Billing Contracts

Billing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Billing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 487 473
Rank change year-on-year +102 -14 -66
Contract jobs citing Billing 220 239 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.40% 0.49%
As % of the General category 0.87% 0.68% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 138 243
10th Percentile £243 £341 £328
25th Percentile £413 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £627 £684 £631
90th Percentile £715 £795 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £498 £488
% change year-on-year +2.01% +2.05% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £12.25 £31.30 £14.46
25th Percentile £14.88 £38.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £15.75 £62.50 £23.84
Median % change year-on-year -74.80% +162.14% -40.39%
75th Percentile £23.72 £121.88 £27.94
90th Percentile £50.45 £180.00 £28.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £45.00 £12.05
% change year-on-year -65.56% +273.44% -73.80%

All General Skills
UK

Billing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Billing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Daily rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Hourly rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +114 187 £515 -1.90% 181
UK excluding London +81 108 £508 +2.01% 102
Work from Home +125 98 £500 -2.44% 87
London +82 84 £525 -8.70% 84
South East +38 53 £500 - 27
North of England +37 17 £500 -20.00% 30
Scotland +32 11 £438 +3.06% 8
East of England +23 10 £582 +223.53% 11
Midlands +22 10 £600 +45.45% 16
West Midlands +29 9 £600 +41.18% 13
North West +21 9 £500 - 22
South West +16 8 £396 -24.57% 11
North East +23 4 - - 2
Yorkshire +16 4 £100 -84.91% 6
East Midlands +18 1 £160 -57.33% 3

Billing
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 1 (0.45%) NetWeaver
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (0.45%) SAS
1 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.18%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (8.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (5.91%) SAP PSCD
3 10 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (4.55%) SAP BRIM
4 9 (4.09%) SAP Hybris
5 7 (3.18%) NEC Housing
5 7 (3.18%) SAP FI-CA
5 7 (3.18%) SAP Travel Management
6 6 (2.73%) SAP FI
6 6 (2.73%) SAP SD
7 5 (2.27%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (2.27%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (2.27%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (1.82%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (1.36%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (1.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 3 (1.36%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (1.36%) Oracle Internet Expenses
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.18%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.91%) Azure
3 9 (4.09%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (3.18%) SaaS
5 5 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.27%) OCI
6 4 (1.82%) AWS
7 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.36%) GCP
7 3 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.91%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.91%) Google Play
8 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.91%) Serverless
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.27%) HTTP
1 5 (2.27%) Internet
2 4 (1.82%) IP Telephony
2 4 (1.82%) Wireless
3 2 (0.91%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) LAN
4 1 (0.45%) MPLS
4 1 (0.45%) MVNO
4 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.45%) SMS
4 1 (0.45%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.45%) VoWiFi
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.18%) Power BI
2 8 (3.64%) Tableau
3 7 (3.18%) Oracle Database
4 5 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.82%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.82%) MS Access
5 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.36%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.91%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.45%) GIS
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.45%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 7 (3.18%) JIRA
2 4 (1.82%) Toad
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.45%) Git
4 1 (0.45%) JUnit
4 1 (0.45%) PVCS
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
4 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.45%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (46.36%) Finance
2 64 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.27%) Telecoms
4 22 (10.00%) Banking
5 19 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.82%) Legal
7 12 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.45%) Law
8 6 (2.73%) Marketing
8 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.73%) Retail
9 5 (2.27%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Local Government
12 2 (0.91%) Back Office
12 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (19.09%) Analyst
2 37 (16.82%) Consultant
3 24 (10.91%) SAP Consultant
4 22 (10.00%) Lead
5 21 (9.55%) Architect
5 21 (9.55%) Developer
6 17 (7.73%) Commercial Manager
7 15 (6.82%) Functional Consultant
8 14 (6.36%) Contracts Manager
9 13 (5.91%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 13 (5.91%) Senior
10 9 (4.09%) Product Owner
11 8 (3.64%) Billing Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.64%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.64%) Technical Architect
12 7 (3.18%) Support Analyst
13 6 (2.73%) Business Analyst
13 6 (2.73%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
1 8 (3.64%) SAP TM
2 7 (3.18%) Node.js
2 7 (3.18%) React
2 7 (3.18%) React Native
2 7 (3.18%) Web Services
3 4 (1.82%) Middleware
4 3 (1.36%) JSON
4 3 (1.36%) XML
5 2 (0.91%) ADO
5 2 (0.91%) CSS
5 2 (0.91%) HTML
5 2 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.45%) .NET
6 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.45%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.64%) Public Cloud
2 16 (7.27%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.18%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.73%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.73%) Replication
5 5 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.82%) e-Health
6 4 (1.82%) iPad
6 4 (1.82%) iPhone
7 3 (1.36%) DataPower
7 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.91%) NHS
8 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.91%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.45%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.00%) Unix
2 7 (3.18%) Linux
3 6 (2.73%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.82%) Android
5 4 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.18%) Agile
2 38 (17.27%) CRM
3 26 (11.82%) Migration
3 26 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (10.45%) ERP
5 20 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (8.18%) Scrum
7 16 (7.27%) Decision-Making
8 15 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (6.82%) Contract Management
8 15 (6.82%) Order Management
9 14 (6.36%) Data Migration
10 13 (5.91%) Data Management
10 13 (5.91%) Revenue Management
11 12 (5.45%) Batch Processing
11 12 (5.45%) Change Control
11 12 (5.45%) Customer Service
11 12 (5.45%) Data Modelling
11 12 (5.45%) Test Scripting
12 11 (5.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.45%) SQL
2 10 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.73%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.27%) C
4 5 (2.27%) ProC
4 5 (2.27%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.91%) ABAP
5 2 (0.91%) Python
6 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.45%) Bicep
6 1 (0.45%) C++
6 1 (0.45%) COBOL
6 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.45%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) SQR
6 1 (0.45%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (11.36%) Degree
2 12 (5.45%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.91%) PMP
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.82%) SLA
2 13 (5.91%) PMO
3 9 (4.09%) QA
4 6 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.73%) VMware NSX
1 6 (2.73%) vSphere
2 5 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.82%) vCloud
4 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.82%) SCCM
2 2 (0.91%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 54 (24.55%) SAP
2 42 (19.09%) Oracle
3 34 (15.45%) Microsoft
4 9 (4.09%) Cisco
5 7 (3.18%) NEC
5 7 (3.18%) Northgate
5 7 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.73%) Apple
6 6 (2.73%) Ariba
6 6 (2.73%) Dell
6 6 (2.73%) Genesys
6 6 (2.73%) VMware
7 5 (2.27%) Google
7 5 (2.27%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.82%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.36%) IBM
10 2 (0.91%) Concur
11 1 (0.45%) iManage
11 1 (0.45%) Zuora
211 Billing jobs Nationwide