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 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 409 467
Rank change year-on-year -9 +58 +118
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 121 104 97
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.59% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 65 61
10th Percentile £403 £443 £413
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.55%
75th Percentile £662 £688 £650
90th Percentile £819 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £563
% change year-on-year +4.35% +2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £55.63 - -
25th Percentile £56.56 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - £18.00
75th Percentile £61.56 - -
90th Percentile £62.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £29.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +102.59% +61.11% -

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,455 17,756 21,804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.57% 61.68% 59.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,299 10,766 14,732
10th Percentile £280 £300 £280
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,262 606 995
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%
75th Percentile £45.46 £58.20 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £70.59
UK median hourly rate £23.54 £27.37 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.99% -17.07% +32.00%

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 24 December 2025.

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
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 24 December 2025. 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 -4 66 £600 +1.69% 25
South East +8 27 £595 +15.53% 21
Midlands -40 14 £495 -8.33% 8
East Midlands -10 7 £360 -43.75% 3
West Midlands -27 7 £515 -4.63% 5
North of England -56 6 £500 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire -32 5 £500 -9.09% 2
East of England -15 4 £600 +254.51% 6
South West -8 2 £475 +11.76% 4
North West -34 1 - - 3
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 5 (4.13%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.48%) Confluence
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 52 (42.98%) Oracle Payables
2 48 (39.67%) Oracle General Ledger
3 39 (32.23%) Oracle Assets
4 37 (30.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 31 (25.62%) Oracle EBS
6 25 (20.66%) Oracle EBS R12
7 23 (19.01%) Oracle Cash Management
8 18 (14.88%) Oracle Financials
9 12 (9.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 10 (8.26%) Oracle AGIS
11 9 (7.44%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 9 (7.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 7 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
13 6 (4.96%) Oracle ERP
13 6 (4.96%) Oracle FAH
14 3 (2.48%) SAP ERP
14 3 (2.48%) SAP R/3
15 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
15 2 (1.65%) SAP FI
16 1 (0.83%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.09%) Azure
1 11 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 9 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (7.44%) OCI
3 8 (6.61%) SaaS
4 7 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.65%) Slack
7 1 (0.83%) AWS
7 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.83%) dbt
7 1 (0.83%) GitHub
7 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.83%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.92%) Oracle Reports
2 11 (9.09%) Power BI
3 7 (5.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.48%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.65%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.65%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.83%) Big Data
7 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.31%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.48%) Hudson
3 3 (2.48%) JIRA
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 113 (93.39%) Finance
2 45 (37.19%) Social Skills
3 23 (19.01%) Banking
4 21 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (11.57%) Public Sector
6 11 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (6.61%) Billing
8 7 (5.79%) Law
9 6 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.31%) Publishing
11 3 (2.48%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.48%) Legal
11 3 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.65%) Back Office
13 1 (0.83%) Advertising
13 1 (0.83%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.83%) Local Government
13 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (29.75%) Consultant
2 24 (19.83%) Analyst
3 23 (19.01%) Functional Consultant
3 23 (19.01%) Oracle Consultant
4 18 (14.88%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 15 (12.40%) Developer
6 14 (11.57%) Business Analyst
6 14 (11.57%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 14 (11.57%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
7 12 (9.92%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (8.26%) Oracle Analyst
9 10 (8.26%) Senior
10 9 (7.44%) Lead
11 8 (6.61%) Architect
12 6 (4.96%) Accountant
12 6 (4.96%) Oracle Financials Analyst
12 6 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.96%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (4.13%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.48%) ADO
2 3 (2.48%) Middleware
2 3 (2.48%) REST
3 2 (1.65%) SOAP
4 1 (0.83%) EDI
4 1 (0.83%) Web Services
4 1 (0.83%) XML
4 1 (0.83%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.13%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.65%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.65%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.65%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.83%) AS400
5 1 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.83%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.83%) PMI
5 1 (0.83%) Tandem
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (47.93%) Accounts Payable
2 46 (38.02%) Accounts Receivable
3 37 (30.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 35 (28.93%) ERP
5 34 (28.10%) Migration
6 26 (21.49%) Cash Management
7 17 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (13.22%) Data Migration
8 16 (13.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 15 (12.40%) Agile
10 14 (11.57%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (11.57%) Validation
11 13 (10.74%) Process Improvement
11 13 (10.74%) Procure-to-Pay
11 13 (10.74%) System Integration Testing
12 12 (9.92%) Change Management
13 11 (9.09%) Test Scripting
14 10 (8.26%) Business Analysis
14 10 (8.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 27 (22.31%) SQL
2 13 (10.74%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.31%) X++
4 3 (2.48%) ABAP
5 2 (1.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.22%) Degree
3 15 (12.40%) ACCA
3 15 (12.40%) CIMA
4 11 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.48%) CCA
5 3 (2.48%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.13%) IFRS
2 5 (4.13%) QA
3 4 (3.31%) GAAP
3 4 (3.31%) PMO
3 4 (3.31%) SLA
4 3 (2.48%) IFRS 9
4 3 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.65%) GDPR
6 1 (0.83%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 65 (53.72%) Oracle
2 14 (11.57%) SAP
3 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.31%) Xero
5 3 (2.48%) IFS
5 3 (2.48%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (2.48%) Workday
6 2 (1.65%) Ariba
6 2 (1.65%) Databricks
6 2 (1.65%) Murex
7 1 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.83%) Aderant
7 1 (0.83%) Adobe
7 1 (0.83%) CODA
7 1 (0.83%) eFront
7 1 (0.83%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.83%) Misys
7 1 (0.83%) Tagetik
7 1 (0.83%) Temenos