Billing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Billing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Billing over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 99 123
Rank change year-on-year +3 +24 -48
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Billing 22 27 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.32% 1.19% 0.61%
As % of the General category 2.10% 2.27% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 13
10th Percentile £250 £185 £265
25th Percentile - £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £414 £702 £638
90th Percentile £595 £715 £700
South East median daily rate £468 £500 £518
% change year-on-year -6.40% -3.47% +15.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £20.59 - -
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 £19.55 -
South East median hourly rate £24.21 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year +61.37% - -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,048 1,192 1,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.09% 52.51% 60.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 624 1,081
10th Percentile £250 £234 £263
25th Percentile £400 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £615
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 86 53
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.75 £14.45
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £58.30 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -67.41% +80.50% +53.81%
75th Percentile £53.63 £69.51 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.46 £69.95
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Billing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Billing in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Billing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Billing

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Billing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Billing

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +9 21 £350 -39.13% 19
Buckinghamshire +1 1 - - 3
Billing
South East

Billing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (9.09%) Camunda
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Broadband
1 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 2 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (4.55%) 5G
2 1 (4.55%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (4.55%) MPLS
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
2 1 (4.55%) VoLTE
2 1 (4.55%) VoWiFi
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Selenium
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Designer
1 7 (31.82%) Solutions Designer
2 4 (18.18%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) BSS Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Billing Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Expert
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) JSON
1 5 (22.73%) REST
1 5 (22.73%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) TM Forum
2 5 (22.73%) Frameworx
3 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
4 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
5 1 (4.55%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) CRM
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 6 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
4 5 (22.73%) Microservices
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (22.73%) UML
5 4 (18.18%) Order Management
5 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Test Management
5 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
6 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.55%) CCNP
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
3 4 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (9.09%) BT
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.09%) Openreach
4 2 (9.09%) Virgin Media
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle