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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 404 447
Rank change year-on-year -65 +43 +64
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 147 104 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.59% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 68 47
10th Percentile £419 £404 £423
25th Percentile £500 £415 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £690
90th Percentile £836 £786 £753
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +2.61% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile £16.82 - -
25th Percentile £19.20 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £49.03 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £60.63 -
UK median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +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 25,251 17,773 19,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.39% 64.21% 57.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,063 11,333 12,324
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £660
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 1,999 958 1,231
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.50 £18.02
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £63.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £74.13 £70.39
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +31.45%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -71 73 £625 +8.70% 50
South West -18 27 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -43 16 £516 +0.12% 5
South East -59 15 £503 -2.43% 14
West Midlands -41 9 £430 -26.27% 4
East Midlands -4 7 £613 +28.95% 1
East of England -15 6 £561 -2.39% 3
North of England -72 6 £525 +17.45% 18
Yorkshire -42 3 - - 4
North West -47 3 £525 +17.45% 7
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 8 (5.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 39 (26.53%) Oracle Payables
2 29 (19.73%) Oracle Receivables
3 26 (17.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 23 (15.65%) Oracle General Ledger
5 17 (11.56%) Oracle EBS
6 16 (10.88%) NetSuite
6 16 (10.88%) Oracle Assets
7 12 (8.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 10 (6.80%) Oracle ERP
9 9 (6.12%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (4.76%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 7 (4.76%) SAP FI
11 6 (4.08%) SAP Business One
12 5 (3.40%) Unit4 Business World
13 4 (2.72%) Dynamics AX
13 4 (2.72%) Oracle FAH
13 4 (2.72%) SAP GRC
14 3 (2.04%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 3 (2.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 3 (2.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.44%) OCI
3 5 (3.40%) Azure
3 5 (3.40%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
4 4 (2.72%) PowerApps
4 4 (2.72%) SaaS
5 3 (2.04%) AWS
5 3 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.36%) GCP
6 2 (1.36%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.36%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.36%) Intacct
6 2 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.68%) dbt
7 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.68%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.72%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.72%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.04%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.36%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.68%) Metadata
6 1 (0.68%) OLTP
6 1 (0.68%) Power BI
6 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) JDeveloper
2 4 (2.72%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.72%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.36%) Hudson
3 2 (1.36%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Toad
General
1 141 (95.92%) Finance
2 43 (29.25%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.37%) Banking
4 17 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.56%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Retail
6 4 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.72%) Local Government
7 3 (2.04%) Billing
7 3 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.04%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.04%) Military
7 3 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.36%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (31.97%) Consultant
2 21 (14.29%) Lead
3 18 (12.24%) Oracle Consultant
4 15 (10.20%) Analyst
4 15 (10.20%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (8.84%) SAP Consultant
6 12 (8.16%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.80%) Developer
7 10 (6.80%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 9 (6.12%) Senior
9 8 (5.44%) Implementation Consultant
10 7 (4.76%) Accountant
10 7 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (4.76%) NetSuite Consultant
10 7 (4.76%) Transformation Consultant
11 6 (4.08%) Lead Consultant
12 5 (3.40%) Architect
12 5 (3.40%) Finance Manager
13 4 (2.72%) Project Manager
13 4 (2.72%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.76%) XML
3 5 (3.40%) Middleware
4 4 (2.72%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (2.04%) REST
6 2 (1.36%) RESTful
6 2 (1.36%) Web Services
7 1 (0.68%) Restlet
7 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.48%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.44%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.04%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.04%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.36%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.36%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.36%) Life Science
6 2 (1.36%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.68%) Derivative
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Equities
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.04%) Unix
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.86%) Accounts Payable
2 58 (39.46%) Accounts Receivable
3 55 (37.41%) ERP
4 47 (31.97%) Migration
5 42 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 40 (27.21%) Data Migration
7 38 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (20.41%) Budgeting
8 30 (20.41%) Validation
9 19 (12.93%) System Integration Testing
10 18 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (11.56%) Cash Management
12 16 (10.88%) Analytics
12 16 (10.88%) Process Improvement
12 16 (10.88%) Workflow
13 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (9.52%) Change Management
14 14 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (8.16%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.61%) SQL
2 7 (4.76%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.72%) C#
3 4 (2.72%) X++
4 3 (2.04%) ABAP
4 3 (2.04%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.68%) Python
5 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (17.01%) ACCA
1 25 (17.01%) CIMA
2 15 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.12%) PMP
5 8 (5.44%) Degree
6 6 (4.08%) AAT
7 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.72%) CCA
9 3 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.04%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.36%) CIPFA
10 2 (1.36%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.68%) CCAB
11 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.80%) Data Quality
1 10 (6.80%) IFRS
2 6 (4.08%) GDPR
3 4 (2.72%) GRC
4 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.36%) GAAP
4 2 (1.36%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.68%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (38.10%) Oracle
2 44 (29.93%) SAP
3 38 (25.85%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.12%) Sage
5 7 (4.76%) Workday
6 5 (3.40%) Xero
7 4 (2.72%) Talend
8 3 (2.04%) Adaptive Insights
8 3 (2.04%) Anaplan
8 3 (2.04%) Epicor
8 3 (2.04%) Google
8 3 (2.04%) IFS
8 3 (2.04%) Infor
8 3 (2.04%) QAD
8 3 (2.04%) Zuora
9 2 (1.36%) Adobe
9 2 (1.36%) Murex
9 2 (1.36%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.68%) HP