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 have cited Billing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 453 441
Rank change year-on-year +72 -12 -20
Contract jobs citing Billing 201 241 481
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.43% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.73% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 136 295
10th Percentile £243 £310 £360
25th Percentile £403 £420 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £611 £700 £638
90th Percentile £687 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £464
% change year-on-year - +7.87% -4.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £12.50 £34.13 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.50 £47.19 £12.35
Median hourly rate £15.00 £62.50 £16.84
Median % change year-on-year -76.00% +271.09% -41.92%
75th Percentile £15.50 £150.94 £25.82
90th Percentile £21.35 £180.00 £28.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £45.00 £12.05
% change year-on-year -66.67% +273.44% -51.80%

All General Skills
UK

Billing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024. 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 +63 173 £500 -4.76% 224
UK excluding London +34 96 £500 - 153
London +68 76 £486 -25.23% 71
Work from Home +91 70 £500 -4.76% 94
South East +25 53 £500 - 37
Midlands +24 14 £550 +13.52% 35
West Midlands +17 14 £550 +13.52% 22
North of England +19 10 £500 +4.17% 49
East of England +8 9 £660 +266.63% 9
Scotland +26 6 £438 +0.11% 7
North West +20 6 £500 +4.17% 29
South West 0 5 £396 -42.40% 13
North East +13 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +13 1 £100 -78.84% 11

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 6 (2.99%) SAS
2 1 (0.50%) Confluence
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.50%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (13.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.48%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (12.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.48%) SAP SD
3 7 (3.48%) NEC Housing
4 6 (2.99%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (2.99%) SAP IS-U
4 6 (2.99%) SAP Travel Management
5 5 (2.49%) NetSuite
5 5 (2.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (1.99%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 2 (1.00%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (1.00%) PeopleSoft CRM
8 2 (1.00%) SAP BRIM
8 2 (1.00%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (1.00%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.46%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.47%) Azure
3 6 (2.99%) OCI
4 5 (2.49%) SaaS
4 5 (2.49%) Serverless
5 4 (1.99%) AWS
5 4 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.49%) GCP
6 3 (1.49%) PaaS
7 2 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.00%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.00%) Google Play
7 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.99%) Internet
2 3 (1.49%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.49%) Wireless
3 2 (1.00%) VPN
4 1 (0.50%) 5G
4 1 (0.50%) LAN
4 1 (0.50%) MPLS
4 1 (0.50%) MVNO
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.50%) SMS
4 1 (0.50%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.50%) VoWiFi
4 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.46%) Power BI
2 7 (3.48%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.48%) Tableau
3 4 (1.99%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.99%) MS Access
4 3 (1.49%) Data Mart
4 3 (1.49%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.50%) Big Data
6 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.50%) GIS
6 1 (0.50%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.50%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (3.98%) JIRA
2 3 (1.49%) Toad
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.50%) Git
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
4 1 (0.50%) PVCS
4 1 (0.50%) Subversion
4 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 79 (39.30%) Finance
2 53 (26.37%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.45%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.96%) Legal
6 13 (6.47%) Banking
7 12 (5.97%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.98%) Marketing
9 8 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.98%) Retail
10 6 (2.99%) Law
11 5 (2.49%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.49%) Local Government
13 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Advertising
14 1 (0.50%) Automotive
14 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (22.39%) Analyst
2 31 (15.42%) Consultant
3 26 (12.94%) Lead
4 21 (10.45%) Developer
5 20 (9.95%) SAP Consultant
6 17 (8.46%) Senior
7 16 (7.96%) Architect
8 10 (4.98%) Billing Analyst
8 10 (4.98%) Data Analyst
8 10 (4.98%) Product Owner
9 9 (4.48%) Functional Consultant
10 8 (3.98%) Billing Developer
10 8 (3.98%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.48%) Administrator
11 7 (3.48%) Financial Analyst
11 7 (3.48%) Lead Developer
11 7 (3.48%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 7 (3.48%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.48%) Web Services
2 7 (3.48%) Node.js
2 7 (3.48%) React
2 7 (3.48%) React Native
2 7 (3.48%) SAP TM
3 5 (2.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.99%) XML
5 3 (1.49%) ADO
5 3 (1.49%) HTML
5 3 (1.49%) JSON
5 3 (1.49%) Middleware
6 2 (1.00%) CSS
6 2 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.50%) .NET
7 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.50%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.50%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.48%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.48%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.99%) Replication
4 4 (1.99%) e-Health
4 4 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.49%) DataPower
5 3 (1.49%) iPad
5 3 (1.49%) iPhone
5 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.49%) NHS
5 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.50%) Contactless
7 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.50%) IVR
7 1 (0.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.98%) Unix
2 7 (3.48%) Linux
3 5 (2.49%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.49%) VMS
4 3 (1.49%) Windows
5 2 (1.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (17.91%) CRM
2 33 (16.42%) Migration
3 29 (14.43%) Agile
4 28 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (9.95%) Data Migration
6 18 (8.96%) Process Improvement
6 18 (8.96%) Scrum
7 17 (8.46%) Data Modelling
7 17 (8.46%) ERP
8 16 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (7.96%) Data Management
8 16 (7.96%) Order Management
9 15 (7.46%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (6.97%) Batch Processing
11 13 (6.47%) Impact Analysis
12 11 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (4.98%) Business Strategy
13 10 (4.98%) Data Mapping
13 10 (4.98%) Data Protection
13 10 (4.98%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.92%) SQL
2 12 (5.97%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.99%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.49%) C
4 5 (2.49%) ProC
4 5 (2.49%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.00%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.00%) Java
5 2 (1.00%) Python
5 2 (1.00%) SOQL
6 1 (0.50%) Bicep
6 1 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.50%) SQR
6 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (11.44%) Degree
2 14 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.49%) SAP Certification
6 2 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.00%) PMP
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) PMO
2 8 (3.98%) QA
3 7 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.99%) VMware NSX
1 6 (2.99%) vSphere
2 4 (1.99%) vCloud
3 3 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.49%) Data Guard
1 3 (1.49%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.49%) SCCM
2 2 (1.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 47 (23.38%) SAP
2 35 (17.41%) Oracle
3 26 (12.94%) Microsoft
4 11 (5.47%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.98%) Ariba
5 8 (3.98%) Cisco
6 7 (3.48%) Guidewire
6 7 (3.48%) NEC
6 7 (3.48%) Northgate
7 6 (2.99%) Dell
7 6 (2.99%) VMware
8 5 (2.49%) Apple
8 5 (2.49%) Google
8 5 (2.49%) OpenText
9 4 (1.99%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.99%) Genesys
10 3 (1.49%) IBM
10 3 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.00%) Concur
11 2 (1.00%) PeopleSoft