Ariba Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Ariba
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 150 159
Rank change year-on-year -47 +9 +67
Contract jobs citing Ariba 8 18 33
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.18% 0.46% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 0.37% 1.06% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 30
10th Percentile - £400 £500
25th Percentile £450 £447 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £614 £550
90th Percentile £695 £750 £578
England median daily rate £607 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +15.62% -4.55% -5.25%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,134 1,701 2,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 47.17% 43.27% 47.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 919 1,508
10th Percentile £268 £275 £225
25th Percentile £370 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £577 £587
90th Percentile £685 £675 £650
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 77 110
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.38 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.05 £17.92
Median hourly rate £28.67 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% +16.67% +53.85%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £55.79 £55.09
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.79% +74.06%

Ariba
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ariba relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Ariba job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ariba.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ariba

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ariba.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ariba

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 17 November 2025. 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
North West -27 5 £500 -
Yorkshire -38 1 £450 +12.50% 2
Ariba
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (12.50%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Process Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Business Process Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAP BW Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) ERP
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (12.50%) SDLC
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GxP
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Concur
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle