Billing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Billing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Billing over the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 126 155
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing Billing 69 33 51
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.46% 1.05% 0.94%
As % of the General category 2.69% 1.77% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 18 24
10th Percentile £375 £345 £408
25th Percentile £417 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £519 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +0.73% +14.44%
75th Percentile £515 £594 £518
90th Percentile £574 £683 £546
England median daily rate £523 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -0.48% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.55
25th Percentile - - £12.63
Median hourly rate £17.00 £29.00 £13.01
Median % change year-on-year -41.38% +122.99% -
75th Percentile £20.72 - £13.39
90th Percentile £32.81 - £13.46
England median hourly rate £17.00 £70.00 £13.27
% change year-on-year -75.71% +427.70% -58.22%

All General Skills
South East

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,562 1,864 2,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 54.29% 59.19% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,101 1,741
10th Percentile £219 £219 £205
25th Percentile £367 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £674 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 69 259
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.15 £12.96
25th Percentile £16.45 £21.00 £18.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +16.44% -18.89%
75th Percentile £53.46 £62.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.08 £75.91 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.85 £30.43 £25.25
% change year-on-year -24.91% +20.51% -8.18%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Billing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Billing job vacancy trend in the South East

Billing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Billing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Billing

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing in the South East over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the South East

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Billing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Billing

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing in the South East over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the South East

Billing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
Thames Valley -11 29 £475 -11.63% 11
West Sussex +7 26 £470 -8.74%
Berkshire -12 26 £475 -11.63% 9
Hampshire -18 10 £406 -24.24% 6
Buckinghamshire -2 3 £375 - 2
East Sussex +1 2 £450 - 1
Surrey - 2 - - 3
Billing
England

Billing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (36.23%) SAP PSCD
2 18 (26.09%) SAP BRIM
2 18 (26.09%) SAP Hybris
3 8 (11.59%) SAP FI-CA
4 7 (10.14%) SAP FI
5 6 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (5.80%) Oracle BRM
7 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (2.90%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (1.45%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.09%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 11 (15.94%) Azure
3 8 (11.59%) AWS
4 7 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (5.80%) SaaS
7 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.90%) Azure API Management
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.90%) GCP
8 2 (2.90%) GitHub
8 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Broadband
1 3 (4.35%) GPRS
1 3 (4.35%) GSM
2 1 (1.45%) BGP
2 1 (1.45%) BIG-IP
2 1 (1.45%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.45%) EIGRP
2 1 (1.45%) LAN
2 1 (1.45%) OSPF
2 1 (1.45%) SSL
2 1 (1.45%) WAN
2 1 (1.45%) Wireless
2 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 33 (47.83%) Finance
3 21 (30.43%) Telecoms
4 20 (28.99%) Public Sector
5 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.90%) Automotive
8 2 (2.90%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Consultant
2 26 (37.68%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (18.84%) Functional Consultant
3 13 (18.84%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 8 (11.59%) Architect
5 7 (10.14%) Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Coordinator
6 5 (7.25%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Designer
8 3 (4.35%) Developer
8 3 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
8 3 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Solutions Designer
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) .NET
2 5 (7.25%) ADO
3 4 (5.80%) BAPI
4 2 (2.90%) .NET Core
4 2 (2.90%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.90%) GraphQL
4 2 (2.90%) JSON
4 2 (2.90%) OAuth
4 2 (2.90%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.90%) OpenAPI
4 2 (2.90%) OpenID
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.90%) REST
4 2 (2.90%) RESTful
4 2 (2.90%) SAML
4 2 (2.90%) Swagger
5 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.45%) ATL
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.80%) TM Forum
3 3 (4.35%) IPTV
3 3 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.90%) IoT
4 2 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.45%) iSeries
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) Revenue Management
2 19 (27.54%) CRM
3 17 (24.64%) Workshop Facilitation
4 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (15.94%) Agile
6 9 (13.04%) DevOps
6 9 (13.04%) Process Improvement
7 8 (11.59%) Order Management
7 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.80%) User Stories
10 3 (4.35%) Analytics
10 3 (4.35%) B2C
10 3 (4.35%) Business Analysis
10 3 (4.35%) Data Modelling
10 3 (4.35%) Decision-Making
10 3 (4.35%) Epics
10 3 (4.35%) Roadmaps
10 3 (4.35%) Software Testing
10 3 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.80%) Java
4 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.35%) PHP
4 3 (4.35%) Python
4 3 (4.35%) X++
5 2 (2.90%) Bash
5 2 (2.90%) C#
5 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Degree
4 2 (2.90%) ACCA
4 2 (2.90%) CIMA
5 1 (1.45%) CCA
5 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.90%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) SAP
2 9 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 7 (10.14%) Oracle
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.25%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.90%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (2.90%) Remedy
6 1 (1.45%) Cisco
6 1 (1.45%) F5
6 1 (1.45%) Meraki