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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 359 399
Rank change year-on-year -12 +40 +6
Contract jobs citing Billing 315 190 203
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.59% 0.47%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.94% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 111 126
10th Percentile £378 £308 £243
25th Percentile £460 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £454 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.13% -9.20% -3.55%
75th Percentile £681 £563 £615
90th Percentile £786 £675 £667
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £459 £500
% change year-on-year +3.49% -8.20% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 12
10th Percentile £13.45 £24.01 -
25th Percentile £13.70 £33.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £55.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +197.30% -83.56%
75th Percentile £31.88 £66.88 £52.00
90th Percentile £42.38 £73.00 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £28.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -43.95% +83.87% -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 28,542 20,146 24,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.71% 63.06% 57.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,104 12,653 15,445
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £473 £489
% change year-on-year +5.81% -3.37% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,968 1,006 1,928
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.48 £12.80
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.37 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.36 £27.22 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year +18.91% -14.65% +6.28%
75th Percentile £61.18 £52.42 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.07 £70.71 £67.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £23.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +39.13% -25.81% +19.46%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -30 248 £500 +11.11% 219
Work from Home +20 128 £500 +2.56% 114
London -29 127 £600 +32.74% 106
UK excluding London -65 119 £475 +3.49% 137
South East -47 57 £470 -1.16% 50
North of England -65 23 £447 -9.61% 34
Midlands -40 22 £500 +58.73% 19
West Midlands -44 17 £500 +58.73% 12
North West -43 13 £447 -8.59% 25
Yorkshire -32 10 £441 -11.81% 8
Scotland - 8 £513 - 3
East of England -24 7 £631 +80.36% 17
South West -47 6 £500 +17.65% 12
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 7
Wales -16 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 5 (1.59%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.27%) Apache
2 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 50 (15.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (14.92%) SAP BRIM
3 32 (10.16%) SAP FI
3 32 (10.16%) SAP PSCD
4 28 (8.89%) SAP FI-CA
5 22 (6.98%) SAP SD
6 15 (4.76%) NetSuite
7 12 (3.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 12 (3.81%) SAP Hybris
8 9 (2.86%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (1.90%) SAP Convergent Charging
11 5 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
11 5 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (1.59%) Sage X3
11 5 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (1.59%) SAP CO
12 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (1.27%) SAP ERP
12 4 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.75%) Azure
2 28 (8.89%) AWS
3 22 (6.98%) GCP
4 16 (5.08%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.76%) SaaS
6 14 (4.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 10 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.86%) Serverless
9 7 (2.22%) GitHub
9 7 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.22%) OCI
10 6 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.59%) Cloud Functions
11 5 (1.59%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (1.59%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.86%) WAN
2 4 (1.27%) HTTP
2 4 (1.27%) Internet
2 4 (1.27%) LAN
2 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.27%) Wireless
3 3 (0.95%) 5G
3 3 (0.95%) MPLS
3 3 (0.95%) Network Security
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%) BGP
5 1 (0.32%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.32%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.32%) OSPF
5 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.49%) Power BI
2 8 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.22%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.59%) 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 (5.40%) JIRA
2 8 (2.54%) 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
4 1 (0.32%) Storybook
General
1 160 (50.79%) Finance
2 94 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 47 (14.92%) Telecoms
4 34 (10.79%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.08%) Banking
7 13 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.54%) Legal
11 7 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.90%) Marketing
13 5 (1.59%) Back Office
13 5 (1.59%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.59%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.27%) Publishing
14 4 (1.27%) Retail
15 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.95%) German Language
Job Titles
1 83 (26.35%) Consultant
2 63 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 60 (19.05%) Architect
4 34 (10.79%) Analyst
5 31 (9.84%) Functional Consultant
6 30 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (8.25%) Lead
7 26 (8.25%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 26 (8.25%) Senior
8 23 (7.30%) Business Analyst
9 14 (4.44%) Developer
10 11 (3.49%) SAP SD Consultant
11 9 (2.86%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.54%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.54%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.54%) SAP Architect
12 8 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 7 (2.22%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 7 (2.22%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.62%) BAPI
2 14 (4.44%) REST
3 12 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (2.86%) .NET
5 7 (2.22%) Kafka
6 6 (1.90%) Middleware
6 6 (1.90%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.90%) Swagger
7 5 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
7 5 (1.59%) SOAP
7 5 (1.59%) Web Services
8 4 (1.27%) EDI
8 4 (1.27%) JSON
8 4 (1.27%) RAML
8 4 (1.27%) XML
9 3 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.63%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.63%) gRPC
10 2 (0.63%) IDoc
10 2 (0.63%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.94%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.59%) Life Science
6 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.27%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.95%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.95%) NHS
8 3 (0.95%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.63%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.22%) 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 81 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (16.19%) CRM
2 51 (16.19%) ERP
3 48 (15.24%) Migration
3 48 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (13.65%) Order to Cash
5 39 (12.38%) Agile
6 38 (12.06%) Roadmaps
7 36 (11.43%) Validation
8 35 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 34 (10.79%) Workshop Facilitation
10 31 (9.84%) Decision-Making
11 29 (9.21%) Order Management
12 27 (8.57%) Revenue Management
13 26 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (7.62%) Data Modelling
15 23 (7.30%) Analytics
15 23 (7.30%) Data Migration
15 23 (7.30%) Procure-to-Pay
16 20 (6.35%) Convergent Charging
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.84%) SQL
2 18 (5.71%) Python
3 8 (2.54%) Java
4 5 (1.59%) X++
5 4 (1.27%) DataWeave
5 4 (1.27%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.95%) Apex Code
6 3 (0.95%) Rust
7 2 (0.63%) ABAP
7 2 (0.63%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) C#
7 2 (0.63%) C++
7 2 (0.63%) Go
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.63%) VBA
8 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (8.25%) Security Cleared
2 22 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.90%) ACCA
4 6 (1.90%) Degree
5 5 (1.59%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.59%) CIMA
6 4 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CBAP
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.32%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.44%) Data Quality
1 14 (4.44%) SLA
2 6 (1.90%) GDPR
2 6 (1.90%) IFRS
2 6 (1.90%) PMO
3 5 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.27%) QA
5 3 (0.95%) GxP
6 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.63%) GAAP
6 2 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.63%) SEPA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.81%) Terraform
2 7 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.27%) 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
1 112 (35.56%) SAP
2 41 (13.02%) Microsoft
3 38 (12.06%) Oracle
4 37 (11.75%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.81%) Ariba
5 12 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.54%) Google
6 8 (2.54%) Guidewire
7 7 (2.22%) Sage
8 6 (1.90%) Computacenter
9 5 (1.59%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.59%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.27%) Remedy
11 3 (0.95%) Apple
11 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.63%) Amdocs
12 2 (0.63%) Conga
12 2 (0.63%) NetCracker