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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 94 93
Rank change year-on-year +37 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 2,010 886 971
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.79% 2.69% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 2.98% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 533 572
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £642 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £507 £501
% change year-on-year +3.65% +1.20% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 54 40
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £25.40
25th Percentile £26.95 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £26.21 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.61% -47.58% -22.69%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.13 £69.16
90th Percentile £64.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +60.00% -41.18% -34.29%

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 45,137 29,773 34,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.05% 90.43% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,973 18,705 22,228
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.14%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,607 2,050
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.33 £17.50
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 £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.09% -

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +28 1,662 £550 +2.33% 746
UK excluding London +42 1,038 £525 +3.65% 572
London +21 702 £600 +9.09% 237
Work from Home +38 589 £550 - 336
South East +7 261 £525 +1.94% 148
North of England +55 248 £500 +5.26% 143
Midlands +34 202 £525 - 162
North West +40 146 £525 +7.53% 70
West Midlands +21 121 £544 +3.57% 92
South West +12 120 £538 -11.89% 47
East of England +13 97 £575 - 47
Yorkshire +14 82 £458 +12.96% 58
East Midlands +28 75 £525 -12.50% 69
Scotland +9 62 £500 -0.50% 21
Northern Ireland +23 31 £450 +28.57% 8
Wales - 22 £500 - 8
North East -28 20 £500 -6.98% 16
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 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.85%) 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%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.100%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.100%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.100%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.100%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.050%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 90 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.100%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.100%) Windchill
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 309 (15.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 150 (7.46%) Oracle ERP
3 65 (3.23%) SAP ERP
4 60 (2.99%) NetSuite
5 56 (2.79%) Oracle Payables
6 52 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
7 44 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
8 38 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 29 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
10 23 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
11 21 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
12 18 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
13 16 (0.80%) SAP MDG
14 15 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
14 15 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
15 11 (0.55%) Workday HCM
16 10 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
16 10 (0.50%) SAP FI
16 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 237 (11.79%) Azure
2 196 (9.75%) Dynamics 365
2 196 (9.75%) Power Platform
3 153 (7.61%) OCI
4 123 (6.12%) SaaS
5 74 (3.68%) AWS
6 60 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (2.24%) PaaS
8 37 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
9 36 (1.79%) Boomi
10 32 (1.59%) PowerApps
11 31 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 27 (1.34%) GCP
12 27 (1.34%) GitHub
13 26 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
14 24 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
15 21 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.80%) IaaS
17 16 (0.80%) 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%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
5 2 (0.100%) Intranet
5 2 (0.100%) LAN
5 2 (0.100%) RFID
5 2 (0.100%) WAN
6 1 (0.050%) DHCP
6 1 (0.050%) DMZ
6 1 (0.050%) DNS
6 1 (0.050%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.050%) Modbus
6 1 (0.050%) SMS
6 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) VoIP
6 1 (0.050%) VPN
6 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (7.01%) Power BI
2 73 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.59%) Data Lake
5 28 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 26 (1.29%) Oracle ODI
6 26 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.14%) Tableau
8 18 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (0.85%) Metadata
10 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
13 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 82 (4.08%) JIRA
2 38 (1.89%) Git
3 20 (1.00%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Postman
4 13 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 5 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.20%) Selenium
9 3 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
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 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.050%) ERwin
10 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.050%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1,044 (51.94%) Finance
2 506 (25.17%) Social Skills
3 251 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 169 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 106 (5.27%) Retail
7 79 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.13%) Legal
9 60 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 60 (2.99%) General Ledger
10 57 (2.84%) Local Government
11 50 (2.49%) Billing
12 48 (2.39%) Law
13 41 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 37 (1.84%) Banking
15 35 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 32 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
18 20 (1.00%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.95%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 366 (18.21%) Lead
2 320 (15.92%) Architect
3 249 (12.39%) Consultant
4 239 (11.89%) Analyst
5 176 (8.76%) Senior
6 158 (7.86%) Solutions Architect
7 155 (7.71%) Project Manager
8 116 (5.77%) Developer
9 112 (5.57%) Business Analyst
10 81 (4.03%) ERP Manager
11 66 (3.28%) Oracle Consultant
12 63 (3.13%) Accountant
13 60 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
14 48 (2.39%) Programme Manager
14 48 (2.39%) Senior Manager
14 48 (2.39%) Systems Accountant
15 47 (2.34%) SAP Manager
16 45 (2.24%) Finance Manager
17 43 (2.14%) SAP Consultant
18 42 (2.09%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (10.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 115 (5.72%) REST
3 107 (5.32%) Middleware
4 65 (3.23%) SOAP
5 49 (2.44%) JSON
6 42 (2.09%) XML
7 39 (1.94%) Web Services
8 29 (1.44%) .NET
9 23 (1.14%) OAuth
10 20 (1.00%) EDI
11 18 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
12 17 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
13 16 (0.80%) Node.js
13 16 (0.80%) XSLT
14 15 (0.75%) OAuth2
15 12 (0.60%) HTML
16 11 (0.55%) CSS
17 10 (0.50%) JWT
17 10 (0.50%) PySpark
17 10 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
2 77 (3.83%) Data Structures
3 60 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 38 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.69%) FMCG
9 32 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.85%) IoT
13 16 (0.80%) AI Agents
13 16 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.80%) Life Science
14 14 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 13 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.65%) Taxonomies
16 12 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.34%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.25%) Linux
4 2 (0.100%) Android
4 2 (0.100%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.100%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (25.87%) Migration
2 511 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 374 (18.61%) Data Migration
4 336 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 319 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
6 272 (13.53%) Agile
7 264 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 254 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
9 216 (10.75%) Change Management
9 216 (10.75%) Validation
10 204 (10.15%) Business Intelligence
11 182 (9.05%) Data Modelling
12 179 (8.91%) Analytics
13 177 (8.81%) CRM
14 174 (8.66%) Roadmaps
15 161 (8.01%) Project Management
16 148 (7.36%) Process Improvement
17 142 (7.06%) Procure-to-Pay
18 140 (6.97%) Translating Business Requirements
19 137 (6.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 186 (9.25%) SQL
2 70 (3.48%) Python
3 38 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 35 (1.74%) PL/SQL
5 34 (1.69%) Java
6 31 (1.54%) C#
7 20 (1.00%) Apex Code
7 20 (1.00%) Ruby
7 20 (1.00%) X++
8 16 (0.80%) ABAP
9 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.40%) Groovy
12 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.25%) SOQL
13 5 (0.25%) SOSL
13 5 (0.25%) VBA
14 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.15%) Korn
16 2 (0.100%) XPath
Qualifications
1 222 (11.04%) Security Cleared
2 159 (7.91%) SC Cleared
3 119 (5.92%) Degree
4 79 (3.93%) CIMA
5 78 (3.88%) ACCA
6 46 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 40 (1.99%) PMP
8 33 (1.64%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.55%) SAP Certification
12 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.45%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.30%) CISM
15 6 (0.30%) CISSP
15 6 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
16 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (7.11%) Data Quality
2 76 (3.78%) GDPR
3 74 (3.68%) QA
4 57 (2.84%) PMO
5 36 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 30 (1.49%) IFRS
7 21 (1.04%) GAAP
8 15 (0.75%) GMP
9 13 (0.65%) SLA
10 12 (0.60%) GRC
10 12 (0.60%) GxP
10 12 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.45%) NCSC
12 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 5 (0.25%) NIST
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 4 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.050%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.75%) Terraform
2 14 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.50%) 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 (0.100%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.100%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 619 (30.80%) SAP
2 561 (27.91%) Oracle
3 357 (17.76%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.13%) IFS
5 81 (4.03%) Workday
6 78 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 63 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 44 (2.19%) Ariba
9 43 (2.14%) Infor
9 43 (2.14%) Siemens
10 39 (1.94%) Databricks
11 37 (1.84%) Sage
12 36 (1.79%) MuleSoft
13 18 (0.90%) Concur
13 18 (0.90%) JD Edwards
14 15 (0.75%) Google
15 12 (0.60%) Epicor
16 11 (0.55%) Informatica
17 10 (0.50%) HP
17 10 (0.50%) SYSPRO