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 15 January 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 360 423
Rank change year-on-year -82 +63 +144
Contract jobs citing Ariba 93 126 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.47% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.63% 1.02% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 97 101
10th Percentile £431 £400 £413
25th Percentile £512 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £613
90th Percentile £761 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £612 £583 £525
% change year-on-year +5.06% +10.95% -4.55%

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 14,779 12,397 15,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.53% 45.98% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,697 7,489 10,179
10th Percentile £300 £290 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 686 351 628
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.49 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -31.57% +35.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.50
% change year-on-year -12.17% -37.64% +50.00%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba in England over the 6 months to 15 January 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 15 January 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 -37 50 £600 - 8
Midlands -21 22 £650 +13.04%
West Midlands -16 21 £650 +4.00%
South East - 9 £575 - 8
East of England -27 7 £580 +16.00% 1
North of England -55 4 £500 -4.76% 4
Yorkshire -49 2 £525 +31.25% 4
North West -30 1 £500 -
East Midlands - 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 2 (2.15%) Confluence
1 2 (2.15%) NetWeaver
1 2 (2.15%) SAP EP
1 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.30%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 38 (40.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (10.75%) SAP FI
3 9 (9.68%) SAP MM
4 7 (7.53%) SAP CO
4 7 (7.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (4.30%) SAP HCM
5 4 (4.30%) SAP PS
6 3 (3.23%) Endur
6 3 (3.23%) SAP CRM
7 2 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (2.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (1.08%) SAP ERP
8 1 (1.08%) SAP FI-AP
8 1 (1.08%) SAP MDG
8 1 (1.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (1.08%) Teamcenter
8 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.83%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (5.38%) AWS
2 5 (5.38%) Azure
2 5 (5.38%) SaaS
3 4 (4.30%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.23%) GCP
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.15%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.08%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.08%) PaaS
6 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) DHCP
1 1 (1.08%) DNS
1 1 (1.08%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) Power BI
1 3 (3.23%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.15%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.15%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.15%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.08%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) Toad
3 1 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (48.39%) Finance
2 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.83%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (10.75%) Banking
6 8 (8.60%) Legal
6 8 (8.60%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.23%) General Ledger
9 3 (3.23%) Investment Banking
9 3 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.08%) Back Office
10 1 (1.08%) Electronics
10 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.08%) Front Office
10 1 (1.08%) Marketing
10 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (23.66%) Architect
2 21 (22.58%) Consultant
3 17 (18.28%) SAP Consultant
4 13 (13.98%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (12.90%) SAP Architect
6 11 (11.83%) Analyst
7 10 (10.75%) Lead
8 7 (7.53%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 7 (7.53%) Senior
9 6 (6.45%) Procurement Manager
9 6 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) SAP MM Consultant
10 5 (5.38%) Category Manager
10 5 (5.38%) Developer
10 5 (5.38%) IT Manager
10 5 (5.38%) SAP Financial Architect
11 4 (4.30%) Buyer
11 4 (4.30%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 4 (4.30%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.53%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (4.30%) SAP PI
2 4 (4.30%) SAPUI5
2 4 (4.30%) SOAP
3 3 (3.23%) .NET
3 3 (3.23%) REST
4 2 (2.15%) IDoc
4 2 (2.15%) XML
5 1 (1.08%) Middleware
5 1 (1.08%) OAuth
5 1 (1.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.30%) Private Cloud
1 4 (4.30%) Public Cloud
1 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.23%) Life Science
2 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.15%) FMCG
3 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.15%) PMI
3 2 (2.15%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (11.83%) ERP
2 11 (11.83%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (10.75%) Analytics
3 10 (10.75%) Data Modelling
3 10 (10.75%) Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (9.68%) Contract Management
4 9 (9.68%) Migration
4 9 (9.68%) Process Improvement
5 8 (8.60%) Agile
5 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (7.53%) AI
6 7 (7.53%) Risk Management
6 7 (7.53%) Roadmaps
7 6 (6.45%) CRM
7 6 (6.45%) Decision-Making
7 6 (6.45%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.45%) Supply Chain Management
7 6 (6.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.53%) SQL
2 5 (5.38%) Java
3 4 (4.30%) ABAP
3 4 (4.30%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.08%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.53%) Degree
3 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.23%) CFA
5 3 (3.23%) SAP Certification
5 3 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.15%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.15%) CBAP
6 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.15%) PMP
7 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.23%) PMO
1 3 (3.23%) SLA
2 2 (2.15%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) GRC
3 1 (1.08%) GxP
3 1 (1.08%) QA
3 1 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 83 (89.25%) SAP
2 8 (8.60%) Oracle
3 5 (5.38%) Concur
3 5 (5.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.15%) OpenText
4 2 (2.15%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.15%) Workday
5 1 (1.08%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.08%) BT
5 1 (1.08%) Hyperion