Ariba Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Ariba
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 107 107
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +51
Contract jobs citing Ariba 22 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.96% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 1.81% 0.50% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 3
10th Percentile £524 £320 £503
25th Percentile £602 £468 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +19.05% +40.00%
75th Percentile £725 £655 £553
90th Percentile - £663 £563
England median daily rate £607 £563 £525
% change year-on-year +7.91% +7.14% -9.56%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,213 798 896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 52.88% 48.33% 49.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 520 554
10th Percentile £263 £207 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £582 £611 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £685
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 22
10th Percentile £14.59 £12.48 £17.05
25th Percentile £17.39 £15.95 £17.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £21.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% -3.11% +32.86%
75th Percentile £27.91 £30.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £59.49 £35.00 £34.50
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £46.06
% change year-on-year -20.71% -34.86% +70.57%

Ariba
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Ariba job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Ariba
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Ariba.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Ariba

Ariba
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in the West Midlands

Ariba
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ariba within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Warwickshire -3 9 £625 -6.58%
Birmingham -3 7 - - 3
Coventry - 5 £700 - 2
Shropshire - 1 £614 - 7
Ariba
England

Ariba
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.55%) NetWeaver
1 1 (4.55%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 8 (36.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (27.27%) SAP FI
3 5 (22.73%) SAP MM
4 4 (18.18%) SAP CO
4 4 (18.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (9.09%) SAP CRM
6 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (4.55%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
2 2 (9.09%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP BW
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
1 2 (9.09%) Toad
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) SAP Architect
3 5 (22.73%) SAP MM Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Buyer
4 4 (18.18%) SAP Financial Architect
4 4 (18.18%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Senior
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Buyer
5 3 (13.64%) Technical Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Test Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Compliance Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) IT Procurement Manager
7 1 (4.55%) SAP Technical Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (9.09%) SAP PI
2 2 (9.09%) XML
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) IDoc
3 1 (4.55%) Middleware
3 1 (4.55%) OAuth
3 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Basis
3 1 (4.55%) SAPUI5
3 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
2 1 (4.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (22.73%) Market Research
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (18.18%) Contract Management
3 4 (18.18%) Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (13.64%) CRM
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 2 (9.09%) AI
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.09%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.55%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.55%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.55%) Security Patching
6 1 (4.55%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (4.55%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (4.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Java
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) ABAP
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe
3 1 (4.55%) Concur
3 1 (4.55%) Google