Accounts Payable Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Accounts Payable
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 121 146
Rank change year-on-year +12 +25 +31
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 11 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.59% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.38% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £611 - £243
25th Percentile £612 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.63%
75th Percentile £648 - £719
90th Percentile £649 - £738
South East median daily rate £623 £515 £625
% change year-on-year +20.87% -17.60% +23.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.50 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £15.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £15.00 - £18.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,661 1,850 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.25% 87.02% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 1,073 1,559
10th Percentile £270 £308 £230
25th Percentile £406 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 67 102
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.08 £16.44
25th Percentile £15.91 £30.21 £24.63
Median hourly rate £23.13 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.77% +15.00% +156.41%
75th Percentile £31.80 £62.85 £67.05
90th Percentile £72.30 £71.76 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.98% +9.52% +24.56%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Accounts Payable job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accounts Payable.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Berkshire +16 11 £625 - 15
Accounts Payable
South East

Accounts Payable
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle EBS R12
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle AGIS
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle iProcurement
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) General Ledger
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Consultant
1 6 (54.55%) Functional Consultant
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle Consultant
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Accounts Payable Clerk
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle Financials Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) E-Business Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle P2P Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Logistics
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (45.45%) Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Accounts Receivable
2 4 (36.36%) Cash Management
3 3 (27.27%) Order Management
4 2 (18.18%) Inventory Management
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft