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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 346 425
Rank change year-on-year +84 +79 +41
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 77 48 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.24% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.28% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 6
10th Percentile £379 £151 -
25th Percentile £503 £381 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £534 £569
90th Percentile £645 £538 £656
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% -
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 11,714 17,075 20,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.67% 84.25% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,208 14,243
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 858 2,062 1,260
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

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 21 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 21 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
Scotland +43 46 £510 - 1
South East +38 8 £588 +95.83% 26
East of England +17 6 £600 +20.00% 11
Wales - 6 - - 2
Midlands +20 5 £513 -33.87% 11
North of England +13 5 £275 -47.62% 13
East Midlands +14 4 £500 -35.48% 5
Yorkshire +14 2 £650 - 1
North East -4 2 £275 -31.25%
South West +34 1 £625 +337.06% 3
North West +2 1 - - 12
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 6
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 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (15.58%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (7.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (7.79%) SAP CO
4 6 (7.79%) SAP FI
4 6 (7.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (5.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (3.90%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (3.90%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (3.90%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (3.90%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (2.60%) SAP ECC
8 1 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (1.30%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (1.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.79%) OCI
2 3 (3.90%) Google Docs
2 3 (3.90%) Google Sheets
2 3 (3.90%) Google Workspace
2 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.60%) Azure
3 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 44 (57.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.30%) Power BI
3 1 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Hudson
General
1 70 (90.91%) Finance
2 54 (70.13%) General Ledger
3 51 (66.23%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Banking
5 4 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.90%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Legal
7 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.30%) Back Office
8 1 (1.30%) Billing
8 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (64.94%) Analyst
2 47 (61.04%) Financial Analyst
3 44 (57.14%) Senior
3 44 (57.14%) Senior Analyst
3 44 (57.14%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) Consultant
4 8 (10.39%) Lead
5 6 (7.79%) Administrator
6 5 (6.49%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (3.90%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Functional Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) Project Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Project Officer
8 2 (2.60%) Project Support Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Project Support Officer
8 2 (2.60%) SAP CO Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.90%) WebCenter
3 1 (1.30%) EDI
3 1 (1.30%) Middleware
3 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 44 (57.14%) Social Media
2 4 (5.19%) EPoS
3 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.60%) Life Science
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.30%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (64.94%) Procure-to-Pay
2 47 (61.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (58.44%) Root Cause Analysis
4 13 (16.88%) Accounts Receivable
5 10 (12.99%) ERP
6 6 (7.79%) Analytics
7 5 (6.49%) Migration
7 5 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.49%) Process Improvement
8 4 (5.19%) Cash Management
8 4 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.19%) Data Design
8 4 (5.19%) Data Governance
8 4 (5.19%) Data Management
8 4 (5.19%) Release Management
9 3 (3.90%) Agile
9 3 (3.90%) Change Management
9 3 (3.90%) Document Management
9 3 (3.90%) Logistics
9 3 (3.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) ProC
2 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (57.14%) ACCA
1 44 (57.14%) CIMA
2 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.30%) Degree
3 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.30%) MBA
3 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) GAAP
3 1 (1.30%) IFRS
3 1 (1.30%) PMO
3 1 (1.30%) SLA
Vendors
1 55 (71.43%) SAP
2 12 (15.58%) Oracle
3 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.90%) Google
4 3 (3.90%) Xero
5 2 (2.60%) Ariba
6 1 (1.30%) Cognos
6 1 (1.30%) IFS