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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 93 91
Rank change year-on-year +28 -2 +25
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,605 775 1,063
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.59% 2.67% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 2.95% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 909 448 669
10th Percentile £363 £359 £356
25th Percentile £463 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £645 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £771 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 18 38
10th Percentile £18.27 £60.50 £13.90
25th Percentile £25.97 £66.25 £26.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +31.00% -8.40%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £87.50 £88.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -23.33% +87.50% -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 38,313 26,307 38,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.58% 90.51% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,289 17,086 24,815
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 £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £485 £500
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 967 2,341
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.24 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.85 £31.08 £31.65
% change year-on-year +12.13% -1.80% -12.39%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +31 1,344 £550 +2.76% 750
UK excluding London +33 794 £525 +5.00% 619
London +34 599 £550 - 210
Work from Home +44 531 £550 +2.33% 347
South East 0 190 £550 - 200
North of England +27 187 £550 +22.22% 135
Midlands -15 135 £540 +8.00% 113
South West +25 119 £525 +10.53% 64
North West +42 113 £500 +2.41% 65
West Midlands -22 90 £565 +13.00% 79
East of England +6 84 £550 -4.35% 69
Yorkshire -11 64 £595 +53.55% 59
Scotland +32 45 £530 +6.00% 29
East Midlands -13 44 £500 +5.26% 34
Wales +9 21 £500 -31.03% 10
Northern Ireland +14 16 £475 +18.75% 11
North East -16 10 £500 - 15
Channel Islands - 3 - - 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 16 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
3 14 (0.87%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.50%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.31%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.31%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.25%) Apache
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.19%) Documentum
8 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.12%) CMS
9 2 (0.12%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 73 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.31%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
9 3 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.062%) InVision
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 240 (14.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (6.42%) Oracle ERP
3 66 (4.11%) Oracle EBS
4 64 (3.99%) SAP ERP
5 49 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
6 46 (2.87%) Oracle Payables
7 35 (2.18%) NetSuite
8 32 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
9 28 (1.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 19 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
11 18 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
11 18 (1.12%) Shopify
12 16 (1.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 15 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
14 14 (0.87%) Workday HCM
15 13 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
15 13 (0.81%) SAP FI
15 13 (0.81%) SAP PP
16 12 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
17 11 (0.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (12.90%) Azure
2 188 (11.71%) Dynamics 365
3 155 (9.66%) OCI
4 131 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 91 (5.67%) SaaS
6 62 (3.86%) AWS
7 48 (2.99%) PaaS
8 42 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.87%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.81%) Boomi
11 27 (1.68%) PowerApps
11 27 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
12 23 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (1.37%) GCP
14 18 (1.12%) IaaS
15 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
18 13 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.19%) LAN
2 2 (0.12%) 5G
2 2 (0.12%) Firewall
3 1 (0.062%) DHCP
3 1 (0.062%) DNS
3 1 (0.062%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.062%) HTTP
3 1 (0.062%) Intranet
3 1 (0.062%) Modbus
3 1 (0.062%) RFID
3 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.062%) VoIP
3 1 (0.062%) VPN
3 1 (0.062%) WAN
3 1 (0.062%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.48%) Power BI
2 67 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
3 55 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.62%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 21 (1.31%) Oracle ODI
5 21 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (0.69%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.56%) Metadata
10 8 (0.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.50%) GIS
10 8 (0.50%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.44%) Tableau
12 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.31%) Power Query
14 4 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.25%) Star Schema
15 3 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (5.11%) JIRA
2 29 (1.81%) Postman
3 23 (1.43%) Git
4 17 (1.06%) Hudson
5 10 (0.62%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.50%) GitLab
7 7 (0.44%) Selenium
8 6 (0.37%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.19%) LSMW
12 2 (0.12%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.12%) Gradle
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.12%) TestRail
12 2 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
13 1 (0.062%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 842 (52.46%) Finance
2 487 (30.34%) Social Skills
3 223 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (8.41%) Manufacturing
5 132 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 72 (4.49%) Retail
7 60 (3.74%) Local Government
8 58 (3.61%) Legal
9 54 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 43 (2.68%) Law
13 42 (2.62%) General Ledger
14 40 (2.49%) Banking
15 26 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.56%) Billing
17 24 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
18 23 (1.43%) Marketing
19 20 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 18 (1.12%) Military
Job Titles
1 253 (15.76%) Lead
2 240 (14.95%) Consultant
3 228 (14.21%) Architect
4 183 (11.40%) Analyst
5 153 (9.53%) Project Manager
6 137 (8.54%) Senior
7 111 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
8 103 (6.42%) Business Analyst
9 77 (4.80%) Developer
10 70 (4.36%) ERP Manager
11 54 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
12 51 (3.18%) Implementation Consultant
12 51 (3.18%) SAP Manager
13 49 (3.05%) Accountant
14 45 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
15 41 (2.55%) Oracle Consultant
16 40 (2.49%) Senior Manager
17 37 (2.31%) Systems Accountant
18 36 (2.24%) Test Manager
19 35 (2.18%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (12.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 86 (5.36%) REST
3 71 (4.42%) Middleware
4 60 (3.74%) SOAP
5 49 (3.05%) XML
6 45 (2.80%) JSON
7 40 (2.49%) Web Services
8 24 (1.50%) OAuth
9 22 (1.37%) XSLT
10 20 (1.25%) .NET
11 16 (1.00%) JWT
12 15 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
13 12 (0.75%) PySpark
14 10 (0.62%) EDI
15 8 (0.50%) ADO
15 8 (0.50%) Kafka
15 8 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (0.50%) Node.js
16 7 (0.44%) SAPUI5
17 6 (0.37%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.55%) Legacy Systems
2 55 (3.43%) Data Structures
3 43 (2.68%) Management Information System
4 32 (1.99%) Product Ownership
5 30 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (1.68%) Public Cloud
7 23 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 22 (1.37%) Onboarding
9 19 (1.18%) IoT
10 17 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (0.93%) FMCG
12 14 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.81%) AI Agents
13 13 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.56%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.50%) Life Science
16 8 (0.50%) LIMS
16 8 (0.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.87%) Windows
2 6 (0.37%) Linux
3 3 (0.19%) Unix
4 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (26.60%) Migration
2 315 (19.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 282 (17.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 275 (17.13%) Data Migration
5 250 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
6 228 (14.21%) User Acceptance Testing
7 226 (14.08%) Agile
8 176 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 176 (10.97%) Project Management
9 169 (10.53%) Change Management
9 169 (10.53%) Validation
10 157 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
11 153 (9.53%) CRM
12 118 (7.35%) Data Modelling
13 117 (7.29%) Procure-to-Pay
14 116 (7.23%) Project Delivery
15 112 (6.98%) Roadmaps
16 109 (6.79%) DevOps
17 101 (6.29%) Analytics
18 97 (6.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 140 (8.72%) SQL
2 47 (2.93%) Python
3 43 (2.68%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.87%) Java
5 28 (1.74%) C#
6 18 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.75%) Ruby
8 10 (0.62%) ABAP
8 10 (0.62%) Apex Code
9 7 (0.44%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.37%) VBA
11 5 (0.31%) Korn
11 5 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.25%) Perl
12 4 (0.25%) X++
13 3 (0.19%) C++
13 3 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.19%) XPath
Qualifications
1 198 (12.34%) Security Cleared
2 146 (9.10%) SC Cleared
3 132 (8.22%) Degree
4 92 (5.73%) CIMA
5 80 (4.98%) ACCA
6 46 (2.87%) PMP
7 39 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
12 13 (0.81%) SAP Certification
13 10 (0.62%) DV Cleared
13 10 (0.62%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.56%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.44%) APMP
15 7 (0.44%) OCA
16 6 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.05%) QA
3 63 (3.93%) GDPR
4 56 (3.49%) PMO
5 29 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (1.18%) IFRS
7 18 (1.12%) GAAP
8 15 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.87%) SLA
10 12 (0.75%) NIST
11 10 (0.62%) GxP
11 10 (0.62%) ITGC
12 9 (0.56%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.50%) COBIT
14 7 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
14 7 (0.44%) GMP
14 7 (0.44%) SOX 404
15 6 (0.37%) IFRS 17
15 6 (0.37%) NCSC
16 5 (0.31%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 5 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.19%) Docker
3 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.062%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.56%) HP ALM
2 6 (0.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.31%) Terraform
4 3 (0.19%) Control-M
5 2 (0.12%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (0.12%) MOM
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.062%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.062%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.062%) Kibana
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 484 (30.16%) SAP
2 462 (28.79%) Oracle
3 269 (16.76%) Microsoft
4 88 (5.48%) Workday
5 62 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.49%) IFS
7 51 (3.18%) Siemens
8 36 (2.24%) Ariba
8 36 (2.24%) Databricks
9 34 (2.12%) Sage
10 31 (1.93%) MuleSoft
10 31 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.06%) Infor
12 16 (1.00%) Informatica
13 9 (0.56%) Foundry
13 9 (0.56%) HP
13 9 (0.56%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.44%) Adobe
14 7 (0.44%) Google
14 7 (0.44%) Talend