Accounts Payable Contracts in England

Accounts Payable
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Accounts Payable skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accounts Payable over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 440 597
Rank change year-on-year +30 +157 +60
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 75 102 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.32% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 42 22
10th Percentile £404 £156 £490
25th Percentile £415 £402 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £606
90th Percentile £641 £725 £649
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 0
10th Percentile £14.13 £10.70 -
25th Percentile £16.56 £12.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.04 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.03% - -
75th Percentile £23.63 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - £64.78 -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year -17.95% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Accounts Payable falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in England

Accounts Payable
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Accounts Payable in England

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in England

Accounts Payable
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Accounts Payable in England

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +36 51 £475 -22.45% 104
East of England +20 6 £600 +20.00% 56
South East +38 4 £536 +78.75% 85
Midlands +25 4 £513 -33.87% 66
East Midlands +12 3 £500 -35.48% 26
North of England +8 3 £275 -47.62% 72
North East -2 2 £275 -31.25% 8
South West +42 1 £625 +337.06% 38
Yorkshire +7 1 £650 - 29
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 35
Accounts Payable
UK

Accounts Payable
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (5.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 25 (33.33%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (24.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (22.67%) SAP CO
3 17 (22.67%) SAP FI
3 17 (22.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 16 (21.33%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (21.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 12 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (12.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 8 (10.67%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (8.00%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (5.33%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (5.33%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (4.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (2.67%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (2.67%) SAP ECC
12 1 (1.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (1.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 1 (1.33%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.00%) Azure
3 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.33%) OCI
4 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (6.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (2.67%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.33%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.67%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.33%) Hudson
3 1 (1.33%) LSMW
General
1 63 (84.00%) Finance
2 43 (57.33%) General Ledger
3 21 (28.00%) Social Skills
4 19 (25.33%) Banking
5 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Retail
7 3 (4.00%) Legal
7 3 (4.00%) Local Government
7 3 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.67%) Billing
9 1 (1.33%) Advertising
9 1 (1.33%) Automotive
9 1 (1.33%) Back Office
9 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (37.33%) Consultant
2 16 (21.33%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (17.33%) Lead
4 9 (12.00%) SAP CO Consultant
4 9 (12.00%) SAP FI Consultant
4 9 (12.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 7 (9.33%) Analyst
5 7 (9.33%) Developer
5 7 (9.33%) Oracle Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
6 5 (6.67%) Support Officer
7 4 (5.33%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Report Developer
7 4 (5.33%) SAP P2P Consultant
8 3 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 2 (2.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 2 (2.67%) Project Officer
9 2 (2.67%) SAP Financial Leader
9 2 (2.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.33%) Oracle Fusion
1 7 (9.33%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.33%) XML
2 4 (5.33%) XSLT
3 1 (1.33%) BAPI
3 1 (1.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.33%) EPoS
3 3 (4.00%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.67%) Life Science
4 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.67%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Unix
2 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Accounts Receivable
2 15 (20.00%) Migration
2 15 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 14 (18.67%) Analytics
4 12 (16.00%) ERP
4 12 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.33%) Data Migration
6 9 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 9 (12.00%) Test Scripting
6 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (12.00%) Validation
7 8 (10.67%) Cash Management
7 8 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (9.33%) Agile
8 7 (9.33%) Change Management
8 7 (9.33%) Order to Cash
8 7 (9.33%) Record to Report
8 7 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (9.33%) Workflow
9 6 (8.00%) Profit Centre Accounting
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.33%) SQL
2 8 (10.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) Degree
3 2 (2.67%) ACCA
3 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.67%) CIMA
4 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.67%) GRC
2 2 (2.67%) IFRS
2 2 (2.67%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) GAAP
3 1 (1.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 29 (38.67%) SAP
2 25 (33.33%) Oracle
3 9 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (9.33%) Ariba
5 4 (5.33%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.33%) Workday
6 2 (2.67%) Cognos
6 2 (2.67%) Kofax
6 2 (2.67%) ReadSoft
7 1 (1.33%) IFS
7 1 (1.33%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.33%) NEC
7 1 (1.33%) OpenText
7 1 (1.33%) Snow