Accounts Payable Contracts

Accounts Payable
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Accounts Payable skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 614 699
Rank change year-on-year +161 +85 -42
Contract jobs citing Accounts Payable 123 74 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 27 107
10th Percentile £300 £453 £450
25th Percentile £395 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +31.43%
75th Percentile £630 £608 £600
90th Percentile £645 £715 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -5.71% -4.55% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £10.88 - -
25th Percentile £16.69 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Accounts Payable is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,593 50,587 79,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.80% 89.68% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,580 35,017 55,732
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,483 1,675 1,881
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £37.30 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +45.25% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%

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 25 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Top 14 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 25 May 2024. 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 +135 98 £500 -9.09% 71
Work from Home +144 54 £453 -21.30% 85
London +101 51 £600 +4.35% 19
UK excluding London +85 47 £495 -5.71% 53
East of England +21 16 £500 - 8
North of England +36 12 £525 +5.00% 21
South East +24 12 £300 -45.45% 14
North West - 8 £525 - 10
Scotland +35 5 - - 1
South West +17 5 £143 - 4
Yorkshire +4 2 £650 +30.00% 6
North East - 2 £400 - 5
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 1
Midlands - 1 £775 - 6

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 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (24.39%) Oracle Payables
2 27 (21.95%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (15.45%) Oracle Assets
4 18 (14.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 17 (13.82%) Oracle EBS
6 16 (13.01%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 15 (12.20%) Oracle AGIS
8 14 (11.38%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (9.76%) SAP FI-AP
10 9 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
11 7 (5.69%) Oracle Cash Management
11 7 (5.69%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (4.88%) NetSuite
13 5 (4.07%) Unit4 Business World
14 4 (3.25%) Oracle Financials
15 3 (2.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 3 (2.44%) SAP CO
15 3 (2.44%) SAP FI
15 3 (2.44%) SAP SD
16 2 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.08%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (23.58%) Azure
3 28 (22.76%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (22.76%) Power Platform
4 27 (21.95%) Power Automate
4 27 (21.95%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.63%) OCI
6 1 (0.81%) AWS
6 1 (0.81%) GCP
6 1 (0.81%) SaaS
6 1 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (21.95%) Data Lake
1 27 (21.95%) Power BI
2 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.81%) Big Data
3 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
General
1 100 (81.30%) Finance
2 66 (53.66%) Social Skills
3 62 (50.41%) General Ledger
4 53 (43.09%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (26.83%) Retail
6 16 (13.01%) Public Sector
7 15 (12.20%) Manufacturing
8 8 (6.50%) Banking
9 6 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.25%) Billing
11 3 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.63%) German Language
12 2 (1.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Legal
13 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (36.59%) Consultant
2 20 (16.26%) Architect
3 19 (15.45%) Microsoft Consultant
4 16 (13.01%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 14 (11.38%) Functional Consultant
5 14 (11.38%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (8.94%) Oracle Architect
6 11 (8.94%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 10 (8.13%) Developer
8 9 (7.32%) Administrator
8 9 (7.32%) Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) Lead
10 6 (4.88%) Oracle Consultant
11 5 (4.07%) Accounts Payable Clerk
11 5 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (4.07%) Project Manager
11 5 (4.07%) Senior
12 4 (3.25%) Accounts Payable Administrator
12 4 (3.25%) Business Analyst
12 4 (3.25%) Commercial Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.94%) EDI
1 11 (8.94%) IDoc
2 8 (6.50%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 30 (24.39%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.25%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (3.25%) Virtual Team
3 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.81%) Life Science
3 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.81%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (49.59%) Accounts Receivable
2 33 (26.83%) Requirements Gathering
3 30 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
4 29 (23.58%) Requirements Workshops
5 28 (22.76%) DevOps
6 19 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (13.01%) Test Scripting
8 15 (12.20%) End-to-End Testing
8 15 (12.20%) ERP
9 13 (10.57%) Cash Management
10 11 (8.94%) Analytics
10 11 (8.94%) Invoice Processing
10 11 (8.94%) Workflow
11 10 (8.13%) OCR
11 10 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (6.50%) Data Modelling
12 8 (6.50%) Migration
13 7 (5.69%) Project Management
14 6 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.94%) ABAP
2 6 (4.88%) SQL
3 3 (2.44%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.81%) Java
4 1 (0.81%) X++
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) Degree
2 3 (2.44%) AAT
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.63%) ACCA
3 2 (1.63%) CCA
3 2 (1.63%) CIMA
3 2 (1.63%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.81%) PMP
4 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.20%) GAAP
2 3 (2.44%) GDPR
3 2 (1.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) GxP
4 1 (0.81%) IFRS
4 1 (0.81%) QA
Vendors
1 50 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 32 (26.02%) SAP
3 30 (24.39%) Oracle
4 12 (9.76%) OpenText
5 5 (4.07%) Ariba
5 5 (4.07%) Workday
6 1 (0.81%) PeopleSoft