The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 269 203 242
Rank change year-on-year
-66 +39
Contract jobs citing Billing 269 486 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.647% 0.911% 0.755%
As % of the General category 1.493% 2.013% 1.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 199 184
Average daily rate £399 £425 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.11% +10.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £297 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £423 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.15% +26.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 18
Average hourly rate £11.00 £17.50 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.85 £17.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £27.90 £30.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
18023 24142 28116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 43.35% 45.26% 50.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11128 14724 17105
Average daily rate £450 £440 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 686 885
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Billing
UK

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

England Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Billing across the England region.

England Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Billing across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Billing Daily Rate Histogram

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the England region.

England Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East -30 113 £345 -13.75%
London -29 95 £500 +2.82%
North West -3 16 £370 +12.63%
East of England +2 9 £300 -15.78%
South West +25 7 £375 -15.73%
Yorkshire -20 5 £375 -16.20%
East Midlands -5 4 - -
West Midlands 0 3 £400 +33.33%
Midlands - 2 £438 -
North East +12 1 £350 +6.46%
Billing
UK

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Billing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Billing.

1 150 (30.06%) Telecoms
2 119 (23.85%) CRM
3 116 (23.25%) Finance
4 93 (18.64%) SAP
5 50 (10.02%) Business Analysis
6 49 (9.820%) Oracle
7 48 (9.619%) SQL
7 48 (9.619%) Project Management
7 48 (9.619%) Banking
8 44 (8.818%) BSS
9 37 (7.415%) Migration
10 35 (7.014%) SAP IS-U
10 35 (7.014%) E-Commerce
11 30 (6.012%) User Acceptance Testing
12 27 (5.411%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (5.210%) ITIL
14 24 (4.810%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (4.609%) PRINCE2
16 22 (4.409%) MS Excel
16 22 (4.409%) .NET
16 22 (4.409%) MS Office
16 22 (4.409%) CSG Singleview
16 22 (4.409%) Investment Banking
17 21 (4.208%) Internet
18 20 (4.008%) Legal
18 20 (4.008%) Business Objects
18 20 (4.008%) Java
18 20 (4.008%) XML
18 20 (4.008%) Retail
19 19 (3.808%) Windows

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Billing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (4.409%) .NET
2 20 (4.008%) XML
3 13 (2.605%) Web Services
4 12 (2.405%) Middleware
5 6 (1.202%) CSS
6 5 (1.002%) HTML
7 4 (0.802%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.802%) XHTML
7 4 (0.802%) XSD
7 4 (0.802%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.601%) Spring
8 3 (0.601%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.601%) JSON
8 3 (0.601%) jQuery
8 3 (0.601%) J2EE
8 3 (0.601%) EJB
8 3 (0.601%) Visualforce
8 3 (0.601%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.601%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.401%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 10 (2.004%) ESB
2 5 (1.002%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.002%) WebLogic
3 4 (0.802%) CMS
4 3 (0.601%) Apache
4 3 (0.601%) Force.com
5 2 (0.401%) Adobe CQ
5 2 (0.401%) WebLogic Portal
5 2 (0.401%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 2 (0.401%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.200%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (0.200%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.200%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.200%) SAS
6 1 (0.200%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.200%) TeamSite
6 1 (0.200%) CICS
6 1 (0.200%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.200%) EPiServer CMS
6 1 (0.200%) Escenic
Applications
1 22 (4.409%) MS Excel
1 22 (4.409%) MS Office
2 18 (3.607%) MS Project
3 11 (2.204%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.804%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (7.014%) SAP IS-U
2 22 (4.409%) CSG Singleview
3 17 (3.407%) SAP SD
4 16 (3.206%) SAP CRM
5 15 (3.006%) Oracle EBS
6 13 (2.605%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (1.403%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (1.202%) Agresso
8 6 (1.202%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (1.002%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.802%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.802%) HFM
11 3 (0.601%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.601%) SAP Retail
11 3 (0.601%) SAP FI-CA
11 3 (0.601%) Oracle BRM
12 2 (0.401%) Hyperion Planning
12 2 (0.401%) CODA-Financials
12 2 (0.401%) Cognos Business Intelligence
12 2 (0.401%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.818%) BSS
2 21 (4.208%) Internet
3 9 (1.804%) Broadband
4 8 (1.603%) SMS
4 8 (1.603%) FTP
5 6 (1.202%) HTTP
6 5 (1.002%) Extranet
6 5 (1.002%) Intranet
7 4 (0.802%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.802%) WAN
7 4 (0.802%) ISDN
8 3 (0.601%) LAN
8 3 (0.601%) SSL
8 3 (0.601%) Wireless
8 3 (0.601%) 4G
9 2 (0.401%) MPLS
9 2 (0.401%) 3G
9 2 (0.401%) Firewall
9 2 (0.401%) DNS
9 2 (0.401%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.607%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.407%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.806%) BusinessObjects
4 12 (2.405%) SAP Data Services
5 9 (1.804%) Oracle BI EE
6 6 (1.202%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.802%) MySQL
8 3 (0.601%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.601%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.601%) MS Access
8 3 (0.601%) DB2
8 3 (0.601%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (0.601%) Big Data
9 2 (0.401%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.401%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (0.200%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.200%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.200%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.200%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.200%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (1.202%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (1.002%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (1.002%) Visual Studio Team System
3 4 (0.802%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (0.802%) Selenium
3 4 (0.802%) Subversion
4 2 (0.401%) WebDriver
4 2 (0.401%) WebLogic Workshop
4 2 (0.401%) TestDirector
4 2 (0.401%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.401%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.401%) JUnit
4 2 (0.401%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.200%) Maven
5 1 (0.200%) NUnit
5 1 (0.200%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.200%) JIRA
5 1 (0.200%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.200%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.200%) ProC
General
1 150 (30.06%) Telecoms
2 116 (23.25%) Finance
3 48 (9.619%) Banking
4 22 (4.409%) Investment Banking
5 20 (4.008%) Legal
5 20 (4.008%) Retail
6 17 (3.407%) Marketing
7 14 (2.806%) Back Office
8 9 (1.804%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.403%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.002%) Law
10 5 (1.002%) Publishing
11 4 (0.802%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.601%) International Banking
13 2 (0.401%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.401%) Advertising
13 2 (0.401%) Automotive
13 2 (0.401%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.401%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.200%) French Language
Job Titles
1 131 (26.25%) Analyst
2 91 (18.24%) Architect
3 81 (16.23%) Business Analyst
4 70 (14.03%) Consultant
5 68 (13.63%) Solutions Architect
6 53 (10.62%) Project Manager
7 41 (8.216%) SAP Consultant
8 32 (6.413%) Developer
9 18 (3.607%) Designer
9 18 (3.607%) Test Analyst
10 14 (2.806%) Coordinator
11 12 (2.405%) Solutions Designer
11 12 (2.405%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
12 11 (2.204%) SAP ISU Consultant
12 11 (2.204%) Functional Consultant
13 10 (2.004%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.004%) SAP SD Consultant
14 9 (1.804%) Process Manager
14 9 (1.804%) Support Analyst
14 9 (1.804%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.808%) Smart Meter
2 15 (3.006%) Derivative
3 13 (2.605%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.605%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (2.004%) Credit Derivative
5 8 (1.603%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.403%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.002%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.002%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (0.802%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.802%) FMCG
9 3 (0.601%) IPTV
9 3 (0.601%) Online Banking
9 3 (0.601%) CMDB
9 3 (0.601%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.601%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.601%) SWIFT
10 2 (0.401%) Data Integration
10 2 (0.401%) iPhone
10 2 (0.401%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.808%) Windows
2 18 (3.607%) UNIX
3 12 (2.405%) Linux
4 8 (1.603%) Windows 7
5 7 (1.403%) AIX
5 7 (1.403%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.002%) Windows 2000
7 4 (0.802%) Android
8 3 (0.601%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.401%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.200%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.200%) HPUX
10 1 (0.200%) VMS
10 1 (0.200%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.200%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.200%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (23.85%) CRM
2 50 (10.02%) Business Analysis
3 48 (9.619%) Project Management
4 37 (7.415%) Migration
5 35 (7.014%) E-Commerce
6 30 (6.012%) User Acceptance Testing
7 27 (5.411%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (5.210%) ITIL
9 24 (4.810%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (4.609%) PRINCE2
11 18 (3.607%) Data Migration
11 18 (3.607%) Service Delivery
11 18 (3.607%) Agile Software Development
12 16 (3.206%) Performance Management
12 16 (3.206%) Data Cleansing
13 15 (3.006%) Logistics
13 15 (3.006%) Change Management
13 15 (3.006%) Data Modelling
14 13 (2.605%) Workflow
14 13 (2.605%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.619%) SQL
2 20 (4.008%) Java
3 13 (2.605%) C#
4 10 (2.004%) C
4 10 (2.004%) PL/SQL
5 8 (1.603%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.603%) Perl
6 7 (1.403%) C++
7 4 (0.802%) ABAP
8 3 (0.601%) VBA
8 3 (0.601%) PHP
8 3 (0.601%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.601%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.401%) COBOL
9 2 (0.401%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.401%) VB
9 2 (0.401%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.401%) Ruby
10 1 (0.200%) Korn
10 1 (0.200%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (3.607%) ISEB
2 16 (3.206%) Degree
3 9 (1.804%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.202%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.002%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.802%) MBA
6 4 (0.802%) PMP
7 3 (0.601%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.601%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.601%) CIMA
8 2 (0.401%) ACCA
8 2 (0.401%) CCNP
8 2 (0.401%) CCVP
9 1 (0.200%) CIPD
9 1 (0.200%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.200%) Siebel Certification
9 1 (0.200%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.200%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.200%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.200%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.405%) QA
2 9 (1.804%) SLA
3 1 (0.200%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.200%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.200%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.401%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.200%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.802%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.200%) Nagios
2 1 (0.200%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.200%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 1 (0.200%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (0.200%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 93 (18.64%) SAP
2 49 (9.820%) Oracle
3 20 (4.008%) Business Objects
4 17 (3.407%) Microsoft
5 16 (3.206%) Salesforce.com
6 13 (2.605%) Cisco
7 12 (2.405%) Siebel
7 12 (2.405%) Hyperion
8 10 (2.004%) Cerillion
9 8 (1.603%) CA
9 8 (1.603%) PeopleSoft
9 8 (1.603%) Huawei
10 7 (1.403%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 6 (1.202%) HP
12 5 (1.002%) Cognos
12 5 (1.002%) Convergys
13 4 (0.802%) Ericsson
14 3 (0.601%) Amdocs
14 3 (0.601%) Cadence
14 3 (0.601%) Omniture
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