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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 397 467
Rank change year-on-year -53 +70 +116
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 124 91 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.36% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.57% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 58 51
10th Percentile £360 £450 £413
25th Percentile £458 £503 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £571 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% -4.79% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £648 £650
90th Percentile £825 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £630
% change year-on-year +2.61% -8.73% +21.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +149.55% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £25.52 -
% change year-on-year +115.52% - -

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 21,296 16,062 22,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.52% 62.86% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,455 10,093 14,544
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £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 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,331 548 1,626
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.25 £13.17
25th Percentile £17.42 £20.00 £15.30
Median hourly rate £24.03 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% +17.12% -18.75%
75th Percentile £55.88 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.69% -17.06%

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 6 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 6 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 -34 64 £631 +6.99% 17
South East -26 22 £600 +16.50% 10
South West -17 11 £475 - 2
Midlands -57 11 £423 -19.52% 3
East Midlands -18 8 £450 -10.00%
North of England -63 7 £500 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire -55 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -26 3 £600 - 2
West Midlands -55 3 £268 -49.67% 3
North West -24 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 4 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (3.23%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.61%) Confluence
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (1.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 50 (40.32%) Oracle Payables
2 42 (33.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 40 (32.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 35 (28.23%) Oracle Assets
5 26 (20.97%) Oracle Cash Management
6 23 (18.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 22 (17.74%) Oracle EBS
8 17 (13.71%) Oracle EBS R12
9 15 (12.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 11 (8.87%) Oracle Financials
11 10 (8.06%) Oracle AGIS
11 10 (8.06%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (6.45%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (4.84%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
15 3 (2.42%) SAP FI
16 2 (1.61%) SAP R/3
17 1 (0.81%) Oracle SCM
17 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
17 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.29%) OCI
2 12 (9.68%) SaaS
3 10 (8.06%) Azure
3 10 (8.06%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.03%) PaaS
7 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.61%) IaaS
9 1 (0.81%) dbt
9 1 (0.81%) GitHub
9 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.81%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) Power BI
2 7 (5.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) JIRA
1 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.61%) Hudson
4 1 (0.81%) Toad
General
1 117 (94.35%) Finance
2 44 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.94%) Banking
4 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Law
6 5 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Billing
7 4 (3.23%) Publishing
8 3 (2.42%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.42%) Legal
9 2 (1.61%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.61%) Local Government
9 2 (1.61%) Military
10 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.81%) French Language
10 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (31.45%) Consultant
2 26 (20.97%) Oracle Consultant
3 23 (18.55%) Functional Consultant
4 21 (16.94%) Analyst
5 18 (14.52%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 17 (13.71%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 15 (12.10%) Lead
8 14 (11.29%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 12 (9.68%) Business Analyst
9 12 (9.68%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (8.87%) Senior
11 8 (6.45%) Accountant
11 8 (6.45%) Developer
12 7 (5.65%) Oracle Analyst
12 7 (5.65%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.65%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Finance Business Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Financial Controller
14 4 (3.23%) Finance Systems Analyst
14 4 (3.23%) Oracle Financials Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (24.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.03%) Middleware
3 4 (3.23%) XML
4 2 (1.61%) ADO
4 2 (1.61%) REST
4 2 (1.61%) SOAP
4 2 (1.61%) Web Services
4 2 (1.61%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.81%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.87%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.03%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.42%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.61%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.61%) Derivative
6 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.81%) AS400
7 1 (0.81%) Equities
7 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.81%) PMI
7 1 (0.81%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Linux
1 2 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (43.55%) Accounts Payable
2 48 (38.71%) Accounts Receivable
3 35 (28.23%) Migration
3 35 (28.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 33 (26.61%) ERP
5 30 (24.19%) Cash Management
6 28 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (22.58%) Procure-to-Pay
7 20 (16.13%) Validation
8 19 (15.32%) Agile
9 18 (14.52%) Data Migration
10 16 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (12.10%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 14 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (10.48%) Budgeting
13 13 (10.48%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.48%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (9.68%) Project Management
14 12 (9.68%) Record to Report
15 11 (8.87%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.35%) SQL
2 11 (8.87%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (20.16%) ACCA
1 25 (20.16%) CIMA
2 15 (12.10%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.68%) Degree
4 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.03%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.03%) PMP
6 3 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.81%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.65%) IFRS
3 6 (4.84%) Basel III
3 6 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.84%) GAAP
3 6 (4.84%) IFRS 9
4 4 (3.23%) QA
4 4 (3.23%) SLA
5 2 (1.61%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.61%) PMO
6 1 (0.81%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Control-M
2 1 (0.81%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 61 (49.19%) Oracle
2 26 (20.97%) SAP
3 11 (8.87%) Workday
4 7 (5.65%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.23%) Xero
6 3 (2.42%) Ariba
6 3 (2.42%) IFS
6 3 (2.42%) Informatica
7 2 (1.61%) CODA
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe
8 1 (0.81%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.81%) Charles River
8 1 (0.81%) Concur
8 1 (0.81%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.81%) Infor
8 1 (0.81%) Murex
8 1 (0.81%) QAD
8 1 (0.81%) Sage
8 1 (0.81%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.81%) Zuora