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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 88 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +19
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,330 870 1,066
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.46% 2.80% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.14% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 480 677
10th Percentile £350 £359 £363
25th Percentile £456 £431 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £776 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +1.36% -1.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 11 33
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.75 £13.29
25th Percentile £21.73 £16.58 £37.50
Median hourly rate £51.02 £35.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +45.77% -43.36% +43.45%
75th Percentile £58.75 £61.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £90.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.02 £16.50 £40.62
% change year-on-year +209.21% -59.37% +42.61%

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 33,490 27,717 39,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.15% 89.21% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,205 16,795 25,884
10th Percentile £305 £307 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -4.06% -0.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,020 865 2,103
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.98 £35.25
% change year-on-year -20.23% -12.12% +21.55%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 1,153 £550 +3.77% 659
UK excluding London +12 670 £525 +1.36% 502
London +24 512 £575 +5.50% 222
Work from Home +30 453 £525 -4.55% 337
North of England +3 158 £550 +15.79% 122
South East +14 156 £550 +5.26% 167
Midlands -27 121 £525 -2.33% 108
South West +5 102 £500 - 45
North West +28 100 £525 +5.00% 63
West Midlands -26 81 £550 +3.53% 70
East of England +9 77 £525 -2.33% 45
Yorkshire -36 53 £595 +48.75% 46
East Midlands -19 39 £525 -12.21% 38
Scotland +26 38 £519 +12.16% 12
Wales +16 18 £438 -39.66% 10
Northern Ireland - 10 £475 - 3
North East -20 5 £500 +5.26% 16
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 23 (1.73%) Confluence
2 20 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 19 (1.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (0.45%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.30%) Documentum
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.15%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.075%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.075%) Apache
9 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.075%) Camunda
9 1 (0.075%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.075%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) PTC Creo
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) InVision
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.15%) Sketch
8 2 (0.15%) Windchill
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 191 (14.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (5.86%) Oracle ERP
3 60 (4.51%) SAP ERP
4 53 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 46 (3.46%) Oracle Payables
6 42 (3.16%) Oracle EBS
7 38 (2.86%) NetSuite
8 35 (2.63%) Oracle Receivables
9 25 (1.88%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 20 (1.50%) Oracle Assets
12 18 (1.35%) Shopify
13 16 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
13 16 (1.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 16 (1.20%) SAP EWM
13 16 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
14 15 (1.13%) Workday HCM
15 14 (1.05%) SAP WM
16 13 (0.98%) SAP PP
17 10 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 184 (13.83%) Azure
2 152 (11.43%) OCI
3 145 (10.90%) Dynamics 365
4 97 (7.29%) Power Platform
5 96 (7.22%) SaaS
6 47 (3.53%) PaaS
7 38 (2.86%) AWS
8 34 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 24 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (1.65%) Lucidchart
14 21 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
15 20 (1.50%) Boomi
16 16 (1.20%) IaaS
16 16 (1.20%) Tricentis Tosca
17 15 (1.13%) GCP
17 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.075%) DKIM
3 1 (0.075%) DMARC
3 1 (0.075%) Network Security
3 1 (0.075%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.89%) Power BI
2 49 (3.68%) Oracle Reports
3 40 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.65%) Oracle Database
6 21 (1.58%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.75%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.60%) Power Query
10 8 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.53%) Tableau
12 6 (0.45%) GIS
12 6 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.38%) Metadata
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
13 5 (0.38%) SAP BW
14 3 (0.23%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 70 (5.26%) JIRA
2 31 (2.33%) Postman
3 12 (0.90%) GitLab
4 10 (0.75%) Git
5 7 (0.53%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.45%) Selenium
7 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.23%) Hudson
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.15%) Gradle
10 2 (0.15%) LSMW
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.15%) TestRail
10 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.075%) QADirector
General
1 654 (49.17%) Finance
2 499 (37.52%) Social Skills
3 174 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 111 (8.35%) Manufacturing
6 55 (4.14%) Local Government
7 48 (3.61%) General Ledger
8 43 (3.23%) Banking
8 43 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.23%) Retail
9 41 (3.08%) Legal
10 38 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
11 34 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.80%) Marketing
15 21 (1.58%) Billing
16 15 (1.13%) Military
17 12 (0.90%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 206 (15.49%) Consultant
2 164 (12.33%) Lead
3 152 (11.43%) Analyst
4 140 (10.53%) Architect
5 136 (10.23%) Project Manager
6 97 (7.29%) Senior
7 88 (6.62%) Business Analyst
8 72 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
9 65 (4.89%) Developer
10 60 (4.51%) SAP Consultant
11 52 (3.91%) ERP Manager
12 45 (3.38%) SAP Manager
13 38 (2.86%) Accountant
14 34 (2.56%) Functional Consultant
15 33 (2.48%) Oracle Consultant
16 31 (2.33%) ERP Analyst
17 30 (2.26%) Programme Manager
18 29 (2.18%) Oracle Specialist
18 29 (2.18%) Systems Accountant
19 27 (2.03%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (15.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 87 (6.54%) REST
3 62 (4.66%) SOAP
4 53 (3.98%) XML
5 51 (3.83%) JSON
6 47 (3.53%) Middleware
7 44 (3.31%) Web Services
8 26 (1.95%) OAuth
9 25 (1.88%) XSLT
10 19 (1.43%) .NET
11 15 (1.13%) EDI
12 13 (0.98%) JWT
13 11 (0.83%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.75%) ADO
15 8 (0.60%) HTML
16 7 (0.53%) Node.js
17 6 (0.45%) RESTful
18 5 (0.38%) CSS
18 5 (0.38%) Kafka
19 4 (0.30%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (5.94%) Legacy Systems
2 41 (3.08%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 33 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (1.95%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.20%) FMCG
9 14 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 13 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (0.98%) IoT
11 12 (0.90%) AI Agents
11 12 (0.90%) Life Science
11 12 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.68%) SCADA
12 9 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.68%) Synthetic Data
13 8 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.13%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Linux
3 3 (0.23%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.075%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (23.38%) Migration
2 250 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 246 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 223 (16.77%) Agile
6 187 (14.06%) Data Migration
7 157 (11.80%) CRM
8 149 (11.20%) Project Management
8 149 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
9 140 (10.53%) Change Management
10 116 (8.72%) Project Delivery
11 115 (8.65%) Validation
12 110 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 105 (7.89%) Roadmaps
14 102 (7.67%) Workshop Facilitation
15 98 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
16 91 (6.84%) DevOps
17 75 (5.64%) Analytics
18 69 (5.19%) Data Governance
19 68 (5.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 138 (10.38%) SQL
2 38 (2.86%) PL/SQL
3 32 (2.41%) C#
4 28 (2.11%) Python
5 23 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.58%) Java
7 8 (0.60%) Groovy
7 8 (0.60%) VBA
8 7 (0.53%) ABAP
9 6 (0.45%) X++
10 5 (0.38%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.23%) C++
12 3 (0.23%) Korn
12 3 (0.23%) R
12 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.23%) XPath
13 2 (0.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 178 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.63%) Degree
3 139 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 75 (5.64%) CIMA
5 66 (4.96%) ACCA
6 41 (3.08%) PMP
7 39 (2.93%) PMI Certification
8 27 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 25 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.80%) SAP Certification
11 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.83%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.75%) OCA
15 7 (0.53%) APMP
15 7 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.71%) QA
2 63 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.14%) GDPR
4 47 (3.53%) PMO
5 30 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.05%) GAAP
6 14 (1.05%) IFRS
6 14 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.83%) SLA
8 10 (0.75%) GxP
8 10 (0.75%) ITGC
8 10 (0.75%) NIST
9 8 (0.60%) COBIT
10 7 (0.53%) SOX 404
11 6 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.45%) NCSC
12 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.38%) Terraform
2 4 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.23%) Control-M
3 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.075%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 433 (32.56%) Oracle
2 408 (30.68%) SAP
3 220 (16.54%) Microsoft
4 87 (6.54%) Workday
5 66 (4.96%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.03%) IFS
6 27 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 26 (1.95%) Sage
8 23 (1.73%) Siemens
9 18 (1.35%) Ariba
9 18 (1.35%) Databricks
10 16 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.83%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.60%) Adobe
13 7 (0.53%) Foundry
13 7 (0.53%) Informatica
14 6 (0.45%) Infor
15 5 (0.38%) Google
15 5 (0.38%) Hyperion
15 5 (0.38%) OpenText