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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 98 94
Rank change year-on-year +39 -4 +16
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,811 748 990
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.71% 2.61% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.87% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 460 616
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -1.15% -0.91%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £506 £500
% change year-on-year +3.81% +1.15% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 26 29
10th Percentile £17.71 £17.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.98 £64.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +84.38% -36.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £86.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £35.75
% change year-on-year -20.69% +102.80% -44.72%

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 41,286 26,078 36,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.54% 91.02% 85.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,818 16,706 23,627
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,472 1,084 2,486
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.08 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.28 £27.52 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.64% -23.57% -1.09%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.84 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.19 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -32.93% +7.14%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +38 1,535 £538 - 654
UK excluding London +49 935 £525 +3.81% 491
London +36 654 £550 -2.65% 234
Work from Home +52 542 £550 - 304
South East +4 231 £560 +4.19% 137
North of England +39 215 £500 +5.26% 123
Midlands +20 182 £525 +5.00% 113
South West +35 130 £525 +5.00% 57
North West +37 114 £500 +2.25% 71
West Midlands +5 109 £525 +5.00% 59
East of England +13 96 £575 -4.17% 34
Yorkshire +5 87 £550 +37.50% 41
East Midlands +19 69 £525 +10.53% 53
Scotland +14 46 £513 +1.18% 22
Wales +6 22 £500 - 8
Northern Ireland +18 17 £475 +18.75% 11
North East -21 14 £500 -9.09% 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 24 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
3 16 (0.88%) Confluence
4 13 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.22%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.055%) Documentum
9 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 90 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 287 (15.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 123 (6.79%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (3.31%) SAP ERP
4 52 (2.87%) Oracle EBS
5 46 (2.54%) NetSuite
6 44 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
7 39 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 33 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
9 31 (1.71%) Oracle Receivables
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
13 15 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
13 15 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
14 14 (0.77%) Shopify
15 12 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
15 12 (0.66%) Teamcenter
15 12 (0.66%) Workday HCM
16 11 (0.61%) SAP FI
16 11 (0.61%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 225 (12.42%) Azure
2 190 (10.49%) Dynamics 365
3 151 (8.34%) OCI
4 148 (8.17%) Power Platform
5 92 (5.08%) SaaS
6 63 (3.48%) AWS
7 54 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (2.60%) PaaS
9 33 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 32 (1.77%) Power Automate
11 31 (1.71%) Boomi
12 25 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (0.94%) IaaS
13 17 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (0.88%) GCP
14 16 (0.88%) GitHub
14 16 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.22%) FTP
1 4 (0.22%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) 5G
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) HTTP
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.055%) DHCP
4 1 (0.055%) DMZ
4 1 (0.055%) DNS
4 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.055%) Modbus
4 1 (0.055%) MQTT
4 1 (0.055%) RFID
4 1 (0.055%) SMS
4 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
4 1 (0.055%) VPN
4 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.055%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (5.85%) Power BI
2 56 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
3 49 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
5 23 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 20 (1.10%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (0.66%) Metadata
8 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (0.61%) Tableau
9 10 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 99 (5.47%) JIRA
2 30 (1.66%) Git
3 29 (1.60%) Postman
4 21 (1.16%) Hudson
5 11 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 11 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.39%) Selenium
7 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.22%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.17%) GitLab
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Gradle
10 2 (0.11%) LSMW
11 1 (0.055%) ERwin
11 1 (0.055%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
General
1 925 (51.08%) Finance
2 495 (27.33%) Social Skills
3 232 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (9.55%) Manufacturing
5 120 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 87 (4.80%) Retail
7 65 (3.59%) Legal
8 55 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.82%) Local Government
10 50 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 49 (2.71%) General Ledger
11 49 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 46 (2.54%) Law
13 36 (1.99%) Banking
14 35 (1.93%) Billing
15 32 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.05%) Military
18 16 (0.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 304 (16.79%) Lead
2 260 (14.36%) Architect
3 241 (13.31%) Consultant
4 213 (11.76%) Analyst
5 174 (9.61%) Project Manager
6 150 (8.28%) Senior
7 130 (7.18%) Solutions Architect
8 106 (5.85%) Business Analyst
9 90 (4.97%) Developer
10 86 (4.75%) ERP Manager
11 62 (3.42%) Accountant
12 55 (3.04%) Oracle Consultant
13 52 (2.87%) Financial Analyst
14 51 (2.82%) Implementation Consultant
14 51 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
14 51 (2.82%) Senior Manager
15 47 (2.60%) SAP Manager
16 46 (2.54%) Systems Accountant
17 44 (2.43%) Programme Manager
18 40 (2.21%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (11.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 103 (5.69%) REST
3 84 (4.64%) Middleware
4 61 (3.37%) SOAP
5 51 (2.82%) JSON
6 49 (2.71%) XML
7 34 (1.88%) Web Services
8 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 23 (1.27%) .NET
10 22 (1.21%) XSLT
11 16 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
11 16 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
12 15 (0.83%) JWT
12 15 (0.83%) Node.js
13 13 (0.72%) EDI
14 11 (0.61%) HTML
15 10 (0.55%) PySpark
15 10 (0.55%) RESTful
16 8 (0.44%) OpenAPI
16 8 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.58%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (3.15%) Data Structures
3 43 (2.37%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.26%) Public Cloud
5 29 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 29 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 28 (1.55%) FMCG
7 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (0.88%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.77%) IoT
12 14 (0.77%) Life Science
13 11 (0.61%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.50%) SCADA
16 8 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.21%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Unix
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) AIX
4 1 (0.055%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.055%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (25.57%) Migration
2 395 (21.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 302 (16.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 301 (16.62%) Data Migration
5 270 (14.91%) User Acceptance Testing
6 261 (14.41%) Agile
7 242 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
8 221 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 198 (10.93%) Change Management
9 198 (10.93%) Validation
10 186 (10.27%) Project Management
11 157 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
12 146 (8.06%) CRM
13 145 (8.01%) Data Modelling
14 143 (7.90%) Procure-to-Pay
15 136 (7.51%) Roadmaps
16 119 (6.57%) Analytics
17 113 (6.24%) DevOps
17 113 (6.24%) Project Delivery
17 113 (6.24%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 153 (8.45%) SQL
2 54 (2.98%) Python
3 37 (2.04%) PL/SQL
4 33 (1.82%) Java
5 32 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.71%) C#
7 18 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 15 (0.83%) Ruby
8 15 (0.83%) X++
9 11 (0.61%) ABAP
10 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.28%) SOQL
12 5 (0.28%) SOSL
12 5 (0.28%) VBA
13 4 (0.22%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) C++
14 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 191 (10.55%) Security Cleared
2 140 (7.73%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.45%) Degree
4 100 (5.52%) CIMA
5 92 (5.08%) ACCA
6 43 (2.37%) PMP
7 36 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 14 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.55%) SAP Certification
12 9 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.39%) APMP
13 7 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.33%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.22%) APMG
16 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.02%) Data Quality
2 74 (4.09%) QA
3 69 (3.81%) GDPR
4 46 (2.54%) PMO
5 30 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (1.21%) IFRS
7 19 (1.05%) SLA
8 16 (0.88%) GAAP
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.55%) GxP
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
10 7 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.28%) NCSC
13 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.22%) GRC
13 4 (0.22%) NIST
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 10 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.50%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.28%) Terraform
4 4 (0.22%) Kibana
4 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Control-M
5 3 (0.17%) Grafana
5 3 (0.17%) MOM
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 564 (31.14%) SAP
2 508 (28.05%) Oracle
3 297 (16.40%) Microsoft
4 91 (5.02%) Workday
5 73 (4.03%) IFS
5 73 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.09%) Siemens
7 52 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 40 (2.21%) Databricks
9 36 (1.99%) Ariba
10 35 (1.93%) MuleSoft
11 29 (1.60%) Infor
11 29 (1.60%) Sage
12 16 (0.88%) Informatica
13 13 (0.72%) Epicor
14 9 (0.50%) HP
14 9 (0.50%) JD Edwards
15 8 (0.44%) Concur
15 8 (0.44%) Foundry
15 8 (0.44%) Google