Billing Contracts 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 148 156
Rank change year-on-year +33 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Billing 38 50 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 0.88% 0.99%
As % of the General category 2.03% 1.80% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 23 43
10th Percentile £335 £227 £280
25th Percentile £350 £406 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.47% +15.11%
75th Percentile £535 £575 £531
90th Percentile £583 £693 £685
England median daily rate £454 £500 £518
% change year-on-year -9.20% -3.55% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £20.59 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £21.62 £14.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.21 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.37% - -
75th Percentile £27.67 £15.50 -
90th Percentile £29.22 £18.88 -
England median hourly rate £47.75 £15.50 £112.50
% change year-on-year +208.06% -86.22% +567.95%

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 1,870 2,783 3,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.73% 48.92% 57.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,508 2,222
10th Percentile £209 £213 £240
25th Percentile £365 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £721
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 341 162
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.24
25th Percentile £14.36 £18.32 £22.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.78% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.60 £64.59
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.33 £73.98
England median hourly rate £27.57 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.19% +9.65% +28.70%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Billing in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Billing in the South East

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing in the South East over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the South East

Billing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Billing in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Billing in the South East

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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 27 June 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 +22 19 £350 -39.13% 21
Berkshire +19 19 £350 -39.13% 15
West Sussex +15 9 £513 +11.58% 1
Hampshire - 7 £525 - 6
Surrey +12 3 £581 +16.20% 4
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 (5.26%) Camunda
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) SAP BRIM
1 7 (18.42%) SAP Hybris
1 7 (18.42%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (10.53%) SAP SD
3 2 (5.26%) SAP ECC
3 2 (5.26%) SAP GTS
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
2 7 (18.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.63%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Broadband
1 2 (5.26%) SD-WAN
1 2 (5.26%) WAN
2 1 (2.63%) 5G
2 1 (2.63%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (2.63%) MPLS
2 1 (2.63%) VoIP
2 1 (2.63%) VoLTE
2 1 (2.63%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Data Lake
1 3 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.26%) Big Data
2 2 (5.26%) Metadata
2 2 (5.26%) NewSQL
2 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.63%) Power BI
3 1 (2.63%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Finance
2 19 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Public Sector
5 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Consultant
2 8 (21.05%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (18.42%) Designer
3 7 (18.42%) Functional Consultant
3 7 (18.42%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 7 (18.42%) Solutions Designer
4 5 (13.16%) Lead
5 4 (10.53%) Architect
6 3 (7.89%) Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) BSS Architect
7 2 (5.26%) Data Architect
7 2 (5.26%) Platform Architect
7 2 (5.26%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Architect
8 1 (2.63%) Billing Administrator
8 1 (2.63%) Billing Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) Cloud Consultant
8 1 (2.63%) IFS Business Analyst
8 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) JSON
1 5 (13.16%) REST
1 5 (13.16%) Web Services
2 2 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) TM Forum
2 6 (15.79%) Onboarding
3 5 (13.16%) Frameworx
4 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.26%) Replication
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) CRM
2 9 (23.68%) Agile
3 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (18.42%) Revenue Management
4 7 (18.42%) Service Delivery
5 6 (15.79%) Process Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Business Strategy
6 5 (13.16%) Customer Experience
6 5 (13.16%) Microservices
6 5 (13.16%) Order Management
6 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (13.16%) UML
7 4 (10.53%) DevOps
7 4 (10.53%) ERP
7 4 (10.53%) Migration
7 4 (10.53%) Test Automation
8 3 (7.89%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) Java
2 3 (7.89%) SQL
3 2 (5.26%) ABAP
3 2 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.63%) CCNP
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) SAP
2 13 (34.21%) Salesforce
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.26%) BT
4 2 (5.26%) Openreach
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
4 2 (5.26%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.63%) Databricks
5 1 (2.63%) IFS