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 18 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
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 433 411
Rank change year-on-year -63 -22 +74
Contract jobs citing Ariba 127 86 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.66% 0.65% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 66 79
10th Percentile £412 £450 £400
25th Percentile £518 £528 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £700 £740
UK median daily rate £578 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% +6.05%
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 19,212 13,190 14,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.42% 44.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,931 8,376 8,896
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £630
90th Percentile £711 £712 £734
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,131 615 595
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.88 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.96 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% -24.93% -23.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.86 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +6.00% -16.17% -32.58%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -55 61 £615 +5.72% 35
South East -38 34 £600 +4.35% 6
Midlands -46 12 £600 -2.28% 8
North of England -63 11 £725 +20.83% 12
West Midlands -47 7 £600 -2.28% 5
North West -48 7 £750 +42.86% 3
East of England -35 4 £580 -5.31% 4
South West - 4 £485 - 6
Yorkshire -36 3 £550 - 8
East Midlands -15 1 £675 - 3
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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 1 (0.79%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (0.79%) CMS
1 1 (0.79%) Confluence
1 1 (0.79%) NetWeaver
1 1 (0.79%) SAP EP
1 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.79%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 48 (37.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.15%) SAP CO
2 4 (3.15%) SAP FI
2 4 (3.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.36%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.36%) SAP EWM
3 3 (2.36%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (1.57%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.57%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.79%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.79%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.79%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.79%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.79%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.79%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.79%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.79%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.11%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (7.09%) SaaS
3 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.72%) AWS
4 6 (4.72%) Azure
4 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (4.72%) SAP Fieldglass
5 4 (3.15%) Copilot Studio
5 4 (3.15%) GCP
6 2 (1.57%) IaaS
6 2 (1.57%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.79%) Boomi
7 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.72%) Power BI
2 3 (2.36%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.57%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.57%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Git
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 66 (51.97%) Finance
2 46 (36.22%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.87%) Legal
5 6 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.94%) Banking
6 5 (3.94%) Billing
6 5 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Retail
8 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.57%) Local Government
8 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (21.26%) Architect
2 26 (20.47%) Senior
3 23 (18.11%) Consultant
4 22 (17.32%) SAP Consultant
5 21 (16.54%) SAP Architect
6 20 (15.75%) Senior Manager
7 18 (14.17%) IT Manager
8 17 (13.39%) Category Manager
9 15 (11.81%) IT Services Manager
9 15 (11.81%) Senior Category Manager
9 15 (11.81%) Senior IT Manager
9 15 (11.81%) Senior Service Manager
10 14 (11.02%) Lead
11 9 (7.09%) Analyst
12 8 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (5.51%) SAP Manager
14 6 (4.72%) Business Analyst
14 6 (4.72%) Enterprise Architect
14 6 (4.72%) Project Manager
14 6 (4.72%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (6.30%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (5.51%) Middleware
4 4 (3.15%) Web Services
5 3 (2.36%) EDI
5 3 (2.36%) REST
5 3 (2.36%) SAPUI5
5 3 (2.36%) SOAP
6 2 (1.57%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.79%) BAPI
7 1 (0.79%) JSON
7 1 (0.79%) Node.js
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.09%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.94%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.94%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.94%) Social Media
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.36%) FMCG
6 3 (2.36%) Life Science
6 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.57%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.79%) Digital Wallet
8 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) VMS
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (29.13%) Source to Pay
3 28 (22.05%) Decision-Making
4 24 (18.90%) ERP
5 20 (15.75%) Business Case
6 19 (14.96%) Migration
7 18 (14.17%) AI
8 17 (13.39%) Supplier Management
9 16 (12.60%) Analytics
9 16 (12.60%) Data Migration
9 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (11.81%) Enterprise Architecture
10 15 (11.81%) Supplier Relationship Management
11 14 (11.02%) Procure-to-Pay
11 14 (11.02%) Roadmaps
12 13 (10.24%) Agile
13 12 (9.45%) Information Security
13 12 (9.45%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (8.66%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.94%) ABAP
2 3 (2.36%) Java
2 3 (2.36%) Python
2 3 (2.36%) SQL
3 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.17%) Degree
3 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.57%) PMP
6 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.36%) GRC
2 3 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.57%) GDPR
3 2 (1.57%) PMO
4 1 (0.79%) GxP
4 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.57%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 124 (97.64%) SAP
2 18 (14.17%) Oracle
3 13 (10.24%) Microsoft
4 10 (7.87%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.36%) Concur
6 2 (1.57%) OpenText
6 2 (1.57%) Sage
6 2 (1.57%) Workday
7 1 (0.79%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.79%) Databricks
7 1 (0.79%) Dell
7 1 (0.79%) Infor
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce