Order to Cash Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Order to Cash (O2C)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Order to Cash skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 114 128
Rank change year-on-year -50 +14 +49
Contract jobs citing Order to Cash 8 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.21% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £299 £478 -
25th Percentile £335 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £460 £613 £625
90th Percentile £499 - -
England median daily rate £500 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -13.04% -14.81% +22.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Order to Cash 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 3,188 1,749 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 84.74% 89.19% 83.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,015 1,126 1,536
10th Percentile £263 £208 £230
25th Percentile £400 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £480 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +3.78% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £588
90th Percentile £650 £689 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 73 176
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.76 £11.88
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.22 £14.61
Median hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -13.65% +30.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £29.00 £39.06
90th Percentile £30.35 £35.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -17.14% +2.94% -5.56%

Order to Cash
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Order to Cash relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Order to Cash job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Order to Cash.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Order to Cash

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Order to Cash in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Order to Cash in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Order to Cash.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Order to Cash

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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 Order to Cash within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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 - 5 £448 -
West Midlands -49 3 £300 -36.84% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
2 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
2 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (62.50%) Local Government
4 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
1 4 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Accountant
2 3 (37.50%) Project Accountant
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Accountant
3 2 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Process Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Procure-to-Pay
1 7 (87.50%) Record to Report
1 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Migration
3 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
5 3 (37.50%) ERP
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Release Management
6 2 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
6 2 (25.00%) Accounts Receivable
6 2 (25.00%) Cash Management
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
7 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Zoho