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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 104 148
Rank change year-on-year -55 +44 +26
Contract jobs citing Billing 47 49 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.80% 1.65% 0.99%
As % of the General category 1.67% 2.67% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 29
10th Percentile £369 £200 £355
25th Percentile £422 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.40% -
75th Percentile £475 £526 £518
90th Percentile £485 £581 £680
England median daily rate £525 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £22.45 £20.82 £13.30
25th Percentile £30.63 £22.18 £13.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.46 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.12% +63.03% -
75th Percentile £42.38 £26.73 £15.50
90th Percentile - £28.09 -
England median hourly rate £33.13 £72.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -54.31% +383.33% -76.00%

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 2,809 1,836 2,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 48.11% 61.74% 50.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,752 1,165 1,524
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £606 £599 £600
90th Percentile £690 £660 £688
England median daily rate £512 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.51% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 130 333
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.07 £12.88
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.00 £18.35
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -51.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £82.25 £59.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.66% -6.15%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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
West Sussex -5 21 £469 -8.62% 4
Thames Valley -49 20 £444 +26.79% 11
Berkshire -36 17 £475 +35.71% 10
Buckinghamshire - 3 £375 - 1
Surrey -16 2 - - 5
Hampshire -32 2 £550 +4.76% 8
East Sussex - 2 £450 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (40.43%) SAP PSCD
2 11 (23.40%) SAP BRIM
2 11 (23.40%) SAP Hybris
3 9 (19.15%) SAP FI-CA
4 8 (17.02%) SAP FI
5 6 (12.77%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (4.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (2.13%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 6 (12.77%) Azure
3 3 (6.38%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
4 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) WAN
2 2 (4.26%) Internet
2 2 (4.26%) MPLS
2 2 (4.26%) Network Security
2 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.13%) BGP
3 1 (2.13%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.13%) EIGRP
3 1 (2.13%) LAN
3 1 (2.13%) OSPF
3 1 (2.13%) Wireless
3 1 (2.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 26 (55.32%) Finance
2 17 (36.17%) Telecoms
3 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
4 15 (31.91%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Legal
6 2 (4.26%) Automotive
6 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Consultant
1 20 (42.55%) SAP Consultant
2 10 (21.28%) Functional Consultant
2 10 (21.28%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 8 (17.02%) Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Administrator
5 2 (4.26%) BSS Architect
5 2 (4.26%) BSS Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.26%) Incident Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (4.26%) IT Administrator
5 2 (4.26%) OSS Architect
5 2 (4.26%) OSS Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Product Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Sales Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) .NET
1 4 (8.51%) BAPI
2 2 (4.26%) JSON
2 2 (4.26%) OpenAPI
2 2 (4.26%) RESTful
2 2 (4.26%) Swagger
3 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) TM Forum
2 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) iSeries
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Revenue Management
2 10 (21.28%) Agile
2 10 (21.28%) Workshop Facilitation
3 9 (19.15%) CRM
4 8 (17.02%) Order Management
5 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.64%) ITIL
6 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.51%) DevOps
7 4 (8.51%) Project Management
8 3 (6.38%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (6.38%) Accounts Receivable
8 3 (6.38%) Change Management
8 3 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
8 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (4.26%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) SQL
2 2 (4.26%) PL/SQL
2 2 (4.26%) X++
3 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.13%) PHP
3 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.38%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.13%) CCA
5 1 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) SAP
2 4 (8.51%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (4.26%) Remedy
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) F5
4 1 (2.13%) HP
4 1 (2.13%) Meraki