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 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 395 473
Rank change year-on-year -52 +78 +120
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 126 84 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.54% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 53 49
10th Percentile £360 £450 £413
25th Percentile £453 £488 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £678 £651 £650
90th Percentile £825 £710 £730
UK median daily rate £590 £588 £625
% change year-on-year +0.43% -6.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +149.55% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year +149.55% - -

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 21,363 15,484 22,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.51% 63.36% 58.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,509 10,022 14,428
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,337 582 1,659
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.35 £15.27
Median hourly rate £25.08 £30.62 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +17.75% -25.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.50% -26.43%

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 20 March 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
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 20 March 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 -42 66 £650 +10.64% 24
South East -38 22 £600 - 15
South West -18 12 - -
Midlands -60 11 £423 -19.52% 1
East Midlands -31 8 £450 -10.00%
North of England -68 7 £500 -14.35% 2
Yorkshire -55 5 £500 -9.09% 1
West Midlands -64 3 £268 -48.95% 1
East of England -23 2 £600 -
North West -32 2 - - 1
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 (3.97%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 50 (39.68%) Oracle Payables
2 42 (33.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 39 (30.95%) Oracle General Ledger
4 35 (27.78%) Oracle Assets
5 27 (21.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 24 (19.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 20 (15.87%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (11.90%) Oracle EBS R12
9 14 (11.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (7.94%) Oracle AGIS
10 10 (7.94%) SAP S/4HANA
11 9 (7.14%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (5.56%) Oracle FAH
13 5 (3.97%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (3.17%) Oracle ERP
15 3 (2.38%) SAP FI
16 2 (1.59%) SAP Business One
16 2 (1.59%) SAP R/3
17 1 (0.79%) NetSuite
17 1 (0.79%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.32%) OCI
1 13 (10.32%) SaaS
2 10 (7.94%) Azure
2 10 (7.94%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.97%) PaaS
6 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.79%) dbt
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.94%) Power BI
2 8 (6.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.38%) JIRA
2 3 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.79%) Hudson
3 1 (0.79%) Toad
General
1 119 (94.44%) Finance
2 41 (32.54%) Social Skills
3 22 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (17.46%) Banking
4 13 (10.32%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.76%) Law
6 4 (3.17%) Billing
6 4 (3.17%) Publishing
7 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.38%) Legal
7 3 (2.38%) Military
7 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.59%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.59%) Local Government
9 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.79%) French Language
9 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (30.95%) Consultant
2 23 (18.25%) Oracle Consultant
3 20 (15.87%) Functional Consultant
4 19 (15.08%) Analyst
5 15 (11.90%) Lead
5 15 (11.90%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 14 (11.11%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 11 (8.73%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (8.73%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
9 9 (7.14%) Developer
9 9 (7.14%) Senior
10 8 (6.35%) Accountant
11 6 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (3.97%) Financial Controller
12 5 (3.97%) Oracle Developer
13 4 (3.17%) Finance Manager
13 4 (3.17%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.97%) Middleware
2 5 (3.97%) XML
3 2 (1.59%) ADO
3 2 (1.59%) REST
3 2 (1.59%) SOAP
3 2 (1.59%) Web Services
3 2 (1.59%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.32%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.97%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.59%) Derivative
5 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) AS400
6 1 (0.79%) Equities
6 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.79%) PMI
6 1 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.65%) Accounts Payable
2 49 (38.89%) Accounts Receivable
3 36 (28.57%) Migration
4 33 (26.19%) User Acceptance Testing
5 32 (25.40%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (24.60%) Cash Management
6 31 (24.60%) ERP
7 29 (23.02%) Procure-to-Pay
8 21 (16.67%) Validation
9 19 (15.08%) Data Migration
10 17 (13.49%) Agile
10 17 (13.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 15 (11.90%) Budgeting
11 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (10.32%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.32%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (10.32%) Project Management
13 13 (10.32%) Record to Report
14 12 (9.52%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.05%) SQL
2 12 (9.52%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (19.84%) ACCA
1 25 (19.84%) CIMA
2 13 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.52%) Degree
4 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.97%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.97%) PMP
6 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.76%) Basel III
2 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.76%) GAAP
2 6 (4.76%) IFRS
3 5 (3.97%) IFRS 9
4 4 (3.17%) QA
5 3 (2.38%) SLA
6 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.79%) GDPR
7 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Control-M
2 1 (0.79%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 58 (46.03%) Oracle
2 28 (22.22%) SAP
3 10 (7.94%) Workday
4 6 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.17%) Xero
6 3 (2.38%) Ariba
6 3 (2.38%) Informatica
7 2 (1.59%) CODA
7 2 (1.59%) IFS
8 1 (0.79%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe
8 1 (0.79%) Charles River
8 1 (0.79%) Concur
8 1 (0.79%) Epicor
8 1 (0.79%) IBM
8 1 (0.79%) Misys
8 1 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.79%) Sage
8 1 (0.79%) Temenos
8 1 (0.79%) Zuora