Order to Cash Contracts

Order to Cash (O2C)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Order to Cash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Order to Cash over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 583 657
Rank change year-on-year +120 +74 -84
Contract jobs citing Order to Cash 106 112 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 63 102
10th Percentile £440 £425 £463
25th Percentile £514 £456 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £594
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.37% +13.10%
75th Percentile £748 £689 £688
90th Percentile £1,345 £820 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Order to Cash 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 36,577 50,687 79,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.85% 89.72% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,572 35,094 55,727
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% +9.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,481 1,678 1,891
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.13 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% +40.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
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%

Order to Cash
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Order to Cash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Order to Cash in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Order to Cash.

Daily rate trend for Order to Cash in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Order to Cash over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Order to Cash in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Order to Cash.

Hourly rate trend for Order to Cash in the UK

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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 Order to Cash within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +92 87 £600 +9.09% 38
UK excluding London +62 57 £550 -8.33% 24
Work from Home +108 38 £725 +31.82% 105
London +74 32 £730 +32.73% 20
East of England +23 15 £560 -24.07% 4
Midlands +40 13 £550 -15.38% 5
South East +3 12 £775 +40.91% 12
North of England +34 11 £550 -4.35% 3
West Midlands +21 9 £550 -15.38% 4
North West +34 7 £555 -1.33% 1
Scotland +34 6 £613 -
East Midlands - 4 - - 1
Yorkshire +10 3 £540 -6.09% 2
South West - 1 £308 -

Order to Cash
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 5 (4.72%) SAS
2 4 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (31.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (15.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (10.38%) SAP SD
4 7 (6.60%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (5.66%) SAP GTS
6 5 (4.72%) Endur
6 5 (4.72%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (4.72%) SAP CO
6 5 (4.72%) SAP FI
6 5 (4.72%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (3.77%) SAP BPC
8 3 (2.83%) NetSuite
8 3 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (2.83%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (2.83%) SAP Retail
9 2 (1.89%) JDE OneWorld
9 2 (1.89%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (1.89%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.94%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.26%) OCI
2 5 (4.72%) AWS
2 5 (4.72%) Azure
2 5 (4.72%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.83%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.89%) PaaS
5 2 (1.89%) SaaS
5 2 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.55%) SAP HANA
2 5 (4.72%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (2.83%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.83%) Power BI
4 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.94%) GIS
4 1 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.94%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.94%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (46.23%) Finance
2 33 (31.13%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.38%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.55%) Retail
6 8 (7.55%) Telecoms
7 7 (6.60%) Billing
8 6 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.77%) Banking
11 3 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.89%) Back Office
12 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.89%) Legal
13 1 (0.94%) Automotive
13 1 (0.94%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (25.47%) Analyst
2 25 (23.58%) Consultant
3 19 (17.92%) Senior
4 15 (14.15%) Lead
5 13 (12.26%) SAP Consultant
6 11 (10.38%) Architect
7 9 (8.49%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (8.49%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.55%) Developer
8 8 (7.55%) SAP Analyst
9 7 (6.60%) Project Manager
10 6 (5.66%) Business Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Data Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) HR Consultant
11 5 (4.72%) IFS Developer
11 5 (4.72%) Risk Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) SAP Architect
11 5 (4.72%) SAP Manager
11 5 (4.72%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.60%) IDoc
1 7 (6.60%) XML
2 5 (4.72%) HTML
2 5 (4.72%) Middleware
2 5 (4.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.89%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.94%) EDI
4 1 (0.94%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.94%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.38%) Life Science
2 7 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.77%) FMCG
3 4 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.83%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.94%) PMI
6 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (51.89%) Procure-to-Pay
2 38 (35.85%) Record to Report
3 36 (33.96%) ERP
4 28 (26.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (20.75%) Project Management
6 18 (16.98%) Migration
7 16 (15.09%) Analytics
7 16 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (14.15%) Change Management
9 14 (13.21%) Logistics
10 12 (11.32%) Data Migration
11 11 (10.38%) Agile
11 11 (10.38%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.43%) Data Analytics
13 9 (8.49%) Business Transformation
13 9 (8.49%) Order Management
13 9 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (7.55%) Data Analysis
14 8 (7.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.21%) SQL
2 6 (5.66%) ABAP
3 5 (4.72%) C
3 5 (4.72%) C#
4 2 (1.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.43%) Degree
2 8 (7.55%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.83%) SAP Certification
4 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.77%) GDPR
2 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.83%) GxP
2 3 (2.83%) PMO
2 3 (2.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.94%) QA
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
Vendors
1 63 (59.43%) SAP
2 22 (20.75%) Oracle
3 6 (5.66%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.72%) Ariba
4 5 (4.72%) IFS
4 5 (4.72%) OpenLink
4 5 (4.72%) Triple Point
5 4 (3.77%) FIS
5 4 (3.77%) Hyperion
6 3 (2.83%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.83%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.83%) webMethods
7 1 (0.94%) Cognos
7 1 (0.94%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.94%) Workday