ERP Contracts

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 94 118
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +6
Contract jobs citing ERP 791 1,021 1,308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.71% 2.34% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.71% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 648 840
10th Percentile £362 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £433 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £642
90th Percentile £772 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 29 15
10th Percentile £51.38 £13.05 £39.55
25th Percentile £65.31 £17.00 £54.38
Median hourly rate £71.25 £40.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.13% -36.00% +262.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.00 £70.63
90th Percentile £86.25 £69.10 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.25 £35.75 £64.68
% change year-on-year +99.30% -44.72% +317.26%

All Process and 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 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 +8 659 £538 -2.27% 939
UK excluding London -5 348 £505 +1.00% 653
London +4 315 £550 -4.35% 305
Work from Home -14 274 £538 -2.27% 490
South East +38 101 £550 +4.76% 141
Midlands -4 68 £500 - 160
North of England -10 61 £438 -12.50% 174
South West +36 52 £475 -9.52% 81
West Midlands -11 45 £500 +14.29% 83
East of England +30 38 £600 +14.29% 56
North West -4 31 £488 -2.35% 120
Scotland -39 31 £505 -3.81% 33
East Midlands +10 21 £475 -13.64% 73
Yorkshire -16 19 £400 -20.00% 38
North East +7 11 £450 - 17
Wales +4 2 £725 +107.14% 12
Northern Ireland -12 2 £400 -38.46% 11

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (0.88%) NetWeaver
4 7 (0.88%) SAP EP
5 5 (0.63%) Confluence
6 4 (0.51%) CMS
7 3 (0.38%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.76%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Trello
6 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 96 (12.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (7.96%) Oracle ERP
3 45 (5.69%) SAP ERP
4 25 (3.16%) Oracle EBS
5 23 (2.91%) Oracle Payables
6 18 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 18 (2.28%) NetSuite
7 15 (1.90%) Unit4 Business World
8 13 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 11 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
10 10 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.88%) Infor LN
11 7 (0.88%) SAP CRM
11 7 (0.88%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
12 6 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.76%) SAP CO
12 6 (0.76%) SAP GRC
12 6 (0.76%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 90 (11.38%) OCI
2 83 (10.49%) Azure
3 57 (7.21%) Power Platform
4 55 (6.95%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (4.30%) SaaS
6 24 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
7 23 (2.91%) AWS
8 20 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 17 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.02%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.90%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.14%) GCP
14 8 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.01%) Oracle CX
15 7 (0.88%) Asana
15 7 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.88%) Serverless
16 6 (0.76%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.38%) RFID
2 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 2 (0.25%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.13%) Skype
3 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.69%) Oracle Reports
1 45 (5.69%) Power BI
2 23 (2.91%) Data Lake
3 20 (2.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 13 (1.64%) SAP HANA
5 11 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.26%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.26%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.76%) Tableau
9 5 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.63%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.51%) MySQL
10 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.38%) Metadata
11 3 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.05%) JIRA
2 5 (0.63%) Postman
3 4 (0.51%) LoadRunner
3 4 (0.51%) NeoLoad
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.25%) JMeter
4 2 (0.25%) TestRail
5 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) GCC
5 1 (0.13%) Hudson
5 1 (0.13%) LSMW
5 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.13%) Selenium
5 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 327 (41.34%) Finance
2 272 (34.39%) Social Skills
3 121 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (10.87%) Manufacturing
5 67 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 60 (7.59%) Retail
7 28 (3.54%) Local Government
8 26 (3.29%) Legal
9 25 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 20 (2.53%) Marketing
11 18 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.90%) Automotive
12 15 (1.90%) Billing
13 14 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.77%) Law
14 13 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.52%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.39%) Banking
17 10 (1.26%) Back Office
18 9 (1.14%) German Language
Job Titles
1 118 (14.92%) Consultant
2 114 (14.41%) Analyst
3 97 (12.26%) Lead
4 82 (10.37%) Architect
5 77 (9.73%) Project Manager
6 67 (8.47%) Business Analyst
7 43 (5.44%) Developer
7 43 (5.44%) ERP Manager
8 38 (4.80%) Senior
9 37 (4.68%) Oracle Consultant
10 34 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (4.05%) SAP Manager
12 26 (3.29%) ERP Consultant
13 25 (3.16%) Functional Consultant
14 22 (2.78%) SAP Architect
15 20 (2.53%) Programme Manager
15 20 (2.53%) SAP Consultant
16 18 (2.28%) SAP Project Manager
17 17 (2.15%) Financial Analyst
17 17 (2.15%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (14.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (3.16%) Middleware
3 17 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (2.02%) Web Services
5 14 (1.77%) REST
5 14 (1.77%) XML
6 13 (1.64%) SOAP
7 12 (1.52%) .NET
7 12 (1.52%) PySpark
7 12 (1.52%) RESTful
7 12 (1.52%) SAP PI
8 9 (1.14%) SailPoint
9 8 (1.01%) SAPUI5
10 5 (0.63%) JSON
10 5 (0.63%) Kafka
11 4 (0.51%) BAPI
11 4 (0.51%) EDI
11 4 (0.51%) OpenAPI
11 4 (0.51%) RAML
11 4 (0.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.54%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.64%) Life Science
5 13 (1.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 12 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.52%) FMCG
7 11 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 7 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
10 6 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.63%) LIMS
11 5 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.63%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.51%) Genomics
13 3 (0.38%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) OpenVMS
2 1 (0.13%) Unix
2 1 (0.13%) VMS
2 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (22.12%) Migration
2 149 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (18.71%) Agile
4 140 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 136 (17.19%) Project Management
6 105 (13.27%) Data Migration
7 85 (10.75%) Change Management
8 82 (10.37%) CRM
9 74 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
10 73 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 69 (8.72%) Analytics
12 63 (7.96%) Data Management
13 55 (6.95%) Data Modelling
14 52 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
15 51 (6.45%) Project Delivery
16 49 (6.19%) Validation
17 45 (5.69%) Decision-Making
18 44 (5.56%) DevOps
18 44 (5.56%) Process Improvement
18 44 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 92 (11.63%) SQL
2 29 (3.67%) PL/SQL
3 21 (2.65%) Java
4 16 (2.02%) ABAP
4 16 (2.02%) Python
5 10 (1.26%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.88%) C#
7 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
7 4 (0.51%) ProC
7 4 (0.51%) Ruby
7 4 (0.51%) VBA
8 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.25%) COBOL
9 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.25%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.25%) X++
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) RPG
10 1 (0.13%) VB
10 1 (0.13%) VB6
Qualifications
1 90 (11.38%) Degree
2 59 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 42 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.16%) PMP
5 22 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.15%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.01%) ACCA
8 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.76%) CIMA
11 5 (0.63%) CISSP
12 4 (0.51%) CBAP
12 4 (0.51%) CISA
12 4 (0.51%) CISM
13 3 (0.38%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.38%) CIPFA
13 3 (0.38%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.29%) PMO
1 26 (3.29%) QA
2 25 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.91%) GDPR
4 16 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.01%) GRC
7 7 (0.88%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.25%) GxP
9 2 (0.25%) IFRS
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) ITGC
9 2 (0.25%) NIST
9 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.51%) Docker
3 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) IAG
4 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (1.01%) MOM
2 7 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.38%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.25%) Nagios
4 2 (0.25%) SCCM
4 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 252 (31.86%) SAP
2 251 (31.73%) Oracle
3 129 (16.31%) Microsoft
4 45 (5.69%) Salesforce
5 40 (5.06%) Workday
6 39 (4.93%) Ariba
7 28 (3.54%) IFS
8 11 (1.39%) Siemens
9 10 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.26%) Rockwell
10 8 (1.01%) Infor
10 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.88%) Adobe
12 6 (0.76%) IBM
12 6 (0.76%) Informatica
13 5 (0.63%) Concur
14 4 (0.51%) Dell
14 4 (0.51%) LabVantage
14 4 (0.51%) ReadSoft
15 3 (0.38%) Kofax