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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 89 88
Rank change year-on-year +14 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,156 928 1,201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.26% 2.53% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 2.94% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 485 742
10th Percentile £350 £363 £381
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £555
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -3.60% +4.03%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 30 33
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.18 £50.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £57.00
Median hourly rate £21.65 £35.18 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -58.61% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.75 £70.94 £88.75
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £64.31
% change year-on-year -39.20% -45.02% +221.56%

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 31,921 31,585 41,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.90% 86.22% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,990 19,012 27,981
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,098 1,120 1,596
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%
75th Percentile £44.07 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.58 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.27 £43.54
% change year-on-year -31.98% -23.59% +47.59%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 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 +7 1,009 £550 +2.80% 1,125
UK excluding London -6 576 £525 +3.96% 776
London +28 452 £575 +4.55% 390
Work from Home +13 371 £525 -4.55% 544
South East +33 168 £515 +3.00% 241
Midlands -29 110 £550 +4.76% 159
North of England -33 100 £525 +5.00% 187
South West 0 86 £600 +15.38% 70
North West +7 77 £513 +2.50% 107
East of England +16 66 £550 +15.79% 65
West Midlands -43 65 £575 +9.52% 106
East Midlands -2 45 £525 -12.50% 52
Scotland +13 41 £500 +8.11% 41
Yorkshire -54 20 £538 +26.47% 62
Northern Ireland +3 10 £350 - 12
Wales +3 4 £325 -55.17% 11
North East -13 3 £500 -12.66% 18
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 24 (2.08%) Confluence
2 18 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.43%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.26%) Documentum
7 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.087%) Apache
9 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.087%) Camunda
9 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (0.087%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.087%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (2.42%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.43%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Windchill
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.087%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.087%) Notion
Business Applications
1 155 (13.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 87 (7.53%) Oracle ERP
3 63 (5.45%) SAP ERP
4 37 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 37 (3.20%) NetSuite
5 36 (3.11%) Oracle Payables
6 34 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
7 27 (2.34%) Oracle General Ledger
8 25 (2.16%) Oracle Assets
9 23 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
10 20 (1.73%) Oracle EBS R12
11 18 (1.56%) SAP EWM
12 16 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
13 14 (1.21%) Oracle SCM
13 14 (1.21%) Unit4 Business World
14 13 (1.12%) SAP WM
15 11 (0.95%) Primavera
16 9 (0.78%) SAP PP
17 8 (0.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 142 (12.28%) Azure
2 119 (10.29%) OCI
3 103 (8.91%) Dynamics 365
4 99 (8.56%) SaaS
5 97 (8.39%) Power Platform
6 30 (2.60%) AWS
7 27 (2.34%) PaaS
8 22 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (1.73%) Lucidchart
10 19 (1.64%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.56%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.21%) Entra ID
13 14 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.12%) Boomi
15 11 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
17 9 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.087%) DKIM
2 1 (0.087%) DMARC
2 1 (0.087%) Internet
2 1 (0.087%) LAN
2 1 (0.087%) Network Security
2 1 (0.087%) SAN
2 1 (0.087%) VPN
2 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.57%) Power BI
2 56 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
3 37 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.51%) Oracle Database
5 23 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.64%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.47%) SAP HANA
8 16 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 9 (0.78%) Power Query
9 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.78%) Tableau
10 8 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.69%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.52%) GIS
11 6 (0.52%) Metadata
12 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
12 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (4.33%) JIRA
2 10 (0.87%) GitLab
2 10 (0.87%) Postman
3 9 (0.78%) Git
4 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.17%) Hudson
6 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.17%) Selenium
6 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.087%) LSMW
7 1 (0.087%) MLflow
7 1 (0.087%) QADirector
7 1 (0.087%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.087%) TestRail
7 1 (0.087%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 571 (49.39%) Finance
2 417 (36.07%) Social Skills
3 158 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (11.25%) Manufacturing
5 120 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 45 (3.89%) Retail
7 42 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (3.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 41 (3.55%) Legal
8 41 (3.55%) Local Government
9 38 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.20%) General Ledger
11 35 (3.03%) Banking
12 33 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.25%) Billing
15 24 (2.08%) Marketing
16 21 (1.82%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.56%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 171 (14.79%) Consultant
2 157 (13.58%) Analyst
3 128 (11.07%) Lead
4 112 (9.69%) Architect
4 112 (9.69%) Project Manager
5 77 (6.66%) Senior
6 73 (6.31%) Business Analyst
7 61 (5.28%) Developer
8 49 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (3.72%) SAP Consultant
10 39 (3.37%) Oracle Consultant
11 38 (3.29%) ERP Manager
11 38 (3.29%) SAP Manager
12 33 (2.85%) Functional Consultant
13 29 (2.51%) ERP Analyst
14 26 (2.25%) Administrator
15 25 (2.16%) ERP Project Manager
15 25 (2.16%) ERP Support
16 24 (2.08%) Programme Manager
17 23 (1.99%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (12.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 52 (4.50%) REST
3 35 (3.03%) SOAP
4 28 (2.42%) Middleware
4 28 (2.42%) Web Services
5 26 (2.25%) XML
6 22 (1.90%) JSON
7 20 (1.73%) .NET
8 14 (1.21%) EDI
9 12 (1.04%) OAuth
10 10 (0.87%) XSLT
11 9 (0.78%) HTML
12 7 (0.61%) CSS
13 6 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
14 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
14 4 (0.35%) ADO
14 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (0.35%) Node.js
14 4 (0.35%) SAP Basis
15 3 (0.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
2 47 (4.07%) Management Information System
3 35 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 17 (1.47%) Life Science
7 16 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.12%) FMCG
10 12 (1.04%) AS400
10 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 11 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.78%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.69%) IoT
13 8 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.61%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (0.61%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.69%) Windows
2 4 (0.35%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Android
3 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.17%) Linux
4 1 (0.087%) AIX
4 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (23.18%) Migration
2 223 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (17.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 197 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 193 (16.70%) Agile
6 187 (16.18%) Data Migration
7 134 (11.59%) CRM
8 127 (10.99%) Change Management
9 116 (10.03%) Project Delivery
9 116 (10.03%) Project Management
10 115 (9.95%) User Acceptance Testing
11 112 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
12 111 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 89 (7.70%) Roadmaps
14 88 (7.61%) Validation
15 75 (6.49%) Workshop Facilitation
16 69 (5.97%) DevOps
17 67 (5.80%) Logistics
18 66 (5.71%) Analytics
19 64 (5.54%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (13.49%) SQL
2 35 (3.03%) PL/SQL
3 20 (1.73%) C#
3 20 (1.73%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.47%) Python
5 16 (1.38%) Java
6 8 (0.69%) Groovy
6 8 (0.69%) VBA
7 6 (0.52%) ABAP
7 6 (0.52%) X++
8 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.35%) PHP
10 3 (0.26%) R
10 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.17%) Korn
11 2 (0.17%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.17%) XPath
12 1 (0.087%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.087%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 133 (11.51%) Degree
2 129 (11.16%) Security Cleared
3 106 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.11%) PMP
5 35 (3.03%) CIMA
5 35 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 33 (2.85%) ACCA
7 23 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.82%) SAP Certification
9 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.61%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.61%) OCA
14 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.10%) QA
2 46 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 40 (3.46%) GDPR
4 39 (3.37%) PMO
5 35 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.04%) SLA
7 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.87%) NIST
8 9 (0.78%) GxP
9 8 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.69%) IFRS
9 8 (0.69%) ITGC
10 7 (0.61%) APQC
11 6 (0.52%) COBIT
11 6 (0.52%) SOX 404
12 5 (0.43%) GAAP
13 4 (0.35%) GMP
13 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.26%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.087%) Firmware
3 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.087%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.61%) Terraform
2 6 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.087%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.087%) Control-M
5 1 (0.087%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (0.087%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 413 (35.73%) Oracle
2 352 (30.45%) SAP
3 177 (15.31%) Microsoft
4 71 (6.14%) Salesforce
5 66 (5.71%) Workday
6 38 (3.29%) IFS
7 18 (1.56%) Ariba
8 17 (1.47%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.21%) Sage
10 12 (1.04%) Databricks
10 12 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
12 7 (0.61%) Hyperion
12 7 (0.61%) OpenText
13 6 (0.52%) Adobe
14 5 (0.43%) Anaplan
15 4 (0.35%) Axway
15 4 (0.35%) IBM
15 4 (0.35%) JD Edwards
15 4 (0.35%) Murex