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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 357 392
Rank change year-on-year -14 +35 +43
Contract jobs citing Billing 286 176 205
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.59% 0.47%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.93% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 108 127
10th Percentile £370 £350 £247
25th Percentile £458 £397 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -7.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £690 £556 £615
90th Percentile £797 £675 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 11
10th Percentile £13.47 £23.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.70 £29.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.75 £55.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.25% +268.33% -76.00%
75th Percentile £34.50 £73.75 £18.88
90th Percentile £42.38 £76.25 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £49.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year -66.50% +228.33% -66.67%

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 27,204 18,850 24,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.06% 63.51% 57.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,432 11,891 15,566
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -4.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £473 £488
% change year-on-year +5.82% -3.08% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,828 900 2,007
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.46 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.24 £16.67 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.85 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% -10.16% +1.51%
75th Percentile £60.71 £53.96 £52.78
90th Percentile £80.07 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.48 £24.34 £29.75
% change year-on-year +29.33% -18.18% +12.26%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -51 222 £500 +10.13% 324
Work from Home +11 123 £500 +2.56% 259
London -19 117 £600 +27.46% 106
UK excluding London -79 96 £470 +4.44% 292
South East -48 47 £469 -1.26% 72
Midlands -41 19 £500 +58.73% 32
North of England -59 17 £447 -9.61% 73
West Midlands -43 14 £488 +54.76% 19
North West -36 10 £447 -8.59% 36
Yorkshire -50 7 £441 -11.81% 23
Scotland -6 6 £500 +29.67% 25
East of England -27 6 £650 +85.71% 34
South West -39 5 £488 +14.71% 27
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 13
Wales -11 1 £475 -13.64% 12

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 (2.45%) Apache
2 4 (1.40%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 46 (16.08%) SAP BRIM
2 45 (15.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (11.19%) SAP PSCD
4 31 (10.84%) SAP FI
5 27 (9.44%) SAP FI-CA
6 18 (6.29%) SAP SD
7 12 (4.20%) SAP Hybris
8 11 (3.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (2.80%) NetSuite
9 8 (2.80%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (2.45%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (1.75%) SAP Convergent Charging
12 4 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
12 4 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
12 4 (1.40%) SAP CO
12 4 (1.40%) SAP ERP
12 4 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (1.05%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.69%) Azure
2 18 (6.29%) AWS
3 16 (5.59%) GCP
3 16 (5.59%) SaaS
4 14 (4.90%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 12 (4.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.45%) OCI
7 6 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 6 (2.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 6 (2.10%) Serverless
8 4 (1.40%) GitHub
8 4 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.05%) Boomi
9 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.10%) WAN
2 4 (1.40%) HTTP
2 4 (1.40%) Internet
3 3 (1.05%) MPLS
3 3 (1.05%) Network Security
3 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.05%) Wireless
4 2 (0.70%) 5G
4 2 (0.70%) LAN
4 2 (0.70%) NaaS
5 1 (0.35%) 4G
5 1 (0.35%) BGP
5 1 (0.35%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.35%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.35%) OSPF
5 1 (0.35%) SMS
5 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.50%) Power BI
2 6 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.40%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.70%) Flink
6 2 (0.70%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.70%) Metadata
6 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.70%) MySQL
6 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.70%) TimescaleDB
7 1 (0.35%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 17 (5.94%) JIRA
2 11 (3.85%) Git
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.70%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Storybook
General
1 139 (48.60%) Finance
2 86 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.73%) Telecoms
4 32 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 31 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.20%) Banking
7 11 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.80%) Legal
9 7 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Back Office
11 5 (1.75%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.40%) Publishing
13 3 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.05%) German Language
13 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.05%) Marketing
13 3 (1.05%) Retail
14 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (25.17%) Consultant
2 55 (19.23%) SAP Consultant
3 47 (16.43%) Architect
4 28 (9.79%) Analyst
4 28 (9.79%) Functional Consultant
5 25 (8.74%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (8.04%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 19 (6.64%) Lead
7 19 (6.64%) Senior
8 17 (5.94%) Business Analyst
8 17 (5.94%) Developer
9 10 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.45%) Data Engineer
11 7 (2.45%) Oracle Consultant
11 7 (2.45%) SAP SD Consultant
12 6 (2.10%) Contracts Manager
12 6 (2.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 6 (2.10%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.10%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.39%) BAPI
2 17 (5.94%) REST
3 12 (4.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (2.80%) .NET
4 8 (2.80%) SOAP
5 6 (2.10%) Middleware
5 6 (2.10%) OpenAPI
5 6 (2.10%) Swagger
5 6 (2.10%) Web Services
6 4 (1.40%) EDI
6 4 (1.40%) JSON
6 4 (1.40%) Kafka
6 4 (1.40%) RAML
6 4 (1.40%) XML
7 3 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.70%) IDoc
8 2 (0.70%) Next.js
8 2 (0.70%) Pandas
8 2 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.34%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.20%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.45%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.45%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.75%) Life Science
7 4 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.05%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.70%) Clustering
9 2 (0.70%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.10%) Android
2 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.70%) HPUX
2 2 (0.70%) Linux
2 2 (0.70%) Unix
2 2 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (14.69%) ERP
3 40 (13.99%) CRM
3 40 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (12.59%) Migration
5 32 (11.19%) Order to Cash
5 32 (11.19%) Validation
6 30 (10.49%) Agile
7 28 (9.79%) Decision-Making
8 27 (9.44%) Order Management
8 27 (9.44%) User Acceptance Testing
8 27 (9.44%) Workshop Facilitation
9 24 (8.39%) Data Modelling
9 24 (8.39%) Revenue Management
9 24 (8.39%) Roadmaps
10 23 (8.04%) CI/CD
11 20 (6.99%) Data Migration
11 20 (6.99%) Observability
12 19 (6.64%) Convergent Charging
12 19 (6.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.14%) SQL
2 14 (4.90%) Python
3 10 (3.50%) Java
4 4 (1.40%) DataWeave
4 4 (1.40%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.40%) X++
5 3 (1.05%) Apex Code
5 3 (1.05%) Rust
5 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.70%) ABAP
6 2 (0.70%) C#
6 2 (0.70%) C++
6 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.70%) VBA
7 1 (0.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.35%) Groovy
7 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (8.74%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.90%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.45%) ACCA
5 6 (2.10%) CIMA
5 6 (2.10%) Degree
6 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.35%) CBAP
8 1 (0.35%) PMP
8 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.55%) SLA
2 10 (3.50%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.10%) PMO
4 5 (1.75%) GDPR
4 5 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.40%) IFRS
6 3 (1.05%) GxP
7 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.70%) GAAP
7 2 (0.70%) QA
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.80%) Terraform
2 5 (1.75%) Grafana
2 5 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.75%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.70%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (0.70%) SCCM
4 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 104 (36.36%) SAP
2 37 (12.94%) Oracle
3 35 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 35 (12.24%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.85%) Ariba
5 11 (3.85%) Guidewire
6 10 (3.50%) Google
7 5 (1.75%) Computacenter
7 5 (1.75%) PeopleSoft
7 5 (1.75%) Sage
8 4 (1.40%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.40%) Remedy
9 3 (1.05%) Apple
9 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.05%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.05%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.70%) Ciena
10 2 (0.70%) Conga
10 2 (0.70%) Nokia