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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 91 88
Rank change year-on-year +13 -3 +17
Contract jobs citing ERP 1,173 937 1,149
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.28% 2.60% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 2.99% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 495 704
10th Percentile £350 £359 £380
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £769 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 29 31
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.13 £55.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £61.04
Median hourly rate £21.65 £35.36 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.77% -58.40% +148.45%
75th Percentile £32.06 £71.25 £89.50
90th Percentile £51.02 £75.00 £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £35.36 £65.13
% change year-on-year -39.20% -45.70% +169.61%

All Process and 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 31,830 31,370 40,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.08% 87.18% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,997 18,966 27,094
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.59% -3.00%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,072 1,117 1,558
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.42
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -23.99% +24.04%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -30.37% -25.97% +36.12%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 1,011 £550 +3.77% 597
UK excluding London -3 593 £525 +5.00% 560
London +22 446 £575 +4.55% 171
Work from Home +20 385 £525 -4.55% 259
South East +39 166 £515 +3.00% 236
North of England -26 113 £550 +12.82% 99
Midlands -29 110 £575 +9.52% 104
North West +16 85 £506 +1.25% 54
South West 0 83 £575 +11.45% 49
West Midlands -32 69 £588 +11.90% 74
East of England +19 68 £541 +12.18% 45
Scotland +24 44 £500 +8.11% 24
East Midlands -7 41 £525 -12.50% 29
Yorkshire -55 25 £570 +34.12% 38
Northern Ireland +2 10 £350 - 4
Wales +3 8 £390 -40.00% 13
North East -14 3 £500 +5.26% 8
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 26 (2.22%) Confluence
2 19 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.34%) CMS
5 4 (0.34%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.34%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.26%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.26%) Documentum
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EP
8 1 (0.085%) Apache
8 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.085%) Camunda
8 1 (0.085%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.085%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (2.39%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.43%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Windchill
8 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.085%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.085%) Notion
Business Applications
1 161 (13.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 82 (6.99%) Oracle ERP
3 68 (5.80%) SAP ERP
4 43 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 42 (3.58%) Oracle EBS
6 38 (3.24%) NetSuite
6 38 (3.24%) Oracle Payables
7 26 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
8 24 (2.05%) Oracle Receivables
9 21 (1.79%) Oracle Assets
10 18 (1.53%) SAP EWM
11 15 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
12 14 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
12 14 (1.19%) Oracle SCM
12 14 (1.19%) Unit4 Business World
13 13 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 13 (1.11%) SAP PP
13 13 (1.11%) SAP WM
14 9 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
14 9 (0.77%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 148 (12.62%) Azure
2 114 (9.72%) OCI
3 112 (9.55%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (8.53%) SaaS
5 99 (8.44%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.81%) AWS
7 27 (2.30%) PaaS
8 22 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (1.71%) Lucidchart
11 19 (1.62%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.28%) Boomi
15 14 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (1.19%) Tricentis Tosca
16 13 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (1.11%) Entra ID
17 12 (1.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.085%) DKIM
2 1 (0.085%) DMARC
2 1 (0.085%) Internet
2 1 (0.085%) LAN
2 1 (0.085%) Network Security
2 1 (0.085%) SAN
2 1 (0.085%) VPN
2 1 (0.085%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.65%) Power BI
2 55 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
3 34 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (2.05%) Data Lake
5 24 (2.05%) Oracle Database
6 18 (1.53%) SAP HANA
7 16 (1.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 11 (0.94%) Power Query
9 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.77%) Tableau
10 8 (0.68%) SAP BW
11 7 (0.60%) GIS
11 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.43%) Metadata
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
14 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 52 (4.43%) JIRA
2 12 (1.02%) GitLab
2 12 (1.02%) Postman
3 9 (0.77%) Git
4 6 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.17%) Hudson
7 2 (0.17%) LSMW
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.17%) Selenium
7 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.085%) MLflow
8 1 (0.085%) QADirector
8 1 (0.085%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.085%) TestRail
8 1 (0.085%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 569 (48.51%) Finance
2 421 (35.89%) Social Skills
3 162 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (11.42%) Manufacturing
5 123 (10.49%) Public Sector
6 46 (3.92%) Local Government
6 46 (3.92%) Retail
7 42 (3.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 41 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (3.32%) General Ledger
10 37 (3.15%) Banking
10 37 (3.15%) Legal
11 32 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (2.22%) Billing
15 25 (2.13%) Marketing
16 18 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.36%) Aerospace
18 13 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 167 (14.24%) Consultant
2 156 (13.30%) Analyst
3 125 (10.66%) Lead
4 123 (10.49%) Architect
5 120 (10.23%) Project Manager
6 81 (6.91%) Senior
7 73 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 60 (5.12%) Developer
9 55 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
10 46 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
11 41 (3.50%) SAP Manager
12 39 (3.32%) ERP Manager
13 34 (2.90%) Oracle Consultant
14 33 (2.81%) Functional Consultant
15 28 (2.39%) ERP Analyst
16 26 (2.22%) Administrator
16 26 (2.22%) Oracle Developer
16 26 (2.22%) Programme Manager
17 25 (2.13%) Accountant
17 25 (2.13%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (12.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (4.60%) REST
3 35 (2.98%) SOAP
4 31 (2.64%) Middleware
4 31 (2.64%) Web Services
5 26 (2.22%) XML
6 24 (2.05%) JSON
7 17 (1.45%) .NET
8 15 (1.28%) EDI
9 12 (1.02%) OAuth
10 11 (0.94%) XSLT
11 9 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (0.60%) HTML
13 6 (0.51%) ADO
14 5 (0.43%) CSS
15 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Basis
16 3 (0.26%) BAPI
16 3 (0.26%) jQuery
16 3 (0.26%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.37%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (3.75%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 32 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 17 (1.45%) Life Science
6 17 (1.45%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.19%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.11%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.11%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.02%) AS400
10 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (0.94%) IoT
11 10 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (0.85%) FMCG
12 8 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.68%) Synthetic Data
13 7 (0.60%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.51%) Windows
2 3 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Android
3 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.17%) Linux
4 1 (0.085%) AIX
4 1 (0.085%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (23.36%) Migration
2 221 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 200 (17.05%) Agile
4 200 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 183 (15.60%) Data Migration
6 146 (12.45%) CRM
7 124 (10.57%) Change Management
8 122 (10.40%) Project Delivery
8 122 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
9 118 (10.06%) Project Management
10 116 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
11 110 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 93 (7.93%) Roadmaps
13 84 (7.16%) Validation
14 79 (6.73%) Workshop Facilitation
15 70 (5.97%) Analytics
15 70 (5.97%) DevOps
16 66 (5.63%) Data Management
16 66 (5.63%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 149 (12.70%) SQL
2 34 (2.90%) PL/SQL
3 19 (1.62%) JavaScript
4 18 (1.53%) C#
5 17 (1.45%) Python
6 16 (1.36%) Java
7 9 (0.77%) VBA
8 8 (0.68%) ABAP
8 8 (0.68%) Groovy
9 6 (0.51%) X++
10 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.26%) PHP
11 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.17%) Korn
12 2 (0.17%) R
12 2 (0.17%) XPath
13 1 (0.085%) Bicep
13 1 (0.085%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 137 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 136 (11.59%) Degree
3 114 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 40 (3.41%) CIMA
5 38 (3.24%) ACCA
5 38 (3.24%) PMP
6 37 (3.15%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.96%) SAP Certification
8 21 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
11 13 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (0.94%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 9 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.77%) OCA
14 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.37%) QA
2 47 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 43 (3.67%) PMO
4 41 (3.50%) GDPR
5 32 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (0.94%) GxP
6 11 (0.94%) IFRS
6 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.94%) NIST
7 9 (0.77%) ITGC
8 8 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.68%) GAAP
9 7 (0.60%) APQC
9 7 (0.60%) COBIT
9 7 (0.60%) SLA
9 7 (0.60%) SOX 404
10 6 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.34%) GMP
11 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.085%) Firmware
3 1 (0.085%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (0.60%) Terraform
2 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.085%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.085%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 405 (34.53%) Oracle
2 362 (30.86%) SAP
3 178 (15.17%) Microsoft
4 73 (6.22%) Salesforce
5 69 (5.88%) Workday
6 32 (2.73%) IFS
7 22 (1.88%) Ariba
8 17 (1.45%) Sage
8 17 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.19%) Databricks
9 14 (1.19%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.60%) Hyperion
10 7 (0.60%) OpenText
10 7 (0.60%) PeopleSoft
11 6 (0.51%) Adobe
12 4 (0.34%) Axway
12 4 (0.34%) Concur
12 4 (0.34%) Google
12 4 (0.34%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.34%) Murex