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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 368 346
Rank change year-on-year -4 -22 +24
Contract jobs citing Billing 311 189 208
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.57% 0.53%
As % of the General category 1.06% 0.90% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 120 132
10th Percentile £400 £300 £254
25th Percentile £463 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% -10.00% -3.55%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £762 £700 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +15.76% -15.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 11
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.16 -
25th Percentile £13.70 £19.91 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £28.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -32.94% -76.39%
75th Percentile £25.00 £57.50 £74.38
90th Percentile £42.38 £61.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £19.91 £21.50
% change year-on-year -19.76% -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 29,391 20,891 22,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.05% 63.47% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,419 13,009 14,041
10th Percentile £313 £276 £290
25th Percentile £414 £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 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 1,139 1,376
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.24 £16.30 £17.08
Median hourly rate £31.53 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.63 £58.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +45.61% -41.45% +52.48%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -38 245 £537 +19.33% 271
London -36 128 £588 +30.56% 153
Work from Home +19 124 £500 +2.56% 100
UK excluding London -55 117 £492 +15.76% 146
South East -60 47 £470 +0.32% 51
North of England -50 26 £492 -1.60% 35
Midlands -31 21 £488 +54.76% 22
West Midlands -41 16 £473 +50.00% 12
North West -36 14 £600 -7.69% 23
Yorkshire -32 11 £461 +52.88% 3
Scotland - 9 £525 - 6
East of England -15 7 £581 +66.07% 10
South West -55 7 £500 +17.65% 16
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 10
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 2
Wales -15 1 £475 -13.64% 6
North East - 1 - - 9

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 (2.25%) Confluence
2 6 (1.93%) Apache
3 5 (1.61%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) Mendix
5 1 (0.32%) Mule
5 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 50 (16.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (13.83%) SAP BRIM
3 27 (8.68%) SAP FI
4 24 (7.72%) SAP FI-CA
5 23 (7.40%) SAP PSCD
5 23 (7.40%) SAP SD
6 17 (5.47%) NetSuite
7 13 (4.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 10 (3.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 9 (2.89%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (2.57%) SAP Hybris
11 7 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
12 6 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
12 6 (1.93%) SAP Convergent Charging
13 5 (1.61%) Sage X3
14 4 (1.29%) Salesforce CRM
14 4 (1.29%) SAP CO
14 4 (1.29%) SAP ERP
15 3 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
16 2 (0.64%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 42 (13.50%) Azure
2 32 (10.29%) AWS
3 22 (7.07%) GCP
4 17 (5.47%) SaaS
5 16 (5.14%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (3.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 10 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (3.22%) Serverless
9 8 (2.57%) GitHub
9 8 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (2.57%) OCI
10 6 (1.93%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.61%) Cloud Functions
11 5 (1.61%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.89%) WAN
2 5 (1.61%) Broadband
2 5 (1.61%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.29%) 5G
3 4 (1.29%) HTTP
4 3 (0.96%) 4G
4 3 (0.96%) Internet
4 3 (0.96%) LAN
4 3 (0.96%) MPLS
4 3 (0.96%) Network Security
4 3 (0.96%) SMS
4 3 (0.96%) Wireless
5 2 (0.64%) Multicast
5 2 (0.64%) NaaS
5 2 (0.64%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.64%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.89%) Power BI
2 7 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (2.25%) BigQuery
2 7 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.93%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.64%) Flink
5 2 (0.64%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.64%) MySQL
5 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.64%) TimescaleDB
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 16 (5.14%) JIRA
2 8 (2.57%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) JMeter
3 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.64%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.64%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 165 (53.05%) Finance
2 89 (28.62%) Social Skills
3 38 (12.22%) Telecoms
4 36 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.75%) Banking
7 14 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.22%) Legal
10 8 (2.57%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (2.57%) Marketing
11 7 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.25%) Retail
12 5 (1.61%) Back Office
12 5 (1.61%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.29%) Advertising
13 4 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (25.08%) Consultant
2 58 (18.65%) Architect
3 56 (18.01%) SAP Consultant
4 39 (12.54%) Analyst
5 31 (9.97%) Lead
6 30 (9.65%) Business Analyst
7 29 (9.32%) Functional Consultant
8 28 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (8.36%) Senior
10 24 (7.72%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 13 (4.18%) Developer
11 13 (4.18%) SAP SD Consultant
12 10 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.89%) Data Engineer
13 9 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 8 (2.57%) Enterprise Architect
14 8 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
14 8 (2.57%) Product Lead
14 8 (2.57%) Senior Consultant
15 7 (2.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.11%) BAPI
2 16 (5.14%) REST
3 12 (3.86%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (3.54%) Kafka
5 7 (2.25%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.25%) SOAP
5 7 (2.25%) Swagger
6 6 (1.93%) .NET
6 6 (1.93%) EDI
6 6 (1.93%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.61%) Middleware
7 5 (1.61%) RAML
8 4 (1.29%) JSON
8 4 (1.29%) Web Services
8 4 (1.29%) XML
9 2 (0.64%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.64%) gRPC
9 2 (0.64%) IDoc
9 2 (0.64%) Loki
9 2 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.68%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.18%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.22%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.61%) Life Science
7 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.61%) TM Forum
8 4 (1.29%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.96%) CMDB
9 3 (0.96%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.96%) NHS
10 2 (0.64%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.64%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.93%) Android
2 4 (1.29%) Windows
3 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.64%) HPUX
4 2 (0.64%) Linux
4 2 (0.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (32.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (17.36%) Migration
3 53 (17.04%) CRM
3 53 (17.04%) ERP
4 49 (15.76%) Order to Cash
5 47 (15.11%) Roadmaps
6 46 (14.79%) Agile
6 46 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (13.18%) Workshop Facilitation
8 39 (12.54%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (11.90%) Validation
10 32 (10.29%) Order Management
11 29 (9.32%) Decision-Making
12 27 (8.68%) Analytics
12 27 (8.68%) Revenue Management
13 26 (8.36%) Procure-to-Pay
13 26 (8.36%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (7.72%) Data Migration
15 24 (7.72%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.68%) SQL
2 18 (5.79%) Python
3 8 (2.57%) Java
4 5 (1.61%) DataWeave
4 5 (1.61%) X++
5 3 (0.96%) Bash
5 3 (0.96%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.96%) Rust
6 2 (0.64%) ABAP
6 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.64%) C#
6 2 (0.64%) C++
6 2 (0.64%) Go
6 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 22 (7.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.25%) Degree
5 5 (1.61%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.64%) ACCA
8 2 (0.64%) CBAP
8 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
9 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.32%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.32%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.25%) SLA
3 6 (1.93%) GDPR
3 6 (1.93%) IFRS
3 6 (1.93%) QA
4 5 (1.61%) ISO 20022
4 5 (1.61%) PMO
4 5 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.61%) SEPA
5 3 (0.96%) GxP
6 2 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.64%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (4.18%) Terraform
2 8 (2.57%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.61%) Grafana
4 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.96%) SCCM
5 2 (0.64%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.64%) Argo
5 2 (0.64%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 108 (34.73%) SAP
2 42 (13.50%) Microsoft
3 40 (12.86%) Salesforce
4 37 (11.90%) Oracle
5 14 (4.50%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.18%) Ariba
7 10 (3.22%) Google
8 9 (2.89%) Guidewire
9 7 (2.25%) Sage
10 6 (1.93%) Computacenter
11 5 (1.61%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.61%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.29%) NetCracker
13 3 (0.96%) Amdocs
13 3 (0.96%) Apple
14 2 (0.64%) Conga
14 2 (0.64%) HP
14 2 (0.64%) Nokia
14 2 (0.64%) Splunk