Ariba
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Ariba products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ariba over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 470 641
Rank change year-on-year +75 +171 -74
Contract jobs citing Ariba 198 258 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.44% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 1.02% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 133 117
10th Percentile £333 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £638
90th Percentile £750 £773 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% +27.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £29.40
25th Percentile - £92.50 £33.56
Median hourly rate - £95.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year - +131.71% -45.33%
75th Percentile - £97.50 £53.63
90th Percentile - - £60.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £27.25

All Vendors
UK

Ariba is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,378 25,381 35,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.59% 42.91% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,388 16,991 23,516
10th Percentile £263 £273 £293
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £648 £634
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,116 697 893
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.23 £11.92
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.75 £15.04
Median hourly rate £22.08 £42.50 £21.40
Median % change year-on-year -48.06% +98.60% -2.73%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.30 £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -43.53% +103.21% +1.08%

Ariba
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ariba in the UK

Ariba
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Ariba in the UK

Ariba
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ariba over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ariba in the UK

Ariba
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Ariba in the UK

Ariba
Top 15 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 4 May 2024. 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 +50 95 £525 -7.08% 30
Work from Home +58 82 £525 -4.55% 12
UK excluding London +29 69 £525 -2.33% 7
East of England +43 34 £525 -27.59%
London +82 28 £600 - 20
North of England +16 27 £525 +40.00% 3
North West +13 19 £525 +40.00% 3
South East -1 12 £250 -63.13% 1
Midlands +10 8 £513 +17.14% 1
Scotland +41 4 £525 +20.00%
West Midlands +17 4 £513 +28.13% 1
Yorkshire +13 4 £300 -33.37%
East Midlands - 3 £525 -
North East - 2 £525 -
Wales - 2 £500 -

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 6 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 104 (52.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.55%) SAP MM
3 6 (3.03%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 6 (3.03%) SAP ERP
3 6 (3.03%) SAP EWM
4 5 (2.53%) SAP SD
5 4 (2.02%) SAP CO
6 3 (1.52%) SAP FI
6 3 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
6 3 (1.52%) SAP MDG
7 2 (1.01%) Maximo
7 2 (1.01%) SAP BPC
7 2 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (1.01%) SAP PS
7 2 (1.01%) SAP QM
7 2 (1.01%) SAP Travel Management
8 1 (0.51%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.51%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.51%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.57%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (4.04%) Azure
3 7 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.01%) AWS
4 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.51%) Boomi
5 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.51%) GCP
5 1 (0.51%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.51%) SaaS
5 1 (0.51%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.55%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.03%) Power BI
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.01%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.01%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.51%) Big Data
5 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
General
1 66 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.73%) Finance
3 34 (17.17%) Pharmaceutical
4 16 (8.08%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.03%) Billing
7 6 (3.03%) Retail
8 5 (2.53%) Legal
8 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.52%) Banking
11 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.01%) Automotive
11 2 (1.01%) Back Office
11 2 (1.01%) French Language
11 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 51 (25.76%) Consultant
2 37 (18.69%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (13.13%) Analyst
3 26 (13.13%) Lead
4 23 (11.62%) SAP Manager
5 22 (11.11%) Architect
6 21 (10.61%) SAP Architect
7 19 (9.60%) Project Manager
8 16 (8.08%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 16 (8.08%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (6.57%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 12 (6.06%) Senior
11 11 (5.56%) SAP Project Manager
12 10 (5.05%) SAP Analyst
13 9 (4.55%) Functional Consultant
14 8 (4.04%) Business Analyst
14 8 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
15 7 (3.54%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
16 6 (3.03%) Developer
17 5 (2.53%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) SAP Basis
2 3 (1.52%) Middleware
2 3 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.01%) Node.js
3 2 (1.01%) React
3 2 (1.01%) SAML
3 2 (1.01%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.51%) EDI
4 1 (0.51%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.51%) Itk
4 1 (0.51%) JWT
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Next.js
4 1 (0.51%) Redux
4 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.05%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.04%) Life Science
2 8 (4.04%) Virtual Team
3 6 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.52%) Solar Panel
6 3 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.01%) Blog
7 2 (1.01%) IoT
7 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.51%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (0.51%) FMCG
8 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.51%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.02%) Windows
1 4 (2.02%) Windows 10
1 4 (2.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (18.18%) Project Management
3 23 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (11.11%) Analytics
5 17 (8.59%) Migration
6 16 (8.08%) Change Management
7 15 (7.58%) ERP
8 14 (7.07%) Business Transformation
9 13 (6.57%) Agile
10 12 (6.06%) Logistics
10 12 (6.06%) Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (6.06%) Project Delivery
11 11 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (5.56%) Data Migration
12 10 (5.05%) Translating Business Requirements
13 9 (4.55%) Data Modelling
13 9 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
13 9 (4.55%) Source to Pay
14 8 (4.04%) Data Integration
14 8 (4.04%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.55%) ABAP
2 6 (3.03%) SQL
3 2 (1.01%) Java
3 2 (1.01%) Python
3 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.51%) Groovy
4 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 15 (7.58%) Degree
2 8 (4.04%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.54%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.03%) PMP
4 6 (3.03%) SAP Certification
5 5 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) CAPM
8 1 (0.51%) CIMA
8 1 (0.51%) CISM
8 1 (0.51%) CISSP
8 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.03%) GDPR
2 5 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.02%) QA
4 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.51%) GMP
5 1 (0.51%) GxP
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.02%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 191 (96.46%) SAP
2 10 (5.05%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.53%) CA
4 5 (2.53%) Concur
5 4 (2.02%) HP
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle
7 2 (1.01%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.01%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.01%) Workday
8 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.51%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.51%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.51%) Databricks
8 1 (0.51%) Dell
8 1 (0.51%) IFS
8 1 (0.51%) Okta
8 1 (0.51%) OpenText
8 1 (0.51%) Snow
8 1 (0.51%) Thycotic