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 9 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
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 339 431
Rank change year-on-year -119 +92 +82
Contract jobs citing Ariba 107 150 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.60% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 0.67% 1.28% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 126 96
10th Percentile £400 £373 £413
25th Percentile £499 £464 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +5.24% -12.50%
75th Percentile £634 £669 £591
90th Percentile £725 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -5.17% +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 15,974 11,737 16,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.37% 47.13% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,419 7,455 10,437
10th Percentile £305 £290 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.55% -3.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £736
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 846 390 948
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.62 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% +22.46% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £74.47 £82.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.79% +17.65% -29.57%

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 9 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 9 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 -46 61 £535 -5.40% 7
Midlands -45 22 £650 +13.04%
West Midlands -39 19 £675 +7.96%
South East -42 10 £438 -29.01% 3
East of England -42 9 £525 -16.00%
North of England -70 6 £500 -13.79% 1
Yorkshire -55 4 £500 +25.00% 1
East Midlands - 3 £480 -
North West -36 1 £600 +3.45%
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 (2.80%) NetWeaver
1 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) Confluence
2 2 (1.87%) SAP EP
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.74%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (42.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (7.48%) SAP FI
3 7 (6.54%) SAP MM
4 6 (5.61%) SAP CO
4 6 (5.61%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (2.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 3 (2.80%) SAP CRM
5 3 (2.80%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.87%) Endur
6 2 (1.87%) SAP MRS
6 2 (1.87%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.93%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.93%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.41%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (7.48%) AWS
3 6 (5.61%) Azure
4 5 (4.67%) SaaS
5 4 (3.74%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.80%) GCP
6 3 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.87%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.93%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.93%) PaaS
8 1 (0.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) DHCP
1 1 (0.93%) DNS
1 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.93%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) Power BI
2 3 (2.80%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.87%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.87%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) Toad
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) GitLab
3 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (44.86%) Finance
2 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.15%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.41%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.48%) Banking
6 6 (5.61%) Legal
6 6 (5.61%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.80%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.80%) Local Government
10 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Aviation
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.93%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Marketing
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Architect
2 18 (16.82%) Consultant
3 17 (15.89%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (13.08%) Lead
5 13 (12.15%) SAP Consultant
6 12 (11.21%) SAP Architect
7 11 (10.28%) Analyst
8 10 (9.35%) Senior
9 9 (8.41%) Developer
9 9 (8.41%) SAP Developer
10 6 (5.61%) IT Manager
10 6 (5.61%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 5 (4.67%) Buyer
11 5 (4.67%) Procurement Manager
11 5 (4.67%) SAP Analyst
12 4 (3.74%) Information Security Manager
12 4 (3.74%) SAP Manager
12 4 (3.74%) SAP MM Consultant
12 4 (3.74%) Security Manager
12 4 (3.74%) Senior Buyer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.08%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (8.41%) SAPUI5
3 7 (6.54%) REST
4 4 (3.74%) SAP PI
5 3 (2.80%) SOAP
6 2 (1.87%) .NET
6 2 (1.87%) IDoc
6 2 (1.87%) Middleware
6 2 (1.87%) XML
7 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.93%) OAuth
7 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.93%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.93%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
1 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
1 4 (3.74%) Public Cloud
1 4 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.87%) FMCG
3 2 (1.87%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (1.87%) PMI
3 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.87%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.93%) Life Science
4 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (14.95%) Procure-to-Pay
3 14 (13.08%) Data Modelling
3 14 (13.08%) ERP
4 13 (12.15%) Roadmaps
4 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (11.21%) Migration
6 11 (10.28%) Analytics
7 10 (9.35%) AI
8 9 (8.41%) Contract Management
8 9 (8.41%) Decision-Making
9 8 (7.48%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (7.48%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (6.54%) Agile
10 7 (6.54%) Change Management
10 7 (6.54%) Process Improvement
10 7 (6.54%) Supplier Management
10 7 (6.54%) Supply Chain Management
10 7 (6.54%) Technology Roadmap
11 6 (5.61%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.61%) SQL
2 5 (4.67%) ABAP
2 5 (4.67%) Java
3 2 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.93%) Bash
4 1 (0.93%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (6.54%) Degree
2 6 (5.61%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.74%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.80%) CFA
4 3 (2.80%) SAP Certification
4 3 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.87%) CBAP
5 2 (1.87%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) ACCA
6 1 (0.93%) CIMA
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) SLA
2 3 (2.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.80%) GDPR
2 3 (2.80%) PMO
2 3 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.87%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Ansible
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.93%) Packer
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (89.72%) SAP
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.67%) Oracle
4 3 (2.80%) Concur
4 3 (2.80%) OpenText
4 3 (2.80%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (0.93%) BT
5 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.93%) Workday