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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 362 392
Rank change year-on-year -10 +30 +4
Contract jobs citing Billing 320 194 202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.60% 0.47%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.95% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 114 125
10th Percentile £381 £308 £246
25th Percentile £460 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -7.80% -3.55%
75th Percentile £678 £575 £615
90th Percentile £786 £684 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -6.40% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 12
10th Percentile £13.45 £24.01 -
25th Percentile £13.70 £33.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £55.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +197.30% -83.56%
75th Percentile £31.88 £66.88 £52.00
90th Percentile £42.38 £73.00 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £28.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -43.95% +83.87% -65.56%

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 29,012 20,465 24,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.85% 63.06% 57.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,395 12,853 15,377
10th Percentile £313 £281 £277
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £490
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.62% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,002 1,036 1,895
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.38 £16.30 £15.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.17 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -16.41% +6.42%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £71.88 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year +41.30% -27.87% +22.63%

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 11 July 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 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 15 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 11 July 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 -35 251 £510 +12.83% 188
Work from Home +13 130 £500 +2.56% 84
London -12 130 £600 +32.74% 97
UK excluding London -60 120 £475 +1.50% 112
South East -45 57 £470 -1.16% 45
North of England -60 23 £447 -10.60% 26
Midlands -39 22 £500 +58.73% 14
West Midlands -51 17 £500 +58.73% 10
North West -47 13 £447 -13.96% 19
Yorkshire -41 10 £441 -11.81% 6
Scotland - 9 £525 - 2
East of England -24 7 £631 +80.36% 14
South West -46 6 £500 +17.65% 10
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 4
Wales -14 1 £475 -13.64% 1

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 6 (1.88%) Confluence
2 5 (1.56%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.25%) Apache
3 4 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) Mule
5 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 51 (15.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (15.00%) SAP BRIM
3 33 (10.31%) SAP FI
4 32 (10.00%) SAP PSCD
5 29 (9.06%) SAP FI-CA
6 22 (6.88%) SAP SD
7 15 (4.69%) NetSuite
8 13 (4.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 12 (3.75%) SAP Hybris
10 10 (3.13%) Oracle Receivables
11 9 (2.81%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (1.88%) SAP Convergent Charging
13 5 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
13 5 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
13 5 (1.56%) Sage X3
13 5 (1.56%) Salesforce CRM
13 5 (1.56%) SAP CO
14 4 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
14 4 (1.25%) SAP ERP
14 4 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.19%) Azure
2 30 (9.38%) AWS
3 23 (7.19%) GCP
4 16 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.69%) SaaS
6 14 (4.38%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 11 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.81%) Serverless
10 7 (2.19%) GitHub
10 7 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.19%) OCI
10 7 (2.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 6 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.56%) Cloud Functions
12 5 (1.56%) Fivetran
12 5 (1.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (1.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.81%) WAN
2 4 (1.25%) HTTP
2 4 (1.25%) Internet
2 4 (1.25%) LAN
2 4 (1.25%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.25%) Wireless
3 3 (0.94%) 5G
3 3 (0.94%) MPLS
3 3 (0.94%) Network Security
4 2 (0.63%) 4G
4 2 (0.63%) Broadband
4 2 (0.63%) Multicast
4 2 (0.63%) NaaS
4 2 (0.63%) SMS
5 1 (0.31%) BGP
5 1 (0.31%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.31%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.31%) OSPF
5 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.44%) Power BI
2 8 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.19%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.63%) Flink
6 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.63%) MySQL
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.31%) JIRA
2 8 (2.50%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) JMeter
3 2 (0.63%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.63%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.63%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Storybook
General
1 163 (50.94%) Finance
2 95 (29.69%) Social Skills
3 46 (14.38%) Telecoms
4 34 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.63%) Banking
7 14 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.50%) Legal
11 7 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.88%) Corporate Banking
12 6 (1.88%) Marketing
13 5 (1.56%) Back Office
13 5 (1.56%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.25%) Publishing
14 4 (1.25%) Retail
15 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.94%) German Language
Job Titles
1 84 (26.25%) Consultant
2 64 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 61 (19.06%) Architect
4 36 (11.25%) Analyst
5 31 (9.69%) Functional Consultant
5 31 (9.69%) Solutions Architect
6 27 (8.44%) Lead
6 27 (8.44%) Senior
7 26 (8.13%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 25 (7.81%) Business Analyst
9 15 (4.69%) Developer
10 11 (3.44%) SAP SD Consultant
11 9 (2.81%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.50%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (2.50%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.50%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.50%) SAP Architect
12 8 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 7 (2.19%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (2.19%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.81%) BAPI
2 15 (4.69%) REST
3 12 (3.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (2.81%) .NET
4 9 (2.81%) Kafka
5 7 (2.19%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.19%) Swagger
6 6 (1.88%) Middleware
6 6 (1.88%) SOAP
7 5 (1.56%) RAML
7 5 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.56%) Web Services
8 4 (1.25%) EDI
8 4 (1.25%) JSON
8 4 (1.25%) XML
9 3 (0.94%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.63%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.63%) gRPC
10 2 (0.63%) IDoc
10 2 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.44%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.56%) Life Science
6 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.25%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.94%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.94%) NHS
8 3 (0.94%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (0.94%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.63%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.19%) Android
2 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.63%) HPUX
3 2 (0.63%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (26.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (16.25%) CRM
2 52 (16.25%) ERP
3 50 (15.63%) Migration
4 48 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (13.75%) Order to Cash
6 41 (12.81%) Agile
6 41 (12.81%) Roadmaps
7 37 (11.56%) User Acceptance Testing
7 37 (11.56%) Workshop Facilitation
8 36 (11.25%) Validation
9 31 (9.69%) Decision-Making
10 29 (9.06%) Order Management
11 27 (8.44%) Revenue Management
12 26 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (7.50%) Analytics
13 24 (7.50%) Data Migration
13 24 (7.50%) Data Modelling
13 24 (7.50%) Procure-to-Pay
14 22 (6.88%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.69%) SQL
2 18 (5.63%) Python
3 8 (2.50%) Java
4 5 (1.56%) DataWeave
4 5 (1.56%) X++
5 4 (1.25%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.94%) Apex Code
6 3 (0.94%) Rust
7 2 (0.63%) ABAP
7 2 (0.63%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) C#
7 2 (0.63%) C++
7 2 (0.63%) Go
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.63%) VBA
8 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (8.13%) Security Cleared
2 22 (6.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.88%) Degree
5 5 (1.56%) ACCA
5 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.25%) CIMA
6 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.94%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CBAP
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.31%) PMP
9 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.38%) Data Quality
1 14 (4.38%) SLA
2 6 (1.88%) GDPR
2 6 (1.88%) IFRS
2 6 (1.88%) PMO
3 5 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.25%) QA
5 3 (0.94%) GxP
5 3 (0.94%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.94%) SEPA
6 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.63%) GAAP
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.75%) Terraform
2 7 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.25%) Grafana
4 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.94%) SCCM
5 2 (0.63%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.63%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
Vendors
1 115 (35.94%) SAP
2 41 (12.81%) Microsoft
3 39 (12.19%) Oracle
4 38 (11.88%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.75%) Ariba
5 12 (3.75%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.81%) Guidewire
7 8 (2.50%) Google
8 7 (2.19%) Sage
9 6 (1.88%) Computacenter
10 5 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.56%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.56%) PagerDuty
10 5 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (1.25%) Remedy
12 3 (0.94%) Apple
12 3 (0.94%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.63%) Amdocs
13 2 (0.63%) Conga
13 2 (0.63%) NetCracker