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 17 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
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 360 469
Rank change year-on-year -110 +109 +20
Contract jobs citing Ariba 127 119 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.48% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.73% 1.01% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 99 53
10th Percentile £400 £350 £310
25th Percentile £500 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £630 £672 £625
90th Percentile £735 £700 £748
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £46.62 £21.32 £17.60
25th Percentile £48.67 £21.35 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.21 £21.39 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year +144.09% -16.93% -72.89%
75th Percentile £55.63 £26.85 £38.75
90th Percentile £57.60 £30.13 £54.50
UK median hourly rate £52.21 £30.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year +71.18% +18.45% -72.89%

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 17,415 11,749 15,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.57% 47.49% 41.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,164 7,457 9,944
10th Percentile £313 £278 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £516
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -0.70% -1.70%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 528 1,057
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.75 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.75 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.07% +11.46% -39.70%
75th Percentile £63.00 £53.56 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.02 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.30 £23.80
% change year-on-year +34.31% +6.30% -44.65%

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 17 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

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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 17 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 -48 68 £542 -6.51% 9
South East -43 28 £610 +1.67% 3
Midlands -51 13 £600 +1.69% 2
East of England -36 9 £525 -12.50% 2
North of England -76 8 £575 -0.86% 4
West Midlands -53 6 £550 -6.78% 1
North West -45 5 £700 +30.23% 1
East Midlands -18 3 £578 - 1
South West -35 3 £485 +18.58%
Yorkshire -54 3 £500 -23.08% 2
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 (3.94%) NetWeaver
2 4 (3.15%) SAP EP
3 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.79%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (36.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.94%) SAP HCM
3 4 (3.15%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.36%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.36%) SAP HR
4 3 (2.36%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.57%) Endur
5 2 (1.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (1.57%) SAP EHS
5 2 (1.57%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.57%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.57%) SAP MRS
5 2 (1.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.57%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.11%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.09%) AWS
3 7 (5.51%) SaaS
4 5 (3.94%) Azure
4 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.57%) GCP
5 2 (1.57%) IaaS
5 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.57%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.79%) Boomi
6 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.79%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) Power BI
2 3 (2.36%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.57%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.57%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.57%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.79%) MySQL
4 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 54 (42.52%) Finance
2 49 (38.58%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.09%) Banking
4 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.94%) Legal
5 5 (3.94%) Local Government
6 4 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.79%) Aviation
9 1 (0.79%) Billing
9 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (25.20%) Architect
2 23 (18.11%) Senior
3 20 (15.75%) Consultant
4 18 (14.17%) SAP Architect
5 17 (13.39%) IT Manager
6 16 (12.60%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (11.81%) Category Manager
7 15 (11.81%) IT Services Manager
7 15 (11.81%) SAP Consultant
7 15 (11.81%) Senior Category Manager
7 15 (11.81%) Senior IT Manager
7 15 (11.81%) Senior Manager
7 15 (11.81%) Senior Service Manager
8 14 (11.02%) Lead
9 10 (7.87%) Analyst
10 9 (7.09%) Developer
11 8 (6.30%) SAP Developer
11 8 (6.30%) SAP Trainer
11 8 (6.30%) Trainer
12 7 (5.51%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (11.02%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (7.09%) SAPUI5
4 6 (4.72%) REST
5 5 (3.94%) Middleware
6 4 (3.15%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.57%) .NET
7 2 (1.57%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.79%) BAPI
8 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.79%) JSON
8 1 (0.79%) Node.js
8 1 (0.79%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.79%) SOAP
8 1 (0.79%) Web Services
8 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.72%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.15%) Learning Management System
3 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.57%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.57%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.57%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) FMCG
6 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) PMI
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (18.11%) Source to Pay
3 22 (17.32%) Decision-Making
3 22 (17.32%) ERP
4 19 (14.96%) Procure-to-Pay
5 17 (13.39%) Migration
6 15 (11.81%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 14 (11.02%) Roadmaps
8 13 (10.24%) AI
8 13 (10.24%) Analytics
8 13 (10.24%) Business Case
9 12 (9.45%) Agile
9 12 (9.45%) Data Modelling
9 12 (9.45%) Information Security
9 12 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (8.66%) Data Migration
10 11 (8.66%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.87%) Integration Patterns
12 9 (7.09%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.51%) ABAP
2 6 (4.72%) Java
3 5 (3.94%) SQL
4 2 (1.57%) Python
5 1 (0.79%) Bash
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (17.32%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.75%) Degree
3 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.36%) CFA
5 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.57%) PMP
6 2 (1.57%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.79%) ACCA
7 1 (0.79%) CBAP
7 1 (0.79%) CIMA
7 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.15%) GDPR
3 3 (2.36%) SLA
4 2 (1.57%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.79%) GRC
5 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Packer
2 1 (0.79%) Terraform
2 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 126 (99.21%) SAP
2 18 (14.17%) Oracle
3 10 (7.87%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.94%) Concur
6 2 (1.57%) OpenText
6 2 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.57%) Workday
7 1 (0.79%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.79%) Dell
7 1 (0.79%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.79%) Infor