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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 395 469
Rank change year-on-year -62 +74 +103
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 122 85 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.55% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 53 52
10th Percentile £346 £450 £413
25th Percentile £441 £488 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +16.50%
75th Percentile £676 £651 £650
90th Percentile £836 £713 £724
UK median daily rate £590 £588 £628
% change year-on-year +0.43% -6.37% +19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 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 21,233 15,539 22,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.64% 63.25% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,414 10,034 14,532
10th Percentile £300 £300 £269
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,326 577 1,666
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.03
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.97 £15.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £58.98 £61.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.13 £76.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.55 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.17% +15.38% -25.71%

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 17 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 17 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 -46 63 £650 +10.17% 32
South East -25 21 £600 - 23
South West -15 12 - - 2
Midlands -52 11 £423 -19.52% 3
East Midlands -26 8 £450 -10.00%
North of England -64 7 £500 -14.35% 2
Yorkshire -50 5 £500 -9.09% 1
West Midlands -65 3 £268 -48.95% 3
East of England -30 2 £600 -
North West -31 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 (4.10%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.64%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 50 (40.98%) Oracle Payables
2 42 (34.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 39 (31.97%) Oracle General Ledger
4 35 (28.69%) Oracle Assets
5 27 (22.13%) Oracle Cash Management
6 24 (19.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 20 (16.39%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (12.30%) Oracle EBS R12
9 14 (11.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (8.20%) Oracle AGIS
10 10 (8.20%) SAP S/4HANA
11 9 (7.38%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (5.74%) Oracle FAH
13 5 (4.10%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (3.28%) Oracle ERP
15 3 (2.46%) SAP FI
16 2 (1.64%) SAP R/3
17 1 (0.82%) Oracle SCM
17 1 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
17 1 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.66%) OCI
1 13 (10.66%) SaaS
2 10 (8.20%) Azure
2 10 (8.20%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.10%) PaaS
6 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.64%) IaaS
8 1 (0.82%) dbt
8 1 (0.82%) GitHub
8 1 (0.82%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) Power BI
2 8 (6.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (4.92%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (2.46%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.82%) Hudson
3 1 (0.82%) Toad
General
1 115 (94.26%) Finance
2 41 (33.61%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (16.39%) Banking
5 13 (10.66%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Law
7 4 (3.28%) Billing
7 4 (3.28%) Publishing
8 3 (2.46%) Legal
8 3 (2.46%) Military
8 3 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.64%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.82%) French Language
10 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (29.51%) Consultant
2 23 (18.85%) Oracle Consultant
3 20 (16.39%) Functional Consultant
4 19 (15.57%) Analyst
5 15 (12.30%) Lead
5 15 (12.30%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 14 (11.48%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 11 (9.02%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (9.02%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 10 (8.20%) Business Analyst
9 9 (7.38%) Developer
9 9 (7.38%) Senior
10 8 (6.56%) Accountant
11 6 (4.92%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.92%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (4.10%) Financial Controller
12 5 (4.10%) Oracle Developer
13 4 (3.28%) Finance Systems Analyst
13 4 (3.28%) Oracle Financials Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (25.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.10%) Middleware
2 5 (4.10%) XML
3 2 (1.64%) ADO
3 2 (1.64%) REST
3 2 (1.64%) SOAP
3 2 (1.64%) Web Services
3 2 (1.64%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.10%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.64%) Derivative
5 2 (1.64%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.82%) AS400
6 1 (0.82%) Equities
6 1 (0.82%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.82%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.82%) PMI
6 1 (0.82%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.64%) Linux
1 2 (1.64%) Windows
2 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (43.44%) Accounts Payable
2 47 (38.52%) Accounts Receivable
3 34 (27.87%) Migration
4 33 (27.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (25.41%) Cash Management
5 31 (25.41%) ERP
6 30 (24.59%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (23.77%) Procure-to-Pay
8 20 (16.39%) Validation
9 17 (13.93%) Agile
9 17 (13.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 17 (13.93%) Data Migration
10 15 (12.30%) Budgeting
10 15 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (10.66%) Decision-Making
12 13 (10.66%) Financial Modelling
12 13 (10.66%) Project Management
12 13 (10.66%) Record to Report
13 12 (9.84%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.67%) SQL
2 12 (9.84%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) ACCA
1 25 (20.49%) CIMA
2 13 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.84%) Degree
4 7 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.10%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.10%) PMP
6 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.46%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.46%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.82%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.92%) Basel III
2 6 (4.92%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.92%) GAAP
2 6 (4.92%) IFRS
3 5 (4.10%) IFRS 9
4 4 (3.28%) QA
5 3 (2.46%) SLA
6 2 (1.64%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.82%) GDPR
7 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Control-M
2 1 (0.82%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 58 (47.54%) Oracle
2 26 (21.31%) SAP
3 10 (8.20%) Workday
4 6 (4.92%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.28%) Xero
6 3 (2.46%) Ariba
6 3 (2.46%) Informatica
7 2 (1.64%) CODA
7 2 (1.64%) IFS
8 1 (0.82%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.82%) Adobe
8 1 (0.82%) Charles River
8 1 (0.82%) Concur
8 1 (0.82%) Epicor
8 1 (0.82%) IBM
8 1 (0.82%) Misys
8 1 (0.82%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.82%) Sage
8 1 (0.82%) Temenos
8 1 (0.82%) Zuora