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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 386 460
Rank change year-on-year -68 +74 +80
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 137 93 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.58% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 56 38
10th Percentile £380 £404 £459
25th Percentile £463 £415 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £630
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -24.60% +26.00%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £698
90th Percentile £863 £745 £814
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £630
% change year-on-year +15.00% -20.63% +26.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile £15.90 - -
25th Percentile £17.73 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +228.95% - -
75th Percentile £90.00 £49.03 -
90th Percentile £90.60 £67.50 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year +228.95% - -

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 23,575 16,000 21,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.69% 64.33% 57.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,351 10,318 13,765
10th Percentile £313 £282 £282
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 770 1,837
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.34 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.93 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.97 £31.97
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -12.51% +6.57%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £52.78
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £27.70 £30.50
% change year-on-year +15.52% -9.18% -0.07%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -67 69 £600 +26.32% 22
South West +1 28 £600 -4.00% 5
Midlands -48 13 £550 +10.00% 6
South East -58 13 £505 - 14
East Midlands -13 8 £600 +20.00% 1
East of England -28 5 £613 +6.52% 1
West Midlands - 5 £429 - 5
North West -36 3 - - 2
North of England -70 3 - - 5
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 9 (6.57%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (27.01%) Oracle Payables
2 27 (19.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 21 (15.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (11.68%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (10.95%) Oracle Assets
6 14 (10.22%) NetSuite
6 14 (10.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 14 (10.22%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (9.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (8.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (7.30%) Oracle EBS R12
10 6 (4.38%) SAP Business One
11 5 (3.65%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (3.65%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (2.92%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 4 (2.92%) Unit4 Business World
13 3 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
13 3 (2.19%) Dynamics GP
13 3 (2.19%) Dynamics SL
13 3 (2.19%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.84%) OCI
1 8 (5.84%) SaaS
2 7 (5.11%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (3.65%) Azure
4 4 (2.92%) PaaS
4 4 (2.92%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.46%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.46%) IaaS
5 2 (1.46%) Intacct
5 2 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.73%) AWS
6 1 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.73%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.73%) dbt
6 1 (0.73%) GitHub
6 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 5 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.19%) Power BI
3 3 (2.19%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.19%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.46%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.46%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.46%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.46%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.73%) Metadata
5 1 (0.73%) OLTP
5 1 (0.73%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Hudson
1 2 (1.46%) JDeveloper
1 2 (1.46%) JIRA
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (1.46%) Toad
2 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (94.89%) Finance
2 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.60%) Banking
4 16 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.22%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.65%) Military
7 3 (2.19%) Billing
7 3 (2.19%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.46%) Legal
8 2 (1.46%) Local Government
8 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) French Language
9 1 (0.73%) Front Office
9 1 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (32.85%) Consultant
2 28 (20.44%) Lead
3 19 (13.87%) Oracle Consultant
4 16 (11.68%) Analyst
5 12 (8.76%) Business Analyst
6 11 (8.03%) Functional Consultant
7 10 (7.30%) Accountant
8 9 (6.57%) Lead Consultant
8 9 (6.57%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (5.84%) Implementation Consultant
9 8 (5.84%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Senior
10 7 (5.11%) Transformation Consultant
11 6 (4.38%) Financial Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) NetSuite Consultant
12 5 (3.65%) Finance Manager
12 5 (3.65%) Implementation Analyst
12 5 (3.65%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (3.65%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (5.11%) Middleware
2 7 (5.11%) XML
3 3 (2.19%) Web Services
4 2 (1.46%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.46%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.73%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.06%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.76%) Public Cloud
3 9 (6.57%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.92%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.19%) Derivative
6 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.46%) Equities
6 2 (1.46%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.73%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.46%) Linux
1 2 (1.46%) Windows
2 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Accounts Payable
2 46 (33.58%) ERP
3 43 (31.39%) Accounts Receivable
4 41 (29.93%) Migration
5 38 (27.74%) Data Migration
6 36 (26.28%) User Acceptance Testing
6 36 (26.28%) Validation
7 30 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (17.52%) Budgeting
9 23 (16.79%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (13.14%) Cash Management
10 18 (13.14%) Procure-to-Pay
11 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (11.68%) System Integration Testing
12 15 (10.95%) Analytics
12 15 (10.95%) Workflow
13 13 (9.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 13 (9.49%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (9.49%) Record to Report
14 12 (8.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.79%) SQL
2 9 (6.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.46%) ABAP
4 1 (0.73%) C#
4 1 (0.73%) Python
4 1 (0.73%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.73%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (24.82%) ACCA
1 34 (24.82%) CIMA
2 11 (8.03%) PMP
3 10 (7.30%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.57%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.65%) Degree
6 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.19%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.46%) CCA
7 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.73%) AAT
8 1 (0.73%) CCAB
8 1 (0.73%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.84%) IFRS
2 5 (3.65%) Basel III
2 5 (3.65%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.65%) GAAP
2 5 (3.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.19%) GDPR
3 3 (2.19%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.46%) GRC
4 2 (1.46%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.46%) QA
5 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.73%) PSD2
5 1 (0.73%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.46%) CEMLI
1 2 (1.46%) Control-M
Vendors
1 53 (38.69%) Oracle
2 45 (32.85%) SAP
3 29 (21.17%) Microsoft
4 13 (9.49%) Workday
5 6 (4.38%) Sage
6 4 (2.92%) Talend
7 3 (2.19%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (2.19%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.19%) Epicor
7 3 (2.19%) Google
7 3 (2.19%) IFS
7 3 (2.19%) Infor
7 3 (2.19%) Informatica
7 3 (2.19%) QAD
7 3 (2.19%) Zuora
8 2 (1.46%) Ariba
8 2 (1.46%) Concur
8 2 (1.46%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.73%) CODA
9 1 (0.73%) IBM