Unit4 Business World Contract Job Trends

Unit4 Financials Business World Edition (formerly Agresso)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Unit4 Business World skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 508 586
Rank change year-on-year -57 +78 +192
Contract jobs citing Unit4 Business World 28 28 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.084% 0.021%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.89% 1.12% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 6
10th Percentile £384 £403 £198
25th Percentile £394 £438 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £275
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +81.82% -45.00%
75th Percentile £603 £558 £313
90th Percentile £644 £653 £350
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £500 £270
% change year-on-year +20.00% +85.19% -43.16%

All Business Application Skills
UK

Unit4 Business World falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,161 2,498 3,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 7.50% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,815 1,323 1,927
10th Percentile £359 £365 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £760 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £528 £525
% change year-on-year +4.27% +0.48% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 55 92
10th Percentile £18.87 £22.27 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.75 £30.21 £46.75
Median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%
75th Percentile £79.63 £66.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.75 £88.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +51.45%

Unit4 Business World
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unit4 Business World relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Unit4 Business World job vacancy trend in the UK

Unit4 Business World
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unit4 Business World.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unit4 Business World

Unit4 Business World
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unit4 Business World over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unit4 Business World in the UK

Unit4 Business World
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unit4 Business World.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unit4 Business World

Unit4 Business World
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unit4 Business World within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 -43 28 £425 -15.00% 35
London -11 14 £419 -14.10% 3
UK excluding London -46 13 £600 +20.00% 37
East of England - 7 - - 4
North of England -47 4 £600 +20.00% 8
Work from Home -9 3 £425 -18.07% 33
South East -9 2 - - 8
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 4
North West -24 1 - - 4
North East - 1 £488 -

Unit4 Business World
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:

Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) Power Query
General
1 24 (85.71%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Local Government
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Support Analyst
3 7 (25.00%) ERP Analyst
3 7 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Data Migration Specialist
5 2 (7.14%) ERP Manager
5 2 (7.14%) ERP Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Business Finance Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) ERP Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Finance Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Migration Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) SaaS Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) ERP
2 9 (32.14%) Customer-Centricity
3 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.00%) Business Development
5 5 (17.86%) Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (7.14%) Data Mapping
7 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (7.14%) Performance Management
7 2 (7.14%) Project Management
7 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
7 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (7.14%) Validation
8 1 (3.57%) Business Continuity
8 1 (3.57%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) ACCA
1 1 (3.57%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Sage