Billing Contracts

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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 374 455
Rank change year-on-year +20 +81 -25
Contract jobs citing Billing 168 202 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.91% 0.82% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 125 138
10th Percentile £350 £246 £314
25th Percentile £391 £411 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £615 £705
90th Percentile £675 £689 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 6
10th Percentile £27.65 £13.00 £34.13
25th Percentile £39.25 £14.50 £47.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £15.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +366.67% -76.00% +271.09%
75th Percentile £75.00 £15.75 £150.94
90th Percentile £76.50 £16.71 £180.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £15.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +366.67% -66.67% +273.44%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,479 24,712 32,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.36% 57.60% 58.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 15,544 22,797
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £756 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 1,977 985
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.45 £72.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.34 £28.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -13.84% +2.73% +41.03%

Billing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Billing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Daily rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Billing.

Hourly rate trend for Billing in the UK

Billing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Billing over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Billing in the UK

Billing
Top 14 Contract 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 31 May 2025. 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 +24 147 £452 -9.60% 341
UK excluding London +28 72 £425 -15.00% 170
London +39 66 £454 -6.58% 192
Work from Home +27 55 £488 -2.50% 177
South East +29 36 £470 -6.00% 49
South West +56 16 £425 +7.32% 21
North of England +16 9 £495 -1.10% 50
North West +12 8 £489 -2.20% 31
East of England +21 6 £350 -46.96% 12
West Midlands +2 3 £315 -42.73% 17
Midlands +2 3 £315 -42.73% 23
Yorkshire +14 1 £500 +400.00% 10
Scotland -2 1 £386 -11.96% 8
Wales - 1 £550 - 2

Billing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.19%) Camunda
1 2 (1.19%) CMS
1 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.60%) Apache
2 1 (0.60%) CICS
2 1 (0.60%) JBoss
2 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (10.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (8.93%) SAP FI
3 14 (8.33%) SAP SD
4 13 (7.74%) SAP PSCD
5 8 (4.76%) NetSuite
5 8 (4.76%) SAP BRIM
6 7 (4.17%) SAP CO
6 7 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (4.17%) SAP Hybris
7 6 (3.57%) SAP FI-CA
8 5 (2.98%) SAP PS
9 4 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
9 4 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (1.79%) SAP GTS
10 3 (1.79%) SAP MDG
11 2 (1.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (1.19%) SAP CRM
11 2 (1.19%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.90%) Azure
2 15 (8.93%) AWS
3 9 (5.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.98%) SaaS
6 4 (2.38%) GCP
7 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.79%) OCI
7 3 (1.79%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.19%) Boomi
8 2 (1.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Apigee
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.60%) Commercetools
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.36%) 5G
2 6 (3.57%) Unified Communications
3 5 (2.98%) LAN
4 3 (1.79%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.79%) VoLTE
4 3 (1.79%) VoWiFi
4 3 (1.79%) VSAN
4 3 (1.79%) WAN
5 2 (1.19%) 4G
5 2 (1.19%) Broadband
5 2 (1.19%) Intranet
5 2 (1.19%) MPLS
5 2 (1.19%) VoIP
6 1 (0.60%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.60%) ISDN
6 1 (0.60%) PBX
6 1 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.19%) Big Data
5 2 (1.19%) Metadata
5 2 (1.19%) NewSQL
5 2 (1.19%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.19%) Power BI
5 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.60%) Easytrieve
6 1 (0.60%) OLTP
6 1 (0.60%) Redis
6 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Ant
2 2 (1.19%) Selenium
2 2 (1.19%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.60%) Hudson
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) Postman
General
1 78 (46.43%) Finance
2 55 (32.74%) Social Skills
3 35 (20.83%) Telecoms
4 26 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.57%) Legal
8 5 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.38%) Marketing
9 4 (2.38%) Retail
10 3 (1.79%) Back Office
10 3 (1.79%) Banking
10 3 (1.79%) Local Government
11 2 (1.19%) Advertising
11 2 (1.19%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) German Language
12 1 (0.60%) Military
12 1 (0.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (27.38%) Consultant
2 25 (14.88%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (13.69%) Project Manager
4 16 (9.52%) Analyst
5 14 (8.33%) Lead
6 13 (7.74%) Architect
7 11 (6.55%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Developer
8 9 (5.36%) Functional Consultant
8 9 (5.36%) Senior
9 8 (4.76%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 7 (4.17%) Designer
10 7 (4.17%) Solutions Designer
11 6 (3.57%) OSS Project Manager
11 6 (3.57%) Telecoms Manager
11 6 (3.57%) Telecoms Project Manager
12 5 (2.98%) .NET Developer
12 5 (2.98%) SAP SD Consultant
12 5 (2.98%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.76%) REST
2 7 (4.17%) .NET
3 6 (3.57%) Web Services
4 5 (2.98%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.98%) Entity Framework
4 5 (2.98%) JSON
4 5 (2.98%) Middleware
4 5 (2.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.79%) ADO
6 3 (1.79%) SOAP
7 2 (1.19%) CSS
7 2 (1.19%) EDI
7 2 (1.19%) HTML
7 2 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.19%) RESTful
8 1 (0.60%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.60%) htmx
8 1 (0.60%) IDoc
8 1 (0.60%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.17%) TM Forum
4 6 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.98%) Frameworx
6 3 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.19%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.19%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.19%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.19%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.19%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.19%) Replication
8 1 (0.60%) CMDB
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.60%) iPhone
8 1 (0.60%) IVR
8 1 (0.60%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (22.62%) Agile
3 37 (22.02%) CRM
4 25 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 21 (12.50%) Project Management
6 19 (11.31%) PRINCE2
7 18 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 14 (8.33%) ERP
9 13 (7.74%) Revenue Management
10 12 (7.14%) DevOps
10 12 (7.14%) Process Improvement
11 11 (6.55%) Customer Experience
11 11 (6.55%) Revenue Recognition
12 10 (5.95%) Analytics
12 10 (5.95%) Risk Management
12 10 (5.95%) Scrum
13 9 (5.36%) Service Delivery
13 9 (5.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.33%) SQL
2 9 (5.36%) Java
3 5 (2.98%) C#
3 5 (2.98%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.38%) ABAP
4 4 (2.38%) RPG
4 4 (2.38%) RPG IV
5 3 (1.79%) Python
6 2 (1.19%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.19%) Scala
7 1 (0.60%) COBOL
7 1 (0.60%) JCL
7 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.36%) DV Cleared
3 9 (5.36%) PMP
4 8 (4.76%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.98%) Degree
6 3 (1.79%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.19%) CCNP
7 2 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.60%) APMP
8 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.98%) IFRS
2 4 (2.38%) QA
3 3 (1.79%) GDPR
3 3 (1.79%) PMO
4 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.19%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.98%) Docker
2 4 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.79%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.17%) vRealize
2 6 (3.57%) Amdocs OSS
2 6 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.79%) VxRail
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (25.60%) SAP
2 29 (17.26%) Salesforce
3 22 (13.10%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.76%) Oracle
4 8 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.17%) VMware
6 6 (3.57%) Amdocs
6 6 (3.57%) Ciena
6 6 (3.57%) Ericsson
6 6 (3.57%) NetCracker
6 6 (3.57%) Nokia
7 4 (2.38%) Ariba
8 3 (1.79%) Google
8 3 (1.79%) Infoblox
8 3 (1.79%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.19%) BT
9 2 (1.19%) comScore
9 2 (1.19%) Openreach
9 2 (1.19%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.19%) Zuora