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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 93 93
Rank change year-on-year +37 0 +10
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,992 874 980
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.78% 2.68% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 2.96% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 530 577
10th Percentile £362 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £641 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £726 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 53 41
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £20.00
25th Percentile £27.23 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £49.25 £26.21 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.91% -44.82% -26.81%
75th Percentile £58.75 £73.75 £68.88
90th Percentile £63.88 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.61 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.22% -35.99% -38.58%

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 44,826 29,510 35,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.34% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,532 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
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 2,642 1,578 2,152
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.94 £62.76
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.13 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.45%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +29 1,645 £550 +3.77% 806
UK excluding London +48 1,031 £525 +5.00% 575
London +20 690 £600 +9.09% 266
Work from Home +40 588 £550 - 396
South East +2 258 £525 +1.94% 130
North of England +54 245 £500 +5.26% 141
Midlands +39 201 £525 - 170
North West +39 143 £525 +7.69% 68
South West +13 123 £538 +2.38% 54
West Midlands +12 120 £540 +2.86% 94
East of England +18 96 £575 +2.22% 53
Yorkshire +11 82 £458 +12.96% 57
East Midlands +25 74 £525 -4.55% 75
Scotland +19 60 £500 -0.99% 21
Northern Ireland +27 31 £450 +28.57% 5
Wales - 22 £500 - 9
North East -23 20 £500 -6.98% 18
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 (1.51%) 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 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 88 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.10%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.10%) Windchill
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 309 (15.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 148 (7.43%) Oracle ERP
3 65 (3.26%) SAP ERP
4 60 (3.01%) NetSuite
5 54 (2.71%) Oracle Payables
6 50 (2.51%) Oracle EBS
7 42 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 37 (1.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 28 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
11 19 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
12 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
13 17 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
14 16 (0.80%) SAP MDG
15 15 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
16 14 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
17 10 (0.50%) Oracle 11i
17 10 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
17 10 (0.50%) SAP FI
17 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 238 (11.95%) Azure
2 192 (9.64%) Power Platform
3 190 (9.54%) Dynamics 365
4 147 (7.38%) OCI
5 120 (6.02%) SaaS
6 73 (3.66%) AWS
7 59 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.11%) PaaS
9 37 (1.86%) SuccessFactors
10 36 (1.81%) Boomi
11 30 (1.51%) PowerApps
12 29 (1.46%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.36%) GitHub
14 26 (1.31%) GCP
14 26 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
15 24 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 15 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 4 (0.20%) FTP
3 3 (0.15%) 5G
3 3 (0.15%) Firewall
3 3 (0.15%) SSL
4 2 (0.10%) Intranet
4 2 (0.10%) LAN
4 2 (0.10%) RFID
4 2 (0.10%) WAN
5 1 (0.050%) DHCP
5 1 (0.050%) DMZ
5 1 (0.050%) DNS
5 1 (0.050%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.050%) Modbus
5 1 (0.050%) SMS
5 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.050%) VoIP
5 1 (0.050%) VPN
5 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (7.03%) Power BI
2 70 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
5 26 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 25 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 23 (1.15%) 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 79 (3.97%) JIRA
2 37 (1.86%) Git
3 20 (1.00%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Postman
5 12 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.25%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.050%) ERwin
11 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.050%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,021 (51.26%) Finance
2 494 (24.80%) Social Skills
3 248 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (10.14%) Manufacturing
5 162 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.27%) Retail
7 77 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (3.16%) Legal
9 59 (2.96%) General Ledger
10 58 (2.91%) Local Government
11 57 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
12 50 (2.51%) Billing
13 48 (2.41%) Law
14 41 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 37 (1.86%) Banking
16 34 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 32 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
18 27 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
19 20 (1.00%) Aerospace
20 18 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 357 (17.92%) Lead
2 319 (16.01%) Architect
3 246 (12.35%) Consultant
4 238 (11.95%) Analyst
5 174 (8.73%) Senior
6 157 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
7 154 (7.73%) Project Manager
8 111 (5.57%) Business Analyst
8 111 (5.57%) Developer
9 81 (4.07%) ERP Manager
10 64 (3.21%) Accountant
11 61 (3.06%) Oracle Consultant
12 57 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
13 49 (2.46%) Systems Accountant
14 48 (2.41%) Senior Manager
15 47 (2.36%) Programme Manager
15 47 (2.36%) SAP Manager
16 45 (2.26%) Finance Manager
16 45 (2.26%) SAP Consultant
17 43 (2.16%) Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (9.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 113 (5.67%) REST
3 107 (5.37%) Middleware
4 63 (3.16%) SOAP
5 47 (2.36%) JSON
6 40 (2.01%) XML
7 37 (1.86%) Web Services
8 29 (1.46%) .NET
9 21 (1.05%) 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
14 14 (0.70%) XSLT
15 13 (0.65%) OAuth2
16 12 (0.60%) HTML
17 11 (0.55%) CSS
18 10 (0.50%) JWT
18 10 (0.50%) PySpark
19 9 (0.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
2 74 (3.71%) Data Structures
3 59 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 53 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.71%) FMCG
9 32 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 25 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.85%) IoT
13 16 (0.80%) Life Science
14 15 (0.75%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (0.70%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.60%) Operational Technology
17 12 (0.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.31%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.25%) 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 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (25.90%) Migration
2 502 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 370 (18.57%) Data Migration
4 331 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 313 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 266 (13.35%) Agile
7 262 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
9 215 (10.79%) Validation
10 210 (10.54%) Change Management
11 200 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
12 182 (9.14%) Data Modelling
13 177 (8.89%) Analytics
14 174 (8.73%) CRM
15 172 (8.63%) Roadmaps
16 158 (7.93%) Project Management
17 145 (7.28%) Process Improvement
18 141 (7.08%) Procure-to-Pay
19 133 (6.68%) Translating Business Requirements
20 131 (6.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 185 (9.29%) SQL
2 70 (3.51%) Python
3 37 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.71%) Java
4 34 (1.71%) PL/SQL
5 30 (1.51%) C#
6 20 (1.00%) Apex Code
6 20 (1.00%) Ruby
7 19 (0.95%) X++
8 16 (0.80%) ABAP
9 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.30%) Groovy
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 (0.10%) XPath
Qualifications
1 212 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 153 (7.68%) SC Cleared
3 115 (5.77%) Degree
4 77 (3.87%) CIMA
5 76 (3.82%) ACCA
6 39 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.81%) PMP
8 30 (1.51%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.55%) SAP Certification
13 9 (0.45%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.35%) Microsoft 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 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 76 (3.82%) GDPR
2 76 (3.82%) QA
3 56 (2.81%) PMO
4 34 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 30 (1.51%) IFRS
6 21 (1.05%) GAAP
7 15 (0.75%) GMP
8 13 (0.65%) SLA
9 12 (0.60%) GxP
9 12 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.55%) GRC
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
15 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
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 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 617 (30.97%) SAP
2 548 (27.51%) Oracle
3 351 (17.62%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.22%) IFS
5 81 (4.07%) Workday
6 78 (3.92%) Salesforce
7 60 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 46 (2.31%) Siemens
9 44 (2.21%) Ariba
10 43 (2.16%) Infor
11 39 (1.96%) Databricks
12 37 (1.86%) Sage
13 36 (1.81%) MuleSoft
14 18 (0.90%) Concur
14 18 (0.90%) JD Edwards
15 14 (0.70%) Google
16 12 (0.60%) Epicor
17 11 (0.55%) Informatica
18 10 (0.50%) HP
18 10 (0.50%) SYSPRO