General Ledger Contract Job Trends in the City of London

General Ledger
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 110 146
Rank change year-on-year -2 +36 +43
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 11 13 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.64% 0.61% 0.10%
As % of the General category 0.86% 0.90% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 2
10th Percentile £560 £481 £532
25th Percentile £613 £575 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £558
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +21.02% -5.47%
75th Percentile - £731 £587
90th Percentile £723 £775 £598
Central London median daily rate £700 £633 £558
% change year-on-year +10.58% +13.49% -5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All General Skills
City of London

General Ledger 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 in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,273 1,440 1,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.58% 68.09% 64.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 873 1,301
10th Percentile £325 £351 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile £16.73 £13.18 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £23.75 £14.94
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +136.84% -53.09%
75th Percentile £49.88 £82.19 £41.24
90th Percentile £64.84 £109.38 £62.15
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +84.21% -50.00%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing General Ledger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

General Ledger job vacancy trend in the City of London

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the City of London

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle Assets
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (45.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (9.09%) SAP CO
6 1 (9.09%) SAP FI
6 1 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) dbt
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
1 1 (9.09%) IaaS
1 1 (9.09%) PaaS
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) International Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Financials Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (9.09%) EDI
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (18.18%) Accounts Receivable
2 2 (18.18%) Cash Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Management
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GAAP
1 1 (9.09%) IFRS
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) eFront
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP