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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 94 94
Rank change year-on-year +35 0 +23
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,762 793 1,010
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.70% 2.71% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 2.98% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 491 635
10th Percentile £360 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £729 £778 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £507 £500
% change year-on-year +3.65% +1.30% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 22 27
10th Percentile £17.69 £51.38 £13.05
25th Percentile £30.00 £65.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +78.13% -38.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £86.25 £62.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £71.25 £35.75
% change year-on-year -19.30% +99.30% -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 40,206 26,654 37,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.43% 90.92% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,270 17,186 24,018
10th Percentile £320 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £482 £500
% change year-on-year +1.09% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,084 2,441
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.64 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.88 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.84% -26.13% +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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +33 1,473 £540 +0.47% 831
UK excluding London +38 895 £525 +3.65% 693
London +40 635 £550 - 205
Work from Home +48 558 £538 -1.15% 394
South East +16 230 £530 -3.64% 188
North of England +38 205 £525 +15.07% 170
Midlands -10 150 £525 +5.00% 128
South West +18 124 £525 +5.00% 71
North West +34 115 £500 +2.25% 82
East of England +12 98 £575 -4.17% 87
West Midlands -13 95 £540 +5.37% 66
Yorkshire 0 78 £593 +48.13% 69
East Midlands 0 54 £505 +6.32% 62
Scotland +18 50 £513 +1.49% 24
Wales +8 24 £475 - 12
Northern Ireland +17 18 £475 +18.75% 21
North East -20 12 £500 +11.11% 21
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 18 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.91%) Confluence
2 16 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
3 14 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.34%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.28%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.28%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.23%) Apache
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.17%) CMS
7 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.11%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.057%) Documentum
9 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.057%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 88 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
5 5 (0.28%) PTC Creo
6 3 (0.17%) Windchill
7 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 281 (15.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 116 (6.58%) Oracle ERP
3 64 (3.63%) SAP ERP
4 58 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
5 43 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 42 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
7 38 (2.16%) NetSuite
8 31 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 29 (1.65%) Oracle Receivables
10 18 (1.02%) Shopify
11 16 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
11 16 (0.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 15 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
13 14 (0.79%) Workday HCM
14 13 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
14 13 (0.74%) SAP FI
15 12 (0.68%) SAP MDG
16 11 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
16 11 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 213 (12.09%) Azure
2 197 (11.18%) Dynamics 365
3 153 (8.68%) OCI
4 148 (8.40%) Power Platform
5 94 (5.33%) SaaS
6 65 (3.69%) AWS
7 51 (2.89%) PaaS
8 47 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.87%) Boomi
10 29 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 28 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
13 19 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.08%) GCP
13 19 (1.08%) IaaS
14 18 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (0.85%) GitHub
15 15 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.23%) FTP
1 4 (0.23%) LAN
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) 5G
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) WAN
4 1 (0.057%) DHCP
4 1 (0.057%) DMZ
4 1 (0.057%) DNS
4 1 (0.057%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.057%) HTTP
4 1 (0.057%) Modbus
4 1 (0.057%) MQTT
4 1 (0.057%) RFID
4 1 (0.057%) SMS
4 1 (0.057%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.057%) VoIP
4 1 (0.057%) VPN
4 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.057%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (6.41%) Power BI
2 60 (3.41%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
6 21 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (0.74%) Metadata
9 11 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.57%) Tableau
11 9 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.34%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.34%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
15 4 (0.23%) GIS
15 4 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 101 (5.73%) JIRA
2 30 (1.70%) Git
2 30 (1.70%) Postman
3 19 (1.08%) Hudson
4 10 (0.57%) SoapUI
5 7 (0.40%) GitLab
5 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.40%) Selenium
5 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.28%) Zephyr
7 4 (0.23%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.17%) LSMW
8 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.11%) Gradle
9 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.11%) TestRail
9 2 (0.11%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 903 (51.25%) Finance
2 498 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 247 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (9.25%) Manufacturing
5 127 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 86 (4.88%) Retail
7 70 (3.97%) Legal
8 62 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.89%) Local Government
11 48 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 46 (2.61%) General Ledger
12 46 (2.61%) Law
13 37 (2.10%) Banking
14 30 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.65%) Billing
16 25 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.19%) Military
18 18 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 17 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 289 (16.40%) Lead
2 250 (14.19%) Architect
3 232 (13.17%) Consultant
4 214 (12.15%) Analyst
5 174 (9.88%) Project Manager
6 160 (9.08%) Senior
7 116 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
8 111 (6.30%) Business Analyst
9 89 (5.05%) Developer
10 81 (4.60%) ERP Manager
11 59 (3.35%) Accountant
12 54 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
13 52 (2.95%) Senior Manager
14 51 (2.89%) SAP Manager
15 50 (2.84%) Financial Analyst
15 50 (2.84%) Implementation Consultant
16 48 (2.72%) Oracle Consultant
17 42 (2.38%) Systems Accountant
18 41 (2.33%) Programme Manager
19 40 (2.27%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (11.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 98 (5.56%) REST
3 77 (4.37%) Middleware
4 58 (3.29%) SOAP
5 48 (2.72%) JSON
6 43 (2.44%) XML
7 34 (1.93%) Web Services
8 24 (1.36%) OAuth
9 20 (1.14%) XSLT
10 16 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (0.85%) JWT
12 14 (0.79%) .NET
13 13 (0.74%) EDI
13 13 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (0.74%) Node.js
14 11 (0.62%) PySpark
15 8 (0.45%) OAuth2
15 8 (0.45%) OpenAPI
15 8 (0.45%) RESTful
15 8 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.51%) Legacy Systems
2 61 (3.46%) Data Structures
3 43 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 40 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.16%) Public Cloud
6 29 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.19%) FMCG
11 19 (1.08%) IoT
12 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.74%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.62%) Life Science
17 10 (0.57%) SCADA
17 10 (0.57%) Virtual Team
18 9 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.96%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Linux
3 3 (0.17%) Unix
4 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (26.50%) Migration
2 383 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 298 (16.91%) Data Migration
4 297 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 267 (15.15%) Agile
6 258 (14.64%) User Acceptance Testing
7 249 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
8 205 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 193 (10.95%) Change Management
10 190 (10.78%) Validation
11 187 (10.61%) Project Management
12 168 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
13 157 (8.91%) CRM
14 143 (8.12%) Data Modelling
15 137 (7.78%) Procure-to-Pay
16 131 (7.43%) Roadmaps
17 119 (6.75%) Analytics
17 119 (6.75%) Project Delivery
18 111 (6.30%) DevOps
19 106 (6.02%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 142 (8.06%) SQL
2 48 (2.72%) Python
3 38 (2.16%) PL/SQL
4 33 (1.87%) Java
5 26 (1.48%) C#
6 22 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.85%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.79%) Ruby
9 11 (0.62%) ABAP
10 10 (0.57%) X++
11 9 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.28%) SOQL
13 5 (0.28%) SOSL
13 5 (0.28%) VBA
14 4 (0.23%) Perl
15 3 (0.17%) C++
15 3 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 201 (11.41%) Security Cleared
2 152 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 131 (7.43%) Degree
4 103 (5.85%) CIMA
5 94 (5.33%) ACCA
6 47 (2.67%) PMP
7 39 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
10 14 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (0.68%) SAP Certification
12 9 (0.51%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.40%) APMP
13 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.34%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.28%) OCA
15 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (5.90%) Data Quality
2 83 (4.71%) QA
3 77 (4.37%) GDPR
4 53 (3.01%) PMO
5 28 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.02%) IFRS
7 17 (0.96%) GAAP
8 15 (0.85%) SLA
9 12 (0.68%) GxP
10 10 (0.57%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.40%) GMP
12 7 (0.40%) NIST
13 6 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.28%) NCSC
15 4 (0.23%) GRC
16 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.28%) Docker
3 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (0.51%) HP ALM
1 9 (0.51%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.17%) Control-M
3 3 (0.17%) Kibana
3 3 (0.17%) MOM
3 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.11%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.057%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 554 (31.44%) SAP
2 485 (27.53%) Oracle
3 285 (16.17%) Microsoft
4 92 (5.22%) Workday
5 69 (3.92%) IFS
5 69 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.06%) Siemens
7 46 (2.61%) ServiceNow
8 40 (2.27%) Databricks
9 38 (2.16%) Ariba
10 35 (1.99%) MuleSoft
11 33 (1.87%) Sage
12 29 (1.65%) Infor
13 15 (0.85%) Informatica
14 9 (0.51%) Google
14 9 (0.51%) HP
15 8 (0.45%) Foundry
16 7 (0.40%) Dell
16 7 (0.40%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.40%) Talend