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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 351 387
Rank change year-on-year -22 +36 +44
Contract jobs citing Billing 289 177 203
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.59% 0.46%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.93% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 107 126
10th Percentile £358 £350 £246
25th Percentile £456 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -6.40% -4.76%
75th Percentile £690 £563 £615
90th Percentile £795 £675 £667
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £459 £500
% change year-on-year +2.40% -8.20% -
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 £47.75 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.64% +218.33% -76.00%
75th Percentile £34.50 £66.88 £18.88
90th Percentile £42.38 £73.75 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £28.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% +90.00% -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 27,482 18,963 25,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.26% 63.51% 57.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,589 11,965 15,633
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,840 910 2,030
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.50 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.36 £28.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.58% -8.20% -0.13%
75th Percentile £61.18 £54.00 £52.78
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £24.34 £29.50
% change year-on-year +31.47% -17.49% +13.46%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -36 226 £500 +10.13% 169
Work from Home +12 122 £500 +2.56% 73
London -29 120 £600 +27.46% 90
UK excluding London -84 99 £470 +2.40% 110
South East -50 50 £469 -1.26% 43
Midlands -42 19 £500 +58.73% 8
North of England -68 17 £447 -9.61% 32
West Midlands -48 14 £488 +54.76% 7
North West -42 10 £447 -8.59% 20
Yorkshire -53 7 £441 -11.81% 7
East of England -33 6 £650 +85.71% 8
Scotland - 6 £500 - 2
South West -39 5 £488 +14.71% 12
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 1
Wales -13 1 £475 -13.64%

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 (2.42%) Apache
2 4 (1.38%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 46 (15.92%) SAP BRIM
1 46 (15.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (11.07%) SAP PSCD
3 31 (10.73%) SAP FI
4 27 (9.34%) SAP FI-CA
5 19 (6.57%) SAP SD
6 12 (4.15%) SAP Hybris
7 11 (3.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 9 (3.11%) NetSuite
9 8 (2.77%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (2.42%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (1.73%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (1.73%) SAP Convergent Charging
12 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
12 4 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
12 4 (1.38%) SAP CO
12 4 (1.38%) SAP ERP
12 4 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (1.04%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (7.96%) Azure
2 18 (6.23%) AWS
3 17 (5.88%) GCP
4 16 (5.54%) SaaS
5 15 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 9 (3.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.42%) OCI
10 6 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 6 (2.08%) Serverless
11 4 (1.38%) GitHub
11 4 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.04%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.04%) Boomi
12 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.08%) WAN
2 4 (1.38%) HTTP
2 4 (1.38%) Internet
2 4 (1.38%) Wireless
3 3 (1.04%) MPLS
3 3 (1.04%) Network Security
3 3 (1.04%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.69%) 5G
4 2 (0.69%) LAN
4 2 (0.69%) 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 (3.46%) Power BI
2 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (1.73%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.69%) Flink
5 2 (0.69%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.69%) Metadata
5 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.69%) MySQL
5 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.69%) TimescaleDB
6 1 (0.35%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 17 (5.88%) JIRA
2 11 (3.81%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.69%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Storybook
General
1 144 (49.83%) Finance
2 88 (30.45%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.57%) Telecoms
4 32 (11.07%) Public Sector
5 31 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.15%) Banking
7 11 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Legal
9 7 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.73%) Back Office
10 5 (1.73%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.38%) Publishing
12 3 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.04%) German Language
12 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.04%) Marketing
12 3 (1.04%) Retail
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 75 (25.95%) Consultant
2 57 (19.72%) SAP Consultant
3 47 (16.26%) Architect
4 28 (9.69%) Analyst
4 28 (9.69%) Functional Consultant
5 25 (8.65%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (7.96%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 20 (6.92%) Senior
8 19 (6.57%) Lead
9 18 (6.23%) Developer
10 17 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.77%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.77%) SAP SD Consultant
12 7 (2.42%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 7 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.42%) Oracle Consultant
13 6 (2.08%) Contracts Manager
13 6 (2.08%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.08%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.30%) BAPI
2 17 (5.88%) REST
3 12 (4.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (3.11%) .NET
5 8 (2.77%) SOAP
6 7 (2.42%) Web Services
7 6 (2.08%) Middleware
7 6 (2.08%) OpenAPI
7 6 (2.08%) Swagger
8 4 (1.38%) EDI
8 4 (1.38%) JSON
8 4 (1.38%) Kafka
8 4 (1.38%) RAML
8 4 (1.38%) XML
9 3 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.69%) IDoc
10 2 (0.69%) Next.js
10 2 (0.69%) Pandas
10 2 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.27%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.15%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.46%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.42%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.42%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.73%) Life Science
6 5 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.04%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.69%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.69%) NHS
9 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.08%) Android
2 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.69%) HPUX
3 2 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.69%) Unix
3 2 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (14.88%) ERP
3 42 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.84%) CRM
5 38 (13.15%) Migration
6 34 (11.76%) Order to Cash
7 33 (11.42%) Validation
8 30 (10.38%) Agile
9 28 (9.69%) Decision-Making
10 27 (9.34%) Order Management
10 27 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (9.34%) Workshop Facilitation
11 24 (8.30%) Data Modelling
11 24 (8.30%) Revenue Management
11 24 (8.30%) Roadmaps
12 20 (6.92%) CI/CD
12 20 (6.92%) Data Migration
13 19 (6.57%) Convergent Charging
13 19 (6.57%) Project Management
13 19 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.38%) SQL
2 15 (5.19%) Python
3 11 (3.81%) Java
4 5 (1.73%) X++
5 4 (1.38%) DataWeave
5 4 (1.38%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.04%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.04%) Rust
6 3 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.69%) ABAP
7 2 (0.69%) C#
7 2 (0.69%) C++
7 2 (0.69%) Go
7 2 (0.69%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.69%) VBA
8 1 (0.35%) Bash
8 1 (0.35%) Groovy
8 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (8.65%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.42%) ACCA
5 6 (2.08%) CIMA
5 6 (2.08%) Degree
6 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.69%) 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 (4.50%) SLA
2 11 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.08%) PMO
4 5 (1.73%) GDPR
4 5 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.38%) IFRS
6 3 (1.04%) GxP
7 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.69%) GAAP
7 2 (0.69%) QA
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.11%) Terraform
2 6 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.73%) Grafana
3 5 (1.73%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.04%) SCCM
5 2 (0.69%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 105 (36.33%) SAP
2 37 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.80%) Oracle
3 35 (12.11%) Salesforce
4 15 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.81%) Ariba
5 11 (3.81%) Guidewire
6 10 (3.46%) Google
7 5 (1.73%) Computacenter
7 5 (1.73%) PeopleSoft
7 5 (1.73%) Sage
8 4 (1.38%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.38%) Remedy
9 3 (1.04%) Apple
9 3 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.04%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.04%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.69%) Ciena
10 2 (0.69%) Conga
10 2 (0.69%) Nokia