 (6.88%) Power Platform
6 46 (3.16%) AWS
7 45 (3.09%) PaaS
8 39 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.13%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.99%) Boomi
10 29 (1.99%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
13 20 (1.38%) GCP
14 19 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.17%) IaaS
15 17 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (1.03%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.14%) LAN
1 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.069%) DKIM
2 1 (0.069%) DMARC
2 1 (0.069%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.069%) Firewall
2 1 (0.069%) Modbus
2 1 (0.069%) Network Security
2 1 (0.069%) RFID
2 1 (0.069%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.95%) Power BI
2 59 (4.06%) Oracle Reports
3 49 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.20%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 16 (1.10%) Oracle Database
8 14 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (0.69%) SAP HANA
11 9 (0.62%) Oracle ODI
12 8 (0.55%) GIS
12 8 (0.55%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.48%) Tableau
14 5 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.28%) Metadata
15 4 (0.28%) Power Query
15 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.21%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 72 (4.95%) JIRA
2 30 (2.06%) Postman
3 14 (0.96%) Git
4 9 (0.62%) SoapUI
5 8 (0.55%) GitLab
6 7 (0.48%) Hudson
7 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.41%) Selenium
8 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.21%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.14%) Gradle
11 2 (0.14%) LSMW
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
11 2 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
12 1 (0.069%) QADirector
General
1 730 (50.21%) Finance
2 503 (34.59%) Social Skills
3 189 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.67%) Manufacturing
5 123 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 61 (4.20%) Local Government
7 53 (3.65%) Retail
8 49 (3.37%) Legal
9 46 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 42 (2.89%) General Ledger
11 40 (2.75%) Banking
12 37 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.65%) Marketing
14 24 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.51%) Billing
16 15 (1.03%) Military
17 14 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 13 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 229 (15.75%) Consultant
2 175 (12.04%) Architect
3 171 (11.76%) Lead
4 155 (10.66%) Analyst
5 151 (10.39%) Project Manager
6 125 (8.60%) Senior
7 97 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
8 92 (6.33%) Business Analyst
9 75 (5.16%) Developer
10 63 (4.33%) ERP Manager
11 57 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
12 52 (3.58%) SAP Manager
13 50 (3.44%) Implementation Consultant
14 43 (2.96%) Accountant
15 38 (2.61%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.48%) Programme Manager
17 34 (2.34%) Systems Accountant
18 33 (2.27%) Financial Analyst
19 32 (2.20%) Oracle Consultant
19 32 (2.20%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (14.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (5.98%) REST
3 62 (4.26%) SOAP
4 61 (4.20%) Middleware
5 50 (3.44%) XML
6 47 (3.23%) JSON
7 46 (3.16%) Web Services
8 23 (1.58%) OAuth
9 21 (1.44%) XSLT
10 19 (1.31%) .NET
11 14 (0.96%) JWT
12 11 (0.76%) EDI
13 9 (0.62%) HTML
13 9 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.55%) ADO
15 7 (0.48%) Node.js
15 7 (0.48%) PySpark
16 6 (0.41%) RESTful
17 5 (0.34%) CSS
17 5 (0.34%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (2.96%) Data Structures
3 40 (2.75%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (1.93%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.72%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.38%) IoT
9 17 (1.17%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.10%) FMCG
11 13 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.76%) Life Science
12 11 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.55%) LIMS
14 8 (0.55%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.17%) Windows
2 7 (0.48%) Linux
3 3 (0.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (24.69%) Migration
2 277 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 252 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
4 244 (16.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 215 (14.79%) Data Migration
6 213 (14.65%) Agile
7 172 (11.83%) Project Management
8 163 (11.21%) User Acceptance Testing
9 152 (10.45%) Change Management
10 148 (10.18%) CRM
11 136 (9.35%) Validation
12 129 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 122 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
14 116 (7.98%) Roadmaps
15 113 (7.77%) Project Delivery
16 102 (7.02%) Workshop Facilitation
17 96 (6.60%) Analytics
17 96 (6.60%) DevOps
18 81 (5.57%) Data Modelling
19 78 (5.36%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.22%) SQL
2 38 (2.61%) PL/SQL
3 36 (2.48%) Python
4 29 (1.99%) C#
5 23 (1.58%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.31%) Java
7 8 (0.55%) ABAP
7 8 (0.55%) Groovy
8 6 (0.41%) X++
9 5 (0.34%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.28%) C++
10 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.28%) Korn
10 4 (0.28%) Perl
10 4 (0.28%) VBA
11 3 (0.21%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.21%) PHP
11 3 (0.21%) XPath
12 2 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 183 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.66%) Degree
3 136 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.98%) CIMA
5 74 (5.09%) ACCA
6 43 (2.96%) PMP
7 38 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.38%) SAP Certification
10 14 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (0.76%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.55%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.55%) OCA
14 7 (0.48%) APMP
14 7 (0.48%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.30%) QA
2 72 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.71%) GDPR
4 53 (3.65%) PMO
5 31 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.24%) GAAP
6 18 (1.24%) IFRS
7 14 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.96%) SLA
8 12 (0.83%) GxP
9 11 (0.76%) NIST
10 10 (0.69%) ITGC
11 8 (0.55%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.55%) COBIT
11 8 (0.55%) GMP
12 7 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.48%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.41%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.41%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.21%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.069%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.48%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.34%) Terraform
4 3 (0.21%) Control-M
5 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Identity Management
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.069%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.069%) Kibana
6 1 (0.069%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 452 (31.09%) Oracle
2 447 (30.74%) SAP
3 243 (16.71%) Microsoft
4 94 (6.46%) Workday
5 58 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.37%) Siemens
7 43 (2.96%) IFS
8 35 (2.41%) Sage
9 29 (1.99%) Databricks
10 28 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 24 (1.65%) Ariba
12 23 (1.58%) MuleSoft
13 15 (1.03%) Informatica
14 13 (0.89%) Infor
15 11 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.55%) Adobe
16 8 (0.55%) Foundry
17 7 (0.48%) HP
17 7 (0.48%) JD Edwards
18 6 (0.41%) Epicor