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 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 348 372
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 +122
Contract jobs citing Billing 249 174 223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.59% 0.50%
As % of the General category 1.00% 0.94% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 86 125
10th Percentile £373 £304 £263
25th Percentile £463 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.47% -1.33%
75th Percentile £638 £573 £638
90th Percentile £834 £658 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £464 £507 £518
% change year-on-year -8.55% -2.06% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 9
10th Percentile - £29.00 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £50.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.08 £70.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.60% +351.61% -61.25%
75th Percentile £31.88 £75.00 £16.71
90th Percentile £40.90 - £48.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.04 £70.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -75.66% +351.61% -45.61%

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 24,959 18,569 25,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.84% 62.88% 58.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 11,831 16,469
10th Percentile £300 £296 £265
25th Percentile £405 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £493
% change year-on-year - -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,537 678 1,806
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.04 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.05 £20.12 £15.19
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.50% -26.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £75.55 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £28.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year -15.94% +12.59% -18.46%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -60 204 £520 +4.00% 211
Work from Home +3 101 £581 +16.28% 104
London -4 101 £613 +22.50% 106
UK excluding London -54 96 £464 -8.55% 133
South East -26 62 £470 -8.74% 57
North of England -72 14 £447 -8.59% 41
Midlands -54 10 £372 -27.86% 9
North West -26 9 £447 -8.59% 27
West Midlands -61 9 £475 -7.77% 6
Scotland +5 5 £373 -3.27% 5
East of England -25 5 £513 -6.82% 10
Yorkshire - 5 £441 - 11
South West -40 4 £325 -27.78% 10
Wales -4 2 £378 -31.36% 5
East Midlands - 1 £268 - 2

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 6 (2.41%) Appian
1 6 (2.41%) Camunda
2 5 (2.01%) Apache
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.20%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (12.85%) SAP PSCD
2 24 (9.64%) SAP BRIM
3 23 (9.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (7.63%) SAP FI-CA
5 17 (6.83%) SAP FI
6 16 (6.43%) SAP Hybris
7 8 (3.21%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (2.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (2.41%) SAP SD
10 4 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
11 3 (1.20%) Oracle BRM
11 3 (1.20%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.80%) Documaker
12 2 (0.80%) NetSuite
12 2 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
12 2 (0.80%) SAP IS-U
13 1 (0.40%) Oracle CRM
13 1 (0.40%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.65%) Azure
2 20 (8.03%) AWS
3 17 (6.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 15 (6.02%) SaaS
5 12 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (4.82%) GCP
6 10 (4.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (3.61%) GitHub
7 9 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.41%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.41%) Serverless
11 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.20%) Azure API Management
12 3 (1.20%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.20%) Figma
12 3 (1.20%) OCI
12 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.81%) WAN
2 4 (1.61%) Internet
3 3 (1.20%) Broadband
3 3 (1.20%) GPRS
3 3 (1.20%) GSM
3 3 (1.20%) LAN
3 3 (1.20%) MPLS
3 3 (1.20%) Network Security
3 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.80%) Firewall
4 2 (0.80%) NaaS
4 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.80%) Wireless
5 1 (0.40%) 4G
5 1 (0.40%) 5G
5 1 (0.40%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.40%) SMS
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (2.41%) Delta Lake
1 6 (2.41%) Parquet
1 6 (2.41%) Power BI
2 3 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.20%) Metadata
3 2 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.80%) Flink
3 2 (0.80%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.80%) MySQL
3 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.80%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.40%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (0.40%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 14 (5.62%) JIRA
2 5 (2.01%) Git
3 3 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.80%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.40%) GitLab
5 1 (0.40%) Postman
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Storybook
General
1 117 (46.99%) Finance
2 93 (37.35%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.06%) Public Sector
3 40 (16.06%) Telecoms
4 29 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.23%) Legal
6 11 (4.42%) Law
6 11 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.61%) Banking
8 5 (2.01%) Retail
9 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.61%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.61%) Publishing
10 3 (1.20%) German Language
10 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.80%) Automotive
11 2 (0.80%) Front Office
11 2 (0.80%) Marketing
11 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.40%) French Language
Job Titles
1 63 (25.30%) Consultant
2 41 (16.47%) SAP Consultant
3 37 (14.86%) Architect
4 24 (9.64%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (9.24%) Functional Consultant
6 17 (6.83%) Senior
7 15 (6.02%) Analyst
7 15 (6.02%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 13 (5.22%) Developer
9 10 (4.02%) Coordinator
9 10 (4.02%) Designer
10 9 (3.61%) Contracts Manager
10 9 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.61%) Operations Manager
10 9 (3.61%) Solutions Designer
11 7 (2.81%) Business Analyst
12 6 (2.41%) Lead
12 6 (2.41%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.41%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.82%) REST
2 11 (4.42%) BAPI
3 8 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.21%) PySpark
4 7 (2.81%) JSON
5 6 (2.41%) .NET
5 6 (2.41%) Middleware
5 6 (2.41%) SOAP
6 5 (2.01%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.01%) Great Expectations
7 4 (1.61%) Kafka
7 4 (1.61%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.61%) Swagger
8 3 (1.20%) gRPC
8 3 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.20%) Pandas
8 3 (1.20%) Web Services
9 2 (0.80%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.80%) EDI
9 2 (0.80%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.02%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.61%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.81%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.61%) TM Forum
7 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.20%) IoT
7 3 (1.20%) IPTV
7 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.20%) Smart Meter
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.80%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.40%) Android
2 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.40%) CentOS
2 1 (0.40%) Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (16.06%) CRM
3 36 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (12.85%) Decision-Making
5 29 (11.65%) Validation
6 27 (10.84%) Data Modelling
7 26 (10.44%) Order Management
7 26 (10.44%) Workshop Facilitation
8 25 (10.04%) Accounts Receivable
9 23 (9.24%) CI/CD
9 23 (9.24%) ERP
10 22 (8.84%) Agile
10 22 (8.84%) Migration
10 22 (8.84%) Observability
10 22 (8.84%) Order to Cash
11 20 (8.03%) Cost Management
11 20 (8.03%) Process Improvement
11 20 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (7.63%) Data Migration
12 19 (7.63%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.84%) SQL
2 17 (6.83%) Python
3 10 (4.02%) Java
4 7 (2.81%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.61%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.20%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.20%) Bash
6 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.20%) PHP
6 3 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.80%) C#
7 2 (0.80%) C++
7 2 (0.80%) VBA
8 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.40%) Groovy
8 1 (0.40%) SOQL
8 1 (0.40%) SOSL
8 1 (0.40%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.82%) ACCA
2 12 (4.82%) CIMA
2 12 (4.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.01%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (1.61%) Degree
6 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.80%) AAT
7 2 (0.80%) ECDL
7 2 (0.80%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.80%) PMP
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CCDE
8 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.40%) MBA
8 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.02%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.61%) GDPR
2 9 (3.61%) SLA
3 5 (2.01%) PMO
4 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) GAAP
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) IFRS
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.61%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.41%) Grafana
1 6 (2.41%) Kubernetes
1 6 (2.41%) Terraform
2 5 (2.01%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.80%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (0.80%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.40%) Kibana
4 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (28.51%) SAP
2 29 (11.65%) Oracle
3 26 (10.44%) Salesforce
4 25 (10.04%) Microsoft
5 16 (6.43%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.21%) Guidewire
7 7 (2.81%) Databricks
8 6 (2.41%) Pega
9 5 (2.01%) Ariba
9 5 (2.01%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (2.01%) Workday
10 4 (1.61%) Google
10 4 (1.61%) Remedy
10 4 (1.61%) Xero
11 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.20%) Spotify
12 2 (0.80%) Ciena
12 2 (0.80%) IFS