Accounts Payable Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Accounts Payable
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 145 168
Rank change year-on-year -59 +23 +64
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 7 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.47% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.55% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 10
10th Percentile - £263 £400
25th Percentile - £459 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% +1.49%
75th Percentile - £613 £538
90th Percentile - £633 -
England median daily rate £600 £543 £560
% change year-on-year +10.60% -3.13% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.75 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.50 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% - -
75th Percentile £23.25 £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.50 £28.88 £40.25
% change year-on-year -25.55% -28.25% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,189 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.62% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Accounts Payable relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Accounts Payable job vacancy trend in the North of England

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North West -25 7 - - 11
Accounts Payable
England

Accounts Payable
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (57.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Payables
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Administrator
1 4 (57.14%) Project Support Administrator
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Cash Management
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle