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 27 March 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
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 311 426
Rank change year-on-year -144 +115 +85
Contract jobs citing Ariba 119 154 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.64% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 1.34% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 129 91
10th Percentile £400 £374 £413
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% -14.63%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £578
90th Percentile £726 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £580 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% +10.48% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.92 - £19.50
% change year-on-year - - +106.35%

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 16,486 11,472 15,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.77% 47.35% 42.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,739 7,460 10,228
10th Percentile £313 £296 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.41%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 874 411 943
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.46 £14.36
Median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -31.48%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £28.75 £23.22
% change year-on-year -10.37% +23.84% -39.70%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -69 72 £542 -9.63% 10
Midlands -54 20 £663 +10.42% 2
West Midlands -49 15 £675 +7.14% 2
South East -46 12 £555 -9.94% 6
East of England -40 10 £563 -10.00%
North of England -84 5 £550 -2.65% 1
East Midlands - 4 £578 -
Yorkshire -53 3 £500 +25.00% 1
South West -43 2 £485 +9.23%
North West -45 1 £600 +9.09%
Ariba
UK

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 6 (5.04%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.20%) SAP EP
3 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.36%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 47 (39.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (6.72%) SAP FI
3 6 (5.04%) SAP CO
3 6 (5.04%) SAP CRM
3 6 (5.04%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (3.36%) SAP HCM
5 3 (2.52%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 3 (2.52%) SAP HR
5 3 (2.52%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.68%) Endur
6 2 (1.68%) SAP EHS
6 2 (1.68%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (1.68%) SAP MM
6 2 (1.68%) SAP MRS
6 2 (1.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (1.68%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.84%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.84%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.61%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.56%) AWS
3 7 (5.88%) Azure
4 5 (4.20%) SaaS
5 4 (3.36%) GCP
5 4 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.68%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.84%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.84%) PaaS
8 1 (0.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) DHCP
1 1 (0.84%) DNS
1 1 (0.84%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) Power BI
2 3 (2.52%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.68%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.68%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.84%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) Toad
3 1 (0.84%) Git
3 1 (0.84%) GitLab
3 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (39.50%) Finance
2 40 (33.61%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.24%) Banking
5 10 (8.40%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Legal
6 4 (3.36%) Local Government
7 3 (2.52%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.84%) Aviation
9 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.84%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (28.57%) Architect
2 21 (17.65%) Consultant
3 19 (15.97%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (15.13%) SAP Architect
5 15 (12.61%) Lead
5 15 (12.61%) SAP Consultant
6 12 (10.08%) Analyst
7 9 (7.56%) Developer
7 9 (7.56%) SAP Developer
7 9 (7.56%) Senior
8 8 (6.72%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.72%) Technical Architect
9 7 (5.88%) SAP Technical Architect
10 6 (5.04%) SAP Trainer
10 6 (5.04%) Trainer
11 5 (4.20%) IT Manager
11 5 (4.20%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (4.20%) SAP Manager
12 4 (3.36%) Buyer
12 4 (3.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
2 11 (9.24%) SAPUI5
3 7 (5.88%) REST
4 6 (5.04%) SAP PI
5 2 (1.68%) .NET
5 2 (1.68%) Middleware
5 2 (1.68%) SAP Basis
5 2 (1.68%) SOAP
5 2 (1.68%) XML
6 1 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.84%) IDoc
6 1 (0.84%) Node.js
6 1 (0.84%) OAuth
6 1 (0.84%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.84%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.04%) Public Cloud
1 6 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.36%) Learning Management System
3 4 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.68%) FMCG
5 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (1.68%) PMI
5 2 (1.68%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.84%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.84%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (0.84%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.84%) Life Science
6 1 (0.84%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (17.65%) Procure-to-Pay
3 18 (15.13%) ERP
4 15 (12.61%) Migration
5 14 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (10.92%) Roadmaps
7 11 (9.24%) Analytics
7 11 (9.24%) Enterprise Architecture
8 10 (8.40%) AI
9 9 (7.56%) Decision-Making
10 8 (6.72%) Agile
10 8 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (6.72%) CRM
10 8 (6.72%) Source to Pay
10 8 (6.72%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (5.88%) Change Management
11 7 (5.88%) Data Migration
11 7 (5.88%) Process Improvement
11 7 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.72%) Java
2 7 (5.88%) ABAP
3 6 (5.04%) SQL
4 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.84%) Bash
5 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.88%) Degree
4 4 (3.36%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.52%) CFA
5 3 (2.52%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.68%) CBAP
6 2 (1.68%) PMP
7 1 (0.84%) ACCA
7 1 (0.84%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.52%) GDPR
2 3 (2.52%) PMO
2 3 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.68%) GRC
4 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.84%) Ansible
2 1 (0.84%) Packer
2 1 (0.84%) Terraform
2 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (92.44%) SAP
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.20%) Oracle
4 4 (3.36%) Concur
5 3 (2.52%) OpenText
5 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.84%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.84%) BT
6 1 (0.84%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.84%) Workday