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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 357 370
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 -15
Contract jobs citing Billing 334 200 197
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.61% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.09% 0.96% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 129 118
10th Percentile £400 £302 £234
25th Percentile £469 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -3.47%
75th Percentile £636 £627 £600
90th Percentile £774 £730 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 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 £22.30 £61.88 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £22.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -29.78% +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 30,644 20,748 21,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.86% 63.46% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,940 12,852 13,090
10th Percentile £313 £275 £283
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 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,583 1,203 1,057
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.11 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.48% -28.26% +27.27%
75th Percentile £54.45 £47.12 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £70.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.27 £35.00
% change year-on-year +41.04% -39.23% +27.27%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -34 265 £543 +11.28% 558
UK excluding London -42 137 £500 +17.65% 262
London -54 131 £575 +15.00% 315
Work from Home -4 127 £500 +2.56% 239
South East -46 53 £469 +4.22% 90
Midlands -24 30 £500 -39.39% 35
North of England -60 26 £575 +64.05% 64
West Midlands -27 18 £470 -43.03% 27
North West -37 14 £600 -20.00% 38
Scotland - 11 £525 - 16
South West -42 10 £500 +17.65% 17
East Midlands - 10 £550 - 7
Yorkshire -42 9 £492 +60.78% 20
East of England -25 8 £581 +66.07% 29
North East - 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland +3 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 (2.10%) Confluence
2 6 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.50%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Mendix
5 1 (0.30%) Mule
5 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 48 (14.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (13.47%) SAP BRIM
3 23 (6.89%) SAP FI
3 23 (6.89%) SAP PSCD
3 23 (6.89%) SAP SD
4 20 (5.99%) SAP FI-CA
5 18 (5.39%) NetSuite
6 12 (3.59%) SAP Hybris
7 11 (3.29%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (2.99%) Oracle Payables
9 8 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
9 8 (2.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (2.10%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
11 6 (1.80%) SAP Convergent Charging
12 5 (1.50%) Sage X3
13 4 (1.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 4 (1.20%) SAP CO
14 3 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
14 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.17%) Azure
2 36 (10.78%) AWS
3 26 (7.78%) GCP
4 23 (6.89%) SaaS
5 16 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 11 (3.29%) Serverless
8 10 (2.99%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.40%) GitHub
10 8 (2.40%) OCI
11 7 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.50%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (1.50%) Cloud Functions
12 5 (1.50%) Fivetran
12 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.50%) Broadband
2 4 (1.20%) HTTP
2 4 (1.20%) WAN
3 3 (0.90%) 5G
4 2 (0.60%) 4G
4 2 (0.60%) LAN
4 2 (0.60%) Multicast
4 2 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.60%) SMS
4 2 (0.60%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.60%) Wireless
5 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.99%) Amazon Redshift
2 9 (2.69%) BigQuery
2 9 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.69%) Power BI
3 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.50%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.20%) Metadata
6 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.90%) Looker
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.30%) Power Query
9 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (4.19%) JIRA
2 6 (1.80%) Git
3 5 (1.50%) RStudio
4 2 (0.60%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) JMeter
4 2 (0.60%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.60%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Terragrunt
General
1 172 (51.50%) Finance
2 111 (33.23%) Social Skills
3 43 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.78%) Telecoms
5 26 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.99%) Banking
7 14 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.19%) Marketing
8 12 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.99%) Legal
11 9 (2.69%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.40%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.40%) Retail
13 7 (2.10%) Back Office
14 5 (1.50%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.50%) Publishing
15 4 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 80 (23.95%) Consultant
2 64 (19.16%) Architect
3 56 (16.77%) SAP Consultant
4 43 (12.87%) Analyst
5 38 (11.38%) Lead
6 33 (9.88%) Functional Consultant
7 32 (9.58%) Business Analyst
8 28 (8.38%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 26 (7.78%) Senior
9 26 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.89%) SAP SD Consultant
11 12 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.29%) Developer
13 9 (2.69%) Salesforce Analyst
13 9 (2.69%) Salesforce Business Analyst
13 9 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 8 (2.40%) Product Lead
15 7 (2.10%) Data Engineer
15 7 (2.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 7 (2.10%) Payments Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.69%) REST
2 14 (4.19%) BAPI
3 13 (3.89%) Terraform
4 8 (2.40%) Kafka
4 8 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (2.10%) EDI
5 7 (2.10%) Middleware
6 6 (1.80%) .NET
6 6 (1.80%) SOAP
7 5 (1.50%) OpenAPI
7 5 (1.50%) PySpark
7 5 (1.50%) RAML
7 5 (1.50%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.50%) Swagger
7 5 (1.50%) Web Services
7 5 (1.50%) XML
8 4 (1.20%) JSON
9 2 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.60%) Loki
10 1 (0.30%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.38%) Onboarding
2 25 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.19%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.50%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.50%) TM Forum
8 5 (1.50%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.20%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.90%) CMDB
10 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Life Science
10 3 (0.90%) NHS
10 3 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.80%) Android
2 4 (1.20%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.60%) HPUX
3 2 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (32.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 65 (19.46%) ERP
3 62 (18.56%) Migration
4 54 (16.17%) Roadmaps
5 53 (15.87%) CRM
6 51 (15.27%) Order to Cash
7 49 (14.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 48 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (13.77%) Agile
10 43 (12.87%) Order Management
11 42 (12.57%) Validation
12 40 (11.98%) User Acceptance Testing
13 34 (10.18%) Analytics
14 32 (9.58%) Revenue Management
15 30 (8.98%) AI
15 30 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (8.98%) Requirements Gathering
16 27 (8.08%) CI/CD
17 26 (7.78%) Customer Service
17 26 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.88%) SQL
2 22 (6.59%) Python
3 7 (2.10%) R
4 6 (1.80%) Java
5 5 (1.50%) DataWeave
5 5 (1.50%) X++
6 3 (0.90%) Bash
6 3 (0.90%) Rust
7 2 (0.60%) ABAP
7 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) Go
7 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (8.38%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.10%) Degree
5 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.90%) ACCA
7 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) CBAP
8 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) CIMA
9 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.30%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.30%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.19%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.19%) SLA
3 8 (2.40%) QA
4 6 (1.80%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.80%) SEPA
5 5 (1.50%) GDPR
5 5 (1.50%) IFRS
5 5 (1.50%) PMO
6 3 (0.90%) GxP
6 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.30%) GAAP
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.90%) Grafana
3 2 (0.60%) Argo
3 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 114 (34.13%) SAP
2 47 (14.07%) Microsoft
3 42 (12.57%) Salesforce
4 36 (10.78%) Oracle
5 18 (5.39%) Ariba
6 13 (3.89%) Google
7 12 (3.59%) Sage
8 11 (3.29%) Databricks
9 10 (2.99%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.40%) Guidewire
11 7 (2.10%) JD Edwards
12 6 (1.80%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.50%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.50%) PagerDuty
14 4 (1.20%) Informatica
14 4 (1.20%) NetCracker
14 4 (1.20%) Talend
15 2 (0.60%) Apple
15 2 (0.60%) HP
15 2 (0.60%) Nokia