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 June 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 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 367 455
Rank change year-on-year -99 +88 +30
Contract jobs citing Ariba 125 117 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.49% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.73% 1.02% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 98 58
10th Percentile £400 £350 £335
25th Percentile £500 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £674 £600
90th Percentile £735 £700 £741
UK median daily rate £550 £581 £550
% change year-on-year -5.40% +5.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £22.48 £19.00
25th Percentile - £24.12 £23.13
Median hourly rate £58.92 £26.85 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.44% -10.50% -68.42%
75th Percentile - £29.58 £47.50
90th Percentile - £31.22 £58.00
UK median hourly rate £58.92 £26.85 £30.00
% change year-on-year +119.44% -10.50% -68.42%

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 17,087 11,441 15,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.73% 47.51% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,976 7,272 9,819
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £519 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +0.85% -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £515
% change year-on-year -0.99% -1.94% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 495 1,027
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.01 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.98 £27.38 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +16.49% -38.96%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.13 £58.00
90th Percentile £78.69 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.56
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.24% -46.92%

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 June 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

Ariba
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 June 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 -49 70 £542 -6.51% 14
South East -51 28 £610 +1.67%
Midlands -46 12 £575 -4.17% 2
East of England -34 10 £563 -6.25%
West Midlands -55 6 £550 -8.33% 2
North of England -90 5 £525 -9.48% 5
Yorkshire -49 3 £500 -23.08% 4
East Midlands - 3 £578 -
South West -39 2 £485 +18.58% 1
North West -46 2 £600 +11.63% 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 5 (4.00%) NetWeaver
2 4 (3.20%) SAP EP
3 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.80%) CMS
4 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (36.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.00%) SAP HCM
3 4 (3.20%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.40%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 3 (2.40%) SAP HR
4 3 (2.40%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.60%) Endur
5 2 (1.60%) SAP EHS
5 2 (1.60%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.60%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.60%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.60%) SAP MRS
5 2 (1.60%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.60%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.60%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.20%) AWS
3 7 (5.60%) SaaS
4 5 (4.00%) Azure
5 4 (3.20%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.60%) GCP
6 2 (1.60%) IaaS
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.60%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.80%) Boomi
7 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.80%) PaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.80%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.20%) Power BI
2 3 (2.40%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.40%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.60%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.60%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.80%) GitLab
General
1 52 (41.60%) Finance
2 47 (37.60%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.00%) Banking
4 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.00%) Legal
5 5 (4.00%) Local Government
6 4 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.80%) Aviation
9 1 (0.80%) Billing
9 1 (0.80%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (24.80%) Architect
2 23 (18.40%) Senior
3 20 (16.00%) Consultant
4 17 (13.60%) SAP Architect
5 16 (12.80%) IT Manager
6 15 (12.00%) Category Manager
6 15 (12.00%) IT Services Manager
6 15 (12.00%) SAP Consultant
6 15 (12.00%) Senior Category Manager
6 15 (12.00%) Senior IT Manager
6 15 (12.00%) Senior Manager
6 15 (12.00%) Senior Service Manager
6 15 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (11.20%) Lead
8 10 (8.00%) Analyst
9 9 (7.20%) Developer
10 8 (6.40%) SAP Developer
10 8 (6.40%) SAP Trainer
10 8 (6.40%) Trainer
11 7 (5.60%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (11.20%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (7.20%) SAPUI5
4 6 (4.80%) REST
5 5 (4.00%) Middleware
6 4 (3.20%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.60%) .NET
7 2 (1.60%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.80%) BAPI
8 1 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.80%) JSON
8 1 (0.80%) Node.js
8 1 (0.80%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.80%) SOAP
8 1 (0.80%) Web Services
8 1 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.60%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.20%) Learning Management System
2 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.60%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (1.60%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.80%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.80%) FMCG
5 1 (0.80%) Life Science
5 1 (0.80%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.80%) PMI
5 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.80%) Linux
1 1 (0.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (18.40%) Source to Pay
3 21 (16.80%) ERP
4 20 (16.00%) Decision-Making
5 19 (15.20%) Procure-to-Pay
6 17 (13.60%) Migration
7 15 (12.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 13 (10.40%) AI
8 13 (10.40%) Analytics
8 13 (10.40%) Business Case
8 13 (10.40%) Roadmaps
9 12 (9.60%) Agile
9 12 (9.60%) Information Security
10 11 (8.80%) Data Modelling
10 11 (8.80%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (8.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (8.00%) Data Migration
12 9 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (7.20%) Technology Roadmap
12 9 (7.20%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.60%) ABAP
2 6 (4.80%) Java
3 5 (4.00%) SQL
4 1 (0.80%) Bash
4 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.20%) Degree
3 16 (12.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.20%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.40%) CFA
5 3 (2.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.60%) PMP
7 1 (0.80%) ACCA
7 1 (0.80%) CBAP
7 1 (0.80%) CIMA
7 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.20%) GDPR
3 3 (2.40%) SLA
4 2 (1.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.60%) PMO
5 1 (0.80%) GRC
5 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.80%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.80%) Ansible
2 1 (0.80%) Packer
2 1 (0.80%) Terraform
2 1 (0.80%) WSUS
Vendors
1 124 (99.20%) SAP
2 18 (14.40%) Oracle
3 9 (7.20%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.80%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.00%) Concur
6 3 (2.40%) OpenText
7 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.60%) Workday
8 1 (0.80%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.80%) BT
8 1 (0.80%) Dell
8 1 (0.80%) Dynatrace