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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 479 456
Rank change year-on-year +110 -23 -45
Contract jobs citing Billing 210 228 460
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.85% 0.68% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 132 270
10th Percentile £238 £323 £350
25th Percentile £411 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £615 £688 £631
90th Percentile £682 £786 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 6
10th Percentile £12.50 £31.30 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.50 £38.75 £12.35
Median hourly rate £15.50 £62.50 £16.84
Median % change year-on-year -75.20% +271.09% -43.86%
75th Percentile £16.00 £121.88 £25.82
90th Percentile £22.32 £180.00 £28.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.25 £45.00 £12.05
% change year-on-year -66.11% +273.44% -56.18%

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 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 14 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 15 May 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 +85 177 £500 -4.76% 205
UK excluding London +53 105 £500 - 108
Work from Home +124 88 £500 - 98
London +86 74 £486 -15.48% 96
South East +28 50 £500 - 25
North of England +21 16 £500 +4.17% 38
Midlands +33 13 £550 +13.52% 20
West Midlands +22 13 £550 +13.52% 14
Scotland +41 10 £438 +0.11% 5
East of England +17 10 £582 +223.53% 9
North West +19 8 £500 +4.17% 26
South West +12 7 £396 -24.57% 8
North East +15 4 - - 2
Yorkshire +16 3 £100 -84.00% 10

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 2 (0.95%) SAS
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 29 (13.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (9.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.33%) NEC Housing
2 7 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (3.33%) SAP SD
3 6 (2.86%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (2.86%) SAP Travel Management
4 5 (2.38%) NetSuite
4 5 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (2.38%) SAP BRIM
4 5 (2.38%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (2.38%) SAP PSCD
5 4 (1.90%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (1.43%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.57%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.71%) Azure
3 5 (2.38%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 4 (1.90%) AWS
4 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.43%) GCP
5 3 (1.43%) OCI
5 3 (1.43%) SaaS
5 3 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.95%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.95%) Google Play
6 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (0.95%) Serverless
6 2 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) Internet
2 3 (1.43%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.43%) Wireless
3 2 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.48%) MPLS
4 1 (0.48%) MVNO
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) SMS
4 1 (0.48%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.48%) VoWiFi
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.57%) Power BI
2 7 (3.33%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.33%) Tableau
3 4 (1.90%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.90%) MS Access
4 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.43%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.95%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.48%) GIS
6 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.48%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (3.81%) JIRA
2 4 (1.90%) Toad
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.48%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) JUnit
4 1 (0.48%) PVCS
4 1 (0.48%) Subversion
4 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.48%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 93 (44.29%) Finance
2 58 (27.62%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.48%) Telecoms
4 19 (9.05%) Banking
5 16 (7.62%) Legal
6 15 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.29%) Marketing
8 7 (3.33%) Law
8 7 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.86%) Retail
10 5 (2.38%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.43%) Local Government
13 2 (0.95%) Back Office
13 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (22.86%) Analyst
2 31 (14.76%) Consultant
3 23 (10.95%) Developer
3 23 (10.95%) Lead
4 19 (9.05%) SAP Consultant
5 16 (7.62%) Architect
6 14 (6.67%) Senior
7 13 (6.19%) Commercial Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Billing Analyst
9 11 (5.24%) Functional Consultant
10 10 (4.76%) Contracts Manager
11 9 (4.29%) Product Owner
11 9 (4.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 8 (3.81%) Billing Developer
12 8 (3.81%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.81%) Data Analyst
12 8 (3.81%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
12 8 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (3.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.29%) Web Services
2 7 (3.33%) Node.js
2 7 (3.33%) React
2 7 (3.33%) React Native
2 7 (3.33%) SAP TM
3 4 (1.90%) Middleware
3 4 (1.90%) XML
4 3 (1.43%) HTML
4 3 (1.43%) JSON
4 3 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.95%) ADO
5 2 (0.95%) CSS
5 2 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.48%) .NET
6 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.48%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.48%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.48%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.62%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.86%) Replication
5 4 (1.90%) e-Health
5 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.43%) DataPower
6 3 (1.43%) iPad
6 3 (1.43%) iPhone
6 3 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.95%) NHS
7 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.95%) Smart Meter
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.48%) IVR
8 1 (0.48%) SCADA
8 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.24%) Unix
2 7 (3.33%) Linux
3 5 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.90%) Android
5 3 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.10%) Agile
1 38 (18.10%) CRM
2 30 (14.29%) Migration
3 27 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (9.05%) ERP
4 19 (9.05%) Scrum
5 16 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (7.62%) Data Migration
6 15 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (6.67%) Batch Processing
7 14 (6.67%) Data Modelling
7 14 (6.67%) Order Management
8 13 (6.19%) Decision-Making
8 13 (6.19%) Impact Analysis
8 13 (6.19%) Process Improvement
9 12 (5.71%) Data Management
9 12 (5.71%) Test Scripting
10 11 (5.24%) Contract Management
10 11 (5.24%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.29%) SQL
2 11 (5.24%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.86%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.38%) C
4 5 (2.38%) ProC
4 5 (2.38%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.95%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.95%) Python
5 2 (0.95%) SOQL
6 1 (0.48%) ABAP
6 1 (0.48%) Bicep
6 1 (0.48%) C++
6 1 (0.48%) COBOL
6 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.48%) SQR
6 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (10.95%) Degree
2 11 (5.24%) SC Cleared
2 11 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.95%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.95%) PMP
5 2 (0.95%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.19%) PMO
2 11 (5.24%) SLA
3 8 (3.81%) QA
4 6 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.86%) VMware NSX
1 6 (2.86%) vSphere
2 4 (1.90%) vCloud
3 3 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.48%) Docker
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) SCCM
2 2 (0.95%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 46 (21.90%) SAP
2 35 (16.67%) Oracle
3 31 (14.76%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 9 (4.29%) Cisco
6 7 (3.33%) Guidewire
6 7 (3.33%) NEC
6 7 (3.33%) Northgate
7 6 (2.86%) Ariba
7 6 (2.86%) Dell
7 6 (2.86%) VMware
8 5 (2.38%) Apple
8 5 (2.38%) Genesys
8 5 (2.38%) Google
9 4 (1.90%) Alteryx
10 3 (1.43%) IBM
10 3 (1.43%) OpenText
10 3 (1.43%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.95%) Concur
11 2 (0.95%) PeopleSoft