Billing Contract Job Trends

Billing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Billing over the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 364 377
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 -31
Contract jobs citing Billing 348 193 196
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.59% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.14% 0.93% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 124 115
10th Percentile £400 £301 £213
25th Percentile £463 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -1.60% -3.47%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £600
90th Percentile £757 £718 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 10
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.93 -
25th Percentile £13.70 £24.31 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £41.75 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.48% +30.47% -82.22%
75th Percentile £19.48 £59.06 £74.69
90th Percentile £26.20 £61.88 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £22.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -27.47% +5.81% +62.08%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30,560 20,708 22,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.95% 63.52% 58.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,852 12,871 13,076
10th Percentile £313 £273 £281
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,610 1,210 1,018
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £29.01 £25.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -28.20% +27.27%
75th Percentile £53.84 £46.94 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.01 £21.39 £34.47
% change year-on-year +35.62% -37.94% +27.65%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Billing job vacancy trend in the UK

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Billing

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Billing

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -46 275 £537 +9.15% 517
UK excluding London -20 150 £500 +17.65% 231
Work from Home +10 132 £525 +6.71% 220
London -58 128 £563 +12.50% 313
South East -41 61 £469 +4.22% 73
Midlands -13 34 £500 -39.39% 28
North of England -55 27 £575 +64.05% 51
West Midlands -30 19 £470 -43.03% 25
North West -37 15 £600 -20.00% 32
East Midlands - 12 £550 - 3
Scotland - 11 £525 - 16
South West -43 10 £500 +17.65% 17
Yorkshire -37 9 £492 +60.78% 14
East of England -23 8 £581 +66.07% 25
North East - 3 - - 6
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 14

Billing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (2.01%) Confluence
2 5 (1.44%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.15%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Mendix
4 1 (0.29%) Mule
4 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 48 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (13.22%) SAP BRIM
3 23 (6.61%) SAP FI
3 23 (6.61%) SAP PSCD
3 23 (6.61%) SAP SD
4 20 (5.75%) SAP FI-CA
5 18 (5.17%) NetSuite
6 17 (4.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 12 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
7 12 (3.45%) SAP Hybris
8 11 (3.16%) Oracle Payables
9 8 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
9 8 (2.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (2.01%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
11 6 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
11 6 (1.72%) SAP Convergent Charging
12 5 (1.44%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.67%) Azure
2 38 (10.92%) AWS
3 29 (8.33%) GCP
4 25 (7.18%) SaaS
5 20 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (4.60%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 11 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.16%) Serverless
7 11 (3.16%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.30%) GitHub
8 8 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.30%) OCI
9 7 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.44%) Cloud Functions
10 5 (1.44%) dbt
10 5 (1.44%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (1.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.44%) Broadband
2 4 (1.15%) HTTP
2 4 (1.15%) WAN
3 3 (0.86%) 5G
4 2 (0.57%) 4G
4 2 (0.57%) LAN
4 2 (0.57%) Multicast
4 2 (0.57%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.57%) SMS
4 2 (0.57%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.29%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (2.87%) BigQuery
3 9 (2.59%) Power BI
4 8 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.44%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.15%) Looker
7 4 (1.15%) Metadata
7 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.86%) Power Query
8 3 (0.86%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (3.74%) JIRA
2 7 (2.01%) Git
3 5 (1.44%) RStudio
4 2 (0.57%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) JMeter
4 2 (0.57%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.57%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.29%) Terragrunt
General
1 184 (52.87%) Finance
2 120 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 29 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.17%) Banking
7 15 (4.31%) Marketing
8 14 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.45%) General Ledger
9 12 (3.45%) Legal
10 11 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.30%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (2.01%) Back Office
13 7 (2.01%) Retail
14 5 (1.44%) Advertising
14 5 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (25.29%) Consultant
2 63 (18.10%) Architect
3 57 (16.38%) SAP Consultant
4 42 (12.07%) Analyst
5 38 (10.92%) Lead
6 35 (10.06%) Functional Consultant
7 31 (8.91%) Business Analyst
8 30 (8.62%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 26 (7.47%) Senior
9 26 (7.47%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.74%) SAP SD Consultant
11 12 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.16%) Developer
12 11 (3.16%) Oracle Consultant
13 9 (2.59%) Administrator
13 9 (2.59%) Salesforce Analyst
13 9 (2.59%) Salesforce Business Analyst
14 8 (2.30%) Product Lead
14 8 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
15 7 (2.01%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.46%) REST
2 13 (3.74%) BAPI
2 13 (3.74%) Terraform
3 9 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (2.30%) Kafka
5 7 (2.01%) EDI
5 7 (2.01%) Middleware
6 6 (1.72%) .NET
6 6 (1.72%) SOAP
7 5 (1.44%) OpenAPI
7 5 (1.44%) PySpark
7 5 (1.44%) RAML
7 5 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.44%) Swagger
7 5 (1.44%) Web Services
7 5 (1.44%) XML
8 4 (1.15%) JSON
9 2 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.57%) Loki
9 2 (0.57%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.91%) Onboarding
2 28 (8.05%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.32%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.30%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.44%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.44%) TM Forum
8 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.15%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.15%) IVR
9 4 (1.15%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.15%) Social Media
10 3 (0.86%) CMDB
10 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.72%) Android
2 4 (1.15%) Windows
3 2 (0.57%) HPUX
3 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (31.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (21.26%) ERP
3 66 (18.97%) Migration
4 55 (15.80%) Order to Cash
5 53 (15.23%) CRM
5 53 (15.23%) Roadmaps
6 52 (14.94%) Workshop Facilitation
7 50 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 46 (13.22%) Order Management
10 45 (12.93%) Agile
10 45 (12.93%) Validation
11 36 (10.34%) Analytics
12 33 (9.48%) Revenue Management
13 32 (9.20%) AI
14 31 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (8.91%) Customer Service
14 31 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
15 30 (8.62%) CI/CD
16 28 (8.05%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.20%) SQL
2 23 (6.61%) Python
3 7 (2.01%) R
4 6 (1.72%) Java
5 5 (1.44%) DataWeave
5 5 (1.44%) X++
6 3 (0.86%) Bash
6 3 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.86%) Rust
7 2 (0.57%) ABAP
7 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.57%) C#
7 2 (0.57%) Go
7 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
8 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (9.77%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.61%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.72%) Degree
5 5 (1.44%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.86%) ACCA
6 3 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.57%) CBAP
7 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.29%) CIMA
8 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.29%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.29%) PMP
8 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.31%) SLA
3 10 (2.87%) QA
4 6 (1.72%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.72%) SEPA
5 5 (1.44%) IFRS
6 4 (1.15%) GDPR
6 4 (1.15%) PMO
7 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.57%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) GAAP
System Software
1 3 (0.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.86%) Grafana
3 2 (0.57%) Argo
3 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 118 (33.91%) SAP
2 51 (14.66%) Microsoft
3 43 (12.36%) Oracle
4 40 (11.49%) Salesforce
5 20 (5.75%) Ariba
6 13 (3.74%) Sage
7 12 (3.45%) Databricks
7 12 (3.45%) Google
8 9 (2.59%) JD Edwards
8 9 (2.59%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.30%) Guidewire
10 6 (1.72%) Computacenter
11 5 (1.44%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.44%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.15%) Informatica
12 4 (1.15%) NetCracker
12 4 (1.15%) Talend
13 2 (0.57%) Adobe
13 2 (0.57%) HP
13 2 (0.57%) Nokia