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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 90 87
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 +31
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,551 812 1,068
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.53% 2.79% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.08% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 893 474 675
10th Percentile £363 £363 £353
25th Percentile £463 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £645 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £774 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 19 40
10th Percentile £18.27 £17.26 £14.15
25th Percentile £26.55 £65.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £77.50 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +75.00% -38.15%

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 37,704 26,329 38,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 90.53% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,901 17,073 24,878
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.13% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,218 942 2,338
10th Percentile £14.94 £15.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.31 £57.75
90th Percentile £75.12 £77.10 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -5.54% +0.83% -12.50%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +22 1,315 £550 +2.33% 741
UK excluding London +28 766 £525 +5.00% 615
London +22 580 £552 +0.36% 209
Work from Home +37 526 £550 - 346
North of England +30 186 £550 +20.55% 134
South East +2 182 £550 - 199
Midlands -22 135 £525 +5.00% 111
North West +42 118 £500 +2.41% 66
South West +19 116 £525 +13.26% 64
West Midlands -12 92 £565 +13.00% 77
East of England +2 84 £533 -5.33% 68
Yorkshire -18 59 £595 +48.75% 58
East Midlands -20 42 £500 +5.26% 34
Scotland +22 30 £535 +9.74% 30
Wales +13 24 £488 -32.76% 10
Northern Ireland +9 14 £475 +18.75% 11
North East -15 9 £500 - 14
Channel Islands - 1 - - 3

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 19 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.03%) Confluence
3 14 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.32%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.32%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.26%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.19%) Documentum
8 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CMS
9 2 (0.13%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.064%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 68 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.32%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 4 (0.26%) Windchill
9 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.064%) InVision
9 1 (0.064%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 233 (15.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 96 (6.19%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
4 61 (3.93%) SAP ERP
5 49 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 45 (2.90%) Oracle Payables
7 34 (2.19%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.93%) Oracle Receivables
9 26 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.16%) Shopify
11 17 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (1.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.03%) Workday HCM
13 15 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (0.84%) SAP PP
15 12 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
16 11 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
16 11 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
16 11 (0.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 215 (13.86%) Azure
2 182 (11.73%) Dynamics 365
3 146 (9.41%) OCI
4 126 (8.12%) Power Platform
5 93 (6.00%) SaaS
6 61 (3.93%) AWS
7 45 (2.90%) PaaS
8 44 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.00%) Power Automate
10 30 (1.93%) Boomi
11 29 (1.87%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
13 24 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 21 (1.35%) GCP
15 18 (1.16%) IaaS
16 17 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
18 14 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.19%) LAN
2 2 (0.13%) 5G
2 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.064%) DHCP
3 1 (0.064%) DNS
3 1 (0.064%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.064%) HTTP
3 1 (0.064%) Intranet
3 1 (0.064%) Modbus
3 1 (0.064%) Network Security
3 1 (0.064%) RFID
3 1 (0.064%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.064%) VoIP
3 1 (0.064%) VPN
3 1 (0.064%) WAN
3 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (6.32%) Power BI
2 61 (3.93%) Oracle Reports
3 54 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.87%) Data Lake
5 20 (1.29%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.10%) Oracle ODI
7 16 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 16 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.71%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.58%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.52%) GIS
12 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.45%) Tableau
13 6 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.32%) Power Query
15 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database 11g
16 3 (0.19%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 76 (4.90%) JIRA
2 29 (1.87%) Postman
3 24 (1.55%) Git
4 14 (0.90%) Hudson
5 10 (0.64%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.52%) GitLab
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.39%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.39%) Selenium
9 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.19%) LSMW
12 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.13%) TestRail
12 2 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
13 1 (0.064%) MLflow
General
1 799 (51.52%) Finance
2 499 (32.17%) Social Skills
3 212 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.45%) Manufacturing
6 68 (4.38%) Retail
7 63 (4.06%) Local Government
8 53 (3.42%) Legal
9 52 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
10 46 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 41 (2.64%) General Ledger
13 38 (2.45%) Banking
14 33 (2.13%) Law
15 25 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.48%) Marketing
18 21 (1.35%) Billing
19 19 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 17 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 229 (14.76%) Lead
2 226 (14.57%) Consultant
3 219 (14.12%) Architect
4 173 (11.15%) Analyst
5 151 (9.74%) Project Manager
6 135 (8.70%) Senior
7 107 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
8 101 (6.51%) Business Analyst
9 77 (4.96%) Developer
10 67 (4.32%) ERP Manager
11 52 (3.35%) SAP Manager
12 51 (3.29%) SAP Consultant
13 50 (3.22%) Implementation Consultant
14 48 (3.09%) Accountant
15 42 (2.71%) Financial Analyst
16 38 (2.45%) Senior Manager
17 37 (2.39%) Systems Accountant
18 35 (2.26%) Test Manager
19 33 (2.13%) Programme Manager
20 32 (2.06%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (12.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 86 (5.54%) REST
3 67 (4.32%) Middleware
4 60 (3.87%) SOAP
5 49 (3.16%) XML
6 44 (2.84%) Web Services
7 43 (2.77%) JSON
8 25 (1.61%) OAuth
9 22 (1.42%) XSLT
10 20 (1.29%) .NET
11 16 (1.03%) JWT
12 12 (0.77%) PySpark
13 11 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.64%) EDI
15 8 (0.52%) ADO
15 8 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.52%) Node.js
16 7 (0.45%) SAPUI5
17 6 (0.39%) Kafka
17 6 (0.39%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 27 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 22 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 21 (1.35%) IoT
9 17 (1.10%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.03%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.03%) FMCG
10 16 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.64%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.52%) Life Science
14 8 (0.52%) LIMS
14 8 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.10%) Windows
2 7 (0.45%) Linux
3 3 (0.19%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.064%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (26.37%) Migration
2 304 (19.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 271 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 256 (16.51%) Data Migration
5 242 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (14.57%) Agile
7 209 (13.48%) User Acceptance Testing
8 179 (11.54%) Project Management
9 164 (10.57%) Change Management
10 163 (10.51%) Validation
11 160 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 151 (9.74%) CRM
13 146 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
14 115 (7.41%) Project Delivery
15 113 (7.29%) Data Modelling
16 112 (7.22%) DevOps
17 110 (7.09%) Roadmaps
18 103 (6.64%) Procure-to-Pay
19 96 (6.19%) Analytics
20 95 (6.13%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 133 (8.58%) SQL
2 48 (3.09%) Python
3 39 (2.51%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.93%) Java
5 28 (1.81%) C#
6 19 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.77%) Ruby
8 10 (0.64%) ABAP
8 10 (0.64%) Apex Code
9 7 (0.45%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.39%) VBA
10 6 (0.39%) X++
11 5 (0.32%) Korn
11 5 (0.32%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.26%) Perl
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) PHP
13 3 (0.19%) XPath
Qualifications
1 199 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 146 (9.41%) SC Cleared
3 137 (8.83%) Degree
4 91 (5.87%) CIMA
5 79 (5.09%) ACCA
6 45 (2.90%) PMP
7 40 (2.58%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.90%) SAP Certification
11 13 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.64%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.58%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.45%) APMP
15 7 (0.45%) OCA
16 6 (0.39%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.09%) Data Quality
2 77 (4.96%) QA
3 59 (3.80%) GDPR
4 56 (3.61%) PMO
5 28 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.16%) GAAP
6 18 (1.16%) IFRS
7 15 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (0.90%) SLA
9 11 (0.71%) NIST
10 10 (0.64%) GxP
10 10 (0.64%) ITGC
11 9 (0.58%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.52%) COBIT
13 7 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
13 7 (0.45%) GMP
13 7 (0.45%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.39%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.39%) NCSC
15 5 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 5 (0.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.064%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (0.52%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.32%) Terraform
4 3 (0.19%) Control-M
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) MOM
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.064%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.064%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.064%) Kibana
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.064%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 461 (29.72%) SAP
2 447 (28.82%) Oracle
3 269 (17.34%) Microsoft
4 87 (5.61%) Workday
5 60 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.35%) IFS
7 51 (3.29%) Siemens
8 36 (2.32%) Databricks
9 34 (2.19%) Sage
10 32 (2.06%) Ariba
11 31 (2.00%) MuleSoft
12 29 (1.87%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.03%) Infor
13 16 (1.03%) Informatica
14 10 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.58%) Foundry
16 8 (0.52%) Adobe
16 8 (0.52%) HP
17 6 (0.39%) Epicor
17 6 (0.39%) IBM