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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 578 697
Rank change year-on-year +103 +119 -123
Contract jobs citing Order to Cash 104 116 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 65 93
10th Percentile £419 £425 £445
25th Percentile £509 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £746 £688 £688
90th Percentile £1,163 £815 £803
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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

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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 20 May 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

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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 Order to Cash within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +102 86 £600 +9.09% 37
UK excluding London +65 56 £550 -8.33% 22
Work from Home +97 37 £650 +18.18% 101
London +85 32 £728 +32.27% 16
East of England +23 14 £560 -24.07% 6
Midlands +26 13 £550 -15.38% 6
South East +11 13 £838 +52.27% 6
North of England +28 10 £550 -4.35% 4
West Midlands +25 9 £550 -15.38% 6
Scotland +45 6 £613 -
North West +18 6 £550 -2.22% 2
East Midlands - 4 - -
Yorkshire +14 3 £540 -6.09% 2
South West - 1 £308 -

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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 (4.81%) SAS
2 4 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (31.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (14.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (10.58%) SAP SD
4 6 (5.77%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (5.77%) SAP CO
4 6 (5.77%) SAP FI
4 6 (5.77%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (5.77%) SAP GTS
5 5 (4.81%) Endur
5 5 (4.81%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 4 (3.85%) SAP BPC
7 3 (2.88%) NetSuite
7 3 (2.88%) SAP Retail
8 2 (1.92%) JDE OneWorld
8 2 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (1.92%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle AGIS
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.50%) OCI
2 5 (4.81%) AWS
2 5 (4.81%) Azure
2 5 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.88%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.92%) PaaS
5 2 (1.92%) SaaS
5 2 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.96%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.96%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) SAP HANA
2 5 (4.81%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.88%) Power BI
4 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.96%) GIS
4 1 (0.96%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) JIRA
General
1 49 (47.12%) Finance
2 33 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.42%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.65%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.69%) Billing
6 8 (7.69%) Retail
6 8 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.85%) Banking
9 4 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Back Office
10 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Legal
11 1 (0.96%) Automotive
11 1 (0.96%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (26.92%) Analyst
2 24 (23.08%) Consultant
3 18 (17.31%) Senior
4 15 (14.42%) Lead
5 13 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (8.65%) Architect
6 9 (8.65%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Developer
7 8 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
8 7 (6.73%) Project Manager
8 7 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (5.77%) Business Analyst
9 6 (5.77%) Financial Analyst
9 6 (5.77%) SAP Manager
10 5 (4.81%) Data Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) Finance Business Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) HR Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) IFS Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Risk Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.73%) IDoc
1 7 (6.73%) XML
2 5 (4.81%) HTML
2 5 (4.81%) Middleware
2 5 (4.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.92%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.96%) EDI
4 1 (0.96%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.96%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Life Science
2 6 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.85%) FMCG
3 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.88%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.96%) PMI
6 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.96%) Procure-to-Pay
2 37 (35.58%) Record to Report
3 35 (33.65%) ERP
4 27 (25.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (21.15%) Project Management
6 19 (18.27%) Migration
7 16 (15.38%) Analytics
7 16 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (14.42%) Change Management
9 14 (13.46%) Logistics
10 13 (12.50%) Data Migration
11 10 (9.62%) Agile
11 10 (9.62%) Data Analytics
11 10 (9.62%) Project Delivery
12 9 (8.65%) Business Transformation
12 9 (8.65%) Data Analysis
12 9 (8.65%) Order Management
12 9 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (7.69%) Decision-Making
14 7 (6.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.50%) SQL
2 6 (5.77%) ABAP
3 5 (4.81%) C
3 5 (4.81%) C#
4 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.62%) Degree
2 8 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.88%) SAP Certification
4 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.85%) Data Quality
1 4 (3.85%) GDPR
2 3 (2.88%) GxP
2 3 (2.88%) PMO
2 3 (2.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.96%) QA
Vendors
1 63 (60.58%) SAP
2 21 (20.19%) Oracle
3 6 (5.77%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.81%) Ariba
4 5 (4.81%) IFS
4 5 (4.81%) OpenLink
4 5 (4.81%) Triple Point
5 4 (3.85%) FIS
5 4 (3.85%) Hyperion
6 3 (2.88%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.88%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.88%) webMethods
7 1 (0.96%) Cognos
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) Workday