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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 115 149
Rank change year-on-year +10 +34 +46
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 11 13 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.63% 0.63% 0.098%
As % of the General category 0.84% 0.92% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile - £459 £532
25th Percentile £404 £527 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £688 £558
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +23.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £700 £734 £587
90th Percentile £723 £756 £598
Central London median daily rate £625 £675 £558
% change year-on-year -7.41% +21.02% -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 1,311 1,413 1,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.87% 68.03% 63.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 885 1,377
10th Percentile £325 £363 £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 £725
90th Percentile £765 £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 20 10 12
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +45.95% -55.95%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £39.08
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £66.11
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +42.11% -54.22%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger 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 15 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (18.18%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle Assets
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (54.55%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (54.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (9.09%) SAP CO
7 1 (9.09%) SAP FI
7 1 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) IaaS
1 1 (9.09%) PaaS
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) 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 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Financials Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) EDI
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
1 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 2 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (18.18%) Accounts Receivable
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Cash Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Workflow
2 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Management
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (9.09%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) 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