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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 79 93
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 0
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,888 1,055 952
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.46% 3.18% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 3.52% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,064 634 515
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 43 36
10th Percentile £13.99 £6.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £17.12 £13.82 £28.00
Median hourly rate £23.18 £17.00 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.35% -51.92% -58.28%
75th Percentile £31.15 £30.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £73.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £15.66 £41.43
% change year-on-year +48.02% -62.20% -38.85%

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 46,102 30,004 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.46% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,718 18,629 19,703
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,326 1,885 1,303
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.52 £65.00 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.25
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.02% -2.94%

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 9 October 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 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 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 9 October 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 +3 1,575 £550 - 2,570
UK excluding London +23 992 £525 - 1,559
London -8 626 £600 +4.35% 1,157
Work from Home -3 534 £550 +4.76% 993
North of England +55 270 £525 +3.70% 359
South East -18 229 £525 +1.94% 367
Midlands +25 227 £525 - 268
North West +22 152 £525 +2.44% 178
West Midlands +20 138 £525 - 164
Yorkshire +45 100 £450 -10.00% 117
East of England -4 96 £500 -9.09% 162
South West -29 80 £575 -4.17% 165
East Midlands +8 79 £525 - 104
Scotland -10 54 £525 +5.00% 132
Wales +8 22 £475 +46.15% 38
Northern Ireland +18 19 £450 +28.57% 90
North East -25 18 £538 +19.44% 69

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 40 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 19 (1.01%) Confluence
4 10 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.42%) CMS
6 5 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.26%) SAS
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.16%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.11%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.11%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.053%) Mendix
Applications
1 105 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.69%) Windchill
7 11 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.053%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.053%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 263 (13.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 140 (7.42%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.50%) Oracle Payables
4 64 (3.39%) SAP ERP
5 59 (3.13%) NetSuite
6 55 (2.91%) Oracle Receivables
7 44 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
8 36 (1.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 34 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
9 34 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
10 29 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
11 23 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
11 23 (1.22%) SAP MDG
12 18 (0.95%) Teamcenter
13 17 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
13 17 (0.90%) Workday HCM
14 16 (0.85%) SAP MM
15 15 (0.79%) SAP FI
16 13 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
17 12 (0.64%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 215 (11.39%) Azure
2 172 (9.11%) Dynamics 365
3 159 (8.42%) Power Platform
4 123 (6.51%) SaaS
5 121 (6.41%) OCI
6 72 (3.81%) AWS
7 70 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (2.17%) GCP
10 36 (1.91%) Power Automate
11 30 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
12 28 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 25 (1.32%) PaaS
15 23 (1.22%) Boomi
16 22 (1.17%) Entra ID
17 20 (1.06%) GitHub
18 16 (0.85%) Serverless
19 15 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
19 15 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.64%) HTTP
2 9 (0.48%) Network Security
3 5 (0.26%) SSL
4 4 (0.21%) FTP
5 3 (0.16%) Firewall
6 2 (0.11%) DMZ
6 2 (0.11%) DNS
6 2 (0.11%) MQTT
6 2 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.053%) 5G
7 1 (0.053%) Intranet
7 1 (0.053%) LAN
7 1 (0.053%) RFID
7 1 (0.053%) SMS
7 1 (0.053%) SMTP
7 1 (0.053%) WAN
7 1 (0.053%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.24%) Power BI
2 58 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 22 (1.17%) Tableau
6 21 (1.11%) Data Lake
7 16 (0.85%) Metadata
7 16 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (0.69%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.42%) Power Query
11 7 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.37%) Oracle ODI
11 7 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.32%) GIS
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 103 (5.46%) JIRA
2 32 (1.69%) Git
3 13 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.53%) Postman
5 8 (0.42%) Hudson
6 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
7 6 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.21%) Flyway
9 3 (0.16%) MLflow
10 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
10 2 (0.11%) TestRail
11 1 (0.053%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
General
1 942 (49.89%) Finance
2 589 (31.20%) Social Skills
3 261 (13.82%) Manufacturing
4 237 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
5 171 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.56%) Retail
7 84 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
8 83 (4.40%) General Ledger
9 75 (3.97%) Billing
10 70 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (2.60%) Banking
12 39 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 38 (2.01%) Legal
13 38 (2.01%) Local Government
14 32 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.43%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 26 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.22%) Marketing
18 21 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 311 (16.47%) Lead
2 281 (14.88%) Architect
3 230 (12.18%) Consultant
4 222 (11.76%) Analyst
5 136 (7.20%) Senior
6 135 (7.15%) Solutions Architect
7 125 (6.62%) Project Manager
8 115 (6.09%) Business Analyst
9 91 (4.82%) Developer
10 85 (4.50%) Oracle Consultant
11 67 (3.55%) Administrator
12 60 (3.18%) ERP Manager
13 57 (3.02%) Accountant
13 57 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
14 42 (2.22%) Data Analyst
15 40 (2.12%) Finance Manager
15 40 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
16 39 (2.07%) Programme Manager
17 37 (1.96%) SAP Consultant
17 37 (1.96%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (12.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 130 (6.89%) REST
3 112 (5.93%) Middleware
4 79 (4.18%) SOAP
5 51 (2.70%) XML
6 45 (2.38%) JSON
6 45 (2.38%) Web Services
7 30 (1.59%) .NET
7 30 (1.59%) OAuth
8 25 (1.32%) OAuth2
9 21 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
10 20 (1.06%) EDI
11 18 (0.95%) Terraform
12 14 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (0.74%) XSLT
13 12 (0.64%) CSS
13 12 (0.64%) HTML
13 12 (0.64%) IDoc
13 12 (0.64%) Node.js
14 11 (0.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
2 68 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
3 67 (3.55%) Product Ownership
4 63 (3.34%) Data Structures
5 59 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 58 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 37 (1.96%) FMCG
8 29 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 24 (1.27%) Life Science
12 20 (1.06%) AI Agents
13 17 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 13 (0.69%) Operational Technology
17 12 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
17 12 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.48%) Windows
2 11 (0.58%) Linux
3 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
5 4 (0.21%) Android
5 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) AIX
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (32.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 449 (23.78%) Migration
3 338 (17.90%) Data Migration
4 283 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
5 274 (14.51%) Agile
6 267 (14.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 253 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 241 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 208 (11.02%) Validation
10 191 (10.12%) Process Improvement
11 187 (9.90%) Roadmaps
12 185 (9.80%) CRM
13 178 (9.43%) Change Management
14 172 (9.11%) Analytics
15 151 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
16 149 (7.89%) Data Modelling
17 145 (7.68%) Project Delivery
18 142 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
19 134 (7.10%) Decision-Making
20 130 (6.89%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.59%) SQL
2 60 (3.18%) Python
3 37 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 32 (1.69%) C#
5 30 (1.59%) Java
6 24 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.06%) X++
8 18 (0.95%) ABAP
9 14 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.42%) Groovy
11 8 (0.42%) Ruby
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.21%) C++
13 4 (0.21%) PHP
14 3 (0.16%) Rust
14 3 (0.16%) SOQL
14 3 (0.16%) SOSL
15 2 (0.11%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 260 (13.77%) Security Cleared
2 194 (10.28%) SC Cleared
3 120 (6.36%) Degree
4 74 (3.92%) ACCA
5 70 (3.71%) CIMA
6 54 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.07%) PMP
8 38 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 32 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.58%) APMG
13 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.48%) SAP Certification
15 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.42%) CISSP
15 8 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.37%) CISM
16 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (9.27%) Data Quality
2 65 (3.44%) QA
3 53 (2.81%) PMO
4 52 (2.75%) GDPR
5 26 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.32%) IFRS
7 22 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.01%) GRC
9 17 (0.90%) GAAP
10 16 (0.85%) NCSC
11 13 (0.69%) GMP
12 11 (0.58%) GxP
13 9 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 9 (0.48%) SLA
14 8 (0.42%) Accessibility
15 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 6 (0.32%) NIST
17 5 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.37%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) IAG
5 1 (0.053%) Firmware
5 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.21%) Kibana
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.21%) SCCM
5 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.053%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.053%) MOM
6 1 (0.053%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 622 (32.94%) SAP
2 523 (27.70%) Oracle
3 370 (19.60%) Microsoft
4 91 (4.82%) Salesforce
5 83 (4.40%) Workday
6 77 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 55 (2.91%) IFS
8 51 (2.70%) Ariba
9 35 (1.85%) Infor
9 35 (1.85%) Sage
10 31 (1.64%) JD Edwards
11 23 (1.22%) Databricks
11 23 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 23 (1.22%) Siemens
12 20 (1.06%) Google
13 17 (0.90%) Concur
13 17 (0.90%) IBM
14 16 (0.85%) SYSPRO
15 15 (0.79%) PTC
16 12 (0.64%) Dell