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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 78 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,966 1,003 931
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.58% 3.07% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 3.39% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,132 602 505
10th Percentile £363 £333 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.48% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 46 35
10th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £20.35
25th Percentile £17.06 £14.67 £28.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.42 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.75% -63.32% -25.20%
75th Percentile £36.10 £32.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £58.48 £78.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £16.29 £51.25
% change year-on-year +42.30% -68.21% -20.31%

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 46,309 29,588 32,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.42% 90.49% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,063 18,372 19,750
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,189 1,818 1,403
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +11 1,613 £550 - 2,253
UK excluding London +27 1,035 £525 - 1,508
London +2 647 £600 +8.60% 876
Work from Home +14 557 £550 - 941
North of England +51 275 £525 +3.70% 333
South East -5 255 £525 +3.45% 394
Midlands +27 224 £525 -4.55% 331
North West +27 149 £525 +3.70% 166
West Midlands +22 128 £525 -4.55% 198
Yorkshire +34 105 £475 -9.52% 120
East of England -8 89 £509 -9.91% 142
East Midlands +15 87 £525 -12.50% 131
South West -32 81 £525 -12.50% 125
Scotland +6 73 £513 +2.50% 100
Northern Ireland +18 21 £450 +28.57% 59
North East -20 21 £500 +11.11% 53
Wales +7 20 £475 +46.15% 41
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 38 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.86%) Confluence
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.41%) CMS
6 6 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.25%) SAS
7 5 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
9 3 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.10%) SAP EP
10 2 (0.10%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.051%) EPiServer
Applications
1 109 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.76%) Windchill
7 12 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.051%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 285 (14.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 149 (7.58%) Oracle ERP
3 68 (3.46%) SAP ERP
4 66 (3.36%) Oracle Payables
5 61 (3.10%) NetSuite
6 50 (2.54%) Oracle Receivables
7 39 (1.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 38 (1.93%) Oracle EBS
9 36 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
10 27 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
11 24 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
12 23 (1.17%) SAP MDG
13 18 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
14 16 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
14 16 (0.81%) Teamcenter
15 15 (0.76%) Workday HCM
16 13 (0.66%) SAP FI
16 13 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
17 12 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite
17 12 (0.61%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 220 (11.19%) Azure
2 184 (9.36%) Dynamics 365
3 179 (9.10%) Power Platform
4 137 (6.97%) OCI
5 126 (6.41%) SaaS
6 76 (3.87%) AWS
7 71 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (2.09%) GCP
8 41 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (1.68%) Power Automate
9 33 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
10 31 (1.58%) Boomi
10 31 (1.58%) PaaS
11 27 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 25 (1.27%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.12%) Entra ID
13 22 (1.12%) GitHub
14 18 (0.92%) Serverless
15 16 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.61%) HTTP
2 7 (0.36%) Network Security
3 6 (0.31%) FTP
4 5 (0.25%) SSL
5 3 (0.15%) 5G
5 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 2 (0.10%) DMZ
6 2 (0.10%) MQTT
6 2 (0.10%) SMS
7 1 (0.051%) DNS
7 1 (0.051%) Intranet
7 1 (0.051%) LAN
7 1 (0.051%) RFID
7 1 (0.051%) SMTP
7 1 (0.051%) VPN
7 1 (0.051%) WAN
7 1 (0.051%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (6.15%) Power BI
2 60 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
4 29 (1.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 25 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.17%) Tableau
8 17 (0.86%) Metadata
9 16 (0.81%) Oracle ODI
10 13 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (0.66%) Oracle Database
10 13 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 12 (0.61%) SAP HANA
12 9 (0.46%) Power Query
13 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 108 (5.49%) JIRA
2 32 (1.63%) Git
3 13 (0.66%) Hudson
3 13 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.46%) Postman
5 7 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.36%) Zephyr
6 6 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.20%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.20%) Flyway
8 3 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.10%) GitLab
9 2 (0.10%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.10%) LSMW
9 2 (0.10%) Selenium
9 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.051%) Eclipse
General
1 989 (50.31%) Finance
2 576 (29.30%) Social Skills
3 257 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (12.16%) Manufacturing
5 169 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 104 (5.29%) Retail
7 82 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 71 (3.61%) General Ledger
9 65 (3.31%) Billing
10 60 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (2.39%) Banking
12 46 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 46 (2.34%) Legal
13 37 (1.88%) Local Government
14 30 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 29 (1.48%) Law
16 27 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
17 25 (1.27%) Aerospace
18 21 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 331 (16.84%) Lead
2 305 (15.51%) Architect
3 249 (12.67%) Analyst
4 240 (12.21%) Consultant
5 147 (7.48%) Senior
6 146 (7.43%) Solutions Architect
7 134 (6.82%) Project Manager
8 122 (6.21%) Business Analyst
9 103 (5.24%) Developer
10 92 (4.68%) Oracle Consultant
11 59 (3.00%) ERP Manager
12 58 (2.95%) Administrator
12 58 (2.95%) Functional Consultant
13 56 (2.85%) Accountant
14 49 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
15 43 (2.19%) Data Analyst
16 42 (2.14%) SAP Consultant
17 40 (2.03%) Programme Manager
17 40 (2.03%) SAP Manager
18 38 (1.93%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (10.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 129 (6.56%) REST
3 111 (5.65%) Middleware
4 81 (4.12%) SOAP
5 50 (2.54%) XML
6 47 (2.39%) JSON
7 42 (2.14%) Web Services
8 30 (1.53%) .NET
9 27 (1.37%) OAuth
10 25 (1.27%) OAuth2
11 23 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
12 21 (1.07%) EDI
13 17 (0.86%) Terraform
14 14 (0.71%) XSLT
15 13 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
16 12 (0.61%) IDoc
17 11 (0.56%) CSS
17 11 (0.56%) HTML
17 11 (0.56%) Node.js
17 11 (0.56%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 97 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
2 71 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
3 68 (3.46%) Product Ownership
4 66 (3.36%) Data Structures
5 62 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 55 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.83%) FMCG
8 30 (1.53%) Cloud Native
8 30 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.17%) Life Science
11 17 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.81%) AI Agents
12 16 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (0.76%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.61%) CMDB
14 12 (0.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 12 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.37%) Windows
2 11 (0.56%) Linux
3 9 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.31%) Unix
5 3 (0.15%) Android
5 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.10%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.051%) AIX
7 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (30.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 481 (24.47%) Migration
3 356 (18.11%) Data Migration
4 295 (15.01%) User Acceptance Testing
5 291 (14.80%) Agile
6 288 (14.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 287 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
8 263 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 213 (10.83%) Validation
10 195 (9.92%) CRM
11 194 (9.87%) Process Improvement
12 193 (9.82%) Roadmaps
13 191 (9.72%) Change Management
14 172 (8.75%) Analytics
15 171 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
16 166 (8.44%) Data Modelling
17 148 (7.53%) Workshop Facilitation
18 146 (7.43%) Project Delivery
19 140 (7.12%) Translating Business Requirements
20 136 (6.92%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 193 (9.82%) SQL
2 60 (3.05%) Python
3 35 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 32 (1.63%) Java
5 30 (1.53%) C#
6 28 (1.42%) PL/SQL
7 21 (1.07%) X++
8 18 (0.92%) ABAP
9 15 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 12 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.61%) Ruby
11 10 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.41%) Groovy
13 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.20%) PHP
15 3 (0.15%) C++
15 3 (0.15%) Rust
15 3 (0.15%) SOQL
15 3 (0.15%) SOSL
15 3 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 252 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 187 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 130 (6.61%) Degree
4 72 (3.66%) ACCA
5 67 (3.41%) CIMA
6 54 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 42 (2.14%) PMP
8 38 (1.93%) PMI Certification
9 33 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.41%) CISM
14 8 (0.41%) CISSP
14 8 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.36%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.31%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.61%) QA
3 61 (3.10%) GDPR
4 49 (2.49%) PMO
5 27 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.27%) IFRS
7 21 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 20 (1.02%) GRC
9 17 (0.86%) GAAP
10 14 (0.71%) NCSC
11 13 (0.66%) GMP
12 12 (0.61%) GxP
13 9 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 9 (0.46%) SLA
14 8 (0.41%) NIST
15 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 6 (0.31%) Accessibility
16 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.10%) IAG
5 1 (0.051%) Firmware
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (0.61%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.25%) Grafana
3 5 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
3 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.20%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.20%) Kibana
4 4 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.051%) MOM
Vendors
1 642 (32.66%) SAP
2 550 (27.98%) Oracle
3 372 (18.92%) Microsoft
4 92 (4.68%) Salesforce
5 81 (4.12%) ServiceNow
6 80 (4.07%) Workday
7 60 (3.05%) IFS
8 45 (2.29%) Ariba
9 35 (1.78%) Infor
10 33 (1.68%) Sage
11 28 (1.42%) JD Edwards
12 27 (1.37%) Databricks
13 25 (1.27%) MuleSoft
14 23 (1.17%) Siemens
15 22 (1.12%) Google
16 17 (0.86%) IBM
16 17 (0.86%) PTC
17 16 (0.81%) Concur
17 16 (0.81%) SYSPRO
18 12 (0.61%) Dell