Accounts Payable Contracts

Accounts Payable
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 455 639
Rank change year-on-year +22 +184 +64
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 87 127 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.34% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 57 29
10th Percentile £404 £300 £485
25th Percentile £415 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £608
90th Percentile £638 £710 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £495 £501
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.10% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 0
10th Percentile £14.81 £11.00 -
25th Percentile - £18.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% - -
75th Percentile £23.63 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - £55.15 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year -17.95% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Accounts Payable as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +30 75 £500 - 162
London +36 51 £475 -22.45% 66
Work from Home +20 37 £550 +31.74% 55
UK excluding London +41 27 £525 +6.06% 116
East of England +20 6 £600 +20.00% 19
Scotland +14 6 £510 - 6
South East +38 4 £536 +78.75% 34
Midlands +25 4 £513 -33.87% 21
East Midlands +12 3 £500 -35.48% 8
North of England +8 3 £275 -47.62% 24
Wales - 3 - - 4
North East -2 2 £275 -31.25% 2
South West +42 1 £625 +337.06% 11
Yorkshire +7 1 £650 - 8
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 11

Accounts Payable
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.05%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (4.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 33 (37.93%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (20.69%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (20.69%) Oracle General Ledger
2 18 (20.69%) SAP CO
2 18 (20.69%) SAP FI
2 18 (20.69%) SAP FI/CO
2 18 (20.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (16.09%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (12.64%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 10 (11.49%) Oracle EBS R12
5 10 (11.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (9.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 8 (9.20%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (6.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (2.30%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.90%) OCI
2 5 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.45%) Azure
3 3 (3.45%) Google Docs
3 3 (3.45%) Google Sheets
3 3 (3.45%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.24%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (5.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (2.30%) Power BI
4 1 (1.15%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.15%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.15%) Hudson
3 1 (1.15%) LSMW
General
1 72 (82.76%) Finance
2 46 (52.87%) General Ledger
3 23 (26.44%) Social Skills
4 22 (25.29%) Banking
5 5 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Retail
7 3 (3.45%) Legal
7 3 (3.45%) Local Government
7 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.30%) Back Office
8 2 (2.30%) Billing
9 1 (1.15%) Advertising
9 1 (1.15%) Automotive
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (36.78%) Consultant
2 17 (19.54%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (14.94%) Lead
4 10 (11.49%) Analyst
4 10 (11.49%) SAP CO Consultant
4 10 (11.49%) SAP FI Consultant
4 10 (11.49%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 8 (9.20%) Oracle Consultant
6 7 (8.05%) Developer
6 7 (8.05%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (8.05%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Administrator
8 5 (5.75%) Support Officer
9 4 (4.60%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Report Developer
9 4 (4.60%) SAP P2P Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Support Analyst
11 2 (2.30%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (9.20%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (4.60%) XML
3 4 (4.60%) XSLT
4 3 (3.45%) WebCenter
5 1 (1.15%) BAPI
5 1 (1.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.75%) Public Cloud
2 4 (4.60%) EPoS
3 3 (3.45%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.30%) Life Science
4 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.30%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.75%) Unix
2 3 (3.45%) Windows
3 2 (2.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) Accounts Receivable
2 18 (20.69%) Procure-to-Pay
3 17 (19.54%) ERP
4 15 (17.24%) Migration
5 14 (16.09%) Analytics
6 13 (14.94%) Cash Management
6 13 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.49%) Data Migration
8 9 (10.34%) Knowledge Transfer
8 9 (10.34%) Order to Cash
8 9 (10.34%) Test Scripting
8 9 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (10.34%) Validation
8 9 (10.34%) Workflow
9 8 (9.20%) Workshop Facilitation
10 7 (8.05%) Agile
10 7 (8.05%) Change Management
10 7 (8.05%) Profit Centre Accounting
10 7 (8.05%) Record to Report
10 7 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) SQL
2 10 (11.49%) PL/SQL
3 3 (3.45%) ProC
4 2 (2.30%) C
4 2 (2.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) Degree
4 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.30%) ACCA
5 2 (2.30%) CIMA
6 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.15%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.30%) GRC
2 2 (2.30%) IFRS
2 2 (2.30%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) GAAP
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) SLA
Vendors
1 33 (37.93%) Oracle
2 30 (34.48%) SAP
3 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.05%) Ariba
5 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.60%) Workday
6 3 (3.45%) Google
6 3 (3.45%) Xero
7 2 (2.30%) Cognos
7 2 (2.30%) Kofax
7 2 (2.30%) ReadSoft
8 1 (1.15%) IFS
8 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.15%) NEC
8 1 (1.15%) OpenText
8 1 (1.15%) Snow