General Ledger Contracts

General Ledger
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited General Ledger over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 618 670
Rank change year-on-year +115 +52 -89
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 95 101 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 52 134
10th Percentile £489 £420 £413
25th Percentile £525 £469 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £639
90th Percentile £730 £873 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +13.17%

All General Skills
UK

General Ledger 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 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing General Ledger within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +124 79 £600 +20.00% 43
London +103 56 £613 +22.50% 12
Work from Home +144 51 £588 +11.90% 14
UK excluding London +51 18 £600 +20.00% 31
North of England +28 6 £588 +6.82% 11
South East +25 6 £600 +31.51% 9
South West +24 3 - - 1
East of England +15 3 £525 +13.21% 6
Yorkshire +12 3 £588 +6.82% 3
North West - 2 - - 6
Midlands +23 1 £775 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £775 -
North East - 1 - - 2

General Ledger
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 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.05%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (28.42%) Dynamics AX
2 25 (26.32%) Oracle General Ledger
3 23 (24.21%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (22.11%) Oracle Assets
5 18 (18.95%) Oracle AGIS
6 15 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
7 12 (12.63%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (8.42%) SAP S/4HANA
9 7 (7.37%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (6.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (6.32%) SAP CO
11 5 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
12 4 (4.21%) Oracle Applications
12 4 (4.21%) Oracle EBS R12
12 4 (4.21%) SAP FI
12 4 (4.21%) SAP FI/CO
13 2 (2.11%) Avolution ABACUS
13 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
13 2 (2.11%) Oracle Internet Expenses
Cloud Services
1 36 (37.89%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (30.53%) Power Platform
3 28 (29.47%) Azure
4 27 (28.42%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (28.42%) Power Automate
4 27 (28.42%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.26%) OCI
6 2 (2.11%) AWS
6 2 (2.11%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.05%) SaaS
7 1 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (30.53%) Data Lake
2 28 (29.47%) Power BI
3 4 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.05%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.05%) Metadata
4 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) JIRA
General
1 93 (97.89%) Finance
2 58 (61.05%) Social Skills
3 45 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (28.42%) Retail
5 16 (16.84%) Public Sector
6 14 (14.74%) Banking
7 7 (7.37%) Legal
8 5 (5.26%) Billing
8 5 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (4.21%) Back Office
10 2 (2.11%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (2.11%) Local Government
10 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.05%) German Language
11 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.05%) Law
11 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.05%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 35 (36.84%) Consultant
2 19 (20.00%) Architect
2 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 16 (16.84%) Analyst
3 16 (16.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 13 (13.68%) Oracle Architect
4 13 (13.68%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (11.58%) Oracle Solutions Architect
6 10 (10.53%) Financial Analyst
7 8 (8.42%) Functional Consultant
7 8 (8.42%) Lead
8 7 (7.37%) Banking Analyst
9 4 (4.21%) Business Analyst
9 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (3.16%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) E-Business Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Oracle Analyst
11 2 (2.11%) Data Architect
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 28 (29.47%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.11%) Derivative
5 2 (2.11%) Equities
5 2 (2.11%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.05%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (67.37%) Accounts Payable
2 50 (52.63%) Accounts Receivable
3 34 (35.79%) Requirements Gathering
4 30 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (30.53%) Requirements Workshops
6 27 (28.42%) DevOps
7 16 (16.84%) Test Scripting
8 15 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
9 13 (13.68%) Migration
10 12 (12.63%) Cash Management
11 8 (8.42%) Data Migration
11 8 (8.42%) Project Management
12 7 (7.37%) Budgeting
12 7 (7.37%) ERP
13 6 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (5.26%) Analytics
14 5 (5.26%) Data Modelling
14 5 (5.26%) Record to Report
14 5 (5.26%) Test Strategy
14 5 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) ABAP
2 1 (1.05%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.05%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (31.58%) Degree
2 3 (3.16%) ACCA
2 3 (3.16%) CCA
2 3 (3.16%) CIMA
2 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.16%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (23.16%) GAAP
2 3 (3.16%) SLA
3 2 (2.11%) IFRS
4 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) QA
4 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 32 (33.68%) Oracle
3 15 (15.79%) SAP
4 4 (4.21%) Ariba
5 3 (3.16%) Concur
5 3 (3.16%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (3.16%) Workday
6 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.05%) Databricks
7 1 (1.05%) HP
7 1 (1.05%) iManage
7 1 (1.05%) Informatica
7 1 (1.05%) Intapp