Accounts Payable Jobs

Accounts Payable
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Accounts Payable skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Accounts Payable over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 816 847
Rank change year-on-year +159 +31 +304
Permanent jobs citing Accounts Payable 54 79 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.080% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.093% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42 64 74
10th Percentile £24,050 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £70,938 £78,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £102,625 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £58,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.43% -10.38% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Accounts Payable.

Salary trend for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accounts Payable over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Accounts Payable in the UK

Accounts Payable
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accounts Payable within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
England +119 42 £57,500 -1.29% 126
UK excluding London +161 31 £56,250 -3.43% 63
Work from Home +115 19 £40,000 -15.79% 60
South East +89 13 £50,000 -14.16% 23
London +100 11 £61,250 -9.26% 74
Midlands +61 7 £57,500 -17.86% 8
North of England +42 6 £50,000 +108.33% 16
West Midlands +55 5 £52,500 -27.59% 4
Yorkshire +62 3 £50,000 -50.00% 1
East of England +42 3 £65,000 +56.63% 7
North West +4 3 £53,750 +123.96% 15
South West +108 2 £41,250 -34.00% 5
East Midlands +31 2 £80,000 +60.00% 4

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 2 (3.70%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (24.07%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (22.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (20.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (9.26%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (9.26%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (5.56%) SAP FI
7 2 (3.70%) NetSuite
7 2 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (3.70%) SAP CO
8 1 (1.85%) Elite 3E
8 1 (1.85%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (1.85%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (1.85%) SAP ERP
8 1 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (1.85%) SAP FSCM
8 1 (1.85%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.11%) OCI
3 5 (9.26%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (5.56%) PaaS
5 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.70%) SaaS
7 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.85%) Figma
7 1 (1.85%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.85%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) LSMW
General
1 49 (90.74%) Finance
2 24 (44.44%) General Ledger
2 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.81%) Law
5 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Billing
7 2 (3.70%) Local Government
8 1 (1.85%) German Language
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (40.74%) Consultant
2 9 (16.67%) Finance Manager
3 8 (14.81%) Lead
4 7 (12.96%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Consultant
5 5 (9.26%) Accounts Assistant
5 5 (9.26%) Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) ERP Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Oracle Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Accounts Payable Assistant
7 3 (5.56%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Transformation Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Finance Business Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) NetSuite Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.70%) REST
2 2 (3.70%) SOAP
3 1 (1.85%) IDoc
3 1 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.85%) SAP Smart Forms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
1 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.85%) Private Cloud
2 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (83.33%) Accounts Receivable
2 21 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (31.48%) ERP
4 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 9 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 9 (16.67%) Project Management
5 8 (14.81%) Budgeting
5 8 (14.81%) Cash Management
5 8 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (12.96%) Migration
6 7 (12.96%) Record to Report
7 6 (11.11%) Budget Management
7 6 (11.11%) System Testing
7 6 (11.11%) Workflow
8 5 (9.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (9.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 5 (9.26%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (9.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (9.26%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.85%) ABAP
2 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.85%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) ACCA
1 10 (18.52%) CIMA
2 6 (11.11%) AAT
3 4 (7.41%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) CCA
5 2 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.07%) Oracle
2 13 (24.07%) SAP
3 7 (12.96%) Workday
4 4 (7.41%) Sage
4 4 (7.41%) Xero
5 2 (3.70%) Concur
6 1 (1.85%) Adaptive Insights