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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 118 136
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 +44
Contract jobs citing Billing 7 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.29% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.63% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £460 £509
25th Percentile £663 £513 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £713
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +45.41%
75th Percentile £688 - £853
90th Percentile - - £926
England median daily rate £550 £525 £515
% change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £17.00 £72.50 £13.01
% change year-on-year -76.55% +457.26% -48.77%

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 1,237 1,117 1,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.80% 56.61% 47.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 721 631 897
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £708
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 63 166
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.16 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.21 £32.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.54 £62.50 £56.39
Median % change year-on-year -60.74% +10.84% -10.49%
75th Percentile £61.18 £70.13 £69.59
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £79.18
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +27.86%

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 6 January 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 - 6 - - 3
Bristol -11 1 £675 - 6
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:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Facilitator
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Finance Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Senior PMO Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Transformation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Trainer
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) CRM
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO