Ariba Contract Job Trends in England

Ariba
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Ariba products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ariba over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP Ariba.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 407 419
Rank change year-on-year -98 +12 +72
Contract jobs citing Ariba 129 94 109
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.34% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 0.72% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 75 79
10th Percentile £450 £385 £390
25th Percentile £525 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 £582 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +10.81% -7.08%
75th Percentile £700 £660 £625
90th Percentile £775 £715 £740
UK median daily rate £575 £591 £550
% change year-on-year -2.69% +7.43% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £21.32 -
25th Percentile £45.25 £21.35 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.50 £21.39 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.72% -0.51% -77.37%
75th Percentile £45.75 £26.85 £30.00
90th Percentile - £30.13 £51.00
UK median hourly rate £45.50 £30.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +49.18% +41.86% -77.37%

All Vendors
England

Ariba falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,039 13,034 14,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.21% 43.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,986 8,232 9,238
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £614 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £716 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,032 642 732
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.61 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -14.41% -21.64%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £62.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%

Ariba
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ariba relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Ariba job vacancy trend in England

Ariba
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ariba.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ariba

Ariba
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in England

Ariba
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ariba.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ariba

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ariba within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -45 72 £613 +5.51% 26
South East -56 28 £615 +2.50% 12
Midlands -47 13 £600 -2.28% 5
North of England -85 8 £725 +25.00% 14
West Midlands -46 6 £625 +1.79% 4
North West -52 6 £750 +29.31% 10
East of England -33 5 £615 +2.50% 3
East Midlands -16 3 £578 - 1
South West -39 3 £485 +12.01% 8
Yorkshire -44 1 £550 -15.38% 4
Ariba
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Ariba
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (3.10%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.33%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.78%) CMS
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (37.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.10%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 4 (3.10%) SAP EWM
2 4 (3.10%) SAP HCM
3 3 (2.33%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.33%) SAP CRM
3 3 (2.33%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.33%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.33%) SAP HR
4 2 (1.55%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.55%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.78%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.78%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.78%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.78%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.71%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (6.20%) AWS
2 8 (6.20%) SaaS
3 7 (5.43%) Azure
4 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (3.10%) SAP Fieldglass
6 3 (2.33%) GCP
7 2 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.55%) IaaS
7 2 (1.55%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.78%) Boomi
8 1 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) Power BI
2 3 (2.33%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.55%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.55%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.78%) Big Data
4 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 53 (41.09%) Finance
2 42 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.65%) Banking
4 6 (4.65%) Legal
5 5 (3.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.33%) Billing
6 3 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Retail
7 2 (1.55%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.55%) Local Government
7 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Legal Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (27.91%) Architect
2 23 (17.83%) Consultant
2 23 (17.83%) SAP Architect
2 23 (17.83%) Senior
3 22 (17.05%) SAP Consultant
4 18 (13.95%) Senior Manager
5 17 (13.18%) IT Manager
6 16 (12.40%) Category Manager
7 15 (11.63%) IT Services Manager
7 15 (11.63%) Senior Category Manager
7 15 (11.63%) Senior IT Manager
7 15 (11.63%) Senior Service Manager
8 14 (10.85%) Lead
8 14 (10.85%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (6.20%) SAP Technical Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Technical Architect
10 6 (4.65%) Analyst
10 6 (4.65%) Enterprise Architect
10 6 (4.65%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.88%) SAP Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.98%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (5.43%) Middleware
4 4 (3.10%) SAP PI
4 4 (3.10%) SAPUI5
5 3 (2.33%) REST
5 3 (2.33%) Web Services
6 2 (1.55%) EDI
6 2 (1.55%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.55%) SOAP
7 1 (0.78%) BAPI
7 1 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.78%) JSON
7 1 (0.78%) Node.js
7 1 (0.78%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.43%) Greenfield Project
1 7 (5.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.88%) Private Cloud
2 5 (3.88%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.33%) Social Media
5 2 (1.55%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.55%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.55%) Life Science
5 2 (1.55%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.78%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.78%) FMCG
6 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Linux
1 1 (0.78%) VMS
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (23.26%) Source to Pay
3 24 (18.60%) Decision-Making
4 21 (16.28%) ERP
5 19 (14.73%) Migration
6 18 (13.95%) Procure-to-Pay
6 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (11.63%) Data Migration
7 15 (11.63%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 14 (10.85%) AI
8 14 (10.85%) Analytics
8 14 (10.85%) Roadmaps
9 13 (10.08%) Business Case
9 13 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (9.30%) Information Security
11 11 (8.53%) Enterprise Architecture
11 11 (8.53%) Integration Patterns
11 11 (8.53%) Validation
11 11 (8.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.43%) ABAP
2 5 (3.88%) Java
3 3 (2.33%) Python
3 3 (2.33%) SQL
4 1 (0.78%) Bash
4 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.73%) Degree
3 17 (13.18%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.55%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.55%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) GRC
4 1 (0.78%) GxP
4 1 (0.78%) PMO
4 1 (0.78%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.78%) Docker
1 1 (0.78%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Packer
2 1 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 127 (98.45%) SAP
2 16 (12.40%) Oracle
3 11 (8.53%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.20%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.10%) Concur
5 4 (3.10%) OpenText
6 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.55%) Workday
7 1 (0.78%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.78%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.78%) Dell
7 1 (0.78%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.78%) Infor