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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 88 91
Rank change year-on-year +19 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,353 862 1,065
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.46% 2.79% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.12% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 479 680
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £456 £428 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 11 33
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.75 £13.29
25th Percentile £21.75 £16.58 £37.50
Median hourly rate £51.02 £35.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +45.77% -43.36% +12.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £61.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.02 £16.50 £40.62
% change year-on-year +209.21% -59.37% +30.39%

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 34,038 27,619 38,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.15% 89.27% 87.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,556 16,812 25,649
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 864 2,107
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.29 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.10% -10.60% +20.69%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +15 1,172 £550 +4.76% 582
UK excluding London +12 682 £525 +1.94% 482
London +25 519 £575 +5.50% 193
Work from Home +28 461 £525 -4.55% 286
North of England +2 160 £563 +18.42% 123
South East +10 157 £550 +5.26% 172
Midlands -26 125 £525 -2.33% 93
South West +4 105 £506 +1.76% 47
North West +25 101 £538 +7.50% 71
West Midlands -25 84 £550 +4.76% 59
East of England +9 79 £525 -2.33% 36
Yorkshire -30 54 £595 +48.75% 39
East Midlands -23 40 £525 -12.21% 34
Scotland +31 37 £525 +13.51% 11
Wales +20 19 £438 -39.66% 8
Northern Ireland - 10 £475 - 2
North East -20 5 £500 +5.26% 16
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 23 (1.70%) Confluence
2 20 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
2 20 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.44%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 4 (0.30%) Documentum
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.22%) Apache
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.15%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.074%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.074%) Camunda
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.074%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.51%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.37%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.30%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) InVision
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.074%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 195 (14.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 81 (5.99%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (4.43%) SAP ERP
4 54 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 46 (3.40%) Oracle Payables
6 44 (3.25%) Oracle EBS
7 39 (2.88%) NetSuite
8 35 (2.59%) Oracle Receivables
9 25 (1.85%) Oracle General Ledger
10 23 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 20 (1.48%) Oracle Assets
12 18 (1.33%) Shopify
13 16 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
13 16 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (1.18%) SAP EWM
13 16 (1.18%) Unit4 Business World
14 15 (1.11%) Workday HCM
15 14 (1.03%) SAP WM
16 13 (0.96%) SAP PP
17 10 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 190 (14.04%) Azure
2 152 (11.23%) OCI
3 146 (10.79%) Dynamics 365
4 98 (7.24%) Power Platform
4 98 (7.24%) SaaS
5 47 (3.47%) PaaS
6 40 (2.96%) AWS
7 34 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.14%) Power Automate
9 27 (2.00%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 23 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (1.63%) Lucidchart
13 21 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
14 20 (1.48%) Boomi
15 16 (1.18%) GCP
15 16 (1.18%) IaaS
15 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.074%) DKIM
3 1 (0.074%) DMARC
3 1 (0.074%) Network Security
3 1 (0.074%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.88%) Power BI
2 49 (3.62%) Oracle Reports
3 40 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.37%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.63%) Oracle Database
6 21 (1.55%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.74%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.59%) Power Query
10 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.52%) Tableau
12 6 (0.44%) GIS
12 6 (0.44%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.37%) Metadata
13 5 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
13 5 (0.37%) SAP BW
14 3 (0.22%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 70 (5.17%) JIRA
2 32 (2.37%) Postman
3 12 (0.89%) GitLab
4 11 (0.81%) Git
5 7 (0.52%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.44%) Selenium
7 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.22%) Hudson
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.15%) Gradle
10 2 (0.15%) LSMW
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.15%) TestRail
10 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.074%) CircleCI
General
1 664 (49.08%) Finance
2 501 (37.03%) Social Skills
3 175 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 116 (8.57%) Manufacturing
6 56 (4.14%) Local Government
7 48 (3.55%) General Ledger
8 43 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.18%) Retail
9 42 (3.10%) Banking
10 41 (3.03%) Legal
11 38 (2.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 34 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.77%) Marketing
16 21 (1.55%) Billing
17 15 (1.11%) Military
18 12 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 210 (15.52%) Consultant
2 164 (12.12%) Lead
3 154 (11.38%) Analyst
4 144 (10.64%) Architect
5 138 (10.20%) Project Manager
6 99 (7.32%) Senior
7 90 (6.65%) Business Analyst
8 74 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
9 69 (5.10%) Developer
10 60 (4.43%) SAP Consultant
11 54 (3.99%) ERP Manager
12 48 (3.55%) SAP Manager
13 38 (2.81%) Accountant
14 34 (2.51%) Functional Consultant
14 34 (2.51%) Oracle Consultant
15 31 (2.29%) ERP Analyst
15 31 (2.29%) Programme Manager
16 29 (2.14%) Oracle Specialist
16 29 (2.14%) Systems Accountant
17 27 (2.00%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (15.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (6.43%) REST
3 62 (4.58%) SOAP
4 53 (3.92%) XML
5 51 (3.77%) JSON
6 50 (3.70%) Middleware
7 44 (3.25%) Web Services
8 26 (1.92%) OAuth
9 25 (1.85%) XSLT
10 20 (1.48%) .NET
11 15 (1.11%) EDI
12 13 (0.96%) JWT
13 11 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.74%) ADO
15 8 (0.59%) HTML
16 7 (0.52%) Node.js
17 6 (0.44%) RESTful
18 5 (0.37%) CSS
18 5 (0.37%) Kafka
19 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
2 41 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 40 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 33 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.18%) FMCG
9 14 (1.03%) Cloud Native
10 13 (0.96%) AI Agents
10 13 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.96%) IoT
11 12 (0.89%) Life Science
11 12 (0.89%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (0.67%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.67%) SCADA
13 9 (0.67%) Synthetic Data
14 8 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.18%) Windows
2 7 (0.52%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (23.43%) Migration
2 260 (19.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 252 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
4 234 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 224 (16.56%) Agile
6 192 (14.19%) Data Migration
7 158 (11.68%) CRM
8 152 (11.23%) User Acceptance Testing
9 151 (11.16%) Project Management
10 145 (10.72%) Change Management
11 118 (8.72%) Validation
12 117 (8.65%) Project Delivery
13 112 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 104 (7.69%) Roadmaps
15 102 (7.54%) Workshop Facilitation
16 99 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
17 91 (6.73%) DevOps
18 77 (5.69%) Analytics
19 70 (5.17%) Data Governance
20 69 (5.10%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 139 (10.27%) SQL
2 38 (2.81%) PL/SQL
3 32 (2.37%) C#
4 31 (2.29%) Python
5 26 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.55%) Java
7 8 (0.59%) Groovy
7 8 (0.59%) VBA
8 7 (0.52%) ABAP
9 6 (0.44%) X++
10 5 (0.37%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.30%) Korn
11 4 (0.30%) Perl
11 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.22%) C++
12 3 (0.22%) PHP
12 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 182 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.42%) Degree
3 142 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 75 (5.54%) CIMA
5 66 (4.88%) ACCA
6 41 (3.03%) PMP
7 39 (2.88%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.77%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (0.89%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.81%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.74%) OCA
15 7 (0.52%) APMP
15 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.76%) QA
2 64 (4.73%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.07%) GDPR
4 48 (3.55%) PMO
5 30 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.11%) GAAP
6 15 (1.11%) IFRS
7 14 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.81%) SLA
10 10 (0.74%) GxP
10 10 (0.74%) ITGC
10 10 (0.74%) NIST
11 8 (0.59%) COBIT
12 7 (0.52%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
13 6 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.44%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.44%) NCSC
14 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.074%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.37%) Terraform
2 3 (0.22%) Control-M
2 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.074%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.074%) Kibana
4 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 439 (32.45%) Oracle
2 415 (30.67%) SAP
3 226 (16.70%) Microsoft
4 88 (6.50%) Workday
5 66 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.00%) IFS
6 27 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 26 (1.92%) Sage
7 26 (1.92%) Siemens
8 18 (1.33%) Ariba
8 18 (1.33%) Databricks
9 16 (1.18%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.59%) Adobe
12 7 (0.52%) Foundry
12 7 (0.52%) Informatica
13 6 (0.44%) Google
13 6 (0.44%) Infor
14 5 (0.37%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.37%) OpenText