Ariba Contracts

Ariba
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 406 462
Rank change year-on-year +114 +56 +176
Contract jobs citing Ariba 250 196 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.45% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 1.80% 1.06% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 133 132
10th Percentile £379 £333 £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £670 £650 £678
90th Percentile £745 £750 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £531
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.39 - -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ariba as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ariba in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ariba.

Daily rate trend for Ariba in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ariba.

Hourly rate trend for Ariba in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ariba within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +117 154 £578 +10.00% 30
Work from Home +68 106 £581 +5.64% 16
London +84 76 £600 - 15
UK excluding London +56 75 £550 +4.76% 14
South West - 23 £444 -
North of England +16 19 £580 +10.48% 2
East of England +17 17 £580 +10.48%
South East +44 13 £600 +140.00% 7
North West +1 13 £550 +4.76%
Midlands +22 7 £600 +20.00% 4
West Midlands +18 6 £600 +17.07% 4
Yorkshire +12 1 £650 +116.67% 1
Scotland +6 1 £625 +19.05% 2
North East -1 1 £550 +4.76% 1

Ariba
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.80%) NetWeaver
1 7 (2.80%) SAP EP
2 5 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Documentum
Applications
1 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 109 (43.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (4.00%) SAP MDG
3 9 (3.60%) SAP CO
3 9 (3.60%) SAP MM
4 8 (3.20%) SAP FI
5 7 (2.80%) SAP CRM
6 6 (2.40%) SAP ERP
6 6 (2.40%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (2.40%) SAP Retail
7 5 (2.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (2.00%) SAP PS
7 5 (2.00%) SAP SD
8 4 (1.60%) SAP EWM
9 3 (1.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 3 (1.20%) SAP BPC
9 3 (1.20%) SAP CAR
10 2 (0.80%) SAP MDM
10 2 (0.80%) SAP MII
10 2 (0.80%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.80%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.40%) Power Platform
1 16 (6.40%) SuccessFactors
2 12 (4.80%) Azure
3 4 (1.60%) AWS
3 4 (1.60%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.40%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (0.40%) Azure AI
4 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.40%) GCP
4 1 (0.40%) GitHub
4 1 (0.40%) Google Gemini
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.40%) SaaS
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (0.40%) ServiceMax
4 1 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (0.40%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.00%) Firewall
2 2 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.40%) Intranet
3 1 (0.40%) LAN
3 1 (0.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.40%) Power BI
2 9 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.00%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.20%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.80%) Cognos Query Studio
5 2 (0.80%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.80%) Tableau
6 1 (0.40%) Big Data
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.40%) DTS
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.40%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.40%) JMeter
2 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.40%) LSMW
2 1 (0.40%) NeoLoad
General
1 69 (27.60%) Finance
1 69 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.40%) Pharmaceutical
3 22 (8.80%) Retail
4 19 (7.60%) Manufacturing
5 17 (6.80%) Local Government
6 16 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.60%) Banking
8 8 (3.20%) Legal
9 7 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.40%) German Language
11 5 (2.00%) Billing
12 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.60%) French Language
13 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.80%) Automotive
14 2 (0.80%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (22.00%) Consultant
2 51 (20.40%) SAP Consultant
3 38 (15.20%) Architect
4 37 (14.80%) Lead
5 31 (12.40%) SAP Architect
6 29 (11.60%) Project Manager
7 27 (10.80%) SAP Manager
8 17 (6.80%) Analyst
9 15 (6.00%) SAP Analyst
9 15 (6.00%) SAP Project Manager
10 14 (5.60%) Developer
11 12 (4.80%) SAP Trainer
11 12 (4.80%) Senior
11 12 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.80%) Trainer
12 10 (4.00%) SAP Technical Architect
12 10 (4.00%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.60%) SAP Developer
14 7 (2.80%) ABAP Developer
14 7 (2.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.00%) SAP Fiori
2 11 (4.40%) SAPUI5
3 7 (2.80%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.60%) SAP Basis
5 3 (1.20%) Middleware
6 2 (0.80%) BAPI
6 2 (0.80%) SOAP
6 2 (0.80%) Web Services
7 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.40%) EDI
7 1 (0.40%) OLE
7 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.40%) REST
7 1 (0.40%) RESTful
7 1 (0.40%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.80%) Life Science
2 9 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.00%) PMI
5 4 (1.60%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.20%) Video Editing
7 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.80%) LIMS
7 2 (0.80%) PACS
8 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (15.60%) ERP
3 31 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (12.00%) Migration
5 27 (10.80%) Agile
6 26 (10.40%) Analytics
7 25 (10.00%) Project Management
8 21 (8.40%) Data Migration
9 19 (7.60%) Procure-to-Pay
10 16 (6.40%) Data Management
11 15 (6.00%) Data Analysis
11 15 (6.00%) Risk Management
12 14 (5.60%) Data Governance
12 14 (5.60%) Data Modelling
12 14 (5.60%) Logistics
13 13 (5.20%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (5.20%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (5.20%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (4.80%) Data Integration
15 11 (4.40%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.80%) ABAP
2 7 (2.80%) Java
3 5 (2.00%) SQL
4 3 (1.20%) Python
4 3 (1.20%) R
5 2 (0.80%) VBA
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (6.80%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.00%) Degree
3 12 (4.80%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.80%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.00%) PMP
5 9 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.60%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.00%) CISM
6 5 (2.00%) CISSP
7 3 (1.20%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.80%) CCA
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CAPM
9 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) MBA
9 1 (0.40%) VCAP
9 1 (0.40%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.20%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.20%) GxP
3 7 (2.80%) QA
4 5 (2.00%) GRC
5 4 (1.60%) PMO
6 3 (1.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.40%) GAAP
8 1 (0.40%) GDPR
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (0.80%) IAG
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.80%) WSUS
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 244 (97.60%) SAP
2 10 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.40%) Concur
4 4 (1.60%) Qualys
5 3 (1.20%) Aruba
5 3 (1.20%) Informatica
5 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.80%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.80%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.80%) Cisco
6 2 (0.80%) Cognos
6 2 (0.80%) F5
6 2 (0.80%) Hyperion
6 2 (0.80%) Imperva
6 2 (0.80%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.80%) OpenText
7 1 (0.40%) Dell
7 1 (0.40%) VMware
7 1 (0.40%) webMethods