Accounts Payable Contracts in the South East

Accounts Payable
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Accounts Payable skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accounts Payable over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 186 213
Rank change year-on-year +39 +27 +42
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 5 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.22% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.25% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £362 - £491
25th Percentile £418 - £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £300 £501
Median % change year-on-year +74.17% -40.12% +38.21%
75th Percentile £554 £525 £528
90th Percentile £567 £660 £541
England median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.00 £12.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
England median hourly rate £22.04 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year +13.03% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in the South East

Accounts Payable
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accounts Payable in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Accounts Payable in the South East

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the South East

Accounts Payable
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accounts Payable in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Accounts Payable in the South East

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Hampshire +28 3 £536 - 14
Thames Valley +29 2 £325 +8.33% 27
Berkshire +19 1 £325 +8.33% 13
Buckinghamshire +18 1 - - 9
Accounts Payable
England

Accounts Payable
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP CO
1 2 (40.00%) SAP ECC
1 2 (40.00%) SAP FI
1 2 (40.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payables
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Qlik Sense
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Billing
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
1 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) EAM
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Demand Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Demand Management
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Enablement
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle