Order to Cash Contracts

Order to Cash (O2C)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Order to Cash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Order to Cash over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 588 704
Rank change year-on-year +103 +116 -141
Contract jobs citing Order to Cash 97 124 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 66 84
10th Percentile £423 £431 £440
25th Percentile £513 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £650
90th Percentile £1,525 £813 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Order to Cash 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 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
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% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

Order to Cash
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Order to Cash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Order to Cash in the UK

Order to Cash
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Order to Cash.

Daily rate trend for Order to Cash in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Order to Cash over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Order to Cash in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Order to Cash.

Hourly rate trend for Order to Cash in the UK

Order to Cash
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 Order to Cash within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +99 78 £600 +9.09% 25
UK excluding London +71 56 £560 -6.67% 12
Work from Home +98 34 £550 +10.00% 10
London +78 25 £728 +32.27% 13
North of England +43 15 £550 -4.35% 3
South East +8 14 £900 +46.94% 1
Midlands +45 12 £550 -15.38% 3
North West +26 11 £550 -2.22% 2
West Midlands +35 8 £550 -15.38% 2
East of England +20 8 £600 +14.29% 3
Scotland +34 7 £500 +17.65%
East Midlands - 4 - -
Yorkshire +21 3 £540 -6.09% 1
South West - 1 £308 - 2

Order to Cash
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 5 (5.15%) SAS
2 4 (4.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (34.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (12.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 10 (10.31%) SAP SD
4 6 (6.19%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (6.19%) SAP GTS
5 3 (3.09%) SAP BPC
5 3 (3.09%) SAP CO
5 3 (3.09%) SAP FI
5 3 (3.09%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (3.09%) SAP Retail
6 2 (2.06%) JDE OneWorld
6 2 (2.06%) NetSuite
6 2 (2.06%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.03%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (1.03%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (1.03%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.03%) SAP SCM
7 1 (1.03%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) OCI
2 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.06%) PaaS
3 2 (2.06%) SaaS
4 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle CX
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Service Cloud
4 1 (1.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.15%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (4.12%) SAP HANA
3 3 (3.09%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.06%) Power BI
5 1 (1.03%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.03%) GIS
5 1 (1.03%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) JIRA
General
1 44 (45.36%) Finance
2 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.40%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (12.37%) Manufacturing
5 11 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (10.31%) Billing
7 9 (9.28%) Retail
7 9 (9.28%) Telecoms
8 6 (6.19%) Public Sector
9 5 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Back Office
11 2 (2.06%) Legal
11 2 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.03%) French Language
12 1 (1.03%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.03%) Marketing
12 1 (1.03%) Publishing
12 1 (1.03%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (24.74%) Analyst
2 22 (22.68%) Consultant
3 15 (15.46%) Lead
4 13 (13.40%) Senior
5 11 (11.34%) SAP Analyst
5 11 (11.34%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (9.28%) Architect
7 8 (8.25%) Data Analyst
7 8 (8.25%) Developer
7 8 (8.25%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (7.22%) Project Manager
8 7 (7.22%) SAP Data Analyst
8 7 (7.22%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (6.19%) Business Analyst
9 6 (6.19%) SAP Manager
9 6 (6.19%) Senior Data Analyst
10 5 (5.15%) HR Consultant
10 5 (5.15%) IFS Developer
10 5 (5.15%) SAP Architect
10 5 (5.15%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (4.12%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.06%) SAP TM
3 1 (1.03%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.37%) Life Science
2 7 (7.22%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.12%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.09%) FMCG
4 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.09%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.03%) Handset
6 1 (1.03%) PMI
6 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (45.36%) Procure-to-Pay
2 35 (36.08%) Record to Report
3 26 (26.80%) ERP
4 22 (22.68%) Project Management
4 22 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (17.53%) Migration
6 13 (13.40%) Data Migration
7 12 (12.37%) Analytics
7 12 (12.37%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (11.34%) Change Management
8 11 (11.34%) Data Analysis
9 9 (9.28%) Agile
9 9 (9.28%) Business Transformation
9 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
9 9 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (9.28%) Validation
10 8 (8.25%) Project Delivery
11 7 (7.22%) Data Management
11 7 (7.22%) Order Management
11 7 (7.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.19%) SQL
2 1 (1.03%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (9.28%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) SC Cleared
2 8 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.06%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.15%) GDPR
3 4 (4.12%) PMO
4 3 (3.09%) GxP
4 3 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.06%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.03%) QA
Vendors
1 58 (59.79%) SAP
2 18 (18.56%) Oracle
3 5 (5.15%) IFS
4 4 (4.12%) Ariba
5 3 (3.09%) Blue Prism
5 3 (3.09%) Hyperion
5 3 (3.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.03%) Cognos
6 1 (1.03%) Workday