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 20 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
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 379 475
Rank change year-on-year -97 +96 +7
Contract jobs citing Ariba 124 119 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.48% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.71% 1.01% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 99 54
10th Percentile £400 £350 £315
25th Percentile £500 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -12.13%
75th Percentile £630 £672 £625
90th Percentile £718 £700 £746
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £46.62 £21.32 -
25th Percentile £48.67 £21.35 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.21 £21.39 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +144.09% -0.51% -77.37%
75th Percentile £55.63 £26.85 £30.00
90th Percentile £57.60 £30.13 £51.00
UK median hourly rate £52.21 £30.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +71.18% +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 17,517 11,831 15,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.55% 47.51% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,216 7,519 10,058
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £404 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 530 1,067
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.94 £27.13 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.81% +13.02% -39.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.23 £23.80
% change year-on-year +34.75% +5.99% -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 20 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 20 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 -61 65 £550 -4.76% 4
South East -48 28 £610 +1.67%
Midlands -51 13 £600 -4.76% 2
East of England -41 9 £525 -12.50%
North of England -85 8 £575 -0.86% 1
West Midlands -57 6 £550 -12.70% 1
North West -51 5 £700 +30.23%
East Midlands -15 3 £578 - 1
South West -36 3 £485 +18.58%
Yorkshire -57 3 £500 -23.08% 1
Ariba
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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 (4.03%) NetWeaver
2 4 (3.23%) SAP EP
3 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.81%) CMS
4 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (35.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.03%) SAP HCM
3 4 (3.23%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.42%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.42%) SAP HR
4 3 (2.42%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.61%) Endur
5 2 (1.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (1.61%) SAP EHS
5 2 (1.61%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.61%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.61%) SAP MRS
5 2 (1.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.61%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.81%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.74%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.26%) AWS
3 6 (4.84%) SaaS
4 4 (3.23%) Azure
4 4 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.61%) GCP
5 2 (1.61%) IaaS
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.61%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.81%) Boomi
6 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.81%) PaaS
6 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.81%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) Power BI
2 2 (1.61%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.61%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.61%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.81%) Big Data
3 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.81%) MySQL
3 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 52 (41.94%) Finance
2 47 (37.90%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.45%) Banking
4 5 (4.03%) Legal
4 5 (4.03%) Local Government
4 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.61%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.61%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.81%) Aviation
8 1 (0.81%) Billing
8 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Legal Technology
8 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (25.00%) Architect
2 23 (18.55%) Senior
3 20 (16.13%) Consultant
4 17 (13.71%) IT Manager
4 17 (13.71%) SAP Architect
5 15 (12.10%) Category Manager
5 15 (12.10%) IT Services Manager
5 15 (12.10%) SAP Consultant
5 15 (12.10%) Senior Category Manager
5 15 (12.10%) Senior IT Manager
5 15 (12.10%) Senior Manager
5 15 (12.10%) Senior Service Manager
5 15 (12.10%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (11.29%) Lead
7 10 (8.06%) Analyst
8 9 (7.26%) Developer
9 8 (6.45%) SAP Developer
9 8 (6.45%) SAP Trainer
9 8 (6.45%) Trainer
10 7 (5.65%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (11.29%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (7.26%) SAPUI5
4 6 (4.84%) REST
5 5 (4.03%) Middleware
6 4 (3.23%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.61%) .NET
7 2 (1.61%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.81%) BAPI
8 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.81%) JSON
8 1 (0.81%) Node.js
8 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.81%) SOAP
8 1 (0.81%) Web Services
8 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.84%) Cloud Native
1 6 (4.84%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.23%) Learning Management System
2 4 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.61%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.81%) FMCG
5 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.81%) Linux
1 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (18.55%) Source to Pay
3 22 (17.74%) Decision-Making
3 22 (17.74%) ERP
4 18 (14.52%) Procure-to-Pay
5 17 (13.71%) Migration
6 15 (12.10%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 14 (11.29%) Roadmaps
8 13 (10.48%) AI
8 13 (10.48%) Business Case
9 12 (9.68%) Analytics
9 12 (9.68%) Information Security
9 12 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (8.87%) Data Migration
10 11 (8.87%) Data Modelling
10 11 (8.87%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (8.06%) Agile
11 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (7.26%) Technology Roadmap
12 9 (7.26%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.65%) ABAP
2 6 (4.84%) Java
3 4 (3.23%) SQL
4 2 (1.61%) Python
5 1 (0.81%) Bash
5 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.32%) Degree
3 16 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.42%) CFA
6 2 (1.61%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.61%) PMP
7 1 (0.81%) ACCA
7 1 (0.81%) CIMA
7 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (2.42%) GDPR
2 3 (2.42%) SLA
3 2 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Packer
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (99.19%) SAP
2 18 (14.52%) Oracle
3 10 (8.06%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.23%) Concur
6 2 (1.61%) OpenText
6 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.61%) Workday
7 1 (0.81%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.81%) Dell
7 1 (0.81%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.81%) Infor