Billing Contract Job Trends in the South West

Billing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Billing over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 100 132
Rank change year-on-year -51 +32 +19
Contract jobs citing Billing 10 16 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.27% 0.84% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.60% 1.46% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £469 - £346
25th Percentile £475 £413 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £498
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -14.66% -27.56%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £600
90th Percentile - £538 -
England median daily rate £543 £459 £500
% change year-on-year +18.19% -8.20% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £72.38
25th Percentile - - £74.06
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -58.18% +71.88% -82.22%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,673 1,095 1,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.62% 57.69% 51.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 643 810
10th Percentile £305 £205 £213
25th Percentile £413 £353 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £504
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.73% -7.99%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £633
90th Percentile £725 £695 £725
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 102 154
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.36 £13.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.25 £28.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £22.38 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.84% -65.57% +22.45%
75th Percentile £63.75 £34.94 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.25% -34.02% +38.62%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Billing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Billing job vacancy trend in the South West

Billing
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Billing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Billing

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Billing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Billing

Billing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Bristol -20 9 £500 +17.65% 4
Devon -23 1 £510 - 1
Billing
England

Billing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Utilities
1 1 (10.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Intacct
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Accounts Assistant
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (10.00%) Sage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Invoice Processing
1 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (40.00%) Supplier Management
2 3 (30.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Line Management
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (30.00%) Revenue Assurance
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) AI
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Sage