The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Ledger
Rank 189 149 171
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +22
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 16 66 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.249% 0.827% 0.724%
As % of the General category 0.437% 1.375% 1.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 60 59
Average daily rate £500 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £400 £395
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £650 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £384 £393
% change year-on-year
+10.74% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
All of the General Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
3662 4799 6536
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 56.96% 60.15% 67.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2798 3614 4930
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £310 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £630 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 69 86
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £15.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.60 £35.00 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
General Ledger
London

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing General Ledger across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

City of London General Ledger Jobs Demand Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing General Ledger across the City of London region.

City of London General Ledger Daily Rate Trend

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing General Ledger across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London General Ledger Daily Rate Histogram

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing General Ledger across the City of London region.

City of London General Ledger Hourly Rate Trend

General Ledger
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing General Ledger also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited General Ledger.

1 36 (80.00%) Finance
2 13 (28.89%) Banking
3 12 (26.67%) Oracle
4 10 (22.22%) SQL
4 10 (22.22%) SAP
5 8 (17.78%) Migration
6 7 (15.56%) Change Management
7 6 (13.33%) Retail
7 6 (13.33%) Investment Banking
7 6 (13.33%) Test Scripting
8 5 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 5 (11.11%) Retail Banking
8 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.11%) SAP FI
8 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (11.11%) Sun
9 4 (8.889%) Java
9 4 (8.889%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (8.889%) SAP CO
9 4 (8.889%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.889%) Business Analysis
9 4 (8.889%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (6.667%) Hyperion Planning
10 3 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
10 3 (6.667%) HFM
10 3 (6.667%) Information Management
10 3 (6.667%) Telecoms

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing General Ledger also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited General Ledger. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.444%) JSP
1 2 (4.444%) XML
2 1 (2.222%) JRules
2 1 (2.222%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 3 (6.667%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.444%) MS Office
3 1 (2.222%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 4 (8.889%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (8.889%) SAP CO
2 4 (8.889%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (8.889%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (6.667%) Hyperion Planning
3 3 (6.667%) HFM
3 3 (6.667%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (4.444%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (2.222%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.222%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (2.222%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.222%) Cognos Powerplay
3 1 (2.222%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle Forms
General
1 36 (80.00%) Finance
2 13 (28.89%) Banking
3 6 (13.33%) Retail
3 6 (13.33%) Investment Banking
4 5 (11.11%) Retail Banking
5 3 (6.667%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.444%) Back Office
7 1 (2.222%) French Language
7 1 (2.222%) Law
7 1 (2.222%) Advertising
7 1 (2.222%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Analyst
2 18 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Consultant
4 6 (13.33%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Systems Tester
5 5 (11.11%) Oracle Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Tester
6 4 (8.889%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 4 (8.889%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (8.889%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (8.889%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (6.667%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 2 (4.444%) Architect
8 2 (4.444%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Delivery Project Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Business Project Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 2 (4.444%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.444%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.222%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Migration
2 7 (15.56%) Change Management
3 6 (13.33%) Test Scripting
4 5 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.889%) Business Analysis
6 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (6.667%) Information Management
6 3 (6.667%) Project Management
7 2 (4.444%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.444%) UML
7 2 (4.444%) Workflow
7 2 (4.444%) E-business
7 2 (4.444%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.444%) Data Analysis
7 2 (4.444%) Use Case
7 2 (4.444%) Resource Management
7 2 (4.444%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) SQL
2 4 (8.889%) Java
3 3 (6.667%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.444%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.222%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) CCA
2 1 (2.222%) Degree
2 1 (2.222%) CIMA
2 1 (2.222%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) QA
1 1 (2.222%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.222%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Oracle
2 10 (22.22%) SAP
3 5 (11.11%) Sun
4 3 (6.667%) Hyperion
4 3 (6.667%) Cognos
5 2 (4.444%) Business Objects
5 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.444%) Teradata
5 2 (4.444%) Guidewire
6 1 (2.222%) Ab Initio
6 1 (2.222%) Informatica
6 1 (2.222%) CODA
6 1 (2.222%) HP
6 1 (2.222%) PeopleSoft