2026 Salary Guide
Epicor Salary Guide 2026
From Kinetic on the shop floor to Prophet 21 in the warehouse, Epicor skills are quietly some of the best paid in mid-market ERP. Here is the 2026 picture.
£53,000 – £71,500
UK mid-level kinetic functional consultant
$99,000 – $132,000
US mid-level kinetic functional consultant
$264,000+
Top of the US market
£470 – £715
UK contract day rates
The Epicor market in 2026
Epicor pay is a story about scarce, product-specific knowledge. Kinetic, Prophet 21, BisTrack and Eclipse each serve distinct manufacturing and distribution verticals, each has its own small talent pool, and none of those pools is growing as fast as the installed base that depends on them. When an experienced P21 or BisTrack consultant moves, switching premiums of 20% or more are routine.
The cloud migration wave is the current demand engine. Epicor is moving its base from on-premise to cloud, every migration needs consultants who know both the product and the customer's vertical, and manufacturers are simultaneously investing in MES, planning, analytics around Kinetic. The result: sustained demand across functional, technical, architecture roles.
This is a US-weighted market centred on the manufacturing belt, Texas and the Southeast, and our US bands below cover most of the hiring. The UK market is smaller but persistent, concentrated in manufacturing and distribution businesses that run Epicor for decades once live, which makes experienced UK Epicor people genuinely hard to replace.
Epicor pay at a glance, 2026
Annual base salary by role, United Kingdom
Kinetic Functional Consultant
£53,000 – £71,500 mid-level (2–5 yrs)
Kinetic Technical / Customisation Developer
£55,000 – £75,000 mid-level (2–5 yrs)
Prophet 21 Consultant
£55,000 – £75,000 mid-level (2–5 yrs)
BisTrack / Eclipse Consultant
£57,000 – £77,000 mid-level (2–5 yrs)
Solution Architect
£86,000 – £108,000 senior (5–8 yrs)
Practice Director / VP Epicor
£110,000 – £154,000 practice leadership
Epicor salaries role by role
Annual base salaries. One scale per market across the whole guide — so when a leadership bar dwarfs a support bar, that's the market talking, not the chart.
Kinetic Functional Consultant
Career guide & live jobs →Configures Kinetic for manufacturers: production, scheduling, inventory, financials, plus discovery, UAT, training. Deep manufacturing process knowledge is what separates the band's top from its middle.
United Kingdom
- Junior (0–2 yrs)
- £31,000 – £42,000
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- £53,000 – £71,500
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- £71,500 – £90,000
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- £90,000 – £110,000
United States
- Junior (0–2 yrs)
- $60,500 – $82,500
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- $99,000 – $132,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- $132,000 – $165,000
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- $165,000 – $198,000
Kinetic Technical / Customisation Developer
Career guide & live jobs →BPM workflows, BAQs, dashboards, customisations using Kinetic's toolset. Application Studio experience for the browser UI is the current differentiator.
United Kingdom
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- £55,000 – £75,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- £75,000 – £93,500
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- £93,500 – £112,000
United States
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- $104,500 – $137,500
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- $137,500 – $170,500
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- $165,000 – $198,000
Prophet 21 Consultant
Career guide & live jobs →Implements and optimises P21 for distributors. The talent pool is small relative to the installed base, which keeps P21 pay 5 to 10% ahead of Kinetic at every level.
United Kingdom
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- £55,000 – £75,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- £75,000 – £94,500
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- £94,500 – £115,500
United States
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- $104,500 – $141,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- $141,000 – $174,000
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- $174,000 – $209,000
BisTrack / Eclipse Consultant
Career guide & live jobs →Specialists for building-products and electrical/HVAC/plumbing distribution. The scarcest profiles in the Epicor world; when they move, they set their price.
United Kingdom
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- £57,000 – £77,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- £77,000 – £97,000
United States
- Mid-level (2–5 yrs)
- $108,000 – $143,000
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- $143,000 – $176,000
Solution Architect
Career guide & live jobs →Designs end-to-end Epicor estates: configuration strategy, integration architecture, migration approach. Increasingly the key hire on cloud migration programmes.
United Kingdom
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- £86,000 – £108,000
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- £108,000 – £130,000
United States
- Senior (5–8 yrs)
- $154,000 – $187,000
- Lead / Principal (8+ yrs)
- $187,000 – $225,500
Practice Director / VP Epicor
Career guide & live jobs →Runs an Epicor partner practice or in-house capability with P&L ownership. Bands are base salary; US director packages typically add 20%+ bonus.
United Kingdom
- Practice leadership
- £110,000 – £154,000
United States
- Practice leadership
- $198,000 – $264,000
What's moving Epicor pay
Acquired-product scarcity
Prophet 21, BisTrack and Eclipse came into Epicor through acquisition, each with a small, specialised consultant pool that has never caught up with demand.
The cloud migration wave
On-premise customers are moving to Epicor's cloud, and every migration needs product-specific delivery experience that cannot be substituted from other ERPs.
Manufacturing reinvestment
Reshoring and automation investment across US manufacturing keeps Kinetic project pipelines full, with MES and analytics work layered on top of core ERP.
Skills that pay a premium
| Skill or credential | Typical uplift |
|---|---|
| Prophet 21 / BisTrack / Eclipse product depth | +5–10% over Kinetic peers |
| Cloud migration delivery experience | +10–15% |
| Application Studio / modern Kinetic toolset | +8–12% |
| APICS CPIM / CSCP for manufacturing consultants | +5–10% |
Where the money is
United States
Epicor's centre of gravity: the Midwest manufacturing belt (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), the Texas tri-cities, the Southeast and Pennsylvania. Remote roles are common across the partner channel, with travel to plant sites the norm on implementations.
United Kingdom
A smaller, loyal installed base across manufacturing and distribution, concentrated in the Midlands and the North. UK Epicor consultants are scarce enough that experienced people effectively name their band when they move. Prophet 21 and BisTrack especially: we see those two briefs stay open months longer than Kinetic ones.
More on hiring in each market: ERP recruitment in the UK · ERP recruitment in the USA
Epicor contract rates in 2026
United Kingdom · day rate
£470 – £715
United States · hourly
$100 – $175
P21 and BisTrack specialists regularly exceed these ranges on migration and optimisation programmes.
Using this guide
If you're hiring
What does an Epicor hire really cost?
The cheapest thing about a good hire is the salary. Under-offer an Epicor role and you buy three months of empty desk, a re-run search — and usually a higher price second time round. We'll benchmark the role free before you go anywhere near the market, on a permanent or contract basis.
Brief us on the role →If you're job hunting
Are you paid what you're worth?
Find your role and level above. Add whichever premiums you genuinely hold. That's your number — and if your current package sits under it, well, now you know. Browse our live Epicor jobs or send us your CV for a confidential salary check.
Upload your CV →How we benchmark these numbers
Simple, really: we watch what offers actually close at — our own placements first, cross-checked against the published benchmarks — and we print that. Which lands our bands roughly 10% above the typical advertised median, deliberately. Adverts open low; candidates say yes higher up. Budget from the median and you'll meet your shortlist again in three months, at someone else's offer stage.
Epicor salary FAQs
What is the average Epicor Kinetic consultant salary in the US in 2026?
A mid-level Epicor Kinetic Functional Consultant in the US earns $99,000 to $132,000 in 2026. Senior consultants earn $132,000 to $165,000, and practice directors earn $198,000 to $264,000 and above.
What do Epicor consultants earn in the UK?
A mid-level Kinetic consultant in the UK earns £53,000 to £71,500 in 2026, with seniors at £71,500 to £90,000 and practice leads at £110,000 to £154,000 and above.
Why do Prophet 21 and BisTrack specialists earn more than Kinetic consultants?
Both products joined Epicor through acquisition and serve specific distribution verticals with small, static talent pools. Demand from the installed base is steady, so specialists earn 5 to 10% over Kinetic peers, and switching premiums of 20%+ are common.
How much do Epicor contractors charge in 2026?
UK day rates run £470 to £715, and US independents bill $100 to $175 per hour, with P21 and BisTrack specialists above those ranges on migration programmes.