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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 389 441
Rank change year-on-year -54 +52 +207
Contract jobs citing Ariba 79 123 138
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.57% 0.88% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 90 93
10th Percentile £450 £400 £413
25th Percentile £536 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.62% -4.55% -6.14%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £662
90th Percentile £736 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £610 £570 £525
% change year-on-year +7.02% +8.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £22.40 - -
25th Percentile £24.05 £16.25 £92.50
Median hourly rate £26.81 £21.50 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.67% -77.37% +417.71%
75th Percentile £29.56 £30.00 £97.50
90th Percentile £31.21 £51.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £21.50 £57.25
% change year-on-year +41.86% -62.45% +211.99%

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 13,907 13,989 17,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.81% 44.95% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,881 8,392 11,789
10th Percentile £281 £300 £257
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 690 442 619
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% -20.94% +76.24%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £73.98 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +75.35%

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 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025. 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 -10 36 £600 +10.09% 17
Midlands -9 20 £614 +6.78% 3
West Midlands -12 18 £614 +9.16% 2
South East +8 8 £575 +22.99% 13
North of England -46 8 £588 +17.50%
East of England -17 7 £650 +30.00%
North West -30 5 £500 -
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -34 1 £450 +12.50%
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 1 (1.27%) NetWeaver
1 1 (1.27%) SAP EP
1 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (50.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (10.13%) SAP MM
3 6 (7.59%) SAP FI
4 5 (6.33%) SAP HCM
4 5 (6.33%) SAP PS
5 3 (3.80%) SAP CO
5 3 (3.80%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (2.53%) SAP CRM
6 2 (2.53%) SAP ERP
7 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (1.27%) Endur
7 1 (1.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (1.27%) SAP FI-AP
7 1 (1.27%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.27%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (1.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.80%) GCP
4 2 (2.53%) Azure
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.53%) SaaS
4 2 (2.53%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (1.27%) AWS
5 1 (1.27%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.27%) IaaS
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.27%) PaaS
5 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) DHCP
1 1 (1.27%) DNS
1 1 (1.27%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Power BI
1 2 (2.53%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) JIRA
1 2 (2.53%) Toad
2 1 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (39.24%) Finance
2 25 (31.65%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.66%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.86%) Legal
5 7 (8.86%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (6.33%) Banking
8 3 (3.80%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.53%) Back Office
9 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.53%) Retail
10 1 (1.27%) Electronics
10 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.27%) Front Office
10 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (22.78%) Consultant
1 18 (22.78%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (15.19%) Architect
3 8 (10.13%) Analyst
3 8 (10.13%) SAP Architect
3 8 (10.13%) SAP Manager
4 7 (8.86%) Lead
5 6 (7.59%) Procurement Manager
5 6 (7.59%) SAP Analyst
5 6 (7.59%) SAP MM Consultant
5 6 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (7.59%) Senior
6 5 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.06%) Buyer
7 4 (5.06%) Developer
7 4 (5.06%) SAP HCM Consultant
7 4 (5.06%) Senior Buyer
8 3 (3.80%) SAP Financial Architect
8 3 (3.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.80%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) SAP Fiori
1 4 (5.06%) SAP PI
1 4 (5.06%) SOAP
2 3 (3.80%) REST
2 3 (3.80%) SAPUI5
2 3 (3.80%) XML
3 2 (2.53%) IDoc
4 1 (1.27%) .NET
4 1 (1.27%) EDI
4 1 (1.27%) Middleware
4 1 (1.27%) OAuth
4 1 (1.27%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.27%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.27%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Private Cloud
2 3 (3.80%) Life Science
3 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (2.53%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.27%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.27%) FMCG
4 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Unix
2 1 (1.27%) VMS
2 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (13.92%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (10.13%) ERP
3 8 (10.13%) Migration
3 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (8.86%) Analytics
4 7 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (8.86%) Contract Management
4 7 (8.86%) Process Improvement
4 7 (8.86%) Project Management
5 6 (7.59%) Data Migration
6 5 (6.33%) AI
6 5 (6.33%) Change Management
6 5 (6.33%) Data Modelling
6 5 (6.33%) Decision-Making
6 5 (6.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (6.33%) Market Research
6 5 (6.33%) Supply Chain Management
6 5 (6.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) ABAP
1 4 (5.06%) Java
1 4 (5.06%) SQL
2 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.53%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (8.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) Degree
3 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.53%) PMP
5 1 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.53%) GxP
1 2 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.27%) GDPR
2 1 (1.27%) QA
2 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 73 (92.41%) SAP
2 7 (8.86%) Oracle
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.06%) Concur
5 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe
6 1 (1.27%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.27%) Google
6 1 (1.27%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.27%) Kronos
6 1 (1.27%) OpenText
6 1 (1.27%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.27%) Workday