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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 404 436
Rank change year-on-year -60 +32 +73
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 159 107 98
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.39% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.60% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 70 53
10th Percentile £407 £404 £438
25th Percentile £500 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +2.04%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £700
90th Percentile £803 £770 £770
UK median daily rate £550 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £16.40 £53.38 -
25th Percentile £17.73 £54.69 £41.25
Median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +117.95%
75th Percentile £73.75 £62.19 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.20 £63.13 -
UK median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +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 26,068 17,724 18,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.01% 64.21% 58.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,310 11,214 11,424
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
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 2,281 1,015 930
10th Percentile £13.63 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.17 £17.63
Median hourly rate £30.90 £25.08 £39.18
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% -35.99% +36.26%
75th Percentile £57.00 £45.97 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £25.11 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.48% -28.26% +27.27%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -76 79 £600 - 66
Midlands -36 23 £516 -6.25% 10
South West -19 21 £600 +26.32% 4
South East -60 15 £505 -1.94% 29
West Midlands -31 14 £427 -25.74% 9
East Midlands -15 9 £575 +26.37% 1
East of England -25 8 £505 -15.83% 4
North of England -78 6 £525 +17.45% 12
Yorkshire -44 3 - - 2
North West -50 3 £525 +17.45% 7
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 (4.40%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 48 (30.19%) Oracle Payables
2 39 (24.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 33 (20.75%) Oracle General Ledger
4 31 (19.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (11.32%) Oracle Assets
5 18 (11.32%) Oracle EBS
6 16 (10.06%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (9.43%) NetSuite
8 12 (7.55%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (5.66%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (4.40%) SAP FI
11 6 (3.77%) Oracle Financials
12 5 (3.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 5 (3.14%) Oracle FAH
13 4 (2.52%) Oracle Internet Expenses
13 4 (2.52%) Oracle iProcurement
13 4 (2.52%) SAP Business One
13 4 (2.52%) SAP GRC
13 4 (2.52%) Unit4 Business World
14 3 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.81%) OCI
2 13 (8.18%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (4.40%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.77%) Azure
5 4 (2.52%) AWS
5 4 (2.52%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.52%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.89%) GCP
6 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.89%) SaaS
7 2 (1.26%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.26%) Intacct
7 2 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.63%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.63%) dbt
8 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.63%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.40%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.52%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.52%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.52%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.89%) Power BI
4 3 (1.89%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.26%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.63%) Metadata
6 1 (0.63%) OLTP
6 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.77%) JIRA
2 5 (3.14%) JDeveloper
3 4 (2.52%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.52%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.26%) Hudson
5 1 (0.63%) Toad
General
1 154 (96.86%) Finance
2 57 (35.85%) Social Skills
3 34 (21.38%) Banking
4 20 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (11.95%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.77%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.77%) Retail
8 5 (3.14%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Local Government
9 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.89%) Billing
10 3 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.26%) International Banking
11 2 (1.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (28.93%) Consultant
2 31 (19.50%) Analyst
3 24 (15.09%) Lead
4 23 (14.47%) Business Analyst
5 20 (12.58%) Oracle Consultant
6 19 (11.95%) Financial Analyst
7 18 (11.32%) Functional Consultant
8 12 (7.55%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 11 (6.92%) Finance Business Analyst
9 11 (6.92%) SAP Consultant
10 10 (6.29%) Senior
11 9 (5.66%) Developer
12 8 (5.03%) Accountant
12 8 (5.03%) Implementation Consultant
13 7 (4.40%) NetSuite Consultant
13 7 (4.40%) Transformation Consultant
14 6 (3.77%) Lead Consultant
14 6 (3.77%) Trainer
15 5 (3.14%) Architect
15 5 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (20.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.77%) XML
3 5 (3.14%) Middleware
3 5 (3.14%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.89%) REST
5 2 (1.26%) RESTful
5 2 (1.26%) Web Services
6 1 (0.63%) Restlet
6 1 (0.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.81%) Data Structures
2 9 (5.66%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.66%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.14%) e-Learning
5 4 (2.52%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.89%) Derivative
6 3 (1.89%) Life Science
6 3 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.26%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.26%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.89%) Unix
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (44.65%) Accounts Payable
2 67 (42.14%) Accounts Receivable
3 66 (41.51%) ERP
4 53 (33.33%) Migration
5 49 (30.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (28.30%) Data Migration
6 45 (28.30%) User Acceptance Testing
7 34 (21.38%) Validation
8 27 (16.98%) Budgeting
9 25 (15.72%) System Integration Testing
9 25 (15.72%) Workshop Facilitation
10 23 (14.47%) Process Improvement
10 23 (14.47%) Requirements Gathering
11 19 (11.95%) Data Analysis
12 18 (11.32%) Cash Management
12 18 (11.32%) Change Management
12 18 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (10.69%) Analytics
14 16 (10.06%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.98%) SQL
2 7 (4.40%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.52%) C#
3 4 (2.52%) X++
4 3 (1.89%) ABAP
4 3 (1.89%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.63%) Python
5 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.61%) ACCA
1 28 (17.61%) CIMA
2 17 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.81%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.92%) Degree
5 8 (5.03%) PMP
6 7 (4.40%) AAT
7 6 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.52%) CCA
9 3 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.26%) CCAB
10 2 (1.26%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.32%) Data Quality
2 15 (9.43%) IFRS
3 6 (3.77%) GDPR
4 4 (2.52%) GRC
5 2 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.26%) GAAP
5 2 (1.26%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.26%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.26%) QA
6 1 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.26%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.63%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (42.77%) Oracle
2 47 (29.56%) SAP
3 45 (28.30%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.03%) Sage
5 7 (4.40%) Workday
6 5 (3.14%) Xero
7 4 (2.52%) Adobe
7 4 (2.52%) Talend
8 3 (1.89%) Google
9 2 (1.26%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (1.26%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.26%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.26%) Epicor
9 2 (1.26%) HP
9 2 (1.26%) IFS
9 2 (1.26%) Infor
9 2 (1.26%) Murex
9 2 (1.26%) QAD
9 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.26%) Zuora