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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 87 91
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,514 813 1,064
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.48% 2.78% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.07% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 471 679
10th Percentile £360 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +0.46%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 18 40
10th Percentile £18.57 £17.22 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.38 £65.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £59.78 £78.75 £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 37,403 26,465 38,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 90.45% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,742 17,048 24,949
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £611 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,201 924 2,323
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.99
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.64 £31.13
% change year-on-year -11.50% +1.65% -11.14%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +22 1,285 £550 +2.33% 743
UK excluding London +29 741 £525 +5.00% 613
London +22 570 £575 +4.55% 197
Work from Home +32 513 £550 - 347
North of England +26 182 £550 +20.55% 138
South East -4 171 £550 - 200
Midlands -17 133 £525 +5.00% 119
North West +39 117 £500 +2.41% 73
South West +13 114 £525 +13.26% 54
West Midlands -17 93 £565 +13.00% 74
East of England +7 81 £550 -4.35% 66
Yorkshire -20 58 £595 +48.75% 54
East Midlands -23 39 £500 +5.26% 45
Scotland +17 28 £538 +10.26% 31
Wales +12 23 £475 -34.48% 10
Northern Ireland +8 14 £475 +18.75% 4
North East -20 7 £500 - 14
Channel Islands - 1 - - 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 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.06%) Confluence
3 14 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
4 13 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.53%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.33%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.33%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.26%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.20%) Documentum
8 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.066%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.78%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.33%) PTC Creo
6 5 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Windchill
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.066%) InVision
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 226 (14.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 93 (6.14%) Oracle ERP
3 65 (4.29%) Oracle EBS
4 58 (3.83%) SAP ERP
5 52 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
6 45 (2.97%) Oracle Payables
7 33 (2.18%) NetSuite
8 30 (1.98%) Oracle Receivables
9 26 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 18 (1.19%) Shopify
11 17 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
11 17 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
12 16 (1.06%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 16 (1.06%) Workday HCM
13 13 (0.86%) Oracle EBS R12
13 13 (0.86%) SAP PP
14 11 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
14 11 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
14 11 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
15 10 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 212 (14.00%) Azure
2 178 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
3 150 (9.91%) OCI
4 117 (7.73%) Power Platform
5 91 (6.01%) SaaS
6 57 (3.76%) AWS
7 43 (2.84%) PaaS
8 41 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 30 (1.98%) PowerApps
11 29 (1.92%) Boomi
12 25 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.39%) GCP
14 18 (1.19%) IaaS
15 17 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (0.92%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.066%) DHCP
3 1 (0.066%) DKIM
3 1 (0.066%) DMARC
3 1 (0.066%) DNS
3 1 (0.066%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.066%) HTTP
3 1 (0.066%) Intranet
3 1 (0.066%) Modbus
3 1 (0.066%) Network Security
3 1 (0.066%) RFID
3 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.066%) VoIP
3 1 (0.066%) VPN
3 1 (0.066%) WAN
3 1 (0.066%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (5.75%) Power BI
2 58 (3.83%) Oracle Reports
3 54 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.39%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (0.99%) Oracle ODI
7 15 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) GIS
10 8 (0.53%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.46%) Tableau
12 5 (0.33%) Metadata
13 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.26%) Power Query
14 3 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
14 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 72 (4.76%) JIRA
2 29 (1.92%) Postman
3 22 (1.45%) Git
4 12 (0.79%) Hudson
5 10 (0.66%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.53%) GitLab
7 7 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.40%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.20%) LSMW
12 2 (0.13%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.13%) Gradle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.13%) TestRail
12 2 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
13 1 (0.066%) MLflow
General
1 768 (50.73%) Finance
2 489 (32.30%) Social Skills
3 203 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.52%) Manufacturing
4 129 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 66 (4.36%) Retail
6 62 (4.10%) Local Government
7 51 (3.37%) Legal
8 49 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
9 45 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 42 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (2.71%) General Ledger
12 38 (2.51%) Banking
13 25 (1.65%) Law
14 24 (1.59%) Marketing
15 23 (1.52%) Billing
15 23 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 228 (15.06%) Consultant
2 214 (14.13%) Lead
3 199 (13.14%) Architect
4 168 (11.10%) Analyst
5 155 (10.24%) Project Manager
6 133 (8.78%) Senior
7 100 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
8 98 (6.47%) Business Analyst
9 75 (4.95%) Developer
10 66 (4.36%) ERP Manager
11 52 (3.43%) SAP Consultant
12 51 (3.37%) SAP Manager
13 50 (3.30%) Implementation Consultant
14 47 (3.10%) Accountant
15 41 (2.71%) Financial Analyst
16 39 (2.58%) Senior Manager
17 38 (2.51%) Systems Accountant
18 32 (2.11%) Test Manager
19 31 (2.05%) Finance Manager
19 31 (2.05%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (13.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 85 (5.61%) REST
3 61 (4.03%) Middleware
4 57 (3.76%) SOAP
5 49 (3.24%) XML
6 45 (2.97%) JSON
7 43 (2.84%) Web Services
8 24 (1.59%) OAuth
9 22 (1.45%) XSLT
10 20 (1.32%) .NET
11 15 (0.99%) JWT
12 12 (0.79%) PySpark
13 11 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.66%) EDI
15 8 (0.53%) ADO
15 8 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.53%) Node.js
16 7 (0.46%) HTML
16 7 (0.46%) SAPUI5
17 6 (0.40%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.68%) Legacy Systems
2 51 (3.37%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.05%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.59%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.39%) IoT
8 19 (1.25%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.92%) FMCG
13 11 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.59%) Life Science
16 8 (0.53%) LIMS
16 8 (0.53%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.12%) Windows
2 7 (0.46%) Linux
3 3 (0.20%) Unix
4 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (25.83%) Migration
2 295 (19.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 256 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 243 (16.05%) Data Migration
5 240 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (14.66%) Agile
7 195 (12.88%) User Acceptance Testing
8 175 (11.56%) Project Management
9 161 (10.63%) Change Management
10 154 (10.17%) CRM
11 151 (9.97%) Validation
12 144 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 133 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
14 116 (7.66%) Project Delivery
15 107 (7.07%) DevOps
16 106 (7.00%) Data Modelling
16 106 (7.00%) Roadmaps
17 97 (6.41%) Workshop Facilitation
18 95 (6.27%) Analytics
19 89 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 129 (8.52%) SQL
2 44 (2.91%) Python
3 36 (2.38%) PL/SQL
4 28 (1.85%) C#
5 27 (1.78%) Java
6 21 (1.39%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.66%) ABAP
8 8 (0.53%) Apex Code
8 8 (0.53%) Ruby
9 7 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.40%) X++
11 5 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.33%) Korn
11 5 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.33%) VBA
12 4 (0.26%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 190 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 140 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 137 (9.05%) Degree
4 89 (5.88%) CIMA
5 76 (5.02%) ACCA
6 45 (2.97%) PMP
7 40 (2.64%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.39%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.92%) SAP Certification
11 13 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.59%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.46%) APMP
14 7 (0.46%) OCA
15 6 (0.40%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.15%) QA
2 77 (5.09%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.96%) GDPR
4 56 (3.70%) PMO
5 29 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.19%) GAAP
6 18 (1.19%) IFRS
7 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.92%) SLA
8 11 (0.73%) NIST
9 10 (0.66%) GxP
9 10 (0.66%) ITGC
10 9 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.53%) COBIT
11 8 (0.53%) GMP
12 7 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.46%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 6 (0.40%) NCSC
14 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 6 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.066%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (0.53%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.33%) Terraform
4 3 (0.20%) Control-M
5 2 (0.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.13%) MOM
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.066%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.066%) Kibana
6 1 (0.066%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.066%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 448 (29.59%) SAP
2 442 (29.19%) Oracle
3 261 (17.24%) Microsoft
4 88 (5.81%) Workday
5 58 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.43%) IFS
7 49 (3.24%) Siemens
8 36 (2.38%) Databricks
9 34 (2.25%) Sage
10 32 (2.11%) Ariba
11 28 (1.85%) MuleSoft
12 26 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.06%) Infor
13 16 (1.06%) Informatica
14 10 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.59%) Foundry
16 8 (0.53%) HP
17 7 (0.46%) Adobe
18 6 (0.40%) Epicor
18 6 (0.40%) Talend