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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 142 118
Rank change year-on-year +18 -24 +14
Contract jobs citing Billing 36 38 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.05% 0.83% 1.65%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.64% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 66
10th Percentile - £410 £426
25th Percentile £350 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.47% +15.11%
75th Percentile £514 £575 £518
90th Percentile £544 £698 £694
England median daily rate £480 £500 £518
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.47% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.75 £14.50 -
Median hourly rate £28.50 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% - -
75th Percentile £30.25 £15.50 -
90th Percentile - £19.55 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £180.00
% change year-on-year +71.88% -82.22% +1221.10%

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 common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,024 2,323 3,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.79% 50.86% 57.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 1,289 2,129
10th Percentile £200 £218 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 189 173
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.84 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.20 £30.41 £22.50
Median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.18% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.09 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.68 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.97% +40.64% +10.93%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Billing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Billing 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 16 September 2025.

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
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 16 September 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
Thames Valley +10 21 £358 -35.00% 29
Berkshire +15 20 £358 -35.00% 25
West Sussex +2 8 £514 +5.44% 8
Hampshire - 6 £500 - 10
Buckinghamshire +5 1 - - 4
Surrey +1 1 £600 +20.00% 16
Billing
England

Billing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (5.56%) Camunda
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (22.22%) SAP BRIM
1 8 (22.22%) SAP Hybris
1 8 (22.22%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
1 2 (5.56%) WAN
2 1 (2.78%) 5G
2 1 (2.78%) Broadband
2 1 (2.78%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (2.78%) MPLS
2 1 (2.78%) VoIP
2 1 (2.78%) VoLTE
2 1 (2.78%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.78%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Selenium
2 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 18 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 17 (47.22%) Telecoms
3 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) General Ledger
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Consultant
1 8 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
2 7 (19.44%) Functional Consultant
2 7 (19.44%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 6 (16.67%) Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Designer
4 4 (11.11%) Lead
4 4 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (8.33%) Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Accountant
6 2 (5.56%) BSS Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Test Leader
7 1 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) Web Services
2 3 (8.33%) ADO
2 3 (8.33%) JSON
2 3 (8.33%) REST
3 2 (5.56%) .NET
4 1 (2.78%) ATL
4 1 (2.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) TM Forum
2 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.33%) Frameworx
3 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.78%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) CRM
2 10 (27.78%) Agile
3 9 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (22.22%) Revenue Management
5 7 (19.44%) DevOps
6 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
7 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
7 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.11%) Customer Experience
7 4 (11.11%) Order Management
7 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.33%) Microservices
8 3 (8.33%) Software Testing
8 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.33%) Test Management
8 3 (8.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) Java
2 2 (5.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.56%) ACCA
2 2 (5.56%) CIMA
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.78%) CCNP
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Salesforce
1 11 (30.56%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.33%) MuleSoft
3 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.78%) BT
4 1 (2.78%) Databricks
4 1 (2.78%) IFS
4 1 (2.78%) Openreach
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle
4 1 (2.78%) Virgin Media