Billing Contracts

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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 390 409
Rank change year-on-year +33 +19 +30
Contract jobs citing Billing 184 204 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.82% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 125 157
10th Percentile £342 £243 £350
25th Percentile £388 £400 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% -3.55% +3.68%
75th Percentile £550 £615 £675
90th Percentile £675 £669 £747
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £509
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.77% +13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 4
10th Percentile £23.33 - £30.78
25th Percentile £29.88 £14.50 £38.31
Median hourly rate £47.75 £15.50 £112.50
Median % change year-on-year +208.06% -86.22% +371.85%
75th Percentile £66.88 £44.75 £180.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £15.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +83.87% -65.56% +273.44%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,793 24,809 32,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.18% 57.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,417 15,531 22,541
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £402 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.57% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 1,954 1,037
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.81 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £27.28 £31.76 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +4.11% +24.90%
75th Percentile £52.00 £53.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.38 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £30.60 £25.13
% change year-on-year -24.83% +21.78% +25.63%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Billing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Daily rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Hourly rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 14 Contract 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 3 July 2025. 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 +39 160 £450 -10.00% 1,085
London +54 80 £454 -7.91% 582
UK excluding London +2 76 £450 -10.00% 552
Work from Home +27 63 £488 -11.36% 534
South East +29 39 £470 -6.00% 158
South West +44 17 £425 +13.94% 58
North of England +3 9 £495 -1.10% 163
North West +7 8 £489 -2.20% 107
East of England +21 6 £350 -46.96% 54
Midlands -4 3 £315 -42.73% 58
West Midlands -7 3 £315 -38.54% 27
Yorkshire +5 1 £500 +400.00% 42
Northern Ireland -8 1 £500 +376.19% 20
Wales - 1 £550 - 9

Billing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.09%) Camunda
1 2 (1.09%) CMS
1 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.54%) Apache
2 1 (0.54%) CICS
2 1 (0.54%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) JBoss
2 1 (0.54%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (9.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (7.61%) SAP FI
2 14 (7.61%) SAP PSCD
3 10 (5.43%) SAP SD
4 7 (3.80%) NetSuite
4 7 (3.80%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (3.80%) SAP FI-CA
4 7 (3.80%) SAP Hybris
5 6 (3.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (3.26%) SAP PS
6 5 (2.72%) SAP CO
6 5 (2.72%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (2.17%) SAP MDG
8 3 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (1.63%) SAP GTS
9 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (1.09%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.96%) Azure
2 15 (8.15%) AWS
3 9 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (4.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (3.80%) SaaS
5 4 (2.17%) GCP
6 3 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.63%) OCI
6 3 (1.63%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.09%) Boomi
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) Apigee
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.54%) Commercetools
8 1 (0.54%) GitHub
8 1 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.89%) 5G
2 5 (2.72%) LAN
2 5 (2.72%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.63%) VoLTE
3 3 (1.63%) VoWiFi
3 3 (1.63%) VSAN
4 2 (1.09%) 4G
4 2 (1.09%) Broadband
4 2 (1.09%) Intranet
4 2 (1.09%) MPLS
4 2 (1.09%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.09%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.54%) VoIP
5 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.72%) Metadata
3 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.09%) Big Data
4 2 (1.09%) NewSQL
4 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.09%) Power BI
4 2 (1.09%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.54%) MySQL
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.54%) Redis
5 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.26%) JIRA
2 3 (1.63%) Ant
2 3 (1.63%) Selenium
3 2 (1.09%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.54%) Git
4 1 (0.54%) Hudson
4 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Postman
General
1 88 (47.83%) Finance
2 67 (36.41%) Social Skills
3 34 (18.48%) Telecoms
4 30 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.89%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.80%) Legal
8 6 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.72%) Retail
10 4 (2.17%) Marketing
11 3 (1.63%) Back Office
11 3 (1.63%) Local Government
12 2 (1.09%) Advertising
12 2 (1.09%) Banking
12 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.09%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.54%) German Language
13 1 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (24.46%) Consultant
2 25 (13.59%) SAP Consultant
3 24 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 22 (11.96%) Analyst
5 16 (8.70%) Architect
6 15 (8.15%) Lead
7 11 (5.98%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Developer
8 10 (5.43%) Senior
9 8 (4.35%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.35%) Functional Consultant
9 8 (4.35%) Junior
10 7 (3.80%) Designer
10 7 (3.80%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.80%) Solutions Designer
11 6 (3.26%) OSS Project Manager
11 6 (3.26%) Telecoms Manager
11 6 (3.26%) Telecoms Project Manager
12 5 (2.72%) .NET Developer
12 5 (2.72%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) REST
2 7 (3.80%) .NET
3 6 (3.26%) Lightning Web Components
3 6 (3.26%) Web Services
4 5 (2.72%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.72%) Entity Framework
4 5 (2.72%) JSON
4 5 (2.72%) Middleware
4 5 (2.72%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.63%) ADO
6 3 (1.63%) SOAP
6 3 (1.63%) Visualforce
7 2 (1.09%) CSS
7 2 (1.09%) EDI
7 2 (1.09%) HTML
7 2 (1.09%) RESTful
8 1 (0.54%) Node.js
8 1 (0.54%) OAuth
8 1 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
1 8 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (3.80%) TM Forum
3 5 (2.72%) Frameworx
3 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.09%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.09%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.09%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.09%) Replication
6 1 (0.54%) CMDB
6 1 (0.54%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.54%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.54%) PMI
6 1 (0.54%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (25.00%) Agile
2 44 (23.91%) CRM
2 44 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (14.13%) Project Delivery
5 23 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 23 (12.50%) Project Management
6 21 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (10.33%) PRINCE2
8 16 (8.70%) ERP
9 15 (8.15%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (7.61%) DevOps
10 14 (7.61%) Revenue Management
10 14 (7.61%) Validation
11 13 (7.07%) Migration
11 13 (7.07%) Process Improvement
12 12 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 11 (5.98%) Customer Experience
14 10 (5.43%) Risk Management
14 10 (5.43%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.61%) SQL
2 10 (5.43%) Java
3 6 (3.26%) Apex Code
4 5 (2.72%) C#
4 5 (2.72%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.17%) ABAP
5 4 (2.17%) RPG
5 4 (2.17%) RPG IV
6 3 (1.63%) Python
7 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.09%) Scala
7 2 (1.09%) SOQL
7 2 (1.09%) SOSL
8 1 (0.54%) COBOL
8 1 (0.54%) JCL
Qualifications
1 22 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.61%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.89%) DV Cleared
3 9 (4.89%) PMP
4 8 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.80%) Degree
6 3 (1.63%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.54%) APMP
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.54%) CCNP
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.26%) IFRS
2 4 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.17%) QA
3 3 (1.63%) GDPR
3 3 (1.63%) PMO
4 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.72%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.72%) Docker
2 4 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.63%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.80%) vRealize
2 6 (3.26%) Amdocs OSS
2 6 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.17%) VxRail
4 1 (0.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (23.37%) SAP
2 33 (17.93%) Salesforce
3 22 (11.96%) Microsoft
4 15 (8.15%) Oracle
5 8 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.35%) VMware
6 6 (3.26%) Amdocs
6 6 (3.26%) Ciena
6 6 (3.26%) Ericsson
6 6 (3.26%) NetCracker
6 6 (3.26%) Nokia
7 4 (2.17%) Ariba
7 4 (2.17%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.63%) Google
8 3 (1.63%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.09%) BT
9 2 (1.09%) comScore
9 2 (1.09%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.09%) IBM
9 2 (1.09%) IFS