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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 360 353
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Billing 356 197 197
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.60% 0.52%
As % of the General category 1.16% 0.94% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 121 116
10th Percentile £408 £308 £213
25th Percentile £469 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -3.47%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £600
90th Percentile £757 £725 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 10
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.75 -
25th Percentile £13.89 £17.79 £14.50
Median hourly rate £17.99 £24.43 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% -23.66% -66.88%
75th Percentile £22.12 £50.69 £74.69
90th Percentile £36.93 £60.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £17.08 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.47% -20.56% +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 30,564 20,888 22,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.20% 63.29% 58.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,765 12,979 13,159
10th Percentile £313 £275 £281
25th Percentile £420 £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 £742 £738 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,690 1,240 989
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.11 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.08 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -26.10% +23.38%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year +30.90% -35.18% +22.75%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -27 284 £537 +8.27% 712
UK excluding London -15 157 £500 +17.65% 380
Work from Home -9 133 £525 +5.85% 363
London -56 131 £563 +12.50% 384
South East -29 62 £469 +4.22% 120
Midlands -13 34 £500 -39.39% 40
North of England -49 31 £600 +71.18% 94
West Midlands -34 19 £470 -43.03% 30
North West -32 16 £613 -18.33% 51
Yorkshire -28 12 £492 +60.78% 30
East Midlands - 12 £550 - 10
Scotland - 11 £525 - 27
South West -40 10 £500 +17.65% 27
East of England -18 9 £581 +66.07% 48
North East - 3 - - 14
Northern Ireland +4 2 £600 +20.00% 14

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 8 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (2.25%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.12%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Mendix
4 1 (0.28%) Mule
4 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.12%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (12.92%) SAP BRIM
1 46 (12.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (6.74%) SAP PSCD
3 23 (6.46%) SAP FI
4 22 (6.18%) SAP SD
5 21 (5.90%) SAP FI-CA
6 18 (5.06%) NetSuite
6 18 (5.06%) Oracle Receivables
7 13 (3.65%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (3.65%) SAP Hybris
8 11 (3.09%) Oracle Payables
9 9 (2.53%) Oracle General Ledger
10 8 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
10 8 (2.25%) Oracle Assets
11 7 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (1.97%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 7 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 6 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (1.69%) SAP Convergent Charging
Cloud Services
1 60 (16.85%) Azure
2 41 (11.52%) AWS
3 31 (8.71%) GCP
4 26 (7.30%) SaaS
5 22 (6.18%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 16 (4.49%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.37%) Serverless
8 12 (3.37%) Snowflake
9 11 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.53%) GitHub
10 9 (2.53%) OCI
11 8 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.69%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.69%) dbt
14 5 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.40%) Fivetran
14 5 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.69%) Broadband
2 4 (1.12%) HTTP
2 4 (1.12%) WAN
3 3 (0.84%) 5G
4 2 (0.56%) 4G
4 2 (0.56%) LAN
4 2 (0.56%) Multicast
4 2 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.56%) SMS
4 2 (0.56%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) Softphone
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
5 1 (0.28%) VoIP
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.65%) Amazon Redshift
2 11 (3.09%) BigQuery
3 8 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.25%) Power BI
3 8 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.40%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.12%) Looker
6 4 (1.12%) Metadata
6 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.12%) Power Query
6 4 (1.12%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.09%) JIRA
2 9 (2.53%) Git
3 5 (1.40%) RStudio
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) JMeter
5 2 (0.56%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.56%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
General
1 189 (53.09%) Finance
2 123 (34.55%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.96%) Telecoms
5 31 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.78%) Banking
7 15 (4.21%) Marketing
8 14 (3.93%) General Ledger
8 14 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.65%) Legal
10 12 (3.37%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.25%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (1.97%) Back Office
13 7 (1.97%) Retail
14 5 (1.40%) Advertising
14 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (25.56%) Consultant
2 64 (17.98%) Architect
3 56 (15.73%) SAP Consultant
4 39 (10.96%) Lead
5 38 (10.67%) Analyst
6 35 (9.83%) Functional Consultant
7 31 (8.71%) Business Analyst
8 30 (8.43%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 26 (7.30%) Senior
9 26 (7.30%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.65%) Oracle Consultant
10 13 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (3.37%) Developer
11 12 (3.37%) SAP SD Consultant
12 11 (3.09%) Administrator
13 9 (2.53%) Salesforce Analyst
13 9 (2.53%) Salesforce Business Analyst
14 8 (2.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 8 (2.25%) Product Lead
15 7 (1.97%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.62%) REST
2 15 (4.21%) Terraform
3 12 (3.37%) BAPI
4 9 (2.53%) Middleware
4 9 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (2.25%) Kafka
6 7 (1.97%) .NET
6 7 (1.97%) EDI
6 7 (1.97%) SOAP
7 5 (1.40%) OpenAPI
7 5 (1.40%) PySpark
7 5 (1.40%) RAML
7 5 (1.40%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.40%) Swagger
7 5 (1.40%) Web Services
7 5 (1.40%) XML
8 4 (1.12%) JSON
9 3 (0.84%) Loki
9 3 (0.84%) Pandas
10 2 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.55%) Onboarding
2 29 (8.15%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.18%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (2.81%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.53%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.40%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.40%) TM Forum
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.12%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.12%) IVR
11 4 (1.12%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.12%) Social Media
12 3 (0.84%) CMDB
12 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.69%) Android
2 4 (1.12%) Windows
3 2 (0.56%) HPUX
3 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 76 (21.35%) ERP
3 66 (18.54%) Migration
4 54 (15.17%) CRM
4 54 (15.17%) Order to Cash
4 54 (15.17%) Workshop Facilitation
5 53 (14.89%) Roadmaps
6 50 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (13.48%) Order Management
7 48 (13.48%) User Acceptance Testing
8 46 (12.92%) Validation
9 44 (12.36%) Agile
10 38 (10.67%) Analytics
11 35 (9.83%) CI/CD
11 35 (9.83%) Revenue Management
12 33 (9.27%) AI
12 33 (9.27%) Requirements Gathering
13 32 (8.99%) Customer Service
14 31 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (8.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.27%) SQL
2 26 (7.30%) Python
3 7 (1.97%) R
4 6 (1.69%) Java
5 5 (1.40%) Bash
5 5 (1.40%) DataWeave
5 5 (1.40%) X++
6 4 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.84%) C#
7 3 (0.84%) Go
7 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.84%) Rust
8 2 (0.56%) ABAP
8 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Bicep
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (1.97%) AWS Certification
4 7 (1.97%) Degree
5 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.84%) ACCA
6 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.56%) CBAP
7 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.28%) CIMA
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.28%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.28%) PMP
8 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.21%) SLA
3 11 (3.09%) QA
4 6 (1.69%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.69%) SEPA
5 5 (1.40%) IFRS
6 4 (1.12%) GDPR
6 4 (1.12%) PMO
7 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) GAAP
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.40%) Grafana
3 3 (0.84%) Argo
4 2 (0.56%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 118 (33.15%) SAP
2 56 (15.73%) Microsoft
3 46 (12.92%) Oracle
4 40 (11.24%) Salesforce
5 21 (5.90%) Ariba
6 15 (4.21%) Sage
7 13 (3.65%) Databricks
8 11 (3.09%) Google
9 9 (2.53%) JD Edwards
9 9 (2.53%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.25%) Guidewire
11 6 (1.69%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.40%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.12%) Informatica
13 4 (1.12%) NetCracker
13 4 (1.12%) Talend
14 2 (0.56%) Adobe
14 2 (0.56%) HP
14 2 (0.56%) Nokia