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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 355 396
Rank change year-on-year -26 +41 +36
Contract jobs citing Billing 290 179 201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.59% 0.46%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.93% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 107 125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £243
25th Percentile £456 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -6.40% -3.55%
75th Percentile £690 £563 £615
90th Percentile £797 £675 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £459 £500
% change year-on-year +2.40% -8.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile £13.47 £23.33 £13.45
25th Percentile £13.70 £29.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.75 £47.75 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.64% +208.06% -86.22%
75th Percentile £34.50 £66.88 £44.50
90th Percentile £42.38 £73.75 £74.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £28.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year -42.11% +86.89% -66.11%

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 27,713 19,217 24,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.46% 63.53% 57.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,696 12,097 15,544
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £490
% change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,891 928 1,984
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.43 £12.79
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.35 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.45 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year +16.58% -13.91% +6.28%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.06 £72.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £23.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +36.96% -26.40% +22.07%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -59 227 £500 +10.13% 161
Work from Home +3 121 £500 +2.56% 71
London -24 119 £600 +27.46% 88
UK excluding London -83 104 £470 +2.40% 100
South East -44 52 £469 -1.26% 41
Midlands -45 21 £500 +58.73% 12
North of England -57 18 £447 -9.61% 19
West Midlands -45 16 £500 +58.73% 10
North West -41 10 £447 -8.59% 16
Yorkshire -40 8 £441 -11.81% 2
East of England -29 6 £650 +85.71% 11
Scotland - 6 £500 - 4
South West -44 5 £488 +14.71% 11
East Midlands - 4 £550 - 2
Wales -13 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 (2.41%) Apache
2 4 (1.38%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.38%) Confluence
2 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (8.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 46 (15.86%) SAP BRIM
1 46 (15.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (11.03%) SAP PSCD
3 31 (10.69%) SAP FI
4 27 (9.31%) SAP FI-CA
5 19 (6.55%) SAP SD
6 12 (4.14%) SAP Hybris
7 11 (3.79%) NetSuite
7 11 (3.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (2.76%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (2.41%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (1.72%) SAP Convergent Charging
11 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (1.38%) Sage X3
11 4 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (1.38%) SAP CO
11 4 (1.38%) SAP ERP
11 4 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.97%) Azure
2 19 (6.55%) AWS
3 18 (6.21%) GCP
4 15 (5.17%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.17%) SaaS
5 14 (4.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 9 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 6 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.07%) OCI
8 6 (2.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (2.07%) Serverless
9 5 (1.72%) GitHub
9 5 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.38%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.38%) Fivetran
10 4 (1.38%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.76%) WAN
2 4 (1.38%) HTTP
2 4 (1.38%) Internet
2 4 (1.38%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.38%) Wireless
3 3 (1.03%) 5G
3 3 (1.03%) LAN
3 3 (1.03%) MPLS
3 3 (1.03%) Network Security
4 2 (0.69%) 4G
4 2 (0.69%) NaaS
4 2 (0.69%) SMS
5 1 (0.34%) BGP
5 1 (0.34%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.34%) Multicast
5 1 (0.34%) OSPF
5 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.34%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.45%) Power BI
2 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (2.07%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.69%) Flink
5 2 (0.69%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.69%) Metadata
5 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.69%) MySQL
5 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.69%) TimescaleDB
6 1 (0.34%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 19 (6.55%) JIRA
2 11 (3.79%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.69%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Storybook
General
1 146 (50.34%) Finance
2 91 (31.38%) Social Skills
3 47 (16.21%) Telecoms
4 33 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (11.03%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.14%) Banking
6 12 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.41%) Legal
8 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.72%) Back Office
9 5 (1.72%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.38%) Publishing
11 3 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.03%) German Language
11 3 (1.03%) Marketing
11 3 (1.03%) Retail
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 75 (25.86%) Consultant
2 57 (19.66%) SAP Consultant
3 49 (16.90%) Architect
4 30 (10.34%) Analyst
5 29 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
6 26 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (8.28%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 22 (7.59%) Senior
9 19 (6.55%) Business Analyst
9 19 (6.55%) Lead
10 18 (6.21%) Developer
11 8 (2.76%) Data Engineer
11 8 (2.76%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.76%) SAP SD Consultant
12 7 (2.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 7 (2.41%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.07%) Contracts Manager
13 6 (2.07%) Oracle Consultant
13 6 (2.07%) SAP Architect
13 6 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.28%) BAPI
2 17 (5.86%) REST
3 12 (4.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (3.10%) .NET
5 8 (2.76%) SOAP
6 6 (2.07%) Middleware
6 6 (2.07%) OpenAPI
6 6 (2.07%) Swagger
6 6 (2.07%) Web Services
7 4 (1.38%) EDI
7 4 (1.38%) JSON
7 4 (1.38%) Kafka
7 4 (1.38%) RAML
7 4 (1.38%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (1.38%) XML
8 3 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.69%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.69%) gRPC
9 2 (0.69%) IDoc
9 2 (0.69%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.24%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.41%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.72%) Life Science
7 5 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Smart Meter
10 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.69%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.69%) iPad
10 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.07%) Android
2 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.69%) HPUX
3 2 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.69%) Unix
3 2 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (15.17%) CRM
3 44 (15.17%) ERP
4 39 (13.45%) Migration
5 35 (12.07%) Order to Cash
5 35 (12.07%) Validation
6 32 (11.03%) Agile
7 29 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 29 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 29 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 25 (8.62%) Order Management
8 25 (8.62%) Roadmaps
9 24 (8.28%) Data Modelling
9 24 (8.28%) Revenue Management
10 20 (6.90%) Data Migration
11 19 (6.55%) Convergent Charging
11 19 (6.55%) Procure-to-Pay
11 19 (6.55%) Project Management
11 19 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.34%) SQL
2 16 (5.52%) Python
3 11 (3.79%) Java
4 5 (1.72%) X++
5 4 (1.38%) DataWeave
5 4 (1.38%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.03%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.03%) Rust
7 2 (0.69%) ABAP
7 2 (0.69%) C#
7 2 (0.69%) C++
7 2 (0.69%) Go
7 2 (0.69%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.69%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) Bash
8 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.34%) Groovy
8 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (8.28%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.24%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (4.83%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.41%) ACCA
5 6 (2.07%) CIMA
6 5 (1.72%) Degree
7 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.34%) CBAP
10 1 (0.34%) PMP
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.48%) SLA
2 12 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.07%) PMO
4 5 (1.72%) GDPR
4 5 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.38%) IFRS
5 4 (1.38%) QA
6 3 (1.03%) GxP
7 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.69%) GAAP
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.45%) Terraform
2 5 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.38%) Grafana
3 4 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.03%) SCCM
5 2 (0.69%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.69%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 105 (36.21%) SAP
2 37 (12.76%) Microsoft
3 36 (12.41%) Oracle
4 35 (12.07%) Salesforce
5 15 (5.17%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.79%) Ariba
6 11 (3.79%) Guidewire
7 9 (3.10%) Google
8 6 (2.07%) Sage
9 5 (1.72%) Computacenter
9 5 (1.72%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (1.38%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.38%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.38%) Remedy
11 3 (1.03%) Apple
11 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.03%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.69%) Amdocs
12 2 (0.69%) HP
12 2 (0.69%) Nokia