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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 397 450
Rank change year-on-year -68 +53 +70
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 147 107 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.61% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 70 46
10th Percentile £419 £404 £416
25th Percentile £500 £415 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £672 £691
90th Percentile £863 £770 £756
UK median daily rate £583 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +1.30% - +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 24,964 17,654 19,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.31% 63.94% 57.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,922 11,267 12,408
10th Percentile £313 £280 £300
25th Percentile £418 £402 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £662
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 1,914 944 1,252
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.35 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -34.02% +30.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.39
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +27.07%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -64 73 £625 +19.05% 28
South West -20 27 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -43 16 £516 +0.12% 6
South East -59 14 £500 -2.91% 10
West Midlands -51 9 £430 -26.27% 6
East Midlands -5 7 £613 +28.95%
East of England -14 6 £561 -2.39% 2
North of England -58 6 £525 +17.45% 7
Yorkshire -41 3 - - 2
North West -52 3 £525 +17.45% 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 (6.12%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.36%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 14 (9.52%) 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 40 (27.21%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (20.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 25 (17.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (14.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 17 (11.56%) Oracle Assets
6 16 (10.88%) NetSuite
6 16 (10.88%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (8.84%) Oracle Cash Management
8 10 (6.80%) Oracle ERP
9 9 (6.12%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (4.76%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 6 (4.08%) SAP Business One
11 6 (4.08%) SAP FI
12 5 (3.40%) Unit4 Business World
13 4 (2.72%) Dynamics AX
13 4 (2.72%) Oracle FAH
13 4 (2.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 4 (2.72%) SAP GRC
14 3 (2.04%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 3 (2.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (4.76%) 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 10 (6.80%) 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
1 140 (95.24%) Finance
2 42 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.69%) Banking
4 18 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 16 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.40%) Retail
7 4 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.72%) Local Government
7 4 (2.72%) Military
8 3 (2.04%) Billing
8 3 (2.04%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.36%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (31.29%) Consultant
2 21 (14.29%) Lead
3 18 (12.24%) Oracle Consultant
4 15 (10.20%) Analyst
4 15 (10.20%) Functional Consultant
5 12 (8.16%) SAP Consultant
6 11 (7.48%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.80%) Developer
7 10 (6.80%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 8 (5.44%) Implementation Consultant
8 8 (5.44%) Senior
9 7 (4.76%) Accountant
9 7 (4.76%) NetSuite Consultant
9 7 (4.76%) Transformation Consultant
10 6 (4.08%) Finance Manager
10 6 (4.08%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) Lead Consultant
11 5 (3.40%) Architect
12 4 (2.72%) Project Manager
12 4 (2.72%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (5.44%) XML
3 5 (3.40%) Middleware
4 3 (2.04%) REST
4 3 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.36%) RESTful
5 2 (1.36%) Web Services
6 1 (0.68%) Restlet
6 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.48%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.44%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.72%) 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%) CESG
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.68%) Derivative
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
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 45 (30.61%) Migration
5 41 (27.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 39 (26.53%) Data Migration
7 37 (25.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (21.09%) Validation
9 29 (19.73%) Budgeting
10 19 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (12.24%) Cash Management
11 18 (12.24%) System Integration Testing
12 17 (11.56%) Workflow
13 16 (10.88%) Analytics
13 16 (10.88%) Process Improvement
14 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (8.84%) Change Management
15 13 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (8.16%) Requirements Gathering
16 12 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.61%) SQL
2 8 (5.44%) 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 24 (16.33%) ACCA
1 24 (16.33%) CIMA
2 16 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.12%) PMP
5 7 (4.76%) Degree
6 6 (4.08%) AAT
7 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.04%) CCA
8 3 (2.04%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.36%) CIPFA
9 2 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.68%) CCAB
10 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.80%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.44%) IFRS
3 6 (4.08%) GDPR
4 4 (2.72%) GRC
5 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.36%) GAAP
5 2 (1.36%) QA
6 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 57 (38.78%) Oracle
2 44 (29.93%) SAP
3 37 (25.17%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.12%) Sage
5 8 (5.44%) 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