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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 86 98
Rank change year-on-year +25 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,993 934 898
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.72% 2.82% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 3.12% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 556 512
10th Percentile £363 £328 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +2.95% -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 52 37
10th Percentile £15.36 £6.00 £16.70
25th Percentile £19.12 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.95 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.14% -46.78% -30.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £71.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.38 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.20 £17.43 £35.36
% change year-on-year +84.79% -50.72% -45.70%

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 45,350 29,954 33,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.50% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,857 18,668 21,203
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £424 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,845 1,726 1,796
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.23
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +17 1,645 £550 - 1,331
UK excluding London +36 1,045 £525 +1.94% 1,059
London +14 685 £600 +8.60% 450
Work from Home +32 563 £550 - 673
South East +1 277 £525 +1.94% 251
North of England +64 268 £518 +4.02% 261
Midlands +36 205 £525 - 227
North West +46 155 £525 +5.00% 139
West Midlands +7 115 £530 +0.95% 126
South West -9 93 £525 -16.13% 110
Yorkshire +33 92 £500 +24.22% 84
East of England +3 84 £510 -11.30% 87
East Midlands +27 81 £525 -12.50% 101
Scotland +16 71 £500 - 87
Northern Ireland +27 28 £450 +28.57% 36
North East -26 21 £500 -6.98% 42
Wales - 21 £488 - 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 33 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.85%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.20%) CMS
5 4 (0.20%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.20%) ThingWorx
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.10%) Apache
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.050%) Mendix
Applications
1 100 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.20%) Windchill
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.050%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 288 (14.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 156 (7.83%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (3.31%) SAP ERP
4 65 (3.26%) Oracle Payables
5 63 (3.16%) NetSuite
6 52 (2.61%) Oracle EBS
7 50 (2.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 41 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 28 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
10 24 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
10 24 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
11 18 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (0.90%) SAP MDG
12 16 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
13 14 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
13 14 (0.70%) Workday HCM
14 11 (0.55%) SAP FI
15 10 (0.50%) SAP CO
15 10 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 208 (10.44%) Azure
2 198 (9.93%) Dynamics 365
3 192 (9.63%) Power Platform
4 160 (8.03%) OCI
5 118 (5.92%) SaaS
6 79 (3.96%) AWS
7 59 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (1.91%) PaaS
9 37 (1.86%) GCP
10 36 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
11 34 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (1.66%) Boomi
13 30 (1.51%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.35%) GitHub
14 27 (1.35%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 16 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.35%) HTTP
1 7 (0.35%) Network Security
2 6 (0.30%) FTP
3 5 (0.25%) SSL
4 4 (0.20%) Firewall
5 3 (0.15%) 5G
6 2 (0.10%) Intranet
6 2 (0.10%) LAN
6 2 (0.10%) WAN
7 1 (0.050%) DHCP
7 1 (0.050%) DMZ
7 1 (0.050%) DNS
7 1 (0.050%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.050%) Modbus
7 1 (0.050%) MQTT
7 1 (0.050%) RFID
7 1 (0.050%) SMS
7 1 (0.050%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.050%) VPN
7 1 (0.050%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (6.87%) Power BI
2 68 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
4 36 (1.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.30%) Oracle ODI
5 26 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 25 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.15%) Tableau
8 17 (0.85%) Metadata
9 16 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.35%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.30%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
13 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 88 (4.42%) JIRA
2 34 (1.71%) Git
3 19 (0.95%) Hudson
4 13 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.35%) Postman
7 6 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.25%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.20%) Selenium
10 3 (0.15%) GitLab
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.10%) MLflow
11 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.050%) JDeveloper
12 1 (0.050%) TestRail
General
1 1,041 (52.23%) Finance
2 542 (27.20%) Social Skills
3 252 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 210 (10.54%) Manufacturing
5 171 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 109 (5.47%) Retail
7 83 (4.16%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (3.26%) General Ledger
9 59 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 54 (2.71%) Billing
10 54 (2.71%) Legal
11 49 (2.46%) Law
12 44 (2.21%) Local Government
13 43 (2.16%) Banking
14 40 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 35 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
17 32 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
18 21 (1.05%) Aerospace
19 20 (1.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 371 (18.62%) Lead
2 313 (15.70%) Architect
3 254 (12.74%) Analyst
4 240 (12.04%) Consultant
5 160 (8.03%) Senior
6 149 (7.48%) Project Manager
7 145 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
8 121 (6.07%) Business Analyst
9 110 (5.52%) Developer
10 85 (4.26%) Oracle Consultant
11 74 (3.71%) ERP Manager
12 59 (2.96%) Financial Analyst
13 58 (2.91%) Accountant
14 46 (2.31%) Programme Manager
15 45 (2.26%) Functional Consultant
16 42 (2.11%) Data Analyst
16 42 (2.11%) Finance Manager
16 42 (2.11%) Systems Accountant
17 41 (2.06%) Lead Architect
17 41 (2.06%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (11.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 116 (5.82%) REST
3 101 (5.07%) Middleware
4 69 (3.46%) SOAP
5 43 (2.16%) JSON
6 42 (2.11%) XML
7 33 (1.66%) Web Services
8 28 (1.40%) .NET
9 23 (1.15%) OAuth
10 21 (1.05%) EDI
11 19 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
11 19 (0.95%) OAuth2
12 14 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
12 14 (0.70%) XSLT
13 12 (0.60%) Node.js
14 11 (0.55%) CSS
14 11 (0.55%) HTML
14 11 (0.55%) PySpark
15 10 (0.50%) RESTful
16 9 (0.45%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 105 (5.27%) Legacy Systems
2 76 (3.81%) Data Structures
3 57 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 54 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 35 (1.76%) FMCG
8 34 (1.71%) Public Cloud
9 32 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (0.90%) Life Science
14 16 (0.80%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (0.70%) Low-Code
16 14 (0.70%) Operational Technology
17 13 (0.65%) IoT
18 12 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
19 11 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.30%) Windows
2 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.050%) AIX
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (26.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 504 (25.29%) Migration
3 374 (18.77%) Data Migration
4 328 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 319 (16.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 283 (14.20%) Agile
7 274 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 257 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
9 211 (10.59%) Change Management
10 205 (10.29%) Validation
11 197 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
12 185 (9.28%) Data Modelling
13 181 (9.08%) Analytics
13 181 (9.08%) CRM
14 173 (8.68%) Roadmaps
15 169 (8.48%) Process Improvement
16 147 (7.38%) Translating Business Requirements
17 145 (7.28%) Project Management
18 141 (7.07%) Project Delivery
19 138 (6.92%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 179 (8.98%) SQL
2 64 (3.21%) Python
3 35 (1.76%) Java
3 35 (1.76%) PL/SQL
4 34 (1.71%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.35%) C#
6 21 (1.05%) Apex Code
7 20 (1.00%) Ruby
7 20 (1.00%) X++
8 14 (0.70%) ABAP
8 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.40%) Groovy
11 6 (0.30%) SOQL
11 6 (0.30%) SOSL
11 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.25%) VBA
13 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.15%) C++
14 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 232 (11.64%) Security Cleared
2 163 (8.18%) SC Cleared
3 126 (6.32%) Degree
4 73 (3.66%) ACCA
5 70 (3.51%) CIMA
6 54 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.01%) PMP
8 34 (1.71%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.40%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.35%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (0.30%) CISM
15 6 (0.30%) CISSP
15 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 72 (3.61%) QA
3 70 (3.51%) GDPR
4 55 (2.76%) PMO
5 34 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.25%) IFRS
7 17 (0.85%) GAAP
8 16 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.70%) GMP
10 13 (0.65%) GRC
11 11 (0.55%) GxP
12 10 (0.50%) NCSC
13 9 (0.45%) SLA
14 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.30%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 5 (0.25%) NIST
16 5 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 15 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.050%) Firmware
4 1 (0.050%) IAG
4 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (0.90%) Terraform
2 14 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.25%) Grafana
4 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.20%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.10%) SCCM
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 604 (30.31%) SAP
2 588 (29.50%) Oracle
3 370 (18.56%) Microsoft
4 85 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 78 (3.91%) IFS
5 78 (3.91%) Workday
6 77 (3.86%) ServiceNow
7 41 (2.06%) Infor
8 39 (1.96%) Ariba
9 35 (1.76%) Databricks
10 32 (1.61%) MuleSoft
10 32 (1.61%) Sage
11 23 (1.15%) Siemens
12 22 (1.10%) JD Edwards
13 21 (1.05%) Google
14 17 (0.85%) Concur
15 13 (0.65%) SYSPRO
16 12 (0.60%) Epicor
17 9 (0.45%) Baan
17 9 (0.45%) HP