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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 370 387
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +11
Contract jobs citing Billing 317 191 204
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.93% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 113 128
10th Percentile £400 £302 £248
25th Percentile £463 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.55%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £615
90th Percentile £785 £685 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 12
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.75 -
25th Percentile £13.70 £23.33 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £40.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.26% +118.92% -83.56%
75th Percentile £31.88 £60.63 £52.00
90th Percentile £42.38 £69.25 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £19.91 £15.50
% change year-on-year -19.76% +28.45% -65.56%

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 28,784 20,447 24,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.71% 63.01% 57.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,221 12,834 15,299
10th Percentile £313 £281 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £490
% change year-on-year +5.93% -3.67% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,006 1,047 1,882
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.31 £16.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £26.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +24.53% -19.44% +7.71%
75th Percentile £62.94 £52.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £70.06 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £22.63 £32.12
% change year-on-year +45.82% -29.53% +23.52%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -36 248 £537 +19.33% 296
London -21 130 £600 +33.33% 114
Work from Home +2 129 £500 +2.56% 233
UK excluding London -66 118 £475 +5.56% 232
South East -45 57 £470 +0.11% 70
Midlands -36 22 £500 +58.73% 30
North of England -62 21 £461 -7.81% 62
West Midlands -49 18 £500 +58.73% 17
North West -42 11 £550 +5.87% 37
Yorkshire -45 10 £441 -11.81% 18
Scotland - 9 £525 - 20
East of England -18 7 £631 +80.36% 26
South West -44 6 £500 +17.65% 15
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 13
Wales -11 1 £475 -13.64% 7

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 (1.89%) Confluence
2 5 (1.58%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.26%) Apache
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Mule
5 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 52 (16.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (15.14%) SAP BRIM
3 33 (10.41%) SAP FI
4 32 (10.09%) SAP PSCD
5 29 (9.15%) SAP FI-CA
6 23 (7.26%) SAP SD
7 16 (5.05%) NetSuite
8 13 (4.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 12 (3.79%) SAP Hybris
10 9 (2.84%) Oracle Receivables
11 8 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (1.89%) SAP Convergent Charging
13 5 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
13 5 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
13 5 (1.58%) Sage X3
13 5 (1.58%) Salesforce CRM
13 5 (1.58%) SAP CO
14 4 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
14 4 (1.26%) SAP ERP
14 4 (1.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.93%) Azure
2 32 (10.09%) AWS
3 24 (7.57%) GCP
4 16 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.42%) SaaS
5 14 (4.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 11 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.15%) Serverless
8 7 (2.21%) GitHub
8 7 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.21%) OCI
8 7 (2.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 6 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.58%) Fivetran
10 5 (1.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.58%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.52%) WAN
2 4 (1.26%) HTTP
2 4 (1.26%) Internet
2 4 (1.26%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.95%) 5G
3 3 (0.95%) LAN
3 3 (0.95%) MPLS
3 3 (0.95%) Network Security
3 3 (0.95%) Wireless
4 2 (0.63%) 4G
4 2 (0.63%) Broadband
4 2 (0.63%) Multicast
4 2 (0.63%) NaaS
4 2 (0.63%) SMS
5 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.47%) Power BI
2 8 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.21%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.63%) Flink
6 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.63%) MySQL
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.36%) JIRA
2 8 (2.52%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) JMeter
3 2 (0.63%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.63%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.63%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 162 (51.10%) Finance
2 94 (29.65%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.20%) Telecoms
4 35 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.68%) Banking
7 14 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.84%) Legal
10 7 (2.21%) Marketing
10 7 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.58%) Back Office
12 5 (1.58%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.26%) Publishing
13 4 (1.26%) Retail
14 3 (0.95%) German Language
14 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (26.81%) Consultant
2 65 (20.50%) SAP Consultant
3 60 (18.93%) Architect
4 36 (11.36%) Analyst
5 32 (10.09%) Functional Consultant
6 28 (8.83%) Senior
6 28 (8.83%) Solutions Architect
7 27 (8.52%) Lead
7 27 (8.52%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 25 (7.89%) Business Analyst
9 14 (4.42%) Developer
10 12 (3.79%) SAP SD Consultant
11 9 (2.84%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.84%) Enterprise Architect
11 9 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 8 (2.52%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.52%) SAP Architect
12 8 (2.52%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (2.21%) Senior SAP Consultant
13 7 (2.21%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.89%) BAPI
2 15 (4.73%) REST
3 12 (3.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (3.15%) Kafka
5 8 (2.52%) .NET
6 7 (2.21%) OpenAPI
6 7 (2.21%) Swagger
7 6 (1.89%) Middleware
7 6 (1.89%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.89%) SOAP
8 5 (1.58%) RAML
8 5 (1.58%) Web Services
9 4 (1.26%) EDI
9 4 (1.26%) JSON
9 4 (1.26%) XML
10 3 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.63%) GraphQL
11 2 (0.63%) gRPC
11 2 (0.63%) IDoc
11 2 (0.63%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.52%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.15%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.21%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.58%) Life Science
6 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.26%) TM Forum
8 3 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.95%) NHS
8 3 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.95%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.63%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.21%) Android
2 3 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.63%) HPUX
3 2 (0.63%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (26.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (16.72%) CRM
3 52 (16.40%) ERP
4 49 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (15.14%) Migration
6 45 (14.20%) Order to Cash
7 42 (13.25%) Roadmaps
8 41 (12.93%) Agile
9 38 (11.99%) User Acceptance Testing
9 38 (11.99%) Workshop Facilitation
10 36 (11.36%) Validation
11 32 (10.09%) Decision-Making
12 29 (9.15%) Order Management
12 29 (9.15%) Revenue Management
13 27 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (7.89%) Analytics
14 25 (7.89%) Data Modelling
14 25 (7.89%) Procure-to-Pay
15 23 (7.26%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (6.94%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.78%) SQL
2 18 (5.68%) Python
3 8 (2.52%) Java
4 5 (1.58%) DataWeave
4 5 (1.58%) X++
5 3 (0.95%) Apex Code
5 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.95%) Rust
6 2 (0.63%) ABAP
6 2 (0.63%) Bash
6 2 (0.63%) C#
6 2 (0.63%) C++
6 2 (0.63%) Go
6 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) R
7 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (8.20%) Security Cleared
2 22 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.42%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.58%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.58%) Degree
5 4 (1.26%) ACCA
5 4 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.95%) CIMA
6 3 (0.95%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.63%) CBAP
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.32%) PMP
8 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.42%) Data Quality
1 14 (4.42%) SLA
2 6 (1.89%) GDPR
2 6 (1.89%) IFRS
2 6 (1.89%) PMO
3 5 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.26%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.26%) QA
4 4 (1.26%) SEPA
5 3 (0.95%) GxP
6 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.63%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.79%) Terraform
2 8 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.26%) Grafana
4 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.95%) SCCM
5 2 (0.63%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.63%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.32%) Argo
Vendors
1 116 (36.59%) SAP
2 40 (12.62%) Microsoft
3 38 (11.99%) Oracle
3 38 (11.99%) Salesforce
4 12 (3.79%) Ariba
4 12 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.52%) Google
6 7 (2.21%) Guidewire
6 7 (2.21%) Sage
7 6 (1.89%) Computacenter
8 5 (1.58%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.58%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.58%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.26%) Remedy
10 3 (0.95%) Apple
10 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.95%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.63%) Amdocs
11 2 (0.63%) Conga
11 2 (0.63%) NetCracker