ERP Contracts

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ERP over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 96 102
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing ERP 920 910 1,253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.79% 2.34% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.74% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 516 751
10th Percentile £325 £363 £381
25th Percentile £450 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £639
90th Percentile £730 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 38 22
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.78 £35.46
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £23.95 £46.25 £64.90
Median % change year-on-year -48.22% -28.74% +74.11%
75th Percentile £71.88 £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £93.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.43 £40.18 £65.13
% change year-on-year -56.63% -38.30% +272.14%

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 29,828 33,271 46,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 85.47% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,585 21,269 32,050
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,712 1,831 1,512
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.43 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.87 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -46.75% +13.33% +70.45%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Daily rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ERP.

Hourly rate trend for ERP in the UK

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ERP over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ERP in the UK

ERP
Top 16 Contract 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 14 August 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 +13 799 £550 +4.76% 1,216
UK excluding London -13 419 £520 +4.00% 837
London +48 390 £550 - 465
Work from Home +6 289 £550 +1.85% 604
South East +23 142 £515 +8.42% 286
Midlands -48 65 £525 +5.00% 177
North of England -50 60 £500 - 168
South West +23 56 £626 +19.24% 79
East of England +35 54 £575 +15.00% 72
Scotland -19 44 £500 -4.76% 40
West Midlands -46 43 £525 +5.00% 109
North West -22 39 £500 - 102
East Midlands -3 20 £600 +7.14% 66
Yorkshire -42 16 £403 -19.58% 52
North East +1 5 £538 -6.11% 17
Northern Ireland -12 4 £350 - 13

ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 14 (1.52%) Confluence
3 13 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.54%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.43%) CMS
6 4 (0.43%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.33%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.22%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.22%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 58 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.87%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Notion
9 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 107 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 95 (10.33%) Oracle ERP
3 44 (4.78%) SAP ERP
4 39 (4.24%) Oracle Payables
5 37 (4.02%) Oracle EBS
6 29 (3.15%) Oracle EBS R12
7 28 (3.04%) NetSuite
8 24 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
8 24 (2.61%) Oracle Assets
9 23 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 20 (2.17%) Oracle General Ledger
11 19 (2.07%) Oracle Receivables
12 16 (1.74%) Unit4 Business World
13 11 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
13 11 (1.20%) Oracle SCM
13 11 (1.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 8 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
15 7 (0.76%) Oracle Retail
15 7 (0.76%) Workday HCM
16 6 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 101 (10.98%) OCI
2 84 (9.13%) Azure
3 76 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
4 72 (7.83%) SaaS
5 63 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 18 (1.96%) PaaS
7 17 (1.85%) AWS
8 15 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
9 14 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (1.09%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.09%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.87%) Oracle CX
13 7 (0.76%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.65%) Smartsheet
15 4 (0.43%) GCP
15 4 (0.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 3 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
16 3 (0.33%) GitHub
16 3 (0.33%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.22%) RFID
2 1 (0.11%) Internet
2 1 (0.11%) Intranet
2 1 (0.11%) LAN
2 1 (0.11%) Network Security
2 1 (0.11%) SAN
2 1 (0.11%) SSL
2 1 (0.11%) VPN
2 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.85%) Oracle Reports
2 54 (5.87%) Power BI
3 21 (2.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 21 (2.28%) Oracle Database
3 21 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.74%) SAP HANA
5 9 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.87%) Tableau
7 7 (0.76%) Oracle BI EE
7 7 (0.76%) SAP BW
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
9 4 (0.43%) GIS
9 4 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.22%) MySQL
11 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (4.67%) JIRA
2 4 (0.43%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.43%) NeoLoad
3 3 (0.33%) Git
3 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.22%) GitLab
4 2 (0.22%) JMeter
4 2 (0.22%) LSMW
4 2 (0.22%) Postman
4 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Hudson
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 461 (50.11%) Finance
2 291 (31.63%) Social Skills
3 124 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 74 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
7 40 (4.35%) Retail
8 34 (3.70%) Legal
9 28 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.72%) Aerospace
11 24 (2.61%) Banking
12 23 (2.50%) Telecoms
13 22 (2.39%) General Ledger
13 22 (2.39%) Local Government
14 21 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.96%) Billing
17 15 (1.63%) Marketing
18 14 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 13 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (15.65%) Analyst
2 108 (11.74%) Consultant
3 103 (11.20%) Lead
4 94 (10.22%) Project Manager
5 79 (8.59%) Architect
6 68 (7.39%) Business Analyst
7 57 (6.20%) Senior
8 48 (5.22%) Developer
8 48 (5.22%) ERP Manager
9 37 (4.02%) Oracle Consultant
10 29 (3.15%) SAP Manager
11 25 (2.72%) ERP Analyst
12 24 (2.61%) Programme Manager
13 23 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.39%) ERP Project Manager
14 22 (2.39%) Finance Manager
15 20 (2.17%) Functional Consultant
16 19 (2.07%) Administrator
17 18 (1.96%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (12.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (2.61%) Middleware
3 19 (2.07%) Web Services
4 17 (1.85%) REST
5 13 (1.41%) EDI
5 13 (1.41%) SOAP
6 12 (1.30%) .NET
6 12 (1.30%) XML
7 10 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
8 7 (0.76%) HTML
9 6 (0.65%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.65%) CSS
9 6 (0.65%) SAP PI
10 5 (0.54%) OAuth
11 3 (0.33%) Node.js
11 3 (0.33%) SAML
11 3 (0.33%) SAPUI5
11 3 (0.33%) WebCenter
11 3 (0.33%) XML Messaging
12 2 (0.22%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (2.61%) Life Science
4 21 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.52%) FMCG
8 13 (1.41%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.41%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.30%) AS400
9 12 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.87%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.76%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 5 (0.54%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.54%) SCADA
15 5 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.87%) Unix
2 6 (0.65%) Windows
3 2 (0.22%) Android
3 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (23.15%) Migration
2 170 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 155 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
4 150 (16.30%) Agile
5 130 (14.13%) Data Migration
6 129 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 125 (13.59%) Project Management
8 113 (12.28%) Change Management
9 99 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
10 95 (10.33%) CRM
11 84 (9.13%) Project Delivery
12 83 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
13 69 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 62 (6.74%) Validation
15 59 (6.41%) Data Management
16 58 (6.30%) Analytics
17 51 (5.54%) Workshop Facilitation
18 50 (5.43%) Process Improvement
18 50 (5.43%) Procure-to-Pay
19 48 (5.22%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 130 (14.13%) SQL
2 34 (3.70%) PL/SQL
3 16 (1.74%) Java
4 13 (1.41%) Python
5 11 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.09%) C#
7 8 (0.87%) ABAP
8 6 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.54%) ProC
9 5 (0.54%) VBA
10 4 (0.43%) Perl
10 4 (0.43%) X++
11 3 (0.33%) PHP
11 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.22%) Groovy
12 2 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 100 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 86 (9.35%) Degree
3 85 (9.24%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.24%) PMP
5 29 (3.15%) PMI Certification
6 15 (1.63%) ACCA
6 15 (1.63%) CIMA
7 13 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.87%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.54%) CBAP
11 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.43%) CCA
12 4 (0.43%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 3 (0.33%) APMG
14 2 (0.22%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.15%) QA
3 27 (2.93%) PMO
4 19 (2.07%) GDPR
5 16 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (1.74%) SLA
6 12 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.87%) GxP
8 7 (0.76%) APQC
9 6 (0.65%) IFRS
10 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.43%) GAAP
12 3 (0.33%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.22%) Basel III
13 2 (0.22%) NIST
13 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.11%) Dodd-Frank
14 1 (0.11%) GRC
14 1 (0.11%) ITGC
14 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) IAG
4 1 (0.11%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (0.43%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 4 (0.43%) Kubernetes
1 4 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 4 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.22%) Control-M
3 2 (0.22%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.22%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.22%) Terraform
4 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 340 (36.96%) Oracle
2 273 (29.67%) SAP
3 132 (14.35%) Microsoft
4 57 (6.20%) Workday
5 53 (5.76%) Salesforce
6 42 (4.57%) IFS
7 25 (2.72%) Ariba
8 9 (0.98%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.76%) Hyperion
10 6 (0.65%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.54%) Adaptive Insights
11 5 (0.54%) Adobe
11 5 (0.54%) Concur
11 5 (0.54%) IBM
11 5 (0.54%) PeopleSoft
11 5 (0.54%) Sage
11 5 (0.54%) Siemens
12 4 (0.43%) Dell
12 4 (0.43%) Informatica