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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 357 364
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 -9
Contract jobs citing Billing 330 196 201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.59% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.09% 0.93% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 124 123
10th Percentile £400 £300 £244
25th Percentile £469 £357 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -3.47%
75th Percentile £630 £606 £600
90th Percentile £765 £739 £656
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 £38.50 £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 30,281 20,994 22,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.57% 63.64% 57.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,811 12,998 13,405
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £419 £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 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,187 1,144
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.66
25th Percentile £16.46 £16.17 £17.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £70.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.40 £38.12
% change year-on-year +40.19% -43.86% +46.76%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -40 263 £539 +16.43% 281
London -42 134 £563 +15.38% 156
UK excluding London -58 131 £500 +17.65% 149
Work from Home -3 127 £500 +2.56% 134
South East -47 51 £470 +25.33% 47
Midlands -33 28 £488 -20.25% 32
North of England -56 24 £521 +47.07% 37
West Midlands -32 18 £473 -22.70% 21
North West -46 13 £600 -20.00% 15
Scotland - 11 £525 - 9
South West -48 10 £500 +17.65% 10
East of England -24 8 £581 +66.07% 11
Yorkshire -41 8 £421 +37.58% 11
East Midlands - 8 £550 - 11
North East - 3 - - 11
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 1

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 (2.12%) Confluence
2 5 (1.52%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.21%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Mendix
4 1 (0.30%) Mule
4 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 50 (15.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (13.03%) SAP BRIM
3 25 (7.58%) SAP FI
4 23 (6.97%) SAP PSCD
4 23 (6.97%) SAP SD
5 22 (6.67%) SAP FI-CA
6 17 (5.15%) NetSuite
7 11 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 10 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
9 8 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
10 6 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (1.82%) SAP Convergent Charging
11 5 (1.52%) Sage X3
12 4 (1.21%) SAP CO
13 3 (0.91%) Cloudability
13 3 (0.91%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 3 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.36%) Azure
2 38 (11.52%) AWS
3 26 (7.88%) GCP
4 25 (7.58%) SaaS
5 16 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (4.85%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 13 (3.94%) Serverless
7 10 (3.03%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.42%) GitHub
9 8 (2.42%) OCI
10 7 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 6 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.52%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (1.52%) Cloud Functions
12 5 (1.52%) Fivetran
12 5 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.12%) WAN
2 5 (1.52%) Broadband
3 4 (1.21%) HTTP
3 4 (1.21%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.91%) 5G
4 3 (0.91%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) 4G
5 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 2 (0.61%) MPLS
5 2 (0.61%) Multicast
5 2 (0.61%) Network Security
5 2 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.61%) SMS
5 2 (0.61%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.61%) Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
2 9 (2.73%) BigQuery
2 9 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.73%) Power BI
3 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.52%) Delta Lake
5 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.21%) Metadata
6 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.61%) Looker
8 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 15 (4.55%) JIRA
2 6 (1.82%) Git
3 5 (1.52%) RStudio
4 2 (0.61%) JMeter
4 2 (0.61%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.61%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.30%) Terragrunt
General
1 165 (50.00%) Finance
2 103 (31.21%) Social Skills
3 43 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.21%) Telecoms
5 24 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.06%) Banking
7 14 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.94%) Marketing
9 12 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.03%) Legal
11 8 (2.42%) Corporate Banking
11 8 (2.42%) Retail
12 7 (2.12%) Back Office
13 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.52%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.21%) Publishing
16 3 (0.91%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 80 (24.24%) Consultant
2 66 (20.00%) Architect
3 57 (17.27%) SAP Consultant
4 42 (12.73%) Analyst
5 36 (10.91%) Lead
6 31 (9.39%) Business Analyst
7 30 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
8 28 (8.48%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (8.18%) Senior
10 25 (7.58%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 14 (4.24%) SAP SD Consultant
12 12 (3.64%) Developer
12 12 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) Salesforce Analyst
13 9 (2.73%) Salesforce Business Analyst
13 9 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 8 (2.42%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.42%) Product Lead
14 8 (2.42%) Senior Consultant
15 7 (2.12%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.76%) REST
2 16 (4.85%) BAPI
3 12 (3.64%) Terraform
4 9 (2.73%) Kafka
4 9 (2.73%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.82%) .NET
5 6 (1.82%) EDI
5 6 (1.82%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.82%) SOAP
5 6 (1.82%) Swagger
6 5 (1.52%) Middleware
6 5 (1.52%) PySpark
6 5 (1.52%) RAML
6 5 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (1.21%) JSON
7 4 (1.21%) Web Services
7 4 (1.21%) XML
8 2 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.61%) Loki
9 1 (0.30%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.79%) Legacy Systems
2 24 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.97%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.52%) TM Forum
8 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.21%) CMDB
9 4 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.21%) Life Science
9 4 (1.21%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.82%) Android
2 4 (1.21%) Windows
3 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.61%) HPUX
3 2 (0.61%) Linux
3 2 (0.61%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (32.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (20.00%) Migration
3 59 (17.88%) ERP
4 56 (16.97%) Roadmaps
5 53 (16.06%) CRM
6 49 (14.85%) Order to Cash
7 48 (14.55%) Agile
8 46 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
9 41 (12.42%) User Acceptance Testing
10 39 (11.82%) Order Management
10 39 (11.82%) Validation
11 34 (10.30%) Analytics
12 30 (9.09%) AI
12 30 (9.09%) Revenue Management
13 28 (8.48%) Data Migration
13 28 (8.48%) Requirements Gathering
13 28 (8.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (8.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.61%) SQL
2 23 (6.97%) Python
3 7 (2.12%) Java
4 6 (1.82%) R
5 5 (1.52%) DataWeave
5 5 (1.52%) X++
6 3 (0.91%) Bash
6 3 (0.91%) Rust
7 2 (0.61%) ABAP
7 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) Go
7 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 26 (7.88%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.97%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (4.85%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.12%) Degree
5 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.61%) ACCA
8 2 (0.61%) CBAP
8 2 (0.61%) 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 25 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.94%) SLA
3 8 (2.42%) QA
4 6 (1.82%) GDPR
4 6 (1.82%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.82%) SEPA
5 5 (1.52%) IFRS
5 5 (1.52%) PMO
6 3 (0.91%) GxP
6 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.30%) GAAP
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.91%) Grafana
3 2 (0.61%) Argo
3 2 (0.61%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.61%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 108 (32.73%) SAP
2 44 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 43 (13.03%) Salesforce
4 34 (10.30%) Oracle
5 14 (4.24%) Ariba
6 11 (3.33%) Databricks
6 11 (3.33%) Google
6 11 (3.33%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.42%) Guidewire
7 8 (2.42%) Sage
8 6 (1.82%) Computacenter
9 5 (1.52%) JD Edwards
9 5 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.52%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.21%) Informatica
10 4 (1.21%) NetCracker
10 4 (1.21%) Talend
11 3 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.61%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.61%) Conga