Accounts Payable Contracts in the UK excluding London

Accounts Payable
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 311 350 428
Rank change year-on-year +39 +78 +53
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 28 49 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.24% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.28% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 8
10th Percentile £339 £168 £497
25th Percentile £501 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £495 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.81% -1.10% -9.00%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £556
90th Percentile £636 £688 £624
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £13.90 £10.68 -
25th Percentile £15.25 £11.69 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% - -
75th Percentile - £19.75 -
90th Percentile - £34.49 -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year -17.95% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Accounts Payable as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London

Accounts Payable
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London

Accounts Payable
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK excluding London

Accounts Payable
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
East of England +19 6 £600 +20.00% 20
Scotland +14 6 £510 - 7
South East +39 5 £523 +74.17% 42
Midlands +22 4 £513 -33.87% 22
East Midlands +16 3 £500 -35.48% 8
North of England +12 3 £275 -47.62% 32
Wales - 3 - - 4
North East -4 2 £275 -31.25% 2
South West +39 1 £625 +337.06% 11
Yorkshire +6 1 £650 - 9
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 11
Accounts Payable
UK

Accounts Payable
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (28.57%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (21.43%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (17.86%) SAP CO
4 5 (17.86%) SAP FI
4 5 (17.86%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (10.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (10.71%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (7.14%) SAP ECC
7 1 (3.57%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) OCI
2 3 (10.71%) Google Docs
2 3 (10.71%) Google Sheets
2 3 (10.71%) Google Workspace
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Hudson
General
1 24 (85.71%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) General Ledger
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
4 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (10.71%) Retail
7 2 (7.14%) Legal
7 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.57%) Back Office
8 1 (3.57%) Billing
8 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Lead
2 6 (21.43%) Administrator
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Project Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Project Officer
5 2 (7.14%) Project Support Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (7.14%) SAP Financial Leader
5 2 (7.14%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.57%) Accounts Payable Administrator
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) SAP CO Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) SAP Data Architect
6 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
6 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (10.71%) WebCenter
3 1 (3.57%) EDI
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) EPoS
2 2 (7.14%) Life Science
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Accounts Receivable
2 9 (32.14%) ERP
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
4 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Data Design
5 4 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 4 (14.29%) Data Management
5 4 (14.29%) Release Management
6 3 (10.71%) Cash Management
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Document Management
6 3 (10.71%) ITSM
6 3 (10.71%) Order to Cash
6 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.71%) Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.14%) Agile
7 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) ProC
2 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.57%) MBA
2 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.14%) GRC
3 1 (3.57%) GAAP
3 1 (3.57%) IFRS
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) SAP
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Google
3 3 (10.71%) Xero
4 2 (7.14%) Ariba
5 1 (3.57%) Cognos
5 1 (3.57%) IFS