Accounts Payable Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Accounts Payable
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 113 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.20% 0.060% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.067% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £131 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £133 -
Median % change year-on-year +237.17% - -
75th Percentile £475 £136 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -0.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,332 1,501 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.57% 89.93% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 890 1,321
10th Percentile £248 £239 £250
25th Percentile £394 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 45 53
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.09 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £39.30 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Accounts Payable job vacancy trend in Scotland

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Glasgow - 2 £450 - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Accounts Payable
UK

Accounts Payable
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Infor M3
2 1 (33.33%) iTrent
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Lucidchart
2 1 (33.33%) Boomi
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Finance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Transformation Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (33.33%) BPMN
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Ariba
3 1 (33.33%) Infor
3 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Workday