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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 105 142
Rank change year-on-year -29 +37 +24
Contract jobs citing Billing 5 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.17% 0.51% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.37% 0.92% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £395 £509
25th Percentile £313 £406 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £450 £713
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -36.84% +35.71%
75th Percentile £338 £488 £853
90th Percentile - £495 £926
England median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £17.04 £70.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -75.66% +351.61% -61.25%

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 1,358 981 1,624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 46.81% 55.99% 50.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 588 995
10th Percentile £250 £213 £263
25th Percentile £405 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +1.62%
75th Percentile £610 £619 £649
90th Percentile £736 £691 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 56 258
10th Percentile £15.11 £21.88 £13.96
25th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £18.27
Median hourly rate £33.50 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.40% +38.89% -26.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.74 £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £24.51 £30.81 £25.79
% change year-on-year -20.45% +19.45% -19.41%

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

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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 7 March 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
Devon +4 4 - - 1
Bristol -17 1 £325 -18.75% 3
Billing
England

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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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Pandas
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL