The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited General Ledger over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Ledger
Rank 425 343 386
Rank change year-on-year
-82 +43
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 104 254 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.224% 0.436% 0.334%
As % of the General category 0.521% 0.959% 0.672%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 172 137
Average daily rate £438 £479 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.61% +0.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £321 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £608 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £380 £395
% change year-on-year
+11.84% -3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.50
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19979 26477 30377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 43.07% 45.40% 49.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11992 15778 18181
Average daily rate £450 £427 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.32% -14.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 726 916
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%

General Ledger
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

General Ledger Hourly Rate Trend

General Ledger
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing General Ledger within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -85 89 £450 -6.97%
London -68 58 £499 -0.25%
City of London -29 17 £500 +4.16%
South West +27 8 £325 +62.50%
South East +4 8 £444 +10.93%
East of England +16 5 £438 +15.13%
Swindon +6 5 £325 -25.71%
Wiltshire +5 5 £325 -25.71%
West Midlands +8 4 £190 -
Wales +7 4 £425 -
South Wales -1 4 £425 -
Berkshire +17 3 £525 -
Newport -1 3 £425 -
Scotland -13 3 - -
Suffolk - 3 £460 -
Birmingham - 3 £238 -
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
Manchester +6 2 - -
North West +5 2 - -
Edinburgh +4 2 - -
Hampshire -16 2 £363 +29.46%
Derbyshire - 2 £550 -
Havant - 2 £363 -
Chesterfield - 2 £550 -
Bristol +9 1 £525 +85.84%
Hertfordshire +4 1 £425 +26.86%
Northern Ireland -4 1 £425 +45.29%
Maidenhead -5 1 £525 -
Glasgow -16 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £190 -

General Ledger
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 183 (77.87%) Finance
2 77 (32.77%) Oracle
3 65 (27.66%) SAP
4 53 (22.55%) Banking
5 51 (21.70%) SQL
6 32 (13.62%) Oracle EBS
7 30 (12.77%) Oracle EBS R12
8 28 (11.91%) Investment Banking
9 27 (11.49%) Oracle Financials
9 27 (11.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (11.06%) SAP FI
10 26 (11.06%) Migration
11 23 (9.787%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (9.362%) SAP CO
12 22 (9.362%) Project Management
13 21 (8.936%) Hyperion
13 21 (8.936%) ERP
14 20 (8.511%) Business Analysis
14 20 (8.511%) SAP FI/CO
14 20 (8.511%) Cash Management
15 18 (7.660%) Oracle 11i
15 18 (7.660%) Oracle iProcurement
15 18 (7.660%) Data Migration
16 17 (7.234%) Oracle Reports
17 16 (6.809%) Change Management
17 16 (6.809%) Retail
18 15 (6.383%) Asset Management
18 15 (6.383%) PL/SQL
19 13 (5.532%) Telecoms
19 13 (5.532%) Oracle Applications

General Ledger
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 5 (2.128%) XML
1 5 (2.128%) .NET
2 3 (1.277%) SAP XI
3 2 (0.851%) SAP CO-PA
3 2 (0.851%) WebCenter
3 2 (0.851%) JSP
4 1 (0.426%) JRules
4 1 (0.426%) Web Services
4 1 (0.426%) XBRL
4 1 (0.426%) Middleware
4 1 (0.426%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.255%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.702%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.277%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.426%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.255%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.553%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.553%) MS Office
3 3 (1.277%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.851%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.851%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 32 (13.62%) Oracle EBS
2 30 (12.77%) Oracle EBS R12
3 27 (11.49%) Oracle Financials
4 26 (11.06%) SAP FI
5 22 (9.362%) SAP CO
6 20 (8.511%) SAP FI/CO
7 18 (7.660%) Oracle 11i
7 18 (7.660%) Oracle iProcurement
8 13 (5.532%) Oracle Applications
9 10 (4.255%) HFM
9 10 (4.255%) Hyperion Planning
10 9 (3.830%) SAP FI-GL
11 6 (2.553%) Agresso
12 5 (2.128%) SAP ERP
12 5 (2.128%) SAP PSCD
13 4 (1.702%) SAP FI-CA
13 4 (1.702%) SAP PS
13 4 (1.702%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 4 (1.702%) Oracle HRMS
14 2 (0.851%) SAP FSCM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.128%) HTTP
2 2 (0.851%) Internet
2 2 (0.851%) FTP
2 2 (0.851%) SSH
3 1 (0.426%) BSS
3 1 (0.426%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.234%) Oracle Reports
2 11 (4.681%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (4.681%) Oracle Discoverer
3 6 (2.553%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (2.553%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.702%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.277%) TOAD
5 3 (1.277%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.851%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.851%) MS Access
6 2 (0.851%) Cognos Powerplay
6 2 (0.851%) Cognos Impromptu
6 2 (0.851%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.851%) OLAP
6 2 (0.851%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.426%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.426%) DB2
7 1 (0.426%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.426%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.426%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 7 (2.979%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.553%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.277%) Subversion
4 1 (0.426%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.426%) ProC
4 1 (0.426%) JIRA
4 1 (0.426%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 183 (77.87%) Finance
2 53 (22.55%) Banking
3 28 (11.91%) Investment Banking
4 16 (6.809%) Retail
5 13 (5.532%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.106%) Retail Banking
7 11 (4.681%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.404%) Back Office
9 7 (2.979%) Billing
10 3 (1.277%) Publishing
10 3 (1.277%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.851%) Front Office
11 2 (0.851%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.851%) Automotive
11 2 (0.851%) Law
12 1 (0.426%) Advertising
12 1 (0.426%) French Language
Job Titles
1 87 (37.02%) Analyst
2 65 (27.66%) Business Analyst
3 56 (23.83%) Consultant
4 24 (10.21%) SAP Consultant
5 22 (9.362%) Oracle Consultant
6 20 (8.511%) Financial Analyst
7 19 (8.085%) Functional Consultant
8 15 (6.383%) Project Manager
9 14 (5.957%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
10 12 (5.106%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 12 (5.106%) Oracle Functional Consultant
11 11 (4.681%) Banking Business Analyst
12 8 (3.404%) Architect
12 8 (3.404%) Systems Analyst
12 8 (3.404%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.404%) Developer
13 7 (2.979%) Oracle DBA
13 7 (2.979%) DBA
13 7 (2.979%) Test Manager
14 6 (2.553%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.255%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.979%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (1.277%) Digital Media
4 2 (0.851%) Data Conversion
4 2 (0.851%) FMCG
4 2 (0.851%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.426%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.426%) Grid Computing
5 1 (0.426%) Equities
5 1 (0.426%) VSAM
5 1 (0.426%) Derivative
5 1 (0.426%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.426%) Kindle
5 1 (0.426%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.426%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.426%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.426%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.426%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.426%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.128%) UNIX
2 3 (1.277%) Linux
3 1 (0.426%) Windows
3 1 (0.426%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (11.49%) User Acceptance Testing
2 26 (11.06%) Migration
3 23 (9.787%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (9.362%) Project Management
5 21 (8.936%) ERP
6 20 (8.511%) Business Analysis
6 20 (8.511%) Cash Management
7 18 (7.660%) Data Migration
8 16 (6.809%) Change Management
9 15 (6.383%) Asset Management
10 12 (5.106%) Workflow
10 12 (5.106%) Test Scripting
11 11 (4.681%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (4.255%) Data Modelling
12 10 (4.255%) E-business
13 9 (3.830%) CRM
14 8 (3.404%) Information Management
15 7 (2.979%) GAP Analysis
16 6 (2.553%) Investment Management
16 6 (2.553%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.70%) SQL
2 15 (6.383%) PL/SQL
3 11 (4.681%) Java
4 8 (3.404%) VBA
5 5 (2.128%) VB
6 4 (1.702%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.851%) R
7 2 (0.851%) ABAP
8 1 (0.426%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.426%) Perl
8 1 (0.426%) VBScript
8 1 (0.426%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (4.681%) CCA
2 10 (4.255%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.830%) ACCA
4 7 (2.979%) CIMA
4 7 (2.979%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.128%) ISEB
6 3 (1.277%) Degree
7 1 (0.426%) CCAB
7 1 (0.426%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.426%) CISA
7 1 (0.426%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.979%) QA
2 5 (2.128%) SLA
3 4 (1.702%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.702%) GAAP
4 3 (1.277%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.426%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (2.553%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 7 (2.979%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (2.553%) Data Guard
3 5 (2.128%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 77 (32.77%) Oracle
2 65 (27.66%) SAP
3 21 (8.936%) Hyperion
4 11 (4.681%) PeopleSoft
5 9 (3.830%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.830%) Sun
6 8 (3.404%) HP
7 7 (2.979%) CA
8 5 (2.128%) Teradata
8 5 (2.128%) Business Objects
8 5 (2.128%) Cognos
8 5 (2.128%) Epicor
8 5 (2.128%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.702%) CODA
10 3 (1.277%) webMethods
10 3 (1.277%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.851%) Microgen
11 2 (0.851%) TSYS
11 2 (0.851%) Siebel
11 2 (0.851%) ATG
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