ERP Job Trends in Scotland

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ERP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 123 139
Rank change year-on-year +47 +16 -30
Permanent jobs citing ERP 59 25 118
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.77% 1.00% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 1.10% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35 22 57
10th Percentile - £41,625 £30,950
25th Percentile £30,000 £53,125 £40,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.80% +31.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

ERP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,270 5,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.03% 90.69% 87.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,007 2,419
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,968 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,798 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -7.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ERP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

ERP job vacancy trend in Scotland

ERP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ERP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ERP

ERP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing ERP in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for ERP in Scotland

ERP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +5 11 £80,000 +28.00% 3
Edinburgh +17 10 £74,654 +65.90% 5
Fife - 10 £37,000 - 7
Banffshire - 8 £30,000 -
Aberdeen -13 5 - -
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 1
West Lothian - 2 £27,500 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £40,000 -
ERP
UK

ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.69%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (6.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) Azure
2 5 (8.47%) dbt
3 4 (6.78%) Boomi
3 4 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (6.78%) iPaaS
3 4 (6.78%) Workato
4 1 (1.69%) OCI
4 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.39%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.69%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
General
1 32 (54.24%) Finance
2 28 (47.46%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.64%) Manufacturing
4 6 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.47%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (8.47%) Retail
6 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.69%) Legal
8 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (35.59%) Analyst
2 17 (28.81%) Support Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) IT Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) IT Support
3 8 (13.56%) IT Support Analyst
4 7 (11.86%) Administrator
4 7 (11.86%) IT Manager
5 6 (10.17%) ERP Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Architect
6 5 (8.47%) ERP Architect
6 5 (8.47%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) IFS Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) IFS Support Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (8.47%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) ERP Manager
7 4 (6.78%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Web Services
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Basis
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.69%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (30.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (25.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (18.64%) Change Management
5 10 (16.95%) Business Development
6 8 (13.56%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.56%) Migration
7 7 (11.86%) ITIL
7 7 (11.86%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (10.17%) Agile
8 6 (10.17%) Analytics
8 6 (10.17%) Validation
9 5 (8.47%) Business Continuity
9 5 (8.47%) Document Management
9 5 (8.47%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (8.47%) Process Improvement
9 5 (8.47%) QMS
9 5 (8.47%) Quality Management
9 5 (8.47%) Regression Testing
9 5 (8.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) AAT
3 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.39%) PMP
4 2 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) SAP
2 6 (10.17%) IFS
3 5 (8.47%) Google
3 5 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.39%) Oracle
6 1 (1.69%) Epicor
6 1 (1.69%) Infor
6 1 (1.69%) Siemens