Accounts Payable Job Trends in England

Accounts Payable
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 637 597
Rank change year-on-year +158 -40 +309
Permanent jobs citing Accounts Payable 123 25 86
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.052% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.057% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 68 17 47
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +21.36%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +20.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Accounts Payable falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £79,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accounts Payable relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Accounts Payable job vacancy trend in England

Accounts Payable
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Accounts Payable.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Accounts Payable in England

Accounts Payable
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accounts Payable within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +118 63 £55,500 -9.39% 10
South East +54 33 £42,500 -41.38% 13
Midlands +33 13 £82,500 +43.48% 2
North West +27 9 £30,000 -47.83% 4
North of England +15 9 £30,000 -46.67% 4
West Midlands +27 8 £82,500 +43.48%
East Midlands - 5 £52,500 - 2
South West +3 4 £50,000 +100.00% 4
East of England - 1 £23,750 - 2
Accounts Payable
UK

Accounts Payable
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 39 (31.71%) Oracle Payables
2 26 (21.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (16.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 17 (13.82%) Oracle Assets
5 10 (8.13%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (8.13%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (7.32%) Oracle EBS R12
7 8 (6.50%) NetSuite
8 5 (4.07%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (3.25%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (2.44%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (2.44%) SAP CO
10 3 (2.44%) SAP FI
10 3 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (1.63%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.81%) Oracle AGIS
12 1 (0.81%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 1 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.38%) SaaS
2 8 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (6.50%) OCI
3 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.07%) Azure
5 4 (3.25%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.63%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.81%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.25%) Power BI
2 3 (2.44%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.63%) Looker
3 2 (1.63%) Tableau
4 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.81%) Essbase
4 1 (0.81%) MS Access
4 1 (0.81%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) JIRA
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
General
1 110 (89.43%) Finance
2 44 (35.77%) Social Skills
3 43 (34.96%) General Ledger
4 24 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (10.57%) Banking
5 13 (10.57%) Retail
6 10 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.50%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Billing
9 3 (2.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Law
10 2 (1.63%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.07%) Lead
2 18 (14.63%) Accountant
3 14 (11.38%) Finance Manager
4 10 (8.13%) Architect
4 10 (8.13%) Financial Accountant
4 10 (8.13%) Oracle Architect
5 8 (6.50%) Finance Systems Manager
5 8 (6.50%) Junior
5 8 (6.50%) Systems Manager
6 7 (5.69%) Administrator
6 7 (5.69%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (4.88%) Assistant Accountant
7 6 (4.88%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.07%) Analyst
8 5 (4.07%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Consultant
8 5 (4.07%) Junior Systems Administrator
8 5 (4.07%) Management Accountant
8 5 (4.07%) Oracle Technical Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.63%) Middleware
2 2 (1.63%) REST
2 2 (1.63%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.63%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.01%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.63%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.63%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.63%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (60.98%) Accounts Receivable
2 47 (38.21%) ERP
3 23 (18.70%) Cash Management
4 22 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (17.89%) Project Management
5 17 (13.82%) Process Improvement
6 16 (13.01%) Decision-Making
7 14 (11.38%) Budgeting
7 14 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (9.76%) AI
8 12 (9.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 12 (9.76%) Computer Science
8 12 (9.76%) Mentoring
8 12 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.94%) Customer-Centricity
10 10 (8.13%) Revenue Recognition
11 9 (7.32%) B2B
11 9 (7.32%) Information Security
11 9 (7.32%) Use Case
11 9 (7.32%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.13%) SQL
2 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.81%) ABAP
3 1 (0.81%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.81%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 21 (17.07%) Degree
2 16 (13.01%) ACCA
3 13 (10.57%) CIMA
4 11 (8.94%) AAT
5 5 (4.07%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.63%) CBAP
8 1 (0.81%) CFA
8 1 (0.81%) MBA
8 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) IFRS
3 2 (1.63%) GAAP
3 2 (1.63%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.81%) SEPA
Vendors
1 39 (31.71%) Oracle
2 15 (12.20%) SAP
3 9 (7.32%) Xero
4 7 (5.69%) Sage
5 6 (4.88%) Microsoft
6 4 (3.25%) Epicor
7 3 (2.44%) Adobe
8 2 (1.63%) Google
8 2 (1.63%) Workday
9 1 (0.81%) Cognos
9 1 (0.81%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow