The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 111 87 116
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +29
Contract jobs citing Billing 114 191 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.439% 1.880% 1.423%
As % of the General category 4.116% 4.991% 3.776%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 71 59
Average daily rate £348 £400 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.12% +16.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £280 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £477 £488 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2770 3827 3867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 34.97% 37.67% 37.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1244 1669 1695
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 201 241
Average hourly rate £20.38 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.90% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Billing
England

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire -12 64 £370 +19.83%
Hampshire -30 21 £294 -26.56%
Surrey +10 10 £290 -34.09%
Kent - 4 £475 -
Middlesex +6 3 £450 -
Buckinghamshire +3 3 £275 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £499 -
East Sussex +9 1 £350 -26.31%
Sussex +6 1 £500 -
West Sussex +3 1 £428 +0.58%
Billing
England

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 90 (54.22%) Telecoms
2 63 (37.95%) CRM
3 35 (21.08%) BSS
4 28 (16.87%) Finance
5 26 (15.66%) SAP
6 20 (12.05%) CSG Singleview
7 17 (10.24%) SAP IS-U
8 16 (9.639%) Project Management
8 16 (9.639%) SQL
9 13 (7.831%) Oracle
10 12 (7.229%) Business Analysis
11 11 (6.627%) SAP CRM
11 11 (6.627%) ITIL
12 10 (6.024%) Migration
13 9 (5.422%) Legal
13 9 (5.422%) Unit Testing
13 9 (5.422%) UNIX
13 9 (5.422%) Cisco
13 9 (5.422%) Smart Meter
14 8 (4.819%) FTP
14 8 (4.819%) SMS
14 8 (4.819%) MS Excel
14 8 (4.819%) Use Case
14 8 (4.819%) Marketing
15 7 (4.217%) ESB
15 7 (4.217%) Performance Testing
15 7 (4.217%) Service Delivery
15 7 (4.217%) Management Information System
16 6 (3.614%) Siebel
16 6 (3.614%) PRINCE2

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (3.614%) XML
2 5 (3.012%) Middleware
3 4 (2.410%) XSD
4 3 (1.807%) J2EE
4 3 (1.807%) EJB
5 2 (1.205%) SAP PI
5 2 (1.205%) Web Services
6 1 (0.602%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.602%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.602%) Spring
6 1 (0.602%) SAP Business Workflow
6 1 (0.602%) WF
6 1 (0.602%) .NET
6 1 (0.602%) WML
6 1 (0.602%) CSS
6 1 (0.602%) SOAP
6 1 (0.602%) WAP
6 1 (0.602%) XHTML
6 1 (0.602%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.602%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.217%) ESB
2 2 (1.205%) Adobe CQ
2 2 (1.205%) CMS
3 1 (0.602%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.602%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.602%) Apache
3 1 (0.602%) SAS
3 1 (0.602%) CICS
3 1 (0.602%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (4.819%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.807%) MS Office
3 1 (0.602%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.602%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 20 (12.05%) CSG Singleview
2 17 (10.24%) SAP IS-U
3 11 (6.627%) SAP CRM
4 3 (1.807%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.807%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (1.205%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.602%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.602%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.602%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.602%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.602%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.08%) BSS
2 8 (4.819%) FTP
2 8 (4.819%) SMS
3 5 (3.012%) Internet
4 4 (2.410%) WAN
4 4 (2.410%) Broadband
5 3 (1.807%) HTTP
5 3 (1.807%) ISDN
5 3 (1.807%) Wireless
5 3 (1.807%) 4G
5 3 (1.807%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.205%) 3G
7 1 (0.602%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.602%) DNS
7 1 (0.602%) SSL
7 1 (0.602%) LAN
7 1 (0.602%) PSTN
7 1 (0.602%) GPRS
7 1 (0.602%) GSM
7 1 (0.602%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.205%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.205%) MS Access
1 2 (1.205%) DB2
2 1 (0.602%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.205%) TestDirector
1 2 (1.205%) LoadRunner
1 2 (1.205%) Selenium
2 1 (0.602%) NUnit
2 1 (0.602%) Subversion
2 1 (0.602%) JIRA
2 1 (0.602%) FitNesse
2 1 (0.602%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.602%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.602%) ProC
2 1 (0.602%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.602%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.602%) WebDriver
2 1 (0.602%) StyleCop
2 1 (0.602%) MSTest
2 1 (0.602%) SpecFlow
General
1 90 (54.22%) Telecoms
2 28 (16.87%) Finance
3 9 (5.422%) Legal
4 8 (4.819%) Marketing
5 6 (3.614%) Banking
6 3 (1.807%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.807%) Back Office
7 1 (0.602%) Retail
7 1 (0.602%) Publishing
7 1 (0.602%) Law
7 1 (0.602%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 55 (33.13%) Architect
2 51 (30.72%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (14.46%) Analyst
4 19 (11.45%) Project Manager
5 16 (9.639%) Developer
6 12 (7.229%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.024%) Coordinator
7 10 (6.024%) Consultant
8 9 (5.422%) Designer
9 6 (3.614%) Solutions Designer
10 5 (3.012%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.410%) SAP Analyst
11 4 (2.410%) Network Engineer
11 4 (2.410%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.410%) Performance Analyst
11 4 (2.410%) SAP Consultant
12 3 (1.807%) IT Project Manager
12 3 (1.807%) Delivery Manager
12 3 (1.807%) Oracle Consultant
12 3 (1.807%) Billing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.422%) Smart Meter
2 7 (4.217%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.602%) VSAM
3 1 (0.602%) Equities
3 1 (0.602%) Fixed Income
3 1 (0.602%) CMDB
3 1 (0.602%) Derivative
3 1 (0.602%) SecurID
3 1 (0.602%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.602%) PMI
3 1 (0.602%) NHS
3 1 (0.602%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.602%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.602%) HACMP
3 1 (0.602%) Open Source
3 1 (0.602%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (0.602%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.602%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.422%) UNIX
2 5 (3.012%) AIX
3 3 (1.807%) Windows
4 2 (1.205%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (37.95%) CRM
2 16 (9.639%) Project Management
3 12 (7.229%) Business Analysis
4 11 (6.627%) ITIL
5 10 (6.024%) Migration
6 9 (5.422%) Unit Testing
7 8 (4.819%) Use Case
8 7 (4.217%) Performance Testing
8 7 (4.217%) Service Delivery
9 6 (3.614%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.614%) Test Scripting
9 6 (3.614%) eTOM
10 5 (3.012%) Data Management
10 5 (3.012%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (3.012%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (3.012%) E-Commerce
10 5 (3.012%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (3.012%) Test Strategy
11 4 (2.410%) UML
11 4 (2.410%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.639%) SQL
2 6 (3.614%) Java
3 5 (3.012%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.410%) Perl
5 3 (1.807%) C
5 3 (1.807%) C#
5 3 (1.807%) C++
5 3 (1.807%) VBA
5 3 (1.807%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.602%) Korn
6 1 (0.602%) COBOL
6 1 (0.602%) PHP
6 1 (0.602%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.602%) JCL
Qualifications
1 5 (3.012%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.410%) ISEB
3 3 (1.807%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.807%) Degree
3 3 (1.807%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.807%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.205%) PMP
4 2 (1.205%) CCNP
4 2 (1.205%) CCVP
5 1 (0.602%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.602%) Siebel Certification
5 1 (0.602%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.012%) SLA
2 1 (0.602%) QA
2 1 (0.602%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (1.807%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.602%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 26 (15.66%) SAP
2 13 (7.831%) Oracle
3 9 (5.422%) Cisco
4 6 (3.614%) Siebel
4 6 (3.614%) Huawei
5 5 (3.012%) CA
6 4 (2.410%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (1.807%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.807%) HP
7 3 (1.807%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.205%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 2 (1.205%) BT
8 2 (1.205%) Cognos
8 2 (1.205%) Adobe
8 2 (1.205%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.602%) KANA
9 1 (0.602%) Redknee
9 1 (0.602%) Amdocs
9 1 (0.602%) IBM
9 1 (0.602%) MicroStrategy