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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 121 155
Rank change year-on-year -47 +34 -9
Contract jobs citing Billing 57 40 48
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.88% 1.21% 0.85%
As % of the General category 1.75% 2.01% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 23
10th Percentile £429 £345 £227
25th Percentile £452 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -5.00% -3.47%
75th Percentile £475 £537 £575
90th Percentile £525 £589 £693
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £32.93 £20.59 -
25th Percentile £36.38 £21.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £42.25 £24.21 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.55% +61.37% -
75th Percentile £42.38 £27.67 £15.50
90th Percentile - £29.22 £19.55
England median hourly rate £31.25 £55.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -43.18% +197.30% -83.56%

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 3,264 1,989 2,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.64% 60.22% 48.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 1,240 1,508
10th Percentile £263 £204 £213
25th Percentile £405 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £517 £533
% change year-on-year +1.55% -3.00% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 171 328
10th Percentile £14.09 £13.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.42 £18.35
Median hourly rate £47.54 £18.87 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +151.93% -58.07% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £52.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £72.33
England median hourly rate £32.81 £27.17 £33.00
% change year-on-year +20.75% -17.67% +10.00%

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 8 July 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
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 8 July 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
Berkshire -20 26 £463 +32.14% 6
Thames Valley -33 26 £463 +32.14% 9
West Sussex -9 19 £469 -8.62%
Hampshire -39 5 £800 +52.38% 9
Surrey -26 2 £500 -13.94% 5
East Sussex - 2 £450 -
Middlesex - 1 - - 2
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 2 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (31.58%) SAP PSCD
2 13 (22.81%) SAP BRIM
3 12 (21.05%) SAP Hybris
4 6 (10.53%) SAP FI
4 6 (10.53%) SAP FI-CA
5 5 (8.77%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (7.02%) NetSuite
6 4 (7.02%) Sage X3
7 2 (3.51%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (3.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (3.51%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (1.75%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 1 (1.75%) SAP Convergent Charging
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 12 (21.05%) Azure
3 6 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (10.53%) GCP
4 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.02%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (7.02%) Fivetran
5 4 (7.02%) GitHub
5 4 (7.02%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (7.02%) Snowflake
6 3 (5.26%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (5.26%) AWS
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) OCI
8 1 (1.75%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) WAN
2 3 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.51%) Broadband
3 2 (3.51%) Internet
3 2 (3.51%) MPLS
3 2 (3.51%) Network Security
4 1 (1.75%) 4G
4 1 (1.75%) 5G
4 1 (1.75%) BGP
4 1 (1.75%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.75%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.75%) LAN
4 1 (1.75%) OSPF
4 1 (1.75%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.75%) SMS
4 1 (1.75%) VoLTE
4 1 (1.75%) Wireless
4 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (7.02%) BigQuery
1 4 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) JMeter
2 2 (3.51%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.51%) NeoLoad
General
1 35 (61.40%) Finance
2 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
3 23 (40.35%) Telecoms
4 18 (31.58%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.77%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Consultant
2 18 (31.58%) SAP Consultant
3 12 (21.05%) Functional Consultant
3 12 (21.05%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) Developer
4 7 (12.28%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 7 (12.28%) Senior
5 5 (8.77%) Architect
5 5 (8.77%) Lead
6 4 (7.02%) Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Data Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Test Leader
7 3 (5.26%) Tester
8 2 (3.51%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) .NET
2 4 (7.02%) BAPI
2 4 (7.02%) Web Services
3 1 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.51%) AI Agents
1 2 (3.51%) IVR
1 2 (3.51%) NHS
1 2 (3.51%) PMI
2 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.75%) iSeries
2 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.75%) Smart Meter
2 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (26.32%) Agile
2 15 (26.32%) CRM
2 15 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
3 14 (24.56%) Revenue Management
4 10 (17.54%) DevOps
4 10 (17.54%) ERP
5 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (12.28%) CI/CD
6 7 (12.28%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.77%) AI
8 5 (8.77%) Change Management
8 5 (8.77%) ITIL
8 5 (8.77%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (8.77%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.77%) Validation
9 4 (7.02%) Data Management
9 4 (7.02%) ETL
9 4 (7.02%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) SQL
2 5 (8.77%) X++
3 4 (7.02%) Python
4 2 (3.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.26%) Degree
3 3 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.51%) CBAP
4 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.75%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Terraform
2 1 (1.75%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 20 (35.09%) SAP
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.02%) PagerDuty
3 4 (7.02%) Sage
4 3 (5.26%) Oracle
5 2 (3.51%) AppDynamics
5 2 (3.51%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.51%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (3.51%) Remedy
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco
6 1 (1.75%) F5
6 1 (1.75%) HP
6 1 (1.75%) Meraki