Accounts Payable Contracts

Accounts Payable
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Accounts Payable skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 637 696
Rank change year-on-year +167 +59 -66
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 128 82 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 30 105
10th Percentile £300 £486 £455
25th Percentile £400 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% +24.32%
75th Percentile £630 £606 £625
90th Percentile £710 £704 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £501 £550
% change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £11.00 - -
25th Percentile £18.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.75 - -
90th Percentile £55.15 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Accounts Payable is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
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 Accounts Payable within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +173 103 £500 -9.09% 72
Work from Home +154 57 £410 -28.70% 26
London +116 52 £600 +2.56% 16
UK excluding London +95 50 £495 -1.10% 60
East of England +30 16 £500 - 7
North of England +39 14 £525 +5.00% 19
South East +33 13 £525 +4.79% 15
North West - 8 £525 - 12
Scotland +36 5 - - 5
South West - 5 £143 - 7
North East - 4 £400 - 3
Yorkshire +14 2 £650 +30.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 2
Midlands - 1 £775 - 8

Accounts Payable
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 2 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (23.44%) Oracle Payables
2 27 (21.09%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (16.41%) Oracle Assets
4 20 (15.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 18 (14.06%) Oracle AGIS
6 17 (13.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 17 (13.28%) Oracle EBS
7 14 (10.94%) Oracle Receivables
8 12 (9.38%) SAP FI-AP
9 11 (8.59%) SAP S/4HANA
10 8 (6.25%) Oracle Cash Management
11 7 (5.47%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (4.69%) Oracle Financials
13 5 (3.91%) NetSuite
13 5 (3.91%) Unit4 Business World
14 4 (3.13%) Oracle Applications
14 4 (3.13%) SAP CO
14 4 (3.13%) SAP FI
15 3 (2.34%) SAP FI/CO
15 3 (2.34%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 37 (28.91%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (22.66%) Azure
3 28 (21.88%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (21.88%) Power Platform
4 27 (21.09%) Power Automate
4 27 (21.09%) PowerApps
5 4 (3.13%) OCI
6 3 (2.34%) AWS
7 2 (1.56%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.78%) Asana
8 1 (0.78%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.78%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (21.09%) Data Lake
1 27 (21.09%) Power BI
2 3 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.78%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.78%) Tableau
General
1 99 (77.34%) Finance
2 67 (52.34%) Social Skills
3 64 (50.00%) General Ledger
4 51 (39.84%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (26.56%) Retail
6 15 (11.72%) Manufacturing
6 15 (11.72%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.25%) Banking
7 8 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (4.69%) Billing
9 4 (3.13%) Legal
10 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.56%) German Language
11 2 (1.56%) Local Government
12 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (36.72%) Consultant
2 21 (16.41%) Architect
3 19 (14.84%) Microsoft Consultant
4 16 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 16 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (10.16%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (8.59%) Oracle Architect
6 11 (8.59%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 10 (7.81%) Developer
7 10 (7.81%) Lead
8 9 (7.03%) Administrator
8 9 (7.03%) Analyst
9 5 (3.91%) Accounts Payable Clerk
9 5 (3.91%) Oracle Consultant
9 5 (3.91%) Senior
10 4 (3.13%) Accounts Payable Administrator
10 4 (3.13%) Commercial Administrator
10 4 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (3.13%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 4 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.59%) EDI
1 11 (8.59%) IDoc
2 8 (6.25%) SAP Business Workflow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (23.44%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (3.13%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.56%) Life Science
3 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.78%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.44%) Accounts Receivable
2 34 (26.56%) Requirements Gathering
3 29 (22.66%) Requirements Workshops
4 28 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
4 28 (21.88%) DevOps
5 19 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.50%) Test Scripting
7 15 (11.72%) End-to-End Testing
8 13 (10.16%) Cash Management
9 11 (8.59%) Analytics
9 11 (8.59%) ERP
9 11 (8.59%) Invoice Processing
9 11 (8.59%) Workflow
10 10 (7.81%) OCR
10 10 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (6.25%) Data Modelling
12 7 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (5.47%) Customer Service
12 7 (5.47%) Migration
12 7 (5.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.38%) ABAP
2 5 (3.91%) SQL
3 3 (2.34%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.78%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (27.34%) Degree
2 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.34%) AAT
3 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.56%) CCA
4 2 (1.56%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.78%) ACCA
5 1 (0.78%) CIMA
5 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.72%) GAAP
2 3 (2.34%) GDPR
2 3 (2.34%) SLA
3 2 (1.56%) PMO
4 1 (0.78%) GxP
4 1 (0.78%) IFRS
4 1 (0.78%) QA
Vendors
1 51 (39.84%) Microsoft
2 36 (28.13%) SAP
3 30 (23.44%) Oracle
4 12 (9.38%) OpenText
5 5 (3.91%) Ariba
5 5 (3.91%) Workday
6 2 (1.56%) Concur
6 2 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.78%) Reuters