Accounts Payable Job Trends in the North West

Accounts Payable
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Accounts Payable skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 198 187
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +105
Permanent jobs citing Accounts Payable 7 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - £50,125 £35,100
25th Percentile - £54,063 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.02% +2.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.57% -8.00% +21.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Accounts Payable
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Accounts Payable job vacancy trend in the North West

Accounts Payable
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Accounts Payable.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accounts Payable within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +19 5 £30,000 -51.02%
Cheshire -11 2 £30,000 - 4
Accounts Payable
England

Accounts Payable
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) OCI
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Billing
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Accountant
1 3 (42.86%) Assistant Accountant
1 3 (42.86%) Management Accountant
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Accounts Receivable
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) AAT
1 3 (42.86%) ACCA
1 3 (42.86%) CIMA
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Sage
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle