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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 357 387
Rank change year-on-year -35 +30 +72
Contract jobs citing Billing 265 168 203
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.58% 0.47%
As % of the General category 1.00% 0.92% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 102 125
10th Percentile £373 £350 £246
25th Percentile £463 £391 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £452 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -9.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £615
90th Percentile £817 £675 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +10.59% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 11
10th Percentile £13.60 £27.65 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.89 £39.25 £14.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £70.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% +366.67% -76.00%
75th Percentile £39.75 £75.00 £15.75
90th Percentile £45.51 £76.50 £16.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £70.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -67.14% +366.67% -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 26,471 18,293 24,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.86% 63.36% 57.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,041 11,592 15,561
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 810 1,973
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.50 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.67 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.85 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -7.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £24.34 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.15% -13.07% +0.57%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -69 208 £548 +21.13% 187
London -17 116 £625 +37.67% 82
Work from Home -11 106 £545 +11.79% 78
UK excluding London -82 84 £470 +10.59% 133
South East -60 40 £469 -0.21% 42
Midlands -45 18 £500 +58.73% 25
North of England -70 16 £447 -9.61% 36
West Midlands -58 13 £500 +58.73% 18
North West -44 10 £447 -8.59% 24
East of England -30 7 £631 +80.36% 8
Yorkshire -59 6 £441 -11.81% 10
Scotland +2 5 £500 +29.67% 3
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 7
South West -48 3 £475 +11.76% 14
Wales -12 1 £475 -13.64% 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 (2.64%) Apache
2 4 (1.51%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.75%) Appian
4 2 (0.75%) Camunda
5 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 20 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 42 (15.85%) SAP BRIM
2 41 (15.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 31 (11.70%) SAP PSCD
4 30 (11.32%) SAP FI
5 27 (10.19%) SAP FI-CA
6 17 (6.42%) SAP SD
7 11 (4.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 10 (3.77%) SAP Hybris
9 7 (2.64%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (1.89%) SAP Convergent Charging
12 4 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
12 4 (1.51%) NetSuite
12 4 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (1.51%) SAP ERP
13 3 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
13 3 (1.13%) SAP CO
13 3 (1.13%) SAP FI/CO
14 2 (0.75%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.06%) Azure
2 19 (7.17%) AWS
3 15 (5.66%) SaaS
4 13 (4.91%) GCP
4 13 (4.91%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 11 (4.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 7 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (2.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.89%) OCI
9 5 (1.89%) Serverless
10 3 (1.13%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.13%) Boomi
10 3 (1.13%) Figma
10 3 (1.13%) Google Docs
10 3 (1.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.26%) WAN
2 4 (1.51%) HTTP
2 4 (1.51%) Internet
3 3 (1.13%) MPLS
3 3 (1.13%) Network Security
3 3 (1.13%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.13%) Wireless
4 2 (0.75%) 5G
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) NaaS
5 1 (0.38%) 4G
5 1 (0.38%) BGP
5 1 (0.38%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.38%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.38%) OSPF
5 1 (0.38%) SMS
5 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.40%) Power BI
2 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.75%) Flink
3 2 (0.75%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.75%) Metadata
3 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.75%) MySQL
3 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.75%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 15 (5.66%) JIRA
2 11 (4.15%) Git
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.75%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.38%) Storybook
General
1 128 (48.30%) Finance
2 81 (30.57%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.34%) Telecoms
4 29 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.77%) Legal
7 9 (3.40%) Banking
8 8 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.89%) Back Office
10 5 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.51%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.51%) Law
11 4 (1.51%) Publishing
12 3 (1.13%) German Language
12 3 (1.13%) Marketing
12 3 (1.13%) Retail
13 2 (0.75%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 65 (24.53%) Consultant
2 49 (18.49%) Architect
2 49 (18.49%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (9.81%) Analyst
3 26 (9.81%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (9.06%) Functional Consultant
5 19 (7.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 15 (5.66%) Senior
7 14 (5.28%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.28%) Developer
8 13 (4.91%) Lead
9 10 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.26%) Contracts Manager
11 6 (2.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 6 (2.26%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (2.26%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.26%) SAP Architect
12 5 (1.89%) Coordinator
12 5 (1.89%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.30%) BAPI
2 17 (6.42%) REST
3 9 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (3.02%) .NET
4 8 (3.02%) SOAP
5 7 (2.64%) Middleware
6 6 (2.26%) OpenAPI
6 6 (2.26%) Swagger
6 6 (2.26%) Web Services
7 4 (1.51%) EDI
7 4 (1.51%) JSON
7 4 (1.51%) Kafka
7 4 (1.51%) RAML
7 4 (1.51%) XML
8 3 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.75%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.75%) gRPC
9 2 (0.75%) Pandas
9 2 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.64%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.26%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.89%) Life Science
6 4 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.13%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.75%) iPad
8 2 (0.75%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.89%) Android
2 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.75%) HPUX
2 2 (0.75%) Linux
2 2 (0.75%) Unix
2 2 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (13.58%) ERP
2 36 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (12.83%) CRM
4 31 (11.70%) Order to Cash
5 30 (11.32%) Migration
6 28 (10.57%) Decision-Making
6 28 (10.57%) Order Management
7 27 (10.19%) Agile
7 27 (10.19%) Data Modelling
8 26 (9.81%) Validation
9 24 (9.06%) Roadmaps
9 24 (9.06%) User Acceptance Testing
10 22 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
11 21 (7.92%) CI/CD
12 20 (7.55%) Revenue Management
13 19 (7.17%) Convergent Charging
13 19 (7.17%) Project Management
14 18 (6.79%) Cost Management
15 17 (6.42%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.19%) SQL
2 13 (4.91%) Python
3 10 (3.77%) Java
4 4 (1.51%) DataWeave
4 4 (1.51%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.51%) X++
5 3 (1.13%) Apex Code
5 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.75%) ABAP
6 2 (0.75%) C#
6 2 (0.75%) C++
6 2 (0.75%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.75%) VBA
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.38%) Go
7 1 (0.38%) Groovy
7 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (7.92%) BPSS Clearance
1 21 (7.92%) Security Cleared
2 11 (4.15%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.64%) ACCA
4 6 (2.26%) CIMA
5 5 (1.89%) Degree
6 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.38%) PMP
7 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.53%) SLA
2 10 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.64%) GDPR
4 5 (1.89%) PMO
4 5 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.51%) IFRS
6 3 (1.13%) GxP
7 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.75%) GAAP
7 2 (0.75%) QA
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.89%) Grafana
1 5 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.89%) Prometheus
1 5 (1.89%) Terraform
2 2 (0.75%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (0.75%) SCCM
3 1 (0.38%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 97 (36.60%) SAP
2 35 (13.21%) Oracle
3 32 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 32 (12.08%) Salesforce
4 16 (6.04%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.15%) Guidewire
6 10 (3.77%) Ariba
6 10 (3.77%) Google
7 5 (1.89%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (1.51%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.51%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.51%) Remedy
9 3 (1.13%) Apple
9 3 (1.13%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.75%) Amdocs
10 2 (0.75%) Ciena
10 2 (0.75%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.75%) Nokia
10 2 (0.75%) Pega