Order to Cash Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Order to Cash (O2C)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Order to Cash skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 156 154
Rank change year-on-year -55 -2 +74
Contract jobs citing Order to Cash 2 2 28
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% 0.060% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.069% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 15
10th Percentile - £482 £505
25th Percentile £425 £530 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £620 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +12.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £720 £619
90th Percentile - £774 £865
England median daily rate £513 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -10.87% -11.54% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,188 2,914 4,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.06% 87.69% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,771 1,664 2,710
10th Percentile £225 £263 £285
25th Percentile £363 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £593
90th Percentile £643 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 134 211
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £17.08 £17.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.26 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% -22.13% +55.56%
75th Percentile £55.50 £46.18 £46.91
90th Percentile £68.79 £67.45 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Order to Cash
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Order to Cash job vacancy trend in the North of England

Order to Cash
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Order to Cash.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Order to Cash

Order to Cash
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Order to Cash.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Order to Cash

Order to Cash
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 Order to Cash within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North West -24 2 £450 -27.42% 2
Order to Cash
England

Order to Cash
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP