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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 90 87
Rank change year-on-year +23 -3 +32
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,446 835 1,079
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.42% 2.81% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.11% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 479 692
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £460 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £648 £675 £639
90th Percentile £725 £775 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 19 39
10th Percentile £18.21 £17.26 £14.03
25th Percentile £25.38 £42.50 £27.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £58.77 £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 36,399 26,862 38,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 90.27% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,113 17,118 25,178
10th Percentile £313 £306 £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 £612 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -1.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,154 913 2,346
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.52 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.25 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -18.86% +0.83% -10.00%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +21 1,226 £550 +2.33% 671
UK excluding London +24 714 £534 +6.75% 621
London +15 537 £575 +4.55% 153
Work from Home +38 504 £550 -0.18% 350
North of England +30 174 £550 +15.79% 134
South East 0 156 £550 +4.76% 208
Midlands -26 132 £540 +6.40% 131
South West +15 117 £525 +13.26% 51
North West +42 112 £500 +2.25% 81
West Midlands -16 92 £565 +11.33% 73
East of England -3 78 £550 -4.35% 74
Yorkshire -19 56 £595 +37.97% 44
East Midlands -23 39 £500 - 55
Scotland +16 28 £538 +10.26% 15
Wales +15 23 £475 -34.48% 14
Northern Ireland +7 11 £475 +18.75% 4
North East -18 6 £500 - 13
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 19 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.24%) Confluence
3 15 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
4 14 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.48%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.21%) Documentum
7 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.14%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.069%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.87%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.35%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.28%) Trello
8 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) Sketch
9 2 (0.14%) Windchill
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 213 (14.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 91 (6.29%) Oracle ERP
3 58 (4.01%) Oracle EBS
4 57 (3.94%) SAP ERP
5 53 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 45 (3.11%) Oracle Payables
7 31 (2.14%) NetSuite
8 30 (2.07%) Oracle Receivables
9 22 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.24%) Oracle General Ledger
10 18 (1.24%) Shopify
11 17 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
12 16 (1.11%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.90%) SAP PP
14 11 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
14 11 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
14 11 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 219 (15.15%) Azure
2 158 (10.93%) Dynamics 365
3 150 (10.37%) OCI
4 100 (6.92%) Power Platform
5 97 (6.71%) SaaS
6 49 (3.39%) AWS
7 43 (2.97%) PaaS
8 39 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.14%) Power Automate
10 29 (2.01%) Boomi
10 29 (2.01%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (1.38%) GCP
12 20 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
13 19 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (1.18%) IaaS
14 17 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.14%) LAN
2 1 (0.069%) DKIM
2 1 (0.069%) DMARC
2 1 (0.069%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.069%) Firewall
2 1 (0.069%) Modbus
2 1 (0.069%) Network Security
2 1 (0.069%) RFID
2 1 (0.069%) VoIP
2 1 (0.069%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.91%) Power BI
2 54 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
2 54 (3.73%) Oracle Reports
3 32 (2.21%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.73%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.04%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 11 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
8 8 (0.55%) GIS
8 8 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.55%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.48%) Tableau
10 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.28%) Metadata
13 3 (0.21%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (4.98%) JIRA
2 29 (2.01%) Postman
3 17 (1.18%) Git
4 9 (0.62%) SoapUI
5 8 (0.55%) GitLab
6 7 (0.48%) Hudson
6 7 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.41%) Selenium
8 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.21%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.14%) Gradle
11 2 (0.14%) LSMW
11 2 (0.14%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.14%) TestRail
11 2 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
12 1 (0.069%) QADirector
General
1 728 (50.35%) Finance
2 485 (33.54%) Social Skills
3 188 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (8.51%) Manufacturing
5 122 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 60 (4.15%) Local Government
7 59 (4.08%) Retail
8 52 (3.60%) Legal
9 50 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
10 43 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 41 (2.84%) General Ledger
12 39 (2.70%) Banking
13 35 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.66%) Marketing
15 22 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.45%) Billing
17 17 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (1.04%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 222 (15.35%) Consultant
2 178 (12.31%) Architect
2 178 (12.31%) Lead
3 159 (11.00%) Analyst
4 150 (10.37%) Project Manager
5 126 (8.71%) Senior
6 99 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
7 97 (6.71%) Business Analyst
8 70 (4.84%) Developer
9 62 (4.29%) ERP Manager
10 52 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
11 50 (3.46%) Implementation Consultant
12 47 (3.25%) SAP Manager
13 43 (2.97%) Accountant
14 38 (2.63%) Senior Manager
15 37 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
16 34 (2.35%) Systems Accountant
16 34 (2.35%) Test Manager
17 31 (2.14%) Programme Manager
18 29 (2.01%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (13.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 82 (5.67%) REST
3 60 (4.15%) Middleware
4 55 (3.80%) SOAP
5 49 (3.39%) XML
6 46 (3.18%) JSON
7 45 (3.11%) Web Services
8 23 (1.59%) OAuth
9 21 (1.45%) .NET
9 21 (1.45%) XSLT
10 14 (0.97%) JWT
11 10 (0.69%) EDI
11 10 (0.69%) PySpark
12 9 (0.62%) HTML
12 9 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.55%) ADO
13 8 (0.55%) Node.js
14 6 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
14 6 (0.41%) RESTful
15 5 (0.35%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.02%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 39 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 28 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (1.87%) Product Ownership
6 22 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.45%) IoT
8 18 (1.24%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.11%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.04%) FMCG
11 14 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.69%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.62%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.55%) Life Science
14 8 (0.55%) SCADA
15 7 (0.48%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.18%) Windows
2 7 (0.48%) Linux
3 3 (0.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (25.17%) Migration
2 283 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 240 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 239 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
5 218 (15.08%) Data Migration
6 217 (15.01%) Agile
7 171 (11.83%) User Acceptance Testing
8 166 (11.48%) Project Management
9 150 (10.37%) CRM
10 148 (10.24%) Change Management
11 141 (9.75%) Validation
12 123 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 118 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
14 110 (7.61%) Project Delivery
15 106 (7.33%) Roadmaps
16 101 (6.98%) DevOps
17 96 (6.64%) Analytics
17 96 (6.64%) Workshop Facilitation
18 92 (6.36%) Data Modelling
19 77 (5.33%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 130 (8.99%) SQL
2 37 (2.56%) Python
3 34 (2.35%) PL/SQL
4 29 (2.01%) C#
5 22 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.31%) Java
7 7 (0.48%) ABAP
8 6 (0.41%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.41%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.41%) X++
9 4 (0.28%) C++
9 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.28%) Korn
9 4 (0.28%) Perl
9 4 (0.28%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.28%) VBA
10 3 (0.21%) PHP
10 3 (0.21%) XPath
11 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 179 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 149 (10.30%) Degree
3 132 (9.13%) SC Cleared
4 88 (6.09%) CIMA
5 75 (5.19%) ACCA
6 42 (2.90%) PMP
7 37 (2.56%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.11%) SAP Certification
11 14 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (0.76%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.76%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.55%) OCA
15 7 (0.48%) APMP
15 7 (0.48%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.26%) QA
2 69 (4.77%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.94%) GDPR
4 52 (3.60%) PMO
5 30 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.24%) GAAP
6 18 (1.24%) IFRS
7 14 (0.97%) SLA
8 13 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.76%) NIST
10 10 (0.69%) GxP
10 10 (0.69%) ITGC
11 9 (0.62%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.55%) COBIT
12 8 (0.55%) GMP
13 7 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
13 7 (0.48%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.41%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.41%) IFRS 17
14 6 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.28%) Docker
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.069%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (0.48%) HP ALM
1 7 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.35%) Terraform
3 3 (0.21%) Control-M
4 2 (0.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.14%) MOM
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.069%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.069%) Kibana
5 1 (0.069%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 438 (30.29%) Oracle
2 435 (30.08%) SAP
3 245 (16.94%) Microsoft
4 92 (6.36%) Workday
5 60 (4.15%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.39%) Siemens
7 45 (3.11%) IFS
8 34 (2.35%) Databricks
9 33 (2.28%) Sage
10 29 (2.01%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.80%) MuleSoft
12 25 (1.73%) Ariba
13 15 (1.04%) Informatica
14 13 (0.90%) Infor
15 11 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.55%) Adobe
16 8 (0.55%) Foundry
17 7 (0.48%) HP
18 6 (0.41%) Epicor
18 6 (0.41%) JD Edwards