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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 438 581
Rank change year-on-year +39 +143 +72
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 87 98 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.27% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.31% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 38 22
10th Percentile £388 £140 £408
25th Percentile £414 £388 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £606
90th Percentile £650 £725 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £563
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile £15.98 £10.68 -
25th Percentile £20.45 £11.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.04 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.03% - -
75th Percentile £23.63 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - £35.19 -
UK median hourly rate £19.02 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year -2.46% - -

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 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 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 31 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 +55 58 £438 -27.08% 68
South East +41 8 £588 +95.83% 19
East of England +15 6 £600 +20.00% 7
North of England +11 5 £275 -47.62% 7
Midlands +16 4 £500 -35.48% 13
East Midlands +12 4 £500 -35.48% 8
Yorkshire +13 2 £650 -13.33% 1
North East +2 2 £275 -
South West +41 1 £625 +337.06% 4
North West +3 1 - - 6
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 6 (6.90%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (4.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 39 (44.83%) Oracle Payables
2 25 (28.74%) Oracle Assets
3 24 (27.59%) Oracle General Ledger
4 22 (25.29%) Oracle EBS
5 17 (19.54%) SAP CO
5 17 (19.54%) SAP FI
5 17 (19.54%) SAP FI/CO
5 17 (19.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 16 (18.39%) Oracle EBS R12
7 15 (17.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 10 (11.49%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (6.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (5.75%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (5.75%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (5.75%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (3.45%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (3.45%) Oracle iProcurement
12 2 (2.30%) SAP ECC
13 1 (1.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 1 (1.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.45%) OCI
3 2 (2.30%) Azure
4 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.49%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (9.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (2.30%) Power BI
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.15%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.15%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.15%) Hudson
3 1 (1.15%) LSMW
General
1 72 (82.76%) Finance
2 52 (59.77%) General Ledger
3 29 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 25 (28.74%) Banking
5 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Legal
6 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Retail
7 3 (3.45%) Local Government
7 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.30%) Billing
8 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.15%) Advertising
9 1 (1.15%) Automotive
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (41.38%) Consultant
2 15 (17.24%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (16.09%) Oracle Consultant
4 13 (14.94%) Lead
5 9 (10.34%) Functional Consultant
5 9 (10.34%) SAP CO Consultant
5 9 (10.34%) SAP FI Consultant
5 9 (10.34%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 8 (9.20%) Analyst
6 8 (9.20%) Developer
6 8 (9.20%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) Support Officer
8 5 (5.75%) E-Business Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Report Developer
9 4 (4.60%) SAP P2P Consultant
10 2 (2.30%) Project Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (8.05%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (4.60%) XML
3 4 (4.60%) XSLT
4 1 (1.15%) BAPI
4 1 (1.15%) EDI
4 1 (1.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) EPoS
1 4 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.45%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.30%) Life Science
3 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.30%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Accounts Receivable
2 19 (21.84%) Procure-to-Pay
3 17 (19.54%) Migration
4 14 (16.09%) Analytics
5 13 (14.94%) ERP
5 13 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.94%) Validation
6 12 (13.79%) Data Migration
6 12 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (12.64%) Test Scripting
8 9 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (10.34%) Cash Management
9 8 (9.20%) Agile
9 8 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (9.20%) Workflow
10 7 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (8.05%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (8.05%) Order to Cash
10 7 (8.05%) Record to Report
10 7 (8.05%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) SQL
2 10 (11.49%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.05%) Degree
3 3 (3.45%) ACCA
3 3 (3.45%) CIMA
4 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.15%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.30%) GRC
2 2 (2.30%) IFRS
2 2 (2.30%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) GAAP
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
Vendors
1 39 (44.83%) Oracle
2 28 (32.18%) SAP
3 11 (12.64%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.05%) Ariba
5 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.60%) Workday
6 2 (2.30%) Cognos
6 2 (2.30%) Kofax
6 2 (2.30%) ReadSoft
7 1 (1.15%) IFS
7 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.15%) Snow