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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 84 98
Rank change year-on-year +19 +14 0
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,942 946 903
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.62% 2.91% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 3.22% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 561 508
10th Percentile £370 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +0.94% -3.18%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £752
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 45 36
10th Percentile £14.41 £6.00 £18.13
25th Percentile £17.12 £14.65 £28.00
Median hourly rate £27.15 £17.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +55.14% -62.16% -27.17%
75th Percentile £42.38 £58.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.38 £79.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.05 £15.66 £45.00
% change year-on-year +59.96% -65.20% -29.78%

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 45,377 29,398 32,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,769 18,279 20,543
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.49%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,906 1,760 1,592
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.73 £17.30 £18.69
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.03 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.58 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +88.14% -47.37% +14.67%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +13 1,600 £550 - 1,794
UK excluding London +30 1,014 £525 - 1,312
London +9 666 £600 +9.09% 745
Work from Home +22 542 £550 - 964
North of England +70 269 £525 +5.00% 301
South East -1 263 £513 -0.49% 300
Midlands +29 208 £525 -4.55% 235
North West +34 153 £525 +5.00% 172
West Midlands +11 118 £525 - 134
Yorkshire +33 96 £500 +10.50% 87
East of England -2 82 £510 -9.82% 136
East Midlands +21 81 £525 -12.50% 101
South West -27 78 £525 -13.93% 151
Scotland +7 74 £525 +5.00% 125
Northern Ireland +21 24 £450 +28.57% 74
North East -26 20 £500 +1.27% 45
Wales +2 18 £488 +50.00% 13
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 36 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.88%) Confluence
4 7 (0.36%) CMS
5 5 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.26%) SAS
6 4 (0.21%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.21%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.21%) ThingWorx
6 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.15%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.10%) Apache
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.10%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.051%) Mendix
Applications
1 101 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.26%) Windchill
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.051%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 280 (14.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 153 (7.88%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.45%) Oracle Payables
4 66 (3.40%) SAP ERP
5 65 (3.35%) NetSuite
6 52 (2.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 42 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 41 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
9 32 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
10 26 (1.34%) Oracle General Ledger
11 23 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
12 19 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
12 19 (0.98%) SAP MDG
13 15 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
13 15 (0.77%) Infor CloudSuite
13 15 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.72%) Workday HCM
15 13 (0.67%) SAP FI
15 13 (0.67%) SAP MM
16 12 (0.62%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 203 (10.45%) Dynamics 365
2 200 (10.30%) Azure
3 197 (10.14%) Power Platform
4 144 (7.42%) OCI
5 120 (6.18%) SaaS
6 80 (4.12%) AWS
7 63 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.01%) GCP
9 36 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (1.85%) PaaS
9 36 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
10 31 (1.60%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.49%) Boomi
12 27 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 26 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
14 25 (1.29%) GitHub
15 21 (1.08%) Entra ID
16 16 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 16 (0.82%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.51%) HTTP
2 7 (0.36%) Network Security
3 6 (0.31%) FTP
4 5 (0.26%) SSL
5 3 (0.15%) 5G
5 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 2 (0.10%) Intranet
6 2 (0.10%) LAN
6 2 (0.10%) SMS
6 2 (0.10%) WAN
7 1 (0.051%) DHCP
7 1 (0.051%) DMZ
7 1 (0.051%) DNS
7 1 (0.051%) MQTT
7 1 (0.051%) RFID
7 1 (0.051%) SMTP
7 1 (0.051%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.051%) VPN
7 1 (0.051%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (7.16%) Power BI
2 59 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
4 31 (1.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 23 (1.18%) Tableau
7 22 (1.13%) Oracle ODI
8 19 (0.98%) Metadata
9 13 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.67%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.36%) Power Query
11 7 (0.36%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 90 (4.63%) JIRA
2 32 (1.65%) Git
3 17 (0.88%) Hudson
4 14 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
5 13 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.31%) Postman
6 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.31%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) LSMW
9 3 (0.15%) Selenium
10 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.10%) MLflow
10 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.051%) Flyway
11 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,005 (51.75%) Finance
2 548 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 242 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (10.45%) Manufacturing
5 168 (8.65%) Public Sector
6 100 (5.15%) Retail
7 80 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (3.50%) General Ledger
9 57 (2.94%) Billing
10 50 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 50 (2.57%) Legal
11 48 (2.47%) Law
12 47 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (2.37%) Banking
14 39 (2.01%) Local Government
15 33 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 28 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
18 21 (1.08%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 357 (18.38%) Lead
2 317 (16.32%) Architect
3 254 (13.08%) Analyst
4 235 (12.10%) Consultant
5 149 (7.67%) Senior
6 142 (7.31%) Solutions Architect
7 131 (6.75%) Project Manager
8 118 (6.08%) Business Analyst
9 108 (5.56%) Developer
10 89 (4.58%) Oracle Consultant
11 62 (3.19%) ERP Manager
12 55 (2.83%) Accountant
12 55 (2.83%) Functional Consultant
13 54 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
14 46 (2.37%) Data Analyst
15 43 (2.21%) Lead Architect
15 43 (2.21%) Programme Manager
16 42 (2.16%) Administrator
16 42 (2.16%) SAP Manager
17 41 (2.11%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (10.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 120 (6.18%) REST
3 104 (5.36%) Middleware
4 73 (3.76%) SOAP
5 44 (2.27%) XML
6 42 (2.16%) JSON
7 36 (1.85%) Web Services
8 32 (1.65%) .NET
9 24 (1.24%) OAuth
10 21 (1.08%) EDI
11 20 (1.03%) OAuth2
12 18 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
12 18 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
12 18 (0.93%) Terraform
13 14 (0.72%) XSLT
14 11 (0.57%) CSS
14 11 (0.57%) HTML
14 11 (0.57%) Node.js
15 10 (0.51%) PySpark
15 10 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (3.71%) Data Structures
3 62 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 60 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 37 (1.91%) FMCG
8 33 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 32 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.08%) Life Science
13 16 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.82%) Operational Technology
14 15 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.77%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.72%) AI Agents
16 12 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.62%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 12 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.34%) Windows
2 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.41%) Linux
4 3 (0.15%) Unix
5 2 (0.10%) Android
5 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
5 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.051%) AIX
6 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (28.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 492 (25.33%) Migration
3 372 (19.16%) Data Migration
4 322 (16.58%) User Acceptance Testing
5 312 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 278 (14.32%) Agile
7 275 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 260 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
9 209 (10.76%) Validation
10 194 (9.99%) Change Management
11 190 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
12 188 (9.68%) CRM
13 185 (9.53%) Roadmaps
14 180 (9.27%) Process Improvement
15 176 (9.06%) Data Modelling
16 173 (8.91%) Analytics
17 152 (7.83%) Translating Business Requirements
18 143 (7.36%) Workshop Facilitation
19 139 (7.16%) Procure-to-Pay
20 136 (7.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 183 (9.42%) SQL
2 64 (3.30%) Python
3 35 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.75%) Java
4 34 (1.75%) PL/SQL
5 32 (1.65%) C#
6 20 (1.03%) Apex Code
6 20 (1.03%) X++
7 18 (0.93%) Ruby
8 15 (0.77%) ABAP
9 14 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.41%) Groovy
12 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.26%) SOQL
13 5 (0.26%) SOSL
14 4 (0.21%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.21%) VBA
15 3 (0.15%) C++
15 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 232 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 165 (8.50%) SC Cleared
3 123 (6.33%) Degree
4 68 (3.50%) ACCA
5 62 (3.19%) CIMA
6 54 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 37 (1.91%) PMP
8 33 (1.70%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.41%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.41%) CISM
14 8 (0.41%) CISSP
15 7 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (0.31%) IIBA
16 6 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (8.55%) Data Quality
2 73 (3.76%) QA
3 65 (3.35%) GDPR
4 53 (2.73%) PMO
5 30 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.24%) IFRS
7 20 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (0.98%) GRC
9 16 (0.82%) GAAP
10 13 (0.67%) NCSC
11 12 (0.62%) GMP
12 11 (0.57%) GxP
13 8 (0.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.31%) NIST
15 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.31%) SLA
16 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.46%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.051%) Firmware
4 1 (0.051%) IAG
4 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.10%) SCCM
6 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.051%) MOM
6 1 (0.051%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 602 (31.00%) SAP
2 552 (28.42%) Oracle
3 375 (19.31%) Microsoft
4 90 (4.63%) Salesforce
5 78 (4.02%) ServiceNow
6 70 (3.60%) Workday
7 66 (3.40%) IFS
8 43 (2.21%) Ariba
9 34 (1.75%) Infor
10 31 (1.60%) Sage
11 29 (1.49%) Databricks
12 27 (1.39%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.18%) Google
14 19 (0.98%) JD Edwards
15 17 (0.88%) Concur
16 16 (0.82%) Siemens
16 16 (0.82%) SYSPRO
17 10 (0.51%) Adobe
17 10 (0.51%) Epicor
17 10 (0.51%) IBM