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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 367 370
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +9
Contract jobs citing Billing 306 192 204
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.58% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.04% 0.92% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 122 129
10th Percentile £400 £300 £284
25th Percentile £463 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.55%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £600
90th Percentile £775 £700 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 11
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.16 -
25th Percentile £13.64 £19.91 £14.50
Median hourly rate £15.98 £28.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.95% -32.94% -76.39%
75th Percentile £29.34 £57.50 £74.38
90th Percentile £42.38 £61.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.45 £19.91 £21.50
% change year-on-year -22.40% -7.40% -

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 29,557 20,841 22,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.14% 63.36% 57.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,559 13,017 14,072
10th Percentile £313 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,204 1,118 1,390
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.30 £17.02
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.05 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +45.55% -41.92% +46.90%

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 8 August 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 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 17 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 8 August 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 -47 240 £531 +18.00% 291
London -37 126 £600 +33.33% 165
Work from Home -2 122 £500 +2.56% 104
UK excluding London -58 115 £488 +14.71% 161
South East -51 48 £469 +0.21% 63
North of England -68 24 £492 -1.60% 39
Midlands -33 20 £488 +54.76% 18
West Midlands -40 16 £473 +50.00% 12
North West -41 12 £600 -7.69% 27
Yorkshire -33 11 £461 +52.88% 2
Scotland - 9 £525 - 8
South West -53 7 £500 +17.65% 12
East of England -14 6 £631 +80.36% 12
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 6
Northern Ireland +4 1 - - 5
Wales -13 1 £475 -13.64% 6
North East - 1 - - 10

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 (2.29%) Confluence
2 6 (1.96%) Apache
3 5 (1.63%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) Mule
5 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 50 (16.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (14.38%) SAP BRIM
3 28 (9.15%) SAP FI
4 25 (8.17%) SAP FI-CA
5 24 (7.84%) SAP PSCD
6 22 (7.19%) SAP SD
7 17 (5.56%) NetSuite
8 13 (4.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 9 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (2.61%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (2.61%) SAP Hybris
11 7 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
12 6 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
12 6 (1.96%) SAP Convergent Charging
13 5 (1.63%) Sage X3
14 4 (1.31%) Salesforce CRM
14 4 (1.31%) SAP CO
14 4 (1.31%) SAP ERP
15 3 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
16 2 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.75%) Azure
2 29 (9.48%) AWS
3 20 (6.54%) GCP
4 15 (4.90%) SaaS
5 14 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 10 (3.27%) Serverless
7 9 (2.94%) OCI
8 8 (2.61%) GitHub
8 8 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.96%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Cloud Functions
10 5 (1.63%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.63%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.94%) WAN
2 5 (1.63%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.31%) 5G
3 4 (1.31%) Broadband
3 4 (1.31%) HTTP
4 3 (0.98%) 4G
4 3 (0.98%) Internet
4 3 (0.98%) LAN
4 3 (0.98%) MPLS
4 3 (0.98%) Network Security
4 3 (0.98%) SMS
4 3 (0.98%) Wireless
5 2 (0.65%) Multicast
5 2 (0.65%) NaaS
5 2 (0.65%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.65%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
1 7 (2.29%) BigQuery
1 7 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (2.29%) Power BI
2 6 (1.96%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.65%) Flink
4 2 (0.65%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.65%) Metadata
4 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.65%) MySQL
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 15 (4.90%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) Git
3 2 (0.65%) JMeter
3 2 (0.65%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.65%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.65%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 162 (52.94%) Finance
2 85 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 35 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 22 (7.19%) Banking
7 14 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.94%) Legal
10 8 (2.61%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (2.29%) Marketing
11 7 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.96%) Retail
13 5 (1.63%) Back Office
13 5 (1.63%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.31%) Advertising
14 4 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (25.82%) Consultant
2 56 (18.30%) Architect
2 56 (18.30%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (11.76%) Analyst
4 30 (9.80%) Functional Consultant
5 29 (9.48%) Lead
6 28 (9.15%) Business Analyst
6 28 (9.15%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (8.50%) Senior
8 24 (7.84%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 13 (4.25%) Developer
10 12 (3.92%) SAP SD Consultant
11 10 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) Data Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 8 (2.61%) Enterprise Architect
13 8 (2.61%) Product Lead
13 8 (2.61%) Senior Consultant
14 7 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
14 7 (2.29%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.54%) BAPI
2 17 (5.56%) REST
3 13 (4.25%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (3.59%) Kafka
5 8 (2.61%) SOAP
6 7 (2.29%) OpenAPI
6 7 (2.29%) Swagger
7 6 (1.96%) .NET
7 6 (1.96%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (1.63%) Middleware
8 5 (1.63%) RAML
8 5 (1.63%) Web Services
9 4 (1.31%) EDI
9 4 (1.31%) JSON
9 4 (1.31%) XML
10 2 (0.65%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.65%) gRPC
10 2 (0.65%) IDoc
10 2 (0.65%) Loki
10 2 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.82%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.96%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.63%) Life Science
6 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.31%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.31%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.31%) TM Forum
8 3 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.98%) NHS
9 2 (0.65%) Clustering
9 2 (0.65%) IVR
9 2 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.96%) Android
2 4 (1.31%) Windows
3 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.65%) HPUX
4 2 (0.65%) Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (31.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (17.32%) Migration
3 50 (16.34%) CRM
4 49 (16.01%) ERP
5 47 (15.36%) Order to Cash
5 47 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (14.71%) Agile
6 45 (14.71%) Roadmaps
7 39 (12.75%) User Acceptance Testing
8 38 (12.42%) Workshop Facilitation
9 36 (11.76%) Validation
10 30 (9.80%) Order Management
11 27 (8.82%) Analytics
11 27 (8.82%) Decision-Making
11 27 (8.82%) Revenue Management
12 26 (8.50%) Procure-to-Pay
13 25 (8.17%) Data Modelling
13 25 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
15 23 (7.52%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.15%) SQL
2 17 (5.56%) Python
3 8 (2.61%) Java
4 5 (1.63%) DataWeave
4 5 (1.63%) X++
5 3 (0.98%) Bash
5 3 (0.98%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.98%) Rust
6 2 (0.65%) ABAP
6 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.65%) C#
6 2 (0.65%) C++
6 2 (0.65%) Go
6 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.33%) R
7 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 22 (7.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.58%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.96%) Degree
5 5 (1.63%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) ACCA
8 2 (0.65%) CBAP
8 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.33%) CIMA
9 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.33%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.94%) SLA
3 6 (1.96%) GDPR
3 6 (1.96%) IFRS
3 6 (1.96%) PMO
3 6 (1.96%) QA
4 5 (1.63%) ISO 20022
4 5 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.63%) SEPA
5 3 (0.98%) GxP
6 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.65%) GAAP
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (4.25%) Terraform
2 8 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.63%) Grafana
4 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.98%) SCCM
5 2 (0.65%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.65%) Argo
5 2 (0.65%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 105 (34.31%) SAP
2 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
3 37 (12.09%) Salesforce
4 36 (11.76%) Oracle
5 13 (4.25%) Ariba
6 12 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.94%) Guidewire
8 8 (2.61%) Google
9 7 (2.29%) Sage
10 6 (1.96%) Computacenter
11 5 (1.63%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.63%) PagerDuty
12 3 (0.98%) Amdocs
12 3 (0.98%) Apple
12 3 (0.98%) NetCracker
13 2 (0.65%) Ciena
13 2 (0.65%) Conga
13 2 (0.65%) HP
13 2 (0.65%) Nokia