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 5 May 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
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 328 443
Rank change year-on-year -145 +115 +51
Contract jobs citing Ariba 117 148 95
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.61% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 1.28% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 122 73
10th Percentile £400 £359 £260
25th Percentile £500 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -7.08%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £600
90th Percentile £725 £700 £748
UK median daily rate £550 £582 £525
% change year-on-year -5.46% +10.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 £21.39 -
Median % change year-on-year +175.46% - -
UK median hourly rate £58.92 £21.39 -
% change year-on-year +175.46% - -

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 16,954 11,576 15,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.78% 47.48% 42.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,036 7,462 9,877
10th Percentile £313 £288 £262
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.80%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £631
90th Percentile £712 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 468 1,003
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.57 £17.79 £14.27
Median hourly rate £31.18 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.93% +20.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.41
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.21 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +18.01% +17.56% -48.70%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -58 76 £563 -3.31% 6
Midlands -64 13 £644 +7.38% 5
South East -59 11 £555 -7.50% 9
East of England -51 10 £563 -3.02%
West Midlands -56 8 £663 +10.50% 4
North of England -69 6 £550 -5.17% 2
Yorkshire -44 4 £525 -19.23%
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 1
South West -54 2 £485 +12.01% 2
North West -46 1 £600 +6.19% 2
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 (5.13%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.27%) SAP EP
3 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.71%) Confluence
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (38.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.27%) SAP CRM
2 5 (4.27%) SAP HCM
3 4 (3.42%) SAP CO
3 4 (3.42%) SAP FI
3 4 (3.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 3 (2.56%) SAP HR
4 3 (2.56%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.71%) Endur
5 2 (1.71%) SAP EHS
5 2 (1.71%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.71%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.71%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.71%) SAP MM
5 2 (1.71%) SAP MRS
5 2 (1.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.85%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.24%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.69%) AWS
2 9 (7.69%) SaaS
3 6 (5.13%) Azure
4 4 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.56%) GCP
5 3 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.71%) IaaS
6 2 (1.71%) PaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.85%) Boomi
7 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.85%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Power BI
2 3 (2.56%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.56%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.56%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.71%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 48 (41.03%) Finance
2 33 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.55%) Banking
4 7 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.42%) Legal
6 4 (3.42%) Local Government
7 3 (2.56%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Aviation
9 1 (0.85%) Billing
9 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (29.91%) Architect
2 21 (17.95%) Consultant
3 20 (17.09%) SAP Architect
4 18 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (12.82%) Lead
5 15 (12.82%) SAP Consultant
6 10 (8.55%) Analyst
6 10 (8.55%) Developer
7 9 (7.69%) SAP Developer
7 9 (7.69%) Senior
8 8 (6.84%) SAP Technical Architect
8 8 (6.84%) Technical Architect
9 7 (5.98%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.13%) IT Manager
10 6 (5.13%) SAP Trainer
10 6 (5.13%) Trainer
11 5 (4.27%) SAP Manager
12 4 (3.42%) Category Manager
12 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 4 (3.42%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.82%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (8.55%) SAPUI5
3 7 (5.98%) REST
4 5 (4.27%) SAP PI
5 4 (3.42%) Middleware
6 2 (1.71%) .NET
6 2 (1.71%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.71%) SOAP
7 1 (0.85%) BAPI
7 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.85%) JSON
7 1 (0.85%) Node.js
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.85%) Web Services
7 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.98%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.13%) Public Cloud
2 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.42%) Learning Management System
4 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.71%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.71%) FMCG
5 2 (1.71%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
6 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Linux
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (20.51%) ERP
3 23 (19.66%) Procure-to-Pay
4 17 (14.53%) Migration
5 14 (11.97%) Analytics
5 14 (11.97%) Roadmaps
6 13 (11.11%) Agile
7 12 (10.26%) AI
7 12 (10.26%) Data Modelling
7 12 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.55%) Data Migration
9 10 (8.55%) Source to Pay
9 10 (8.55%) Technology Roadmap
10 8 (6.84%) Decision-Making
10 8 (6.84%) Supplier Management
11 7 (5.98%) CRM
11 7 (5.98%) Microservices
11 7 (5.98%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.69%) ABAP
2 6 (5.13%) Java
2 6 (5.13%) SQL
3 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.98%) Degree
4 4 (3.42%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.56%) CFA
5 3 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.71%) CBAP
6 2 (1.71%) PMP
6 2 (1.71%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ACCA
7 1 (0.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.42%) GDPR
2 4 (3.42%) PMO
3 3 (2.56%) SLA
4 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.71%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.85%) Ansible
2 1 (0.85%) Packer
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 112 (95.73%) SAP
2 9 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.27%) Concur
5 4 (3.42%) Oracle
6 3 (2.56%) OpenText
6 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.71%) Workday
8 1 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.85%) BT
8 1 (0.85%) Dell
8 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace