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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 373 358
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +91
Contract jobs citing Billing 192 197 320
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.52% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.92% 0.89% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 119 178
10th Percentile £300 £243 £253
25th Percentile £385 £400 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.47% +6.80%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £750 £657 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £518
% change year-on-year -15.00% -3.47% +15.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 3
10th Percentile £19.93 - £46.51
25th Percentile £24.31 £14.50 £96.57
Median hourly rate £41.75 £32.00 £180.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.47% -82.22% +1100.00%
75th Percentile £59.06 £74.69 -
90th Percentile £61.88 £75.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.75 £21.50 £13.27
% change year-on-year +5.81% +62.08% -2.64%

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 20,802 22,024 29,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.68% 57.91% 59.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,889 13,198 20,064
10th Percentile £275 £285 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,192 1,110 1,077
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.70 £13.90
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.12 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.48 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.06% +32.66% +12.24%
75th Percentile £48.72 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.23 £70.39 £70.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.39 £36.08 £26.00
% change year-on-year -40.72% +38.78% +23.81%

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
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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 14 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 16 September 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 +20 171 £480 -4.00% 318
London +60 96 £492 -1.60% 122
UK excluding London -15 73 £425 -15.00% 246
Work from Home +29 61 £488 -2.50% 120
South East +18 36 £450 -10.00% 98
South West +31 17 £425 -29.17% 30
North of England -24 7 £351 -29.90% 45
West Midlands -18 6 £825 +60.98% 17
Midlands -29 6 £825 +50.00% 34
Yorkshire -15 5 £306 -49.00% 11
East of England +8 4 £350 -17.65% 28
Northern Ireland -4 2 £500 +376.19% 1
North West -17 2 £750 +50.00% 33
Wales - 1 £550 - 6

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 3 (1.56%) NServiceBus
1 3 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.04%) Camunda
3 1 (0.52%) CICS
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.52%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.60%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (6.25%) SAP FI
2 12 (6.25%) SAP PSCD
3 8 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (4.17%) SAP BRIM
3 8 (4.17%) SAP Hybris
4 7 (3.65%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (3.65%) SAP PS
5 6 (3.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (3.13%) SAP CO
5 6 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (2.60%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (2.60%) SAP FI-CA
7 4 (2.08%) NetSuite
7 4 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (2.08%) SAP MDG
7 4 (2.08%) SAP SD
8 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (1.04%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.46%) Azure
2 13 (6.77%) AWS
3 12 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (5.21%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 9 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (4.69%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.69%) SaaS
6 5 (2.60%) OCI
6 5 (2.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 5 (2.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.56%) GCP
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.04%) GitHub
8 2 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.04%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.04%) PaaS
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.52%) Commercetools
9 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.65%) 5G
2 3 (1.56%) MVNO
2 3 (1.56%) VSAN
3 2 (1.04%) MPLS
3 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.04%) WAN
4 1 (0.52%) Broadband
4 1 (0.52%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.52%) VoIP
4 1 (0.52%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.52%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.17%) Power BI
2 4 (2.08%) Metadata
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.52%) Easytrieve
5 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.52%) GIS
5 1 (0.52%) MySQL
5 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.52%) Redis
5 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.17%) JIRA
2 3 (1.56%) Selenium
3 2 (1.04%) Ant
3 2 (1.04%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.52%) Hudson
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
General
1 100 (52.08%) Finance
2 87 (45.31%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (15.10%) Telecoms
5 15 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.21%) Legal
7 9 (4.69%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.60%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Local Government
12 2 (1.04%) Advertising
12 2 (1.04%) Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Marketing
12 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.52%) Back Office
13 1 (0.52%) Law
13 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (21.88%) Consultant
2 28 (14.58%) Analyst
3 24 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 23 (11.98%) SAP Consultant
5 21 (10.94%) Architect
6 17 (8.85%) Lead
7 13 (6.77%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.73%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 10 (5.21%) Developer
9 10 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.69%) Functional Consultant
10 9 (4.69%) Junior
11 8 (4.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 7 (3.65%) Data Analyst
13 6 (3.13%) OSS Project Manager
13 6 (3.13%) Programme Manager
13 6 (3.13%) Salesforce Architect
13 6 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 6 (3.13%) Telecoms Manager
13 6 (3.13%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (3.13%) REST
1 6 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (3.13%) Web Services
2 5 (2.60%) .NET
2 5 (2.60%) Visualforce
3 4 (2.08%) SOAP
4 3 (1.56%) ADO
4 3 (1.56%) JSON
5 2 (1.04%) EDI
5 2 (1.04%) Middleware
6 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.52%) ATL
6 1 (0.52%) BAPI
6 1 (0.52%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.52%) IDoc
6 1 (0.52%) Playwright
6 1 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.77%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.13%) Mainframe
2 6 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.60%) Credit Risk
3 5 (2.60%) TM Forum
4 4 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.08%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.56%) Frameworx
5 3 (1.56%) IoT
5 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.56%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.04%) CMDB
6 2 (1.04%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.04%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.52%) Agile
2 38 (19.79%) CRM
3 34 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (17.19%) Project Delivery
5 32 (16.67%) Project Management
6 31 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (10.42%) Customer Service
8 20 (10.42%) ERP
8 20 (10.42%) Migration
8 20 (10.42%) PRINCE2
9 18 (9.38%) Budgeting
10 15 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (7.81%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
11 14 (7.29%) Accounts Receivable
11 14 (7.29%) Revenue Management
11 14 (7.29%) Validation
12 13 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (6.77%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.29%) SQL
2 7 (3.65%) Apex Code
3 6 (3.13%) Java
4 5 (2.60%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.08%) SOQL
6 3 (1.56%) Groovy
6 3 (1.56%) SOSL
7 2 (1.04%) ABAP
7 2 (1.04%) X++
8 1 (0.52%) Bicep
8 1 (0.52%) C#
8 1 (0.52%) COBOL
8 1 (0.52%) JCL
Qualifications
1 24 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.90%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.25%) Degree
4 8 (4.17%) PMP
5 7 (3.65%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.08%) ACCA
7 4 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.08%) CIMA
8 3 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.52%) APMP
10 1 (0.52%) CCNP
10 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.65%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.13%) IFRS
3 5 (2.60%) QA
4 3 (1.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.60%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.56%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.56%) vSphere
3 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.13%) Amdocs OSS
2 5 (2.60%) VxRail
3 4 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.08%) vRealize
4 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (20.83%) SAP
2 27 (14.06%) Salesforce
3 26 (13.54%) Oracle
4 24 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.65%) Ericsson
6 6 (3.13%) Amdocs
6 6 (3.13%) Ciena
6 6 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 6 (3.13%) NetCracker
6 6 (3.13%) Nokia
6 6 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.13%) VMware
7 5 (2.60%) Guidewire
8 4 (2.08%) Google
9 3 (1.56%) IFS
9 3 (1.56%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.04%) Ariba
10 2 (1.04%) comScore
10 2 (1.04%) IBM
11 1 (0.52%) Sage