Billing Contracts in England

Billing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Billing over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 360 446
Rank change year-on-year +38 +86 +5
Contract jobs citing Billing 162 187 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.50% 0.40%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.86% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 116 123
10th Percentile £263 £235 £326
25th Percentile £391 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £550 £638 £716
90th Percentile £668 £715 £808
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 7
10th Percentile £29.00 £11.75 £31.30
25th Percentile £50.88 £13.63 £38.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £15.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +351.61% -75.20% +162.14%
75th Percentile £75.00 £37.44 £121.88
90th Percentile - £54.25 £180.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £15.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +344.44% -74.80% +162.14%

All General Skills
England

Billing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,582 21,742 29,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.02% 58.41% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,120 14,023 20,959
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 1,785 974
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.00 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.27 £15.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%
75th Percentile £58.34 £51.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Billing in England

Billing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Billing in England

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in England

Billing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Billing in England

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in England

Billing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
London +18 67 £488 -7.14% 176
South East +38 48 £475 -5.00% 54
South West +54 17 £425 +7.32% 20
East of England +31 8 £550 -5.56% 13
North of England +19 8 £489 -2.20% 52
North West +10 8 £489 -2.20% 41
Midlands +16 2 £315 -47.50% 20
West Midlands +9 2 £315 -47.50% 15
Billing
UK

Billing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.23%) Camunda
1 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.62%) Apache
2 1 (0.62%) CMS
2 1 (0.62%) JBoss
2 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
1 12 (7.41%) SAP SD
2 8 (4.94%) SAP PSCD
3 7 (4.32%) NetSuite
3 7 (4.32%) SAP BRIM
3 7 (4.32%) SAP Hybris
4 6 (3.70%) SAP FI
5 4 (2.47%) SAP CO
5 4 (2.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.85%) SAP GTS
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (1.23%) SAP CRM
7 2 (1.23%) SAP ECC
7 2 (1.23%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.62%) SAP FI-CA
8 1 (0.62%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.49%) Azure
2 11 (6.79%) AWS
3 9 (5.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 8 (4.94%) SaaS
5 6 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.47%) OCI
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.23%) Boomi
8 2 (1.23%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.23%) GCP
8 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.62%) Apigee
9 1 (0.62%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Unified Communications
2 7 (4.32%) 5G
2 7 (4.32%) Intranet
3 5 (3.09%) LAN
3 5 (3.09%) SD-WAN
3 5 (3.09%) WAN
4 4 (2.47%) VoIP
5 3 (1.85%) ISDN
5 3 (1.85%) PBX
5 3 (1.85%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.85%) VoWiFi
5 3 (1.85%) VSAN
6 2 (1.23%) 4G
6 2 (1.23%) Broadband
7 1 (0.62%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.62%) MPLS
7 1 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (1.23%) Big Data
4 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.23%) Metadata
4 2 (1.23%) NewSQL
4 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.62%) OLTP
5 1 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.62%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.62%) Tableau
5 1 (0.62%) UniData
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) JIRA
2 3 (1.85%) Ant
3 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.62%) Git
4 1 (0.62%) Hudson
4 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.62%) Selenium
General
1 64 (39.51%) Finance
2 57 (35.19%) Social Skills
3 40 (24.69%) Telecoms
4 31 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.41%) Retail
6 9 (5.56%) Back Office
7 8 (4.94%) Legal
7 8 (4.94%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.32%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.32%) Marketing
9 4 (2.47%) Dutch Language
9 4 (2.47%) German Language
10 3 (1.85%) Advertising
10 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.85%) Military
11 2 (1.23%) Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.23%) Law
11 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (21.60%) Consultant
2 17 (10.49%) SAP Consultant
3 16 (9.88%) Project Manager
4 15 (9.26%) Analyst
5 14 (8.64%) IT Manager
5 14 (8.64%) Lead
6 12 (7.41%) Architect
7 11 (6.79%) Senior
8 9 (5.56%) Developer
8 9 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
9 8 (4.94%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 7 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.32%) Designer
10 7 (4.32%) IT Services Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.32%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (4.32%) Service Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.32%) Service Manager
10 7 (4.32%) Solutions Designer
11 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (3.70%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.94%) .NET
1 8 (4.94%) REST
2 6 (3.70%) Web Services
3 5 (3.09%) .NET Framework
3 5 (3.09%) Entity Framework
3 5 (3.09%) JSON
3 5 (3.09%) Middleware
4 3 (1.85%) ADO
4 3 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.85%) SOAP
5 2 (1.23%) CSS
5 2 (1.23%) HTML
5 2 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.62%) Flash
6 1 (0.62%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.62%) htmx
6 1 (0.62%) JMS
6 1 (0.62%) JSP
6 1 (0.62%) Servlets
6 1 (0.62%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.32%) TM Forum
3 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.09%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.09%) Frameworx
4 5 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.85%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.85%) IoT
5 3 (1.85%) IVR
5 3 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.23%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.23%) Replication
7 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.62%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.62%) Android
2 1 (0.62%) Unix
2 1 (0.62%) VMS
2 1 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (20.99%) CRM
3 27 (16.67%) Agile
4 21 (12.96%) Customer Service
5 20 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (11.11%) Project Management
7 14 (8.64%) Service Delivery
8 13 (8.02%) ERP
9 12 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (7.41%) Service Management
10 11 (6.79%) Customer Experience
10 11 (6.79%) PRINCE2
10 11 (6.79%) Project Delivery
10 11 (6.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (6.79%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (6.17%) Data Analysis
11 10 (6.17%) DevOps
11 10 (6.17%) ITIL
11 10 (6.17%) Order Management
12 9 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.88%) SQL
2 6 (3.70%) Java
2 6 (3.70%) RPG
2 6 (3.70%) RPG IV
3 5 (3.09%) ABAP
3 5 (3.09%) C#
3 5 (3.09%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.23%) Python
4 2 (1.23%) Scala
5 1 (0.62%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.62%) C
5 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.79%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.56%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.94%) Degree
4 8 (4.94%) PMP
5 6 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.47%) CCNP
6 4 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.85%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.85%) CCNA
8 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.62%) APMP
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.47%) QA
3 2 (1.23%) GDPR
3 2 (1.23%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.23%) PMO
4 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.62%) IFRS
4 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.09%) Docker
3 3 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.85%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.32%) Kubernetes
1 7 (4.32%) vRealize
2 4 (2.47%) Amdocs OSS
3 3 (1.85%) VxRail
4 1 (0.62%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (21.60%) SAP
2 33 (20.37%) Salesforce
3 25 (15.43%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.94%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.32%) Dynatrace
5 7 (4.32%) Oracle
5 7 (4.32%) Splunk
5 7 (4.32%) VMware
6 4 (2.47%) Amdocs
6 4 (2.47%) Ciena
6 4 (2.47%) Ericsson
6 4 (2.47%) NetCracker
6 4 (2.47%) Nokia
7 3 (1.85%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.85%) Cisco
7 3 (1.85%) comScore
7 3 (1.85%) Google
7 3 (1.85%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.85%) Zuora
8 2 (1.23%) IBM