Oracle Payables Contract Job Trends

Oracle Payables (Oracle Accounts Payable, Oracle AP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Oracle Payables skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 466 520
Rank change year-on-year -27 +54 +145
Contract jobs citing Oracle Payables 126 58 71
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.71% 2.40% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 36 37
10th Percentile £425 £404 £448
25th Percentile £513 £462 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £501 £630
Median % change year-on-year +17.88% -20.56% +14.55%
75th Percentile £654 £524 £645
90th Percentile £758 £594 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £505 £600
% change year-on-year +10.89% -15.83% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £22.90 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.44% -
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Oracle Payables falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,400 2,417 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 8.21% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,946 1,362 1,935
10th Percentile £363 £400 £364
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +3.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 51 113
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £59.50
90th Percentile £87.35 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

Oracle Payables
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Oracle Payables relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Oracle Payables job vacancy trend in the UK

Oracle Payables
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payables.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payables

Oracle Payables
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Oracle Payables over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Oracle Payables in the UK

Oracle Payables
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payables.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Payables

Oracle Payables
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Payables within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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 -35 109 £595 +25.26% 22
London -20 58 £628 +32.11% 17
UK excluding London -54 54 £560 +10.89% 14
Work from Home -13 48 £555 +10.34% 15
South East -20 25 £600 - 7
Midlands -52 15 £525 +10.53% 2
East Midlands -27 8 £550 +15.79% 2
West Midlands - 7 £525 -
Scotland -3 6 £450 -10.89%
South West - 3 £500 -
East of England - 3 £675 -
North of England - 2 £500 - 2
North West - 2 £500 - 2

Oracle Payables
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (3.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (2.38%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 93 (73.81%) Oracle Receivables
2 51 (40.48%) Oracle General Ledger
3 49 (38.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 45 (35.71%) Oracle Assets
5 35 (27.78%) Oracle Cash Management
6 27 (21.43%) Oracle EBS
7 21 (16.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 20 (15.87%) Oracle EBS R12
9 18 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (10.32%) Oracle ERP
11 11 (8.73%) Oracle AGIS
11 11 (8.73%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 6 (4.76%) NetSuite
13 4 (3.17%) Oracle FAH
14 3 (2.38%) Oracle Applications
15 2 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
16 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
16 1 (0.79%) Infor CloudSuite
16 1 (0.79%) Oracle iSupplier
16 1 (0.79%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 43 (34.13%) OCI
2 8 (6.35%) SaaS
3 5 (3.97%) PaaS
4 4 (3.17%) Lucidchart
4 4 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.38%) Azure
6 2 (1.59%) IaaS
7 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.79%) Boomi
7 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (19.84%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (7.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (3.17%) Power BI
3 4 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.59%) MySQL
4 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.17%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.79%) Selenium
3 1 (0.79%) Toad
General
1 116 (92.06%) Finance
2 46 (36.51%) General Ledger
3 42 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 25 (19.84%) Banking
5 19 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (11.11%) Investment Banking
7 13 (10.32%) Retail Banking
8 7 (5.56%) Local Government
9 4 (3.17%) Billing
9 4 (3.17%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.38%) Military
11 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.79%) French Language
12 1 (0.79%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (36.51%) Consultant
2 40 (31.75%) Oracle Consultant
3 26 (20.63%) Functional Consultant
4 23 (18.25%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 22 (17.46%) Lead
5 22 (17.46%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 16 (12.70%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
7 14 (11.11%) Analyst
8 7 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.76%) Architect
9 6 (4.76%) Finance Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Finance Systems Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
10 5 (3.97%) Developer
10 5 (3.97%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (3.97%) Oracle Analyst
10 5 (3.97%) Oracle Developer
10 5 (3.97%) Oracle Specialist
11 4 (3.17%) Senior
11 4 (3.17%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (41.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (6.35%) XML
3 6 (4.76%) REST
4 5 (3.97%) Middleware
5 4 (3.17%) SOAP
5 4 (3.17%) Web Services
6 3 (2.38%) EDI
7 2 (1.59%) .NET
7 2 (1.59%) JSON
7 2 (1.59%) XML Messaging
8 1 (0.79%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.79%) Data Fabric
3 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.79%) PMI
3 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
1 1 (0.79%) Unix
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (55.56%) Accounts Payable
2 55 (43.65%) Accounts Receivable
3 45 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 43 (34.13%) Procure-to-Pay
5 42 (33.33%) ERP
6 31 (24.60%) Cash Management
7 18 (14.29%) Migration
8 16 (12.70%) Asset Management
9 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (11.11%) Validation
10 14 (11.11%) Workflow
11 13 (10.32%) Agile
11 13 (10.32%) ETL
11 13 (10.32%) Project Management
12 11 (8.73%) Data Migration
12 11 (8.73%) Requirements Gathering
13 10 (7.94%) Record to Report
13 10 (7.94%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.46%) SQL
2 11 (8.73%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.79%) Korn
3 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (10.32%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.94%) Degree
4 5 (3.97%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (3.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.17%) PMP
6 3 (2.38%) ACCA
6 3 (2.38%) CIMA
6 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.94%) SLA
2 6 (4.76%) PMO
3 5 (3.97%) QA
3 5 (3.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.38%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.59%) GAAP
5 2 (1.59%) IFRS
6 1 (0.79%) Basel III
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.79%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 3 (2.38%) CEMLI
2 2 (1.59%) Control-M
3 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 126 (100.00%) Oracle
2 17 (13.49%) SAP
3 13 (10.32%) Workday
4 6 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.17%) Planview
6 2 (1.59%) Concur
6 2 (1.59%) IBM
6 2 (1.59%) Infor
6 2 (1.59%) Informatica
6 2 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.79%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.79%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.79%) Ariba
7 1 (0.79%) Epicor
7 1 (0.79%) IFS
7 1 (0.79%) QAD
7 1 (0.79%) Sage
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) Zuora