The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 73 54 54
Rank change year-on-year
-19 0
Contract jobs citing Billing 3 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.403% 1.573% 0.479%
As % of the General category 1.538% 4.778% 1.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 2
Average daily rate £400 £448 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.61% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £300 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £520 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-11.77% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
195 293 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 26.17% 32.92% 38.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 195 108
Average daily rate £325 £370 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.16% -4.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £257 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 14
Average hourly rate £15.25 £17.25 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.59% -19.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.95 £10.50 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 £50.60 £30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Billing
West Yorkshire

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (40.00%) SAP
1 4 (40.00%) SAP IS-U
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (10.00%) C
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (10.00%) Smart Meter
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SAP ISU Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (10.00%) ERP
1 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (10.00%) Time Management
1 1 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle