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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 399 465
Rank change year-on-year -71 +66 +121
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 125 73 75
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 41 38
10th Percentile £313 £404 £390
25th Percentile £434 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £679 £675 £650
90th Percentile £829 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £580 £600 £630
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.76% +20.00%
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 22,040 15,500 21,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.35% 63.64% 58.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,893 10,103 14,163
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,403 632 1,738
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £15.38
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.04 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +5.58% -21.43%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £26.28 £29.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -9.40% +7.41% -22.86%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -45 63 £650 +6.12% 22
South East -34 21 £590 - 11
South West -11 17 £500 -20.00% 1
Midlands -59 11 £438 -16.67% 1
East Midlands -29 7 £500 -
North of England -67 7 £500 -19.03% 2
Yorkshire -51 5 £500 -23.08% 1
West Midlands -59 4 £347 -34.00% 1
North West -31 2 - - 1
East of England -38 1 £600 -
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 6 (4.80%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.40%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.60%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (36.00%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (30.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 36 (28.80%) Oracle General Ledger
4 30 (24.00%) Oracle Assets
5 25 (20.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 21 (16.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (14.40%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (10.40%) Oracle EBS R12
8 13 (10.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 12 (9.60%) SAP S/4HANA
10 8 (6.40%) Oracle AGIS
10 8 (6.40%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (5.60%) Oracle FAH
12 5 (4.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 4 (3.20%) NetSuite
14 3 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.40%) SAP Business One
14 3 (2.40%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.60%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.40%) OCI
2 11 (8.80%) SaaS
3 7 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.80%) Azure
5 5 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.00%) PaaS
6 4 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.60%) IaaS
8 1 (0.80%) dbt
8 1 (0.80%) GitHub
8 1 (0.80%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.80%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.80%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (5.60%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (5.60%) Power BI
2 6 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.80%) Metadata
5 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.40%) JIRA
1 3 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.80%) Hudson
2 1 (0.80%) Toad
2 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (96.00%) Finance
2 36 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.20%) Banking
4 22 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.80%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.20%) Law
7 4 (3.20%) Legal
8 3 (2.40%) Military
8 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Billing
9 2 (1.60%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.60%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.60%) Local Government
9 2 (1.60%) Publishing
10 1 (0.80%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.80%) French Language
10 1 (0.80%) Front Office
10 1 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (29.60%) Consultant
2 21 (16.80%) Analyst
3 20 (16.00%) Lead
3 20 (16.00%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (15.20%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (10.40%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 13 (10.40%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 12 (9.60%) Business Analyst
7 10 (8.00%) Accountant
7 10 (8.00%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (7.20%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 8 (6.40%) Senior
10 7 (5.60%) Developer
11 6 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.80%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (4.00%) Functional Analyst
12 5 (4.00%) Oracle Analyst
12 5 (4.00%) Oracle Developer
13 4 (3.20%) Oracle Architect
13 4 (3.20%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (24.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.00%) Middleware
2 5 (4.00%) XML
3 2 (1.60%) REST
3 2 (1.60%) SOAP
3 2 (1.60%) Web Services
3 2 (1.60%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.80%) ADO
4 1 (0.80%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.00%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.80%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.20%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.40%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.60%) Derivative
6 2 (1.60%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.80%) AS400
7 1 (0.80%) Equities
7 1 (0.80%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.80%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.80%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.60%) Linux
1 2 (1.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.00%) Accounts Payable
2 44 (35.20%) Accounts Receivable
3 37 (29.60%) Migration
4 35 (28.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (24.80%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (24.80%) ERP
6 27 (21.60%) Cash Management
7 26 (20.80%) Procure-to-Pay
8 24 (19.20%) Validation
9 19 (15.20%) Data Migration
10 18 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (13.60%) Agile
12 16 (12.80%) Budgeting
13 15 (12.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 13 (10.40%) Financial Modelling
14 13 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (9.60%) Performance Analysis
15 12 (9.60%) Process Improvement
15 12 (9.60%) Project Management
15 12 (9.60%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.00%) SQL
2 11 (8.80%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.80%) X++
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) ACCA
1 27 (21.60%) CIMA
2 14 (11.20%) Degree
3 9 (7.20%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.80%) PMP
4 6 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.20%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.40%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.80%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.80%) Basel III
3 6 (4.80%) GAAP
3 6 (4.80%) IFRS
4 5 (4.00%) IFRS 9
4 5 (4.00%) QA
5 3 (2.40%) SLA
6 2 (1.60%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.80%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.80%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Control-M
2 1 (0.80%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 58 (46.40%) Oracle
2 31 (24.80%) SAP
3 10 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.00%) Workday
4 3 (2.40%) Ariba
4 3 (2.40%) Informatica
5 2 (1.60%) CODA
5 2 (1.60%) IFS
5 2 (1.60%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.60%) Sage
5 2 (1.60%) Xero
6 1 (0.80%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.80%) Adobe
6 1 (0.80%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.80%) Concur
6 1 (0.80%) Epicor
6 1 (0.80%) IBM
6 1 (0.80%) Misys
6 1 (0.80%) Temenos
6 1 (0.80%) Zuora