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 14 September 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
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 428 404
Rank change year-on-year -73 -24 +76
Contract jobs citing Ariba 128 81 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.67% 0.62% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 63 80
10th Percentile £428 £450 £400
25th Percentile £521 £539 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £631
90th Percentile £775 £700 £739
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £570
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £25.19 £21.32 -
25th Percentile £28.53 £21.35 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.23 £21.39 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.03% -0.51% -77.37%
75th Percentile £40.05 £26.85 £30.00
90th Percentile £43.47 £30.13 £51.00
UK median hourly rate £34.23 £30.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +12.23% +41.86% -77.37%

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 19,121 12,976 14,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.57% 47.08% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,913 8,232 8,889
10th Percentile £311 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £615 £630
90th Percentile £710 £700 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,107 605 607
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.70 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £25.15 £30.80
% change year-on-year +7.36% -18.33% -28.38%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in England

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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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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ariba in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Ariba in England

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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 14 September 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 -63 62 £620 +6.64% 34
South East -27 36 £610 +3.83% 12
Midlands -45 12 £600 -2.28% 8
North of England -75 9 £725 +11.54% 15
West Midlands -47 7 £600 -2.28% 5
North West -51 7 £750 +42.86% 6
East of England -36 4 £580 -5.31% 6
South West - 4 £485 - 5
East Midlands -16 1 £675 - 3
Yorkshire -34 1 £550 -15.38% 8
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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 (2.34%) NetWeaver
1 3 (2.34%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) Confluence
2 1 (0.78%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.78%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 47 (36.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.13%) SAP HCM
3 3 (2.34%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.34%) SAP CRM
3 3 (2.34%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.34%) SAP EWM
3 3 (2.34%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.34%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.34%) SAP HR
3 3 (2.34%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (1.56%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.78%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.78%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.78%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.78%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.78%) SAP VC
5 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.31%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (6.25%) SaaS
3 7 (5.47%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (4.69%) SAP Fieldglass
5 5 (3.91%) AWS
5 5 (3.91%) Azure
6 4 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (2.34%) GCP
8 2 (1.56%) IaaS
8 2 (1.56%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.78%) Boomi
9 1 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.69%) Power BI
2 3 (2.34%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.56%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.56%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.78%) Big Data
4 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Git
1 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 63 (49.22%) Finance
2 46 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.03%) Legal
5 6 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.91%) Banking
7 4 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.13%) Retail
8 3 (2.34%) Billing
8 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.56%) Local Government
9 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.78%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.78%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (22.66%) Architect
2 26 (20.31%) Senior
3 24 (18.75%) Consultant
4 23 (17.97%) SAP Architect
4 23 (17.97%) SAP Consultant
5 20 (15.63%) Senior Manager
6 17 (13.28%) IT Manager
7 16 (12.50%) Category Manager
8 15 (11.72%) IT Services Manager
8 15 (11.72%) Lead
8 15 (11.72%) Senior Category Manager
8 15 (11.72%) Senior IT Manager
8 15 (11.72%) Senior Service Manager
9 9 (7.03%) Analyst
10 8 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (5.47%) SAP Manager
11 7 (5.47%) SAP Technical Architect
11 7 (5.47%) Technical Architect
12 6 (4.69%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (4.69%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (7.81%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (5.47%) Middleware
4 5 (3.91%) SAPUI5
5 4 (3.13%) SAP PI
5 4 (3.13%) Web Services
6 3 (2.34%) EDI
6 3 (2.34%) REST
6 3 (2.34%) SOAP
7 1 (0.78%) BAPI
7 1 (0.78%) JSON
7 1 (0.78%) Node.js
7 1 (0.78%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.47%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.91%) Private Cloud
3 5 (3.91%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.91%) Social Media
4 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.34%) FMCG
5 3 (2.34%) Life Science
5 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.56%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.78%) Digital Wallet
7 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) VMS
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (28.91%) Source to Pay
3 29 (22.66%) Decision-Making
4 23 (17.97%) ERP
5 19 (14.84%) Business Case
5 19 (14.84%) Migration
6 18 (14.06%) AI
7 17 (13.28%) Enterprise Architecture
7 17 (13.28%) Supplier Management
8 16 (12.50%) Analytics
8 16 (12.50%) Data Migration
8 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (11.72%) Supplier Relationship Management
10 14 (10.94%) Procure-to-Pay
10 14 (10.94%) Roadmaps
11 13 (10.16%) Agile
12 12 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (9.38%) Information Security
12 12 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (8.59%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.47%) ABAP
2 5 (3.91%) Java
3 3 (2.34%) Python
3 3 (2.34%) SQL
4 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.06%) Degree
3 16 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.56%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.56%) PMP
6 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.56%) GDPR
3 2 (1.56%) GRC
3 2 (1.56%) PMO
4 1 (0.78%) GxP
4 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.56%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 126 (98.44%) SAP
2 16 (12.50%) Oracle
3 10 (7.81%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.03%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.34%) Concur
6 2 (1.56%) OpenText
6 2 (1.56%) Workday
7 1 (0.78%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.78%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) Dell
7 1 (0.78%) Infor
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce