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 2 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
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 336 444
Rank change year-on-year -131 +108 +73
Contract jobs citing Ariba 118 149 97
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.61% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.70% 1.28% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 123 75
10th Percentile £400 £360 £270
25th Percentile £500 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +10.48% -7.08%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £600
90th Percentile £725 £700 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.40% +10.74% -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 11,600 15,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.96% 47.54% 42.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,057 7,473 9,936
10th Percentile £313 £288 £257
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £631
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £517
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.43% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 888 460 1,003
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.73 £17.79 £14.27
Median hourly rate £30.63 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +20.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.91
90th Percentile £78.98 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.88 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.73% +17.56% -48.86%

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 2 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 2 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 -68 77 £563 -3.31% 3
Midlands -63 13 £644 +7.38% 5
East of England -39 10 £563 -3.02%
South East -58 10 £555 -7.50% 8
West Midlands -59 8 £663 +10.50% 4
North of England -71 6 £550 -5.17% 3
Yorkshire -45 4 £525 -19.23% 1
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 1
South West -47 2 £485 +12.01% 2
North West -50 1 £600 +9.09% 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 (5.08%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.24%) SAP EP
3 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (38.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.24%) SAP CO
2 5 (4.24%) SAP CRM
2 5 (4.24%) SAP FI
2 5 (4.24%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (4.24%) SAP HCM
3 3 (2.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 3 (2.54%) SAP HR
3 3 (2.54%) SAP PM
4 2 (1.69%) Endur
4 2 (1.69%) SAP EHS
4 2 (1.69%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.69%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.69%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.69%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.69%) SAP MRS
4 2 (1.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.85%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.95%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.63%) AWS
2 9 (7.63%) SaaS
3 6 (5.08%) Azure
4 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.54%) GCP
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.69%) IaaS
6 2 (1.69%) 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 (3.39%) Power BI
2 3 (2.54%) SAP BW
2 3 (2.54%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.54%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 48 (40.68%) Finance
2 33 (27.97%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.47%) Banking
4 7 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Legal
6 4 (3.39%) Local Government
7 3 (2.54%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
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%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (30.51%) Architect
2 21 (17.80%) Consultant
3 20 (16.95%) SAP Architect
4 18 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (13.56%) Lead
6 15 (12.71%) SAP Consultant
7 10 (8.47%) Analyst
7 10 (8.47%) Developer
8 9 (7.63%) SAP Developer
9 8 (6.78%) SAP Technical Architect
9 8 (6.78%) Senior
9 8 (6.78%) Technical Architect
10 7 (5.93%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.08%) SAP Trainer
11 6 (5.08%) Trainer
12 5 (4.24%) IT Manager
12 5 (4.24%) SAP Manager
13 4 (3.39%) Project Manager
13 4 (3.39%) SAP Analyst
14 3 (2.54%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.56%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (8.47%) SAPUI5
3 7 (5.93%) REST
4 5 (4.24%) SAP PI
5 4 (3.39%) Middleware
6 2 (1.69%) .NET
6 2 (1.69%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.69%) 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%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.85%) Web Services
7 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.08%) Public Cloud
2 6 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.39%) Learning Management System
4 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.69%) FMCG
5 2 (1.69%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.85%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
6 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Linux
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (20.34%) ERP
3 23 (19.49%) Procure-to-Pay
4 18 (15.25%) Migration
5 15 (12.71%) Roadmaps
6 14 (11.86%) Analytics
7 13 (11.02%) Agile
8 12 (10.17%) AI
8 12 (10.17%) Data Modelling
8 12 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
8 12 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (9.32%) Data Migration
10 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (8.47%) Technology Roadmap
11 9 (7.63%) Source to Pay
12 8 (6.78%) Supplier Management
12 8 (6.78%) Workshop Facilitation
13 7 (5.93%) Change Management
13 7 (5.93%) CRM
13 7 (5.93%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.63%) ABAP
2 6 (5.08%) Java
2 6 (5.08%) SQL
3 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.54%) CFA
5 3 (2.54%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.69%) CBAP
6 2 (1.69%) PMP
7 1 (0.85%) ACCA
7 1 (0.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.39%) GDPR
2 4 (3.39%) PMO
3 3 (2.54%) SLA
4 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.69%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.85%) Ansible
2 1 (0.85%) Packer
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 113 (95.76%) SAP
2 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.08%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.24%) Concur
5 3 (2.54%) OpenText
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle
5 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.54%) Workday
6 1 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.85%) BT
6 1 (0.85%) Dell
6 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace