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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 141 120
Rank change year-on-year +2 -21 +7
Contract jobs citing Billing 32 38 91
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.88% 0.89% 1.64%
As % of the General category 1.51% 1.66% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 65
10th Percentile £353 £363 £457
25th Percentile £394 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -0.58% +15.11%
75th Percentile £515 £588 £525
90th Percentile £560 £700 £695
England median daily rate £500 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.58% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.50 £12.51
Median hourly rate £17.00 £15.00 £13.01
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +15.30% +4.67%
75th Percentile £23.63 £15.50 £13.52
90th Percentile £27.60 £19.55 -
England median hourly rate £20.36 £32.00 £13.27
% change year-on-year -36.39% +141.24% -2.64%

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 2,113 2,287 3,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.27% 53.58% 56.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,338 1,310 2,056
10th Percentile £200 £220 £208
25th Percentile £350 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £587 £608 £625
90th Percentile £664 £676 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 130 173
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.50 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.22 £26.06 £22.75
Median hourly rate £20.00 £55.87 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -64.20% +7.24% +100.38%
75th Percentile £32.77 £70.00 £65.86
90th Percentile £71.60 £75.00 £75.20
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 0 18 £438 -20.45% 29
Berkshire +9 17 £438 -20.45% 26
West Sussex -3 8 £514 -0.19% 2
Hampshire - 5 £450 - 3
Surrey +6 1 £600 +20.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +3 1 - - 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 2 (6.25%) Camunda
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (25.00%) SAP BRIM
1 8 (25.00%) SAP Hybris
1 8 (25.00%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle BRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 8 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (25.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 5 (15.63%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 4 (12.50%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 2 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (3.13%) Broadband
2 1 (3.13%) GPRS
2 1 (3.13%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Selenium
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 20 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (50.00%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Telecoms
4 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
5 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.25%) General Ledger
6 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Consultant
2 8 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (21.88%) Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Functional Consultant
4 6 (18.75%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Accountant
6 2 (6.25%) BSS Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Coordinator
6 2 (6.25%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (6.25%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.13%) Designer
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) ADO
2 3 (9.38%) .NET
3 1 (3.13%) ATL
3 1 (3.13%) Playwright
3 1 (3.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.25%) TM Forum
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) IPTV
3 1 (3.13%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) CRM
2 9 (28.13%) DevOps
2 9 (28.13%) Revenue Management
2 9 (28.13%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (18.75%) Agile
3 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.50%) Order Management
5 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 3 (9.38%) Business Analysis
6 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.38%) Epics
6 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
6 3 (9.38%) Project Management
6 3 (9.38%) Software Testing
6 3 (9.38%) Test Automation
6 3 (9.38%) Test Management
6 3 (9.38%) Test Strategy
6 3 (9.38%) User Stories
7 2 (6.25%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 3 (9.38%) Java
2 3 (9.38%) X++
3 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.25%) ACCA
2 2 (6.25%) CIMA
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) SAP
2 8 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.63%) MuleSoft
4 2 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (3.13%) Databricks
5 1 (3.13%) IFS