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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 85 97
Rank change year-on-year +22 +12 +1
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,966 948 905
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.66% 2.88% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 3.18% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 568 512
10th Percentile £370 £329 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £461
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 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £511
% change year-on-year - +2.69% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 46 36
10th Percentile £14.82 £6.00 £18.13
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.67 £28.00
Median hourly rate £27.30 £17.43 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% -62.32% -27.17%
75th Percentile £43.50 £52.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.50 £78.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £16.29 £45.00
% change year-on-year +55.80% -63.80% -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 45,455 29,807 32,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.58% 90.45% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,783 18,569 20,737
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% -3.67%
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 2,905 1,767 1,609
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.30 £18.89
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +3.56%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.49% -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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 1,628 £550 - 1,114
UK excluding London +27 1,028 £525 - 849
London +8 681 £600 +9.09% 393
Work from Home +19 543 £550 - 485
North of England +68 275 £525 +5.00% 184
South East -1 268 £525 +1.94% 259
Midlands +34 209 £525 -4.55% 188
North West +43 159 £525 +5.00% 94
West Midlands +20 118 £525 - 113
Yorkshire +30 95 £500 +10.50% 65
East of England +2 84 £509 -9.91% 87
East Midlands +26 82 £525 -12.50% 73
South West -30 78 £525 -12.50% 89
Scotland +13 74 £525 +5.00% 39
Northern Ireland +21 24 £450 +28.57% 11
North East -20 21 £500 -6.98% 28
Wales +3 18 £488 +50.00% 15
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 35 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (0.97%) Confluence
4 6 (0.31%) CMS
5 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.25%) SAS
6 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.20%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.20%) ThingWorx
6 4 (0.20%) 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
9 1 (0.051%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.051%) Ethereum
Applications
1 102 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.25%) Windchill
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.051%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 288 (14.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 156 (7.93%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.36%) NetSuite
3 66 (3.36%) Oracle Payables
4 65 (3.31%) SAP ERP
5 51 (2.59%) Oracle Receivables
6 46 (2.34%) Oracle EBS
7 43 (2.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 33 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
9 26 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
10 24 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.97%) SAP MDG
12 18 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
13 15 (0.76%) Infor CloudSuite
13 15 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.71%) Workday HCM
15 13 (0.66%) SAP FI
15 13 (0.66%) SAP MM
16 12 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
16 12 (0.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 200 (10.17%) Azure
2 197 (10.02%) Dynamics 365
3 196 (9.97%) Power Platform
4 147 (7.48%) OCI
5 119 (6.05%) SaaS
6 79 (4.02%) AWS
7 60 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (1.98%) GCP
9 38 (1.93%) PaaS
10 37 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
11 36 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
12 31 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 29 (1.48%) Boomi
14 27 (1.37%) PowerApps
15 26 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
16 25 (1.27%) GitHub
17 20 (1.02%) Entra ID
18 16 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 16 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.41%) HTTP
2 7 (0.36%) Network Security
3 6 (0.31%) FTP
4 5 (0.25%) 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 (7.07%) Power BI
2 65 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (2.24%) Oracle Reports
4 33 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.22%) Oracle ODI
7 23 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.17%) Tableau
8 19 (0.97%) Metadata
9 13 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.56%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) Power Query
12 7 (0.36%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 90 (4.58%) JIRA
2 31 (1.58%) Git
3 18 (0.92%) Hudson
4 13 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
4 13 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.31%) Postman
5 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.20%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.15%) GitLab
7 3 (0.15%) LSMW
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.15%) Selenium
7 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.10%) MLflow
8 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.051%) JDeveloper
9 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,020 (51.88%) Finance
2 551 (28.03%) Social Skills
3 247 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (10.38%) Manufacturing
5 172 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 102 (5.19%) Retail
7 80 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
8 67 (3.41%) General Ledger
9 55 (2.80%) Billing
9 55 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.59%) Legal
11 48 (2.44%) Law
12 47 (2.39%) Banking
13 46 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (1.98%) Local Government
15 35 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 33 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
17 29 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.02%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.97%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 369 (18.77%) Lead
2 318 (16.17%) Architect
3 264 (13.43%) Analyst
4 231 (11.75%) Consultant
5 152 (7.73%) Senior
6 143 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
7 131 (6.66%) Project Manager
8 124 (6.31%) Business Analyst
9 106 (5.39%) Developer
10 87 (4.43%) Oracle Consultant
11 64 (3.26%) ERP Manager
12 58 (2.95%) Financial Analyst
13 55 (2.80%) Accountant
14 52 (2.64%) Functional Consultant
15 48 (2.44%) Data Analyst
16 44 (2.24%) Programme Manager
17 43 (2.19%) Administrator
17 43 (2.19%) Lead Architect
17 43 (2.19%) SAP Manager
18 41 (2.09%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (10.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 119 (6.05%) REST
3 104 (5.29%) Middleware
4 70 (3.56%) SOAP
5 42 (2.14%) JSON
5 42 (2.14%) XML
6 33 (1.68%) Web Services
7 31 (1.58%) .NET
8 24 (1.22%) OAuth
9 21 (1.07%) EDI
10 20 (1.02%) OAuth2
11 18 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
11 18 (0.92%) Terraform
12 17 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
13 14 (0.71%) XSLT
14 11 (0.56%) CSS
14 11 (0.56%) HTML
14 11 (0.56%) Node.js
15 10 (0.51%) PySpark
15 10 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.14%) Legacy Systems
2 70 (3.56%) Data Structures
3 61 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 37 (1.88%) FMCG
8 34 (1.73%) Public Cloud
9 33 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.07%) Life Science
12 16 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (0.76%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.76%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.71%) AI Agents
15 12 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.61%) CMDB
15 12 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.27%) Windows
2 8 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.36%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Unix
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.051%) AIX
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (28.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 500 (25.43%) Migration
3 373 (18.97%) Data Migration
4 322 (16.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 318 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 280 (14.24%) Agile
7 277 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 256 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (10.48%) Validation
10 198 (10.07%) Change Management
11 193 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
12 189 (9.61%) CRM
13 181 (9.21%) Roadmaps
14 180 (9.16%) Process Improvement
15 177 (9.00%) Data Modelling
16 172 (8.75%) Analytics
17 151 (7.68%) Translating Business Requirements
18 142 (7.22%) Procure-to-Pay
19 140 (7.12%) Workshop Facilitation
20 137 (6.97%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 179 (9.10%) SQL
2 63 (3.20%) Python
3 35 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.73%) Java
5 32 (1.63%) PL/SQL
6 30 (1.53%) C#
7 20 (1.02%) Apex Code
7 20 (1.02%) X++
8 18 (0.92%) Ruby
9 15 (0.76%) ABAP
10 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.41%) Groovy
13 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.25%) SOQL
14 5 (0.25%) SOSL
14 5 (0.25%) VBA
15 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.15%) C++
16 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 233 (11.85%) Security Cleared
2 166 (8.44%) SC Cleared
3 124 (6.31%) Degree
4 70 (3.56%) ACCA
5 64 (3.26%) CIMA
6 55 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.83%) PMP
8 32 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 22 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.56%) 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
1 163 (8.29%) Data Quality
2 69 (3.51%) QA
3 66 (3.36%) GDPR
4 55 (2.80%) PMO
5 31 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 24 (1.22%) IFRS
7 20 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (0.97%) GRC
9 16 (0.81%) GAAP
10 13 (0.66%) NCSC
11 11 (0.56%) GMP
12 10 (0.51%) GxP
13 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 6 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.31%) NIST
14 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.31%) SLA
15 5 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (0.92%) 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 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.25%) Grafana
3 5 (0.25%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.20%) Kibana
5 3 (0.15%) MOM
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.10%) SCCM
7 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 604 (30.72%) SAP
2 559 (28.43%) Oracle
3 373 (18.97%) Microsoft
4 89 (4.53%) Salesforce
5 78 (3.97%) ServiceNow
6 71 (3.61%) Workday
7 70 (3.56%) IFS
8 43 (2.19%) Ariba
9 34 (1.73%) Infor
10 32 (1.63%) Databricks
11 30 (1.53%) Sage
12 28 (1.42%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.17%) Google
14 18 (0.92%) JD Edwards
15 17 (0.86%) Concur
16 15 (0.76%) Siemens
16 15 (0.76%) SYSPRO
17 11 (0.56%) Epicor
18 10 (0.51%) Adobe
18 10 (0.51%) IBM