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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 99 96
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,965 847 1,001
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 2.61% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 2.89% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 514 597
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -0.46% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 50 43
10th Percentile £17.75 £6.00 £17.60
25th Percentile £27.08 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -33.33% -30.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £74.69 £66.94
90th Percentile £66.38 £82.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £26.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +109.84% -34.48% -38.37%

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 44,765 29,340 36,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.42% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,853 18,476 23,295
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,647 1,521 2,449
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.70 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.25 £24.64 £38.12
% change year-on-year +83.64% -35.36% -0.99%

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 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 1,627 £550 +2.33% 760
UK excluding London +49 1,022 £525 +3.96% 676
London +25 681 £575 +4.55% 198
Work from Home +42 580 £550 - 501
South East +6 255 £525 -2.33% 147
North of England +54 236 £500 +8.11% 170
Midlands +44 199 £525 - 161
North West +37 138 £525 +10.53% 82
South West +19 125 £538 +10.26% 57
West Midlands +14 122 £540 +2.86% 83
East of England +23 100 £575 - 68
Yorkshire +5 79 £460 +13.58% 67
East Midlands +26 71 £525 - 78
Scotland +18 59 £500 -0.99% 50
Northern Ireland +27 30 £463 +32.14% 18
Wales - 23 £488 - 18
North East -25 19 £500 -6.98% 23
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 30 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.87%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.25%) SAS
5 4 (0.20%) Apache
5 4 (0.20%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.10%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (0.10%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.051%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.051%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.051%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 2 (0.10%) Windchill
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.051%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 303 (15.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 148 (7.53%) Oracle ERP
3 67 (3.41%) SAP ERP
4 56 (2.85%) NetSuite
5 54 (2.75%) Oracle Payables
6 51 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
7 41 (2.09%) Oracle Receivables
8 39 (1.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 31 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
10 22 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
11 20 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
12 17 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite
12 17 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
12 17 (0.87%) SAP MDG
13 15 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
14 11 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 11 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
15 10 (0.51%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (0.51%) SAP SD
15 10 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 248 (12.62%) Azure
2 185 (9.41%) Power Platform
3 176 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
4 147 (7.48%) OCI
5 116 (5.90%) SaaS
6 74 (3.77%) AWS
7 59 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.34%) PaaS
9 35 (1.78%) Boomi
10 33 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
11 27 (1.37%) GCP
11 27 (1.37%) GitHub
11 27 (1.37%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (1.32%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.36%) Network Security
2 6 (0.31%) HTTP
3 4 (0.20%) FTP
4 3 (0.15%) 5G
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
5 2 (0.10%) Intranet
5 2 (0.10%) LAN
5 2 (0.10%) RFID
5 2 (0.10%) SSL
5 2 (0.10%) WAN
6 1 (0.051%) DHCP
6 1 (0.051%) DMZ
6 1 (0.051%) DNS
6 1 (0.051%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.051%) Modbus
6 1 (0.051%) SMS
6 1 (0.051%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) VoIP
6 1 (0.051%) VPN
6 1 (0.051%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (7.07%) Power BI
2 66 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (3.00%) Oracle Reports
4 32 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 26 (1.32%) Oracle ODI
6 23 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.07%) Tableau
8 18 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (0.87%) Metadata
10 12 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
10 12 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.41%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.36%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.36%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 80 (4.07%) JIRA
2 37 (1.88%) Git
3 20 (1.02%) Hudson
4 16 (0.81%) Postman
5 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.31%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.31%) SoapUI
8 4 (0.20%) Selenium
8 4 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.15%) LSMW
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.051%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.051%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.051%) TestRail
General
1 1,002 (50.99%) Finance
2 494 (25.14%) Social Skills
3 248 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (10.13%) Manufacturing
5 158 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 101 (5.14%) Retail
7 69 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (3.10%) Legal
9 58 (2.95%) Local Government
10 57 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 57 (2.90%) General Ledger
11 52 (2.65%) Billing
12 48 (2.44%) Law
13 43 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
14 36 (1.83%) Banking
15 31 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
18 19 (0.97%) Aerospace
19 18 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 343 (17.46%) Lead
2 313 (15.93%) Architect
3 251 (12.77%) Consultant
4 236 (12.01%) Analyst
5 173 (8.80%) Senior
6 157 (7.99%) Project Manager
7 152 (7.74%) Solutions Architect
8 113 (5.75%) Business Analyst
9 104 (5.29%) Developer
10 84 (4.27%) ERP Manager
11 66 (3.36%) Accountant
12 63 (3.21%) Oracle Consultant
13 55 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
14 52 (2.65%) Systems Accountant
15 50 (2.54%) Implementation Consultant
15 50 (2.54%) Senior Manager
16 47 (2.39%) SAP Consultant
17 46 (2.34%) Finance Manager
17 46 (2.34%) SAP Manager
18 42 (2.14%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (9.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 106 (5.39%) REST
3 101 (5.14%) Middleware
4 60 (3.05%) SOAP
5 48 (2.44%) JSON
6 41 (2.09%) XML
7 37 (1.88%) Web Services
8 30 (1.53%) .NET
9 21 (1.07%) OAuth
10 17 (0.87%) EDI
10 17 (0.87%) Node.js
10 17 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (0.71%) XSLT
13 13 (0.66%) HTML
14 11 (0.56%) CSS
14 11 (0.56%) JWT
14 11 (0.56%) OAuth2
15 10 (0.51%) PySpark
15 10 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 99 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
2 68 (3.46%) Data Structures
3 56 (2.85%) Product Ownership
4 50 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 37 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 34 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.68%) FMCG
9 31 (1.58%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (0.92%) AI Agents
12 18 (0.92%) IoT
13 16 (0.81%) Life Science
14 15 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (0.71%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
17 12 (0.61%) Operational Technology
18 11 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.22%) Windows
2 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.25%) Linux
4 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.051%) AIX
5 1 (0.051%) Android
5 1 (0.051%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.051%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.051%) Unix
5 1 (0.051%) VMS
5 1 (0.051%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (25.60%) Migration
2 480 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 351 (17.86%) Data Migration
4 324 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 305 (15.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 258 (13.13%) Agile
7 255 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 252 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
9 214 (10.89%) Validation
10 203 (10.33%) Change Management
11 200 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
12 179 (9.11%) CRM
12 179 (9.11%) Data Modelling
13 166 (8.45%) Analytics
14 161 (8.19%) Roadmaps
15 158 (8.04%) Project Management
16 143 (7.28%) Procure-to-Pay
17 139 (7.07%) Process Improvement
18 130 (6.62%) Translating Business Requirements
19 129 (6.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.21%) SQL
2 72 (3.66%) Python
3 38 (1.93%) JavaScript
4 37 (1.88%) Java
5 31 (1.58%) PL/SQL
6 29 (1.48%) C#
7 20 (1.02%) Ruby
8 18 (0.92%) Apex Code
9 16 (0.81%) ABAP
10 15 (0.76%) X++
11 13 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.25%) Groovy
14 5 (0.25%) SOQL
14 5 (0.25%) SOSL
14 5 (0.25%) VBA
15 4 (0.20%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.15%) C++
16 3 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 204 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 147 (7.48%) SC Cleared
3 110 (5.60%) Degree
4 80 (4.07%) CIMA
5 78 (3.97%) ACCA
6 35 (1.78%) DV Cleared
7 34 (1.73%) PMP
8 28 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 19 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.56%) SAP Certification
12 9 (0.46%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.31%) CISM
14 6 (0.31%) CISSP
14 6 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.25%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.20%) CCAB
16 4 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 80 (4.07%) GDPR
3 74 (3.77%) QA
4 50 (2.54%) PMO
5 33 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.32%) IFRS
7 19 (0.97%) GAAP
8 15 (0.76%) GMP
8 15 (0.76%) SLA
9 13 (0.66%) GxP
10 12 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.46%) GRC
11 9 (0.46%) NCSC
12 8 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 5 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.25%) NIST
16 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.051%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.76%) Terraform
2 13 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.51%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.25%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) MOM
6 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.051%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.051%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.051%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.051%) SCCM
Vendors
1 612 (31.15%) SAP
2 545 (27.74%) Oracle
3 334 (17.00%) Microsoft
4 84 (4.27%) IFS
5 79 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 75 (3.82%) Workday
7 61 (3.10%) ServiceNow
8 53 (2.70%) Siemens
9 45 (2.29%) Ariba
10 41 (2.09%) Infor
11 39 (1.98%) Databricks
12 36 (1.83%) MuleSoft
12 36 (1.83%) Sage
13 18 (0.92%) Concur
13 18 (0.92%) JD Edwards
14 14 (0.71%) Google
15 12 (0.61%) Epicor
16 11 (0.56%) Informatica
17 10 (0.51%) HP
18 9 (0.46%) Foundry