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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 109 122
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 +55
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 8 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.40% 0.49% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.73% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile £518 £575 £403
25th Percentile £525 £596 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -23.64%
75th Percentile £700 £706 £606
90th Percentile £835 £744 £648
Central London median daily rate £600 £568 £525
% change year-on-year +5.73% +8.10% -23.64%

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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,290 1,240 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 64.89% 67.46% 64.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 757 1,098
10th Percentile £354 £348 £338
25th Percentile £450 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.67 £18.46
Median hourly rate £27.75 £27.83 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +15.96% -40.74%
75th Percentile £43.86 £33.06 £37.13
90th Percentile £54.88 £110.63 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -15.77% +26.53% -39.51%

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 27 February 2026.

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:

Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (12.50%) Aladdin
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) dbt
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Finance Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Data Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) ERP Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) IFRS
2 3 (37.50%) GAAP
2 3 (37.50%) IFRS 9
3 1 (12.50%) Basel III
3 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) Workday
4 1 (12.50%) Charles River
4 1 (12.50%) Informatica
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) SimCorp