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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 88 90
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,305 866 1,033
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.44% 2.75% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.08% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 474 646
10th Percentile £360 £358 £375
25th Percentile £461 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +3.95%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 11 30
10th Percentile £15.56 £14.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £19.75 £15.99 £37.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.59 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -58.66% +137.56%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.13 £86.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £90.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £41.23
% change year-on-year +81.82% -59.98% +70.69%

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 33,102 28,081 38,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.38% 89.04% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 17,044 25,480
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,015 884 1,942
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.95
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.49
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.96 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.55 £30.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.38% -18.80% +44.23%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +19 1,134 £550 +3.19% 709
UK excluding London +7 666 £525 +0.72% 655
London +26 499 £575 +5.50% 153
Work from Home +31 439 £525 -4.55% 380
South East +20 160 £530 +1.44% 220
North of England -7 154 £575 +21.05% 130
Midlands -21 121 £538 - 102
North West +18 96 £500 - 56
South West +2 95 £525 +5.00% 72
East of England +15 78 £525 +1.20% 91
West Midlands -34 78 £573 +9.14% 53
Yorkshire -28 53 £595 +48.75% 54
East Midlands -20 42 £525 -12.50% 48
Scotland +36 41 £500 +1.27% 17
Wales +12 17 £438 -39.66% 28
Northern Ireland - 7 £450 - 13
North East -20 5 £500 - 24
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 (1.76%) Confluence
2 21 (1.61%) Oracle Workflow
2 21 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.46%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Documentum
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.15%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.077%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.077%) Apache
9 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.077%) Camunda
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.077%) SAS
Applications
1 78 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) Trello
8 3 (0.23%) PTC Creo
9 2 (0.15%) InVision
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.15%) Windchill
10 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.077%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 190 (14.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 90 (6.90%) Oracle ERP
3 62 (4.75%) SAP ERP
4 53 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 48 (3.68%) Oracle Payables
6 43 (3.30%) Oracle EBS
7 39 (2.99%) NetSuite
8 34 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
9 28 (2.15%) Oracle General Ledger
10 22 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
11 19 (1.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 18 (1.38%) Shopify
12 18 (1.38%) Unit4 Business World
13 17 (1.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 17 (1.30%) SAP EWM
14 16 (1.23%) Oracle Cash Management
15 14 (1.07%) SAP WM
15 14 (1.07%) Workday HCM
16 13 (1.00%) SAP PP
17 9 (0.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 168 (12.87%) Azure
2 149 (11.42%) OCI
3 142 (10.88%) Dynamics 365
4 105 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 89 (6.82%) SaaS
6 42 (3.22%) PaaS
7 36 (2.76%) AWS
8 30 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 23 (1.76%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.69%) Lucidchart
11 22 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
13 19 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 18 (1.38%) Boomi
15 17 (1.30%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (1.07%) GCP
16 14 (1.07%) IaaS
17 13 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (1.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.15%) LAN
3 1 (0.077%) DKIM
3 1 (0.077%) DMARC
3 1 (0.077%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.05%) Power BI
2 48 (3.68%) Oracle Reports
3 38 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.53%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.76%) Oracle Database
6 21 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 13 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.92%) SAP HANA
10 10 (0.77%) Power Query
11 8 (0.61%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.61%) SAP BW
11 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.61%) Tableau
12 6 (0.46%) GIS
12 6 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.38%) Metadata
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
14 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 70 (5.36%) JIRA
2 29 (2.22%) Postman
3 13 (1.00%) GitLab
4 7 (0.54%) Git
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.46%) Selenium
5 6 (0.46%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.23%) Hudson
8 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.15%) Gradle
9 2 (0.15%) LSMW
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.15%) TestRail
9 2 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.077%) QADirector
General
1 643 (49.27%) Finance
2 495 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 169 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 116 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 51 (3.91%) General Ledger
7 50 (3.83%) Local Government
8 46 (3.52%) Banking
9 45 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 44 (3.37%) Retail
11 43 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (2.61%) Legal
12 34 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.84%) Marketing
16 20 (1.53%) Billing
17 13 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.92%) Military
19 11 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (14.79%) Consultant
2 163 (12.49%) Lead
3 153 (11.72%) Analyst
4 139 (10.65%) Project Manager
5 137 (10.50%) Architect
6 87 (6.67%) Senior
7 84 (6.44%) Business Analyst
8 70 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
9 63 (4.83%) Developer
10 58 (4.44%) SAP Consultant
11 52 (3.98%) ERP Manager
12 47 (3.60%) SAP Manager
13 35 (2.68%) Accountant
14 34 (2.61%) Functional Consultant
15 32 (2.45%) ERP Analyst
16 31 (2.38%) Oracle Consultant
17 30 (2.30%) Programme Manager
18 28 (2.15%) Oracle Specialist
18 28 (2.15%) SAP Project Manager
19 27 (2.07%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (15.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 78 (5.98%) REST
3 56 (4.29%) SOAP
4 52 (3.98%) XML
5 44 (3.37%) Middleware
6 43 (3.30%) JSON
7 39 (2.99%) Web Services
8 24 (1.84%) OAuth
9 22 (1.69%) XSLT
10 18 (1.38%) .NET
11 15 (1.15%) EDI
12 12 (0.92%) JWT
13 10 (0.77%) ADO
13 10 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.61%) HTML
15 5 (0.38%) CSS
15 5 (0.38%) Kafka
15 5 (0.38%) RESTful
16 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
16 4 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 79 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
2 39 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 35 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 25 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.30%) Life Science
9 14 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.07%) FMCG
10 13 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.00%) IoT
11 12 (0.92%) Cloud Native
12 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.77%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.69%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.69%) SCADA
14 9 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.69%) Synthetic Data
15 8 (0.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.00%) Windows
2 5 (0.38%) Linux
3 4 (0.31%) Unix
4 2 (0.15%) Android
4 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.077%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (23.07%) Migration
2 249 (19.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 240 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (17.39%) Agile
5 224 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 182 (13.95%) Data Migration
7 151 (11.57%) Project Management
8 150 (11.49%) CRM
9 139 (10.65%) User Acceptance Testing
10 137 (10.50%) Change Management
11 119 (9.12%) Project Delivery
12 111 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 110 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
14 105 (8.05%) Validation
15 100 (7.66%) Workshop Facilitation
16 99 (7.59%) Roadmaps
17 87 (6.67%) DevOps
18 81 (6.21%) Analytics
19 67 (5.13%) Risk Management
20 66 (5.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 140 (10.73%) SQL
2 38 (2.91%) PL/SQL
3 27 (2.07%) C#
4 23 (1.76%) Python
5 21 (1.61%) Java
5 21 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.77%) VBA
7 8 (0.61%) ABAP
8 7 (0.54%) Groovy
9 6 (0.46%) X++
10 5 (0.38%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
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%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.15%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 174 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 167 (12.80%) Degree
3 136 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 68 (5.21%) CIMA
5 61 (4.67%) ACCA
6 41 (3.14%) PMP
7 40 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 26 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.69%) SAP Certification
11 16 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.84%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.77%) OCA
15 9 (0.69%) Azure Certification
16 8 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 7 (0.54%) APMP
18 6 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
19 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.67%) QA
2 61 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 54 (4.14%) GDPR
4 44 (3.37%) PMO
5 33 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.07%) GAAP
6 14 (1.07%) GxP
7 13 (1.00%) IFRS
7 13 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.84%) SLA
9 10 (0.77%) ITGC
9 10 (0.77%) NIST
10 8 (0.61%) COBIT
11 7 (0.54%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.46%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS 17
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.077%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (0.38%) Terraform
2 3 (0.23%) Control-M
2 3 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.077%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.077%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 443 (33.95%) Oracle
2 404 (30.96%) SAP
3 214 (16.40%) Microsoft
4 84 (6.44%) Workday
5 66 (5.06%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.15%) IFS
7 25 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 22 (1.69%) Sage
9 18 (1.38%) Ariba
10 17 (1.30%) Databricks
11 16 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.07%) Siemens
13 9 (0.69%) Adobe
14 7 (0.54%) Informatica
14 7 (0.54%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.38%) Anaplan
15 5 (0.38%) Hyperion
15 5 (0.38%) Infor
15 5 (0.38%) OpenText
16 4 (0.31%) Google