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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 380 454
Rank change year-on-year -71 +74 +107
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 131 89 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.37% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.57% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 53 36
10th Percentile £313 £404 £383
25th Percentile £444 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £840 £735 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +21.05% -24.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £15.29 - -
25th Percentile £16.21 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.56% - -
75th Percentile £36.37 £23.63 -
90th Percentile £47.55 £55.95 -
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year -19.56% - -

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 22,227 15,558 21,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.06% 64.07% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,740 10,063 13,655
10th Percentile £310 £290 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -1.45% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 682 1,778
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.79 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.01 £16.95 £15.44
Median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% -8.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.18 £55.25 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

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 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -57 64 £600 +33.33% 10
South West -19 22 £500 -20.00% 2
South East -48 20 £575 - 14
Midlands -60 11 £450 -12.20% 2
East Midlands -26 7 £550 +10.00% 1
North of England -63 7 - - 8
West Midlands -50 4 £347 -34.00% 1
Yorkshire -55 4 - - 2
East of England -30 3 £613 +2.08% 4
North West -41 3 - - 4
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 7 (5.34%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (34.35%) Oracle Payables
2 37 (28.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 28 (21.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 25 (19.08%) Oracle Assets
5 22 (16.79%) Oracle Cash Management
5 22 (16.79%) Oracle EBS
6 19 (14.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (13.74%) SAP S/4HANA
8 14 (10.69%) Oracle EBS R12
9 11 (8.40%) NetSuite
10 10 (7.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (5.34%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (4.58%) Oracle FAH
12 6 (4.58%) SAP Business One
13 5 (3.82%) Oracle AGIS
13 5 (3.82%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 3 (2.29%) Dynamics AX
14 3 (2.29%) Dynamics GP
14 3 (2.29%) Infor CloudSuite
14 3 (2.29%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.40%) OCI
2 7 (5.34%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.34%) SaaS
3 5 (3.82%) Azure
3 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.05%) PaaS
5 2 (1.53%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.76%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.76%) AWS
6 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.76%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.76%) dbt
6 1 (0.76%) GitHub
6 1 (0.76%) Intacct
6 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (4.58%) Power BI
2 5 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) Metadata
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.76%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.76%) Toad
3 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 125 (95.42%) Finance
2 28 (21.37%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.85%) Banking
4 18 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.05%) Legal
7 4 (3.05%) Military
8 3 (2.29%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.53%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.53%) Local Government
9 2 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Billing
10 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.76%) French Language
10 1 (0.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 40 (30.53%) Consultant
2 23 (17.56%) Lead
3 22 (16.79%) Oracle Consultant
4 21 (16.03%) Analyst
5 19 (14.50%) Functional Consultant
6 14 (10.69%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 13 (9.92%) Business Analyst
8 12 (9.16%) Accountant
9 11 (8.40%) Senior
10 10 (7.63%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (7.63%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 8 (6.11%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (6.11%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (5.34%) Lead Consultant
13 6 (4.58%) Finance Manager
13 6 (4.58%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
14 5 (3.82%) Finance Business Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) Functional Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) Implementation Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.87%) Middleware
3 6 (4.58%) XML
4 2 (1.53%) Web Services
4 2 (1.53%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.76%) ADO
5 1 (0.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.79%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.63%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.82%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.05%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.53%) Derivative
6 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Equities
7 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Linux
1 2 (1.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.64%) Accounts Payable
2 41 (31.30%) Accounts Receivable
3 39 (29.77%) ERP
3 39 (29.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 38 (29.01%) Migration
5 29 (22.14%) Validation
6 26 (19.85%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (19.08%) Data Migration
8 24 (18.32%) Cash Management
8 24 (18.32%) Procure-to-Pay
9 19 (14.50%) Budgeting
9 19 (14.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (11.45%) Process Improvement
10 15 (11.45%) System Integration Testing
11 14 (10.69%) Workflow
12 13 (9.92%) Agile
12 13 (9.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 13 (9.92%) Financial Modelling
13 12 (9.16%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.79%) SQL
2 9 (6.87%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.76%) C#
3 1 (0.76%) Python
3 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.76%) X++
Qualifications
1 31 (23.66%) ACCA
1 31 (23.66%) CIMA
2 13 (9.92%) Degree
3 8 (6.11%) PMP
4 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.29%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.29%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) Data Quality
1 7 (5.34%) GAAP
1 7 (5.34%) IFRS
1 7 (5.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (3.82%) Basel III
2 5 (3.82%) IFRS 9
3 4 (3.05%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.76%) PSD2
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Control-M
2 1 (0.76%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 59 (45.04%) Oracle
2 37 (28.24%) SAP
3 19 (14.50%) Microsoft
4 13 (9.92%) Workday
5 4 (3.05%) Sage
5 4 (3.05%) Talend
6 3 (2.29%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (2.29%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.29%) Ariba
6 3 (2.29%) Epicor
6 3 (2.29%) IFS
6 3 (2.29%) Infor
6 3 (2.29%) Informatica
6 3 (2.29%) QAD
6 3 (2.29%) Zuora
7 2 (1.53%) CODA
7 2 (1.53%) Google
7 2 (1.53%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.76%) Charles River
8 1 (0.76%) SimCorp