Accounts Payable Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Accounts Payable
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 128 134
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +68
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 13 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.49% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.31% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 7
10th Percentile £346 £489 £495
25th Percentile £359 £528 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year -25.51% -16.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £546 £644 £694
90th Percentile £638 £758 £743
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,323 2,244 2,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.86% 82.56% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,430 1,734
10th Percentile £235 £263 £250
25th Percentile £360 £379 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £701 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 72 99
10th Percentile £13.69 £12.83 £13.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.22 £17.74
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.59 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% -21.49% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.51 £43.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.00 £55.00 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in the Midlands

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the Midlands

Accounts Payable
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
East Midlands +9 11 £382 -50.68% 5
West Midlands -14 2 £515 -4.63% 3
Accounts Payable
England

Accounts Payable
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (15.38%) SAP CO
2 2 (15.38%) SAP ERP
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SAP BW
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) General Ledger
4 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (38.46%) Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Product Manager
1 4 (30.77%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) ERP Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) SAP BW Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP CO Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (7.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Accounts Receivable
1 6 (46.15%) ERP
1 6 (46.15%) Procure-to-Pay
1 6 (46.15%) Roadmaps
2 5 (38.46%) B2B
3 4 (30.77%) BCP
3 4 (30.77%) Business Strategy
3 4 (30.77%) Product Management
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Test Planning
4 3 (23.08%) B2B Sales
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Insight
4 3 (23.08%) Development Roadmap
4 3 (23.08%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (23.08%) Product Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Cutover Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCA
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft