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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 400 451
Rank change year-on-year -78 +51 +57
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 142 106 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.60% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 68 44
10th Percentile £419 £404 £402
25th Percentile £490 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.78% -2.17% +12.20%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £689
90th Percentile £845 £786 £764
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £563
% change year-on-year - +2.22% +7.14%
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 25,227 17,762 19,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.40% 63.96% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,098 11,336 12,441
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £416 £402 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £659
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 1,923 944 1,263
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.35 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +33.20% -34.02% +32.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.75 £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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -68 69 £625 +19.05% 21
South West -15 27 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -42 15 £481 -25.96% 6
South East -60 14 £500 -41.18% 7
West Midlands -52 9 £430 -42.73% 5
East of England -11 6 £561 -2.39% 2
East Midlands -11 6 £625 +31.58% 1
North of England -69 6 £525 +17.45% 6
Yorkshire -42 3 - - 2
North West -55 3 £525 +17.45% 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 9 (6.34%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 14 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 39 (27.46%) Oracle Payables
2 29 (20.42%) Oracle Receivables
3 25 (17.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (14.79%) Oracle General Ledger
5 17 (11.97%) Oracle Assets
6 16 (11.27%) NetSuite
6 16 (11.27%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (9.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 9 (6.34%) Oracle EBS R12
8 9 (6.34%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (4.93%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 6 (4.23%) SAP Business One
10 6 (4.23%) SAP FI
11 5 (3.52%) Unit4 Business World
12 4 (2.82%) Dynamics AX
12 4 (2.82%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (2.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (2.82%) SAP GRC
13 3 (2.11%) Oracle Internet Expenses
13 3 (2.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.45%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (4.93%) OCI
3 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.82%) Power Automate
4 4 (2.82%) PowerApps
4 4 (2.82%) SaaS
5 3 (2.11%) Azure
5 3 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.41%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.41%) Intacct
6 2 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.70%) AWS
7 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.70%) GitHub
7 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.70%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.93%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.82%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.82%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.11%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.41%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.70%) Metadata
6 1 (0.70%) OLTP
6 1 (0.70%) Power BI
6 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) JDeveloper
2 4 (2.82%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.41%) Hudson
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
4 1 (0.70%) Toad
General
1 135 (95.07%) Finance
2 41 (28.87%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.90%) Banking
4 18 (12.68%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.52%) Retail
7 4 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.82%) Local Government
7 4 (2.82%) Military
8 3 (2.11%) Billing
8 3 (2.11%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.41%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (32.39%) Consultant
2 20 (14.08%) Lead
3 18 (12.68%) Oracle Consultant
4 15 (10.56%) Functional Consultant
5 14 (9.86%) Analyst
6 12 (8.45%) SAP Consultant
7 10 (7.04%) Business Analyst
7 10 (7.04%) Developer
7 10 (7.04%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 8 (5.63%) Implementation Consultant
8 8 (5.63%) Senior
9 7 (4.93%) Accountant
9 7 (4.93%) NetSuite Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Transformation Consultant
10 6 (4.23%) Finance Manager
10 6 (4.23%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) Lead Consultant
11 4 (2.82%) Business Consultant
11 4 (2.82%) Oracle Developer
11 4 (2.82%) Oracle Financials Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (5.63%) XML
3 5 (3.52%) Middleware
4 3 (2.11%) REST
4 3 (2.11%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.41%) RESTful
5 2 (1.41%) Web Services
6 1 (0.70%) Restlet
6 1 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.04%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.11%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.41%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.41%) Life Science
7 1 (0.70%) CESG
7 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.70%) Derivative
7 1 (0.70%) Equities
7 1 (0.70%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.70%) FMCG
7 1 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.70%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.70%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.11%) Unix
2 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.66%) Accounts Payable
2 57 (40.14%) Accounts Receivable
3 52 (36.62%) ERP
4 43 (30.28%) Migration
5 40 (28.17%) User Acceptance Testing
6 38 (26.76%) Data Migration
7 35 (24.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (21.83%) Validation
9 28 (19.72%) Budgeting
10 18 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (12.68%) Cash Management
10 18 (12.68%) System Integration Testing
11 17 (11.97%) Workflow
12 15 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.56%) Process Improvement
13 14 (9.86%) Analytics
14 12 (8.45%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (7.75%) Project Delivery
15 11 (7.75%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.38%) SQL
2 8 (5.63%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.82%) C#
3 4 (2.82%) X++
4 3 (2.11%) ABAP
4 3 (2.11%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.70%) Python
5 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.90%) ACCA
1 24 (16.90%) CIMA
2 16 (11.27%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.34%) PMP
5 7 (4.93%) Degree
6 6 (4.23%) AAT
7 5 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.11%) CCA
8 3 (2.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.11%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.41%) CIPFA
9 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.70%) CCAB
10 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.63%) IFRS
3 6 (4.23%) GDPR
4 4 (2.82%) GRC
5 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.41%) GAAP
5 2 (1.41%) QA
6 1 (0.70%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.70%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (38.73%) Oracle
2 42 (29.58%) SAP
3 36 (25.35%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.34%) Sage
5 7 (4.93%) Workday
6 5 (3.52%) Xero
7 4 (2.82%) Talend
8 3 (2.11%) Adaptive Insights
8 3 (2.11%) Anaplan
8 3 (2.11%) Epicor
8 3 (2.11%) Google
8 3 (2.11%) IFS
8 3 (2.11%) Infor
8 3 (2.11%) QAD
8 3 (2.11%) Zuora
9 2 (1.41%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.70%) Adobe
10 1 (0.70%) HP
10 1 (0.70%) Murex