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 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 114 112
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +47
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 22 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.95% 0.61% 0.58%
As % of the General category 1.59% 0.81% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 5
10th Percentile £519 - £554
25th Percentile £545 £404 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £751 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.08% -10.71% +25.50%
75th Percentile £944 £700 £738
90th Percentile £1,050 £723 £760
Central London median daily rate £751 £625 £688
% change year-on-year +20.08% -9.09% +23.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,387 1,356 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 59.86% 74.79% 67.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 893 913
10th Percentile £365 £325 £351
25th Percentile £463 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £678 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £810
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 10
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.02 £13.73
25th Percentile £18.88 £24.00 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.83 £31.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% +15.74% +50.00%
75th Percentile £36.81 £63.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £56.24 £67.89 £98.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% +25.93% -1.82%

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 25 August 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 2 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (4.55%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (4.55%) ChatGPT
3 1 (4.55%) dbt
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) OCI
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
General
1 21 (95.45%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Finance Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Finance Systems Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Systems Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Data Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.55%) ERP Manager
4 1 (4.55%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) SAP Architect
4 1 (4.55%) SAP Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) AI Agents
1 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
1 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.55%) Derivative
1 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Equities
1 1 (4.55%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Migration
2 13 (59.09%) Data Migration
2 13 (59.09%) ERP
3 11 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
3 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (45.45%) Accounts Receivable
4 10 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (36.36%) Project Delivery
6 5 (22.73%) Validation
7 4 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (9.09%) Analytics
8 2 (9.09%) Asset Management
8 2 (9.09%) Change Management
8 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
9 1 (4.55%) Agile
9 1 (4.55%) Data Modelling
9 1 (4.55%) E-business
9 1 (4.55%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (4.55%) Project Management
9 1 (4.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GAAP
1 1 (4.55%) IFRS
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Workday