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 21 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 351 430
Rank change year-on-year -124 +79 +63
Contract jobs citing Ariba 118 139 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.57% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.70% 1.20% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 116 74
10th Percentile £400 £353 £265
25th Percentile £500 £500 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -7.08%
75th Percentile £645 £669 £619
90th Percentile £728 £713 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £19.00
25th Percentile - - £23.13
Median hourly rate £58.92 £21.39 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.46% -28.70% -68.42%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - £58.00
UK median hourly rate £58.92 £21.39 £30.00
% change year-on-year +175.46% -28.70% -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 16,907 11,546 15,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.01% 47.68% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,945 7,418 9,750
10th Percentile £313 £275 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £523 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +1.46% -3.74%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £633
90th Percentile £703 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £514
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.29% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 471 1,004
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.84 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.73 £17.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%
75th Percentile £59.19 £58.72 £57.37
90th Percentile £76.17 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.08
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.52% -47.85%

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 21 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

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 21 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 -56 71 £550 -8.33% 10
South East -49 19 £610 +1.67% 3
Midlands -52 12 £588 -2.00% 4
East of England -31 10 £563 -4.66% 2
West Midlands -56 7 £588 -2.00% 3
North of England -80 5 £525 -9.48% 3
Yorkshire -50 3 £500 -23.08% 2
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 1
North West -47 2 £600 +9.09% 1
South West -48 2 £485 +15.20% 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 6 (5.08%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.24%) SAP EP
3 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (40.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.24%) SAP CRM
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 MRS
4 2 (1.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (1.69%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.85%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.85%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.85%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.80%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.63%) AWS
3 7 (5.93%) SaaS
4 5 (4.24%) Azure
5 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.69%) GCP
7 2 (1.69%) IaaS
7 2 (1.69%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.85%) Boomi
8 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.85%) PaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.85%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Power BI
2 3 (2.54%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.54%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.69%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 45 (38.14%) Finance
2 38 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.47%) Banking
4 6 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.24%) Legal
6 4 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Local Government
6 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.54%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.69%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
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%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Architect
2 21 (17.80%) Consultant
3 19 (16.10%) SAP Architect
4 16 (13.56%) SAP Consultant
4 16 (13.56%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (12.71%) Lead
6 14 (11.86%) Senior
7 9 (7.63%) Analyst
7 9 (7.63%) Developer
8 8 (6.78%) SAP Developer
8 8 (6.78%) SAP Technical Architect
8 8 (6.78%) SAP Trainer
8 8 (6.78%) Technical Architect
8 8 (6.78%) Trainer
9 6 (5.08%) IT Manager
10 5 (4.24%) IT Services Manager
10 5 (4.24%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.24%) Senior IT Manager
10 5 (4.24%) Senior Manager
10 5 (4.24%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.56%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (8.47%) SAPUI5
3 6 (5.08%) REST
4 5 (4.24%) Middleware
4 5 (4.24%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (4.24%) SAP PI
5 2 (1.69%) .NET
5 2 (1.69%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.85%) BAPI
6 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.85%) JSON
6 1 (0.85%) Node.js
6 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.85%) SOAP
6 1 (0.85%) Web Services
6 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.39%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.85%) FMCG
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Life Science
7 1 (0.85%) PMI
7 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Linux
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (18.64%) ERP
3 21 (17.80%) Procure-to-Pay
4 16 (13.56%) Migration
5 14 (11.86%) AI
6 13 (11.02%) Analytics
6 13 (11.02%) Roadmaps
6 13 (11.02%) Source to Pay
7 12 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (9.32%) Data Modelling
8 11 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.47%) Agile
9 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.47%) Decision-Making
10 9 (7.63%) Data Migration
10 9 (7.63%) Technology Roadmap
11 8 (6.78%) Integration Patterns
12 7 (5.93%) Microservices
12 7 (5.93%) Supplier Management
12 7 (5.93%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.78%) ABAP
2 7 (5.93%) Java
3 5 (4.24%) SQL
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.54%) CFA
5 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.69%) PMP
7 1 (0.85%) ACCA
7 1 (0.85%) CBAP
7 1 (0.85%) CIMA
7 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.39%) GDPR
3 3 (2.54%) PMO
3 3 (2.54%) SLA
4 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) 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
1 116 (98.31%) SAP
2 10 (8.47%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.78%) Oracle
4 6 (5.08%) Concur
4 6 (5.08%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.54%) OpenText
6 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.69%) Workday
7 1 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.85%) BT
7 1 (0.85%) Dell
7 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace