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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 93 92
Rank change year-on-year +34 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,975 882 955
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.76% 2.69% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 2.97% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 532 558
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £639 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 54 39
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £24.80
25th Percentile £25.46 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £26.21 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.61% -50.08% -18.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.13 £69.44
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.84% -44.44% -30.42%

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 44,620 29,684 34,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.46% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,627 18,648 21,888
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,682 1,621 1,980
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.73 £17.33 £17.74
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.35 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.56% -

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +26 1,633 £550 +2.33% 789
UK excluding London +41 1,025 £525 +2.44% 589
London +23 686 £598 +8.64% 256
Work from Home +32 570 £550 - 341
South East +5 261 £525 +1.94% 152
North of England +51 247 £500 +5.26% 153
Midlands +37 203 £525 - 166
North West +34 143 £525 +7.36% 75
West Midlands +12 120 £540 +2.86% 101
South West +9 113 £550 -11.29% 51
East of England +11 91 £575 - 46
Yorkshire +19 84 £458 +5.48% 62
East Midlands +29 75 £525 -12.50% 65
Scotland +7 62 £500 -0.50% 19
Northern Ireland +20 28 £450 +28.57% 5
Wales - 21 £500 - 8
North East -31 20 £500 -6.98% 17
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 30 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.81%) 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%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.15%) ThingWorx
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.051%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.051%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 92 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.051%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 302 (15.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 148 (7.49%) Oracle ERP
3 64 (3.24%) SAP ERP
4 61 (3.09%) NetSuite
5 56 (2.84%) Oracle Payables
6 52 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
7 44 (2.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 37 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 27 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
12 18 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.81%) SAP MDG
14 15 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
14 15 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
15 10 (0.51%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.51%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 224 (11.34%) Azure
2 193 (9.77%) Dynamics 365
3 191 (9.67%) Power Platform
4 152 (7.70%) OCI
5 120 (6.08%) SaaS
6 71 (3.59%) AWS
7 57 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (2.08%) PaaS
9 36 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
10 34 (1.72%) Boomi
11 29 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 28 (1.42%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.37%) GCP
13 27 (1.37%) GitHub
14 26 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (0.76%) IaaS
18 15 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 5 (0.25%) SSL
3 4 (0.20%) Firewall
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
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
1 140 (7.09%) Power BI
2 72 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.62%) Data Lake
5 29 (1.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 28 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
8 24 (1.22%) Tableau
9 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (0.86%) Metadata
11 13 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.41%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
15 6 (0.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 79 (4.00%) JIRA
2 36 (1.82%) Git
3 20 (1.01%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.56%) Postman
6 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.20%) Selenium
8 4 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) LSMW
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.051%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.051%) MLflow
11 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,026 (51.95%) Finance
2 494 (25.01%) Social Skills
3 242 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (10.03%) Manufacturing
5 166 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 106 (5.37%) Retail
7 79 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (2.99%) General Ledger
9 58 (2.94%) Legal
10 53 (2.68%) Local Government
11 50 (2.53%) Billing
12 47 (2.38%) Law
13 39 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 37 (1.87%) Banking
15 35 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (1.01%) Marketing
19 19 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 361 (18.28%) Lead
2 316 (16.00%) Architect
3 242 (12.25%) Consultant
4 239 (12.10%) Analyst
5 166 (8.41%) Senior
6 157 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
7 152 (7.70%) Project Manager
8 114 (5.77%) Developer
9 112 (5.67%) Business Analyst
10 76 (3.85%) ERP Manager
11 67 (3.39%) Oracle Consultant
12 64 (3.24%) Accountant
13 59 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
14 48 (2.43%) Systems Accountant
15 46 (2.33%) SAP Manager
16 45 (2.28%) Programme Manager
17 44 (2.23%) Senior Manager
18 43 (2.18%) Finance Manager
19 42 (2.13%) ERP Project Manager
20 41 (2.08%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (10.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 109 (5.52%) REST
3 105 (5.32%) Middleware
4 60 (3.04%) SOAP
5 42 (2.13%) JSON
6 39 (1.97%) XML
7 34 (1.72%) Web Services
8 28 (1.42%) .NET
9 21 (1.06%) OAuth
10 20 (1.01%) EDI
11 17 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
13 15 (0.76%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.66%) Node.js
14 13 (0.66%) XSLT
15 12 (0.61%) HTML
16 11 (0.56%) CSS
16 11 (0.56%) PySpark
17 9 (0.46%) JWT
17 9 (0.46%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
2 77 (3.90%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.89%) Product Ownership
4 51 (2.58%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 39 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.72%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.67%) FMCG
9 31 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (0.91%) IoT
13 16 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.76%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.76%) Life Science
15 14 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.66%) Virtual Team
17 12 (0.61%) Operational Technology
18 11 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.32%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.30%) 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
1 508 (25.72%) Migration
2 505 (25.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 370 (18.73%) Data Migration
4 327 (16.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 312 (15.80%) User Acceptance Testing
6 269 (13.62%) Agile
7 263 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 245 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
9 210 (10.63%) Change Management
10 209 (10.58%) Validation
11 204 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
12 181 (9.16%) Data Modelling
13 180 (9.11%) Analytics
14 169 (8.56%) CRM
15 168 (8.51%) Roadmaps
16 157 (7.95%) Project Management
17 151 (7.65%) Process Improvement
18 139 (7.04%) Translating Business Requirements
19 137 (6.94%) Procure-to-Pay
20 135 (6.84%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 182 (9.22%) SQL
2 67 (3.39%) Python
3 36 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.72%) Java
4 34 (1.72%) PL/SQL
5 27 (1.37%) C#
6 20 (1.01%) Ruby
6 20 (1.01%) X++
7 19 (0.96%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.76%) ABAP
9 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.35%) Groovy
11 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOQL
12 5 (0.25%) SOSL
12 5 (0.25%) VBA
13 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.15%) Korn
15 2 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (11.09%) Security Cleared
2 155 (7.85%) SC Cleared
3 116 (5.87%) Degree
4 78 (3.95%) ACCA
4 78 (3.95%) CIMA
5 49 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 39 (1.97%) PMP
7 32 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 18 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.46%) SAP Certification
12 8 (0.41%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.25%) CISM
15 5 (0.25%) CISSP
15 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.70%) GDPR
3 69 (3.49%) QA
4 53 (2.68%) PMO
5 36 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (1.42%) IFRS
7 20 (1.01%) GAAP
8 15 (0.76%) GMP
9 12 (0.61%) GxP
9 12 (0.61%) SLA
10 11 (0.56%) GRC
10 11 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.46%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.41%) NCSC
13 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 5 (0.25%) NIST
15 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 4 (0.20%) P3O
16 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.051%) Firmware
3 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.051%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (0.81%) Terraform
2 13 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Kibana
5 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 604 (30.58%) SAP
2 558 (28.25%) Oracle
3 351 (17.77%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.20%) IFS
5 79 (4.00%) Workday
6 78 (3.95%) Salesforce
7 63 (3.19%) ServiceNow
8 43 (2.18%) Ariba
9 41 (2.08%) Infor
10 39 (1.97%) Databricks
10 39 (1.97%) Siemens
11 36 (1.82%) MuleSoft
12 35 (1.77%) Sage
13 18 (0.91%) JD Edwards
14 17 (0.86%) Concur
15 14 (0.71%) Google
16 12 (0.61%) Epicor
16 12 (0.61%) SYSPRO
17 11 (0.56%) Informatica
18 9 (0.46%) Baan