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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 363 392
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 +91
Contract jobs citing Billing 253 172 226
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.56% 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.08% 0.90% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 85 110
10th Percentile £393 £208 £238
25th Percentile £463 £425 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £627
90th Percentile £851 £690 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £462 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -16.09% +6.18% +15.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 9
10th Percentile £16.95 £38.23 £12.10
25th Percentile - £63.44 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £70.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.71% +351.61% -45.61%
75th Percentile £19.81 £75.00 £16.00
90th Percentile £32.19 £75.25 £26.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £70.00 £14.38
% change year-on-year -75.71% +386.70% -4.12%

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 23,513 19,195 26,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.78% 61.98% 58.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,720 11,553 16,876
10th Percentile £291 £284 £265
25th Percentile £402 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £735 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,443 606 1,625
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.12 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £29.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +14.85% -2.88%
75th Percentile £50.00 £57.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £67.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.80 £27.00 £24.05
% change year-on-year -19.26% +12.27% -1.92%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -10 216 £520 -0.95% 127
London +21 104 £600 +20.00% 56
UK excluding London -33 104 £462 -16.09% 89
Work from Home +24 103 £596 +20.42% 71
South East -1 70 £470 -9.40% 35
Midlands -53 12 £699 +21.57% 19
West Midlands -41 11 £825 +60.19% 14
North of England -57 10 £447 -25.50% 22
North West -27 8 £447 -8.59% 18
South West -17 6 £325 -27.78% 4
East of England -23 6 £500 -9.09% 5
Scotland +13 5 £373 -3.27% 1
Yorkshire -67 2 £351 -41.58% 4
East Midlands -33 1 £268 -57.05% 5
Wales - 1 £280 - 2

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 (2.77%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (2.37%) Appian
2 6 (2.37%) Camunda
3 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.19%) Apache
4 3 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.79%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.40%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 20 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 31 (12.25%) SAP PSCD
2 22 (8.70%) SAP BRIM
3 20 (7.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 18 (7.11%) SAP Hybris
5 17 (6.72%) SAP FI-CA
6 15 (5.93%) SAP FI
7 8 (3.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (1.58%) Oracle BRM
9 4 (1.58%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (1.58%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (1.58%) SAP SD
10 3 (1.19%) NetSuite
11 2 (0.79%) Documaker
11 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
11 2 (0.79%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.79%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 40 (15.81%) Azure
2 19 (7.51%) AWS
3 18 (7.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 17 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (6.32%) SaaS
6 12 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.56%) GCP
8 9 (3.56%) GitHub
8 9 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (3.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 8 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.37%) OCI
10 6 (2.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (1.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (1.58%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.19%) Figma
14 2 (0.79%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.19%) Broadband
1 3 (1.19%) GPRS
1 3 (1.19%) GSM
2 2 (0.79%) Firewall
2 2 (0.79%) LAN
2 2 (0.79%) WAN
2 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.40%) BGP
3 1 (0.40%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.40%) Internet
3 1 (0.40%) MVNO
3 1 (0.40%) OSPF
3 1 (0.40%) SSL
3 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.40%) Wireless
3 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.95%) Power BI
2 6 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (2.37%) Delta Lake
2 6 (2.37%) Parquet
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.79%) Metadata
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.40%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.40%) GIS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (5.93%) JIRA
2 3 (1.19%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.40%) Hudson
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.40%) Postman
4 1 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) Storybook
General
1 117 (46.25%) Finance
2 109 (43.08%) Social Skills
3 39 (15.42%) Public Sector
4 36 (14.23%) Telecoms
5 25 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.32%) Legal
7 11 (4.35%) Law
8 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.77%) Banking
10 6 (2.37%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.58%) Publishing
11 4 (1.58%) Retail
12 3 (1.19%) German Language
13 2 (0.79%) Automotive
13 2 (0.79%) Front Office
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.40%) French Language
Job Titles
1 65 (25.69%) Consultant
2 40 (15.81%) SAP Consultant
3 37 (14.62%) Architect
4 25 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
5 24 (9.49%) Functional Consultant
6 22 (8.70%) Analyst
7 17 (6.72%) Developer
8 16 (6.32%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 14 (5.53%) Senior
10 12 (4.74%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.95%) Designer
12 9 (3.56%) Coordinator
12 9 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Solutions Designer
13 8 (3.16%) Lead
14 7 (2.77%) Oracle Consultant
15 6 (2.37%) Contracts Manager
15 6 (2.37%) Project Manager
15 6 (2.37%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.35%) REST
2 8 (3.16%) .NET
2 8 (3.16%) Middleware
2 8 (3.16%) PySpark
3 7 (2.77%) JSON
3 7 (2.77%) SOAP
4 6 (2.37%) BAPI
4 6 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.98%) ADO
5 5 (1.98%) Great Expectations
5 5 (1.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.58%) Web Services
7 3 (1.19%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.19%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.19%) Pandas
8 2 (0.79%) Dask
8 2 (0.79%) Next.js
8 2 (0.79%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.79%) Polars
8 2 (0.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.95%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.56%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.56%) Product Ownership
3 5 (1.98%) IoT
4 4 (1.58%) Smart Meter
4 4 (1.58%) TM Forum
5 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.19%) IPTV
5 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.79%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.79%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.19%) Unix
2 1 (0.40%) Android
2 1 (0.40%) CentOS
2 1 (0.40%) Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (17.00%) CRM
3 37 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (12.25%) Agile
5 29 (11.46%) Workshop Facilitation
6 25 (9.88%) Accounts Receivable
6 25 (9.88%) Order Management
7 22 (8.70%) CI/CD
7 22 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 22 (8.70%) ERP
7 22 (8.70%) Process Improvement
7 22 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (8.70%) Validation
8 21 (8.30%) Migration
8 21 (8.30%) Requirements Gathering
8 21 (8.30%) Revenue Management
9 20 (7.91%) Data Modelling
10 18 (7.11%) DevOps
11 17 (6.72%) Cost Management
11 17 (6.72%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.67%) SQL
2 13 (5.14%) Python
3 10 (3.95%) PL/SQL
4 7 (2.77%) Java
5 5 (1.98%) Apex Code
6 4 (1.58%) Groovy
7 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.19%) PHP
7 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.19%) X++
8 2 (0.79%) Bash
8 2 (0.79%) C#
8 2 (0.79%) SOQL
8 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.79%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) ABAP
9 1 (0.40%) Bicep
9 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.40%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 26 (10.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.53%) ACCA
2 14 (5.53%) CIMA
2 14 (5.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.77%) Degree
5 5 (1.98%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.79%) AAT
6 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.79%) ECDL
6 2 (0.79%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.79%) PMP
7 1 (0.40%) CCA
7 1 (0.40%) CCDE
7 1 (0.40%) CCDP
7 1 (0.40%) CCIE
7 1 (0.40%) CCNP
7 1 (0.40%) MBA
7 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.16%) GDPR
2 8 (3.16%) SLA
3 4 (1.58%) PMO
4 1 (0.40%) GRC
4 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.40%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.58%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.98%) Terraform
3 3 (1.19%) Grafana
4 2 (0.79%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 69 (27.27%) SAP
2 33 (13.04%) Oracle
3 30 (11.86%) Salesforce
4 25 (9.88%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.56%) Guidewire
5 9 (3.56%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.77%) Databricks
6 7 (2.77%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.37%) Pega
8 5 (1.98%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (1.58%) Remedy
9 4 (1.58%) Workday
9 4 (1.58%) Xero
10 3 (1.19%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.19%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (1.19%) IFS
10 3 (1.19%) Spotify
11 2 (0.79%) Ariba
11 2 (0.79%) Conga
11 2 (0.79%) Google