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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 98 148
Rank change year-on-year -37 +50 +2
Contract jobs citing Billing 4 17 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.12% 0.98% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.27% 1.68% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £343 £405 £339
25th Percentile £388 £413 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £396
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +7.32% -42.40%
75th Percentile £499 £438 £442
90th Percentile £506 £456 £469
England median daily rate £525 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £36.75 £55.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year -33.48% +268.33% -76.00%

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 1,461 1,013 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.78% 58.32% 50.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 616 984
10th Percentile £305 £213 £235
25th Percentile £406 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.37%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £706 £675 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 69 278
10th Percentile £13.53 £15.13 £12.94
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £18.15
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -27.78% -24.87%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £73.83
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing in the South West over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the South West

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 6 June 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 -23 3 £400 -5.88% 11
Devon -22 1 £510 +2.00%
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Utilities
1 1 (25.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (25.00%) Sage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (25.00%) Case Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Expense Management
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Sage