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 15 February 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
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 330 438
Rank change year-on-year -129 +108 +103
Contract jobs citing Ariba 101 150 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.58% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 0.66% 1.24% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 122 100
10th Percentile £400 £400 £418
25th Percentile £500 £466 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £613
90th Percentile £739 £750 £703
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -10.41%
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 15,361 12,062 16,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.08% 46.41% 43.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,039 7,340 10,609
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £707 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 787 340 852
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.87
25th Percentile £17.99 £20.00 £15.40
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £27.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.18% +10.29% -15.89%
75th Percentile £56.85 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £73.00 £80.93 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.91 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -17.54% +5.45% -15.38%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -37 54 £600 +4.35% 14
Midlands -40 21 £675 +14.89% 3
West Midlands -29 20 £675 +3.85% 2
South East -24 12 £538 -13.97% 6
East of England -28 9 £525 -19.23%
North of England -77 6 £500 -4.76% 1
Yorkshire -63 4 £500 +25.00% 1
North West -40 1 £600 +20.00%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
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 3 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.98%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.98%) SAP EP
Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 43 (42.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (8.91%) SAP FI
2 9 (8.91%) SAP MM
3 7 (6.93%) SAP CO
3 7 (6.93%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (3.96%) SAP HCM
4 4 (3.96%) SAP PS
5 3 (2.97%) SAP CRM
5 3 (2.97%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.98%) Endur
6 2 (1.98%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.99%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.99%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.99%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.99%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.92%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (4.95%) AWS
2 5 (4.95%) SaaS
3 4 (3.96%) Azure
4 3 (2.97%) GCP
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.97%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.98%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.99%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.99%) PaaS
6 1 (0.99%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) DHCP
1 1 (0.99%) DNS
1 1 (0.99%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.99%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) Power BI
1 3 (2.97%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.98%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.95%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Toad
3 1 (0.99%) Git
3 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (47.52%) Finance
2 36 (35.64%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.91%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.92%) Banking
6 6 (5.94%) Legal
6 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.97%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.97%) Local Government
9 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Aviation
10 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Electronics
10 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Marketing
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (21.78%) Consultant
2 20 (19.80%) Architect
3 17 (16.83%) SAP Consultant
4 13 (12.87%) Lead
5 12 (11.88%) Analyst
5 12 (11.88%) SAP Architect
6 11 (10.89%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (8.91%) Developer
7 9 (8.91%) SAP Developer
7 9 (8.91%) Senior
8 6 (5.94%) IT Manager
8 6 (5.94%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (5.94%) SAP MM Consultant
8 6 (5.94%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.95%) Procurement Manager
10 4 (3.96%) Buyer
10 4 (3.96%) Information Security Manager
10 4 (3.96%) SAP Manager
10 4 (3.96%) SAP PS Consultant
10 4 (3.96%) Senior Buyer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.87%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (8.91%) SAPUI5
3 6 (5.94%) REST
4 4 (3.96%) SAP PI
5 3 (2.97%) SOAP
6 2 (1.98%) .NET
6 2 (1.98%) IDoc
6 2 (1.98%) XML
7 1 (0.99%) Middleware
7 1 (0.99%) OAuth
7 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
1 4 (3.96%) Public Cloud
1 4 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.98%) FMCG
3 2 (1.98%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.98%) PMI
3 2 (1.98%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.98%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.98%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.99%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.99%) Life Science
4 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Windows
2 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (13.86%) Data Modelling
2 14 (13.86%) Procure-to-Pay
3 13 (12.87%) ERP
4 11 (10.89%) Migration
5 10 (9.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (8.91%) Analytics
6 9 (8.91%) Contract Management
6 9 (8.91%) Decision-Making
7 8 (7.92%) AI
7 8 (7.92%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (7.92%) Process Improvement
8 7 (6.93%) Agile
9 6 (5.94%) Change Management
9 6 (5.94%) Risk Management
9 6 (5.94%) Roadmaps
9 6 (5.94%) Source to Pay
9 6 (5.94%) Supply Chain Management
9 6 (5.94%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.93%) SQL
2 5 (4.95%) ABAP
2 5 (4.95%) Java
3 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (6.93%) Degree
2 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.96%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) CFA
4 3 (2.97%) SAP Certification
4 3 (2.97%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.98%) CBAP
5 2 (1.98%) PMP
6 1 (0.99%) ACCA
6 1 (0.99%) CIMA
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.97%) GDPR
2 3 (2.97%) PMO
2 3 (2.97%) SLA
3 2 (1.98%) GRC
4 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 91 (90.10%) SAP
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.95%) Oracle
4 3 (2.97%) Concur
5 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) BT
6 1 (0.99%) OpenText
6 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.99%) Workday