General Ledger Contract Job Trends in England

General Ledger
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 420 425
Rank change year-on-year -46 +5 +74
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 166 109 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
As % of the General category 0.63% 0.61% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 74 57
10th Percentile £410 £404 £438
25th Percentile £500 £415 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £672 £693
90th Percentile £798 £760 £760
UK median daily rate £550 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 1
10th Percentile £16.83 £53.38 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £54.69 £41.25
Median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +117.95%
75th Percentile £60.75 £62.19 £43.75
90th Percentile £86.75 £63.13 -
UK median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +117.95%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 26,178 17,926 18,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.23% 64.16% 58.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,313 11,375 11,385
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,344 1,026 885
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -32.93% +29.87%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.43
90th Percentile £78.54 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.32% -28.14% +27.27%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

General Ledger job vacancy trend in England

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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
London -77 78 £600 - 72
Midlands -35 25 £516 -8.33% 8
South East -50 22 £505 -1.94% 30
South West -20 18 £600 +26.32% 3
West Midlands -27 16 £427 -25.74% 8
East Midlands -12 9 £575 +4.55%
East of England -22 8 £505 -15.83% 4
North of England -71 8 £525 +17.45% 16
North West -47 5 £525 +17.45% 8
Yorkshire -39 3 - - 4
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (3.61%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 49 (29.52%) Oracle Payables
2 43 (25.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 35 (21.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 31 (18.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 23 (13.86%) Oracle Assets
6 21 (12.65%) Oracle EBS
7 19 (11.45%) Oracle ERP
8 13 (7.83%) NetSuite
9 12 (7.23%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (5.42%) Oracle EBS R12
11 8 (4.82%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 8 (4.82%) SAP FI
12 7 (4.22%) Oracle Financials
13 5 (3.01%) Oracle FAH
14 4 (2.41%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 4 (2.41%) Oracle iProcurement
14 4 (2.41%) SAP Business One
14 4 (2.41%) SAP GRC
14 4 (2.41%) Unit4 Business World
15 3 (1.81%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.84%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (8.43%) OCI
3 8 (4.82%) Azure
4 7 (4.22%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.41%) AWS
6 4 (2.41%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.41%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.41%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.81%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (1.81%) GCP
7 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.81%) SaaS
8 2 (1.20%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.20%) Intacct
8 2 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.60%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.60%) dbt
9 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.60%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 6 (3.61%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.41%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.41%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.41%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.81%) Power BI
4 3 (1.81%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.20%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.60%) OLTP
6 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.61%) JIRA
2 5 (3.01%) JDeveloper
3 4 (2.41%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.41%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.20%) Hudson
5 1 (0.60%) Toad
General
1 161 (96.99%) Finance
2 57 (34.34%) Social Skills
3 33 (19.88%) Banking
4 19 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.42%) Billing
6 8 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.01%) Retail
8 4 (2.41%) Local Government
8 4 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.20%) International Banking
10 2 (1.20%) Military
11 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (29.52%) Consultant
2 29 (17.47%) Analyst
3 24 (14.46%) Business Analyst
4 22 (13.25%) Oracle Consultant
5 21 (12.65%) Lead
6 20 (12.05%) Financial Analyst
7 17 (10.24%) Functional Consultant
8 14 (8.43%) Finance Business Analyst
9 12 (7.23%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 11 (6.63%) SAP Consultant
11 10 (6.02%) Accountant
11 10 (6.02%) Senior
12 8 (4.82%) Developer
13 7 (4.22%) Implementation Consultant
13 7 (4.22%) Trainer
14 6 (3.61%) NetSuite Consultant
14 6 (3.61%) Transformation Consultant
15 5 (3.01%) Finance Manager
15 5 (3.01%) Financial Accountant
15 5 (3.01%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (19.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.61%) XML
3 5 (3.01%) Middleware
3 5 (3.01%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.81%) REST
5 2 (1.20%) RESTful
5 2 (1.20%) Web Services
6 1 (0.60%) Restlet
6 1 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.23%) Data Structures
2 9 (5.42%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.42%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.01%) e-Learning
4 5 (3.01%) Learning Management System
5 4 (2.41%) NHS
6 3 (1.81%) Derivative
6 3 (1.81%) Life Science
6 3 (1.81%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.20%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.60%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.60%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.81%) Unix
2 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (48.19%) Accounts Payable
2 77 (46.39%) Accounts Receivable
3 72 (43.37%) ERP
4 57 (34.34%) Migration
5 53 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (28.92%) Data Migration
6 48 (28.92%) User Acceptance Testing
7 36 (21.69%) Validation
8 29 (17.47%) Workshop Facilitation
9 27 (16.27%) Budgeting
10 25 (15.06%) System Integration Testing
11 23 (13.86%) Process Improvement
12 22 (13.25%) Requirements Gathering
13 19 (11.45%) Cash Management
13 19 (11.45%) Data Analysis
13 19 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (10.84%) Analytics
14 18 (10.84%) Change Management
14 18 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (9.64%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.46%) SQL
2 7 (4.22%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.41%) C#
3 4 (2.41%) X++
4 3 (1.81%) ABAP
4 3 (1.81%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (18.07%) ACCA
1 30 (18.07%) CIMA
2 20 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.02%) Degree
5 8 (4.82%) AAT
6 7 (4.22%) PMP
7 6 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.41%) CCA
9 3 (1.81%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.20%) CCAB
10 2 (1.20%) CIPFA
10 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.24%) Data Quality
2 15 (9.04%) IFRS
3 6 (3.61%) GDPR
4 4 (2.41%) GRC
5 3 (1.81%) QA
6 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.20%) GAAP
6 2 (1.20%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.60%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (41.57%) Oracle
2 49 (29.52%) Microsoft
3 47 (28.31%) SAP
4 8 (4.82%) Sage
4 8 (4.82%) Workday
5 5 (3.01%) Xero
6 4 (2.41%) Adobe
6 4 (2.41%) Talend
7 3 (1.81%) Google
8 2 (1.20%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (1.20%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.20%) Anaplan
8 2 (1.20%) Ariba
8 2 (1.20%) CODA
8 2 (1.20%) Epicor
8 2 (1.20%) HP
8 2 (1.20%) IFS
8 2 (1.20%) Infor
8 2 (1.20%) Murex
8 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow