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 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 386 456
Rank change year-on-year -77 +70 +88
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 134 90 77
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.60% 0.59% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 54 33
10th Percentile £313 £404 £388
25th Percentile £481 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £647 £650
90th Percentile £863 £734 £700
UK median daily rate £585 £475 £615
% change year-on-year +23.16% -22.76% +23.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £15.45 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% - -
75th Percentile £17.48 £23.63 -
90th Percentile £17.63 £55.95 -
UK median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year -24.16% - -

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 22,472 15,240 21,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.13% 64.03% 57.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,830 9,879 13,642
10th Percentile £312 £285 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,521 667 1,801
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £16.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £27.13 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -9.58% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.74
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.40 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.49% -8.67% -7.69%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -65 67 £600 +29.73% 21
South West -9 25 £500 -20.00% 3
South East -47 19 £540 - 11
Midlands -56 11 £488 -2.50% 3
East Midlands -25 8 £550 +10.00% 1
North of England -73 5 - - 7
North West -36 3 - - 4
East of England -37 3 £613 +2.08% 2
West Midlands -59 3 £268 - 2
Yorkshire -56 2 - - 2
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 8 (5.97%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (33.58%) Oracle Payables
2 37 (27.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 27 (20.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 25 (18.66%) Oracle Assets
5 22 (16.42%) Oracle EBS
6 21 (15.67%) Oracle Cash Management
7 20 (14.93%) SAP S/4HANA
8 19 (14.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (9.70%) Oracle EBS R12
10 12 (8.96%) NetSuite
11 11 (8.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 7 (5.22%) Oracle Financials
13 6 (4.48%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (4.48%) SAP Business One
14 5 (3.73%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 4 (2.99%) Oracle AGIS
16 3 (2.24%) Dynamics AX
16 3 (2.24%) Dynamics GP
16 3 (2.24%) Dynamics SL
16 3 (2.24%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.96%) OCI
2 8 (5.97%) SaaS
3 6 (4.48%) Azure
3 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.99%) PaaS
6 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.49%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.49%) IaaS
6 2 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.75%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.75%) AWS
7 1 (0.75%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.75%) dbt
7 1 (0.75%) GitHub
7 1 (0.75%) Intacct
7 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (5.22%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.99%) Power BI
4 3 (2.24%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.49%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.49%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.49%) JDeveloper
2 2 (1.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) Hudson
3 1 (0.75%) Toad
3 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (95.52%) Finance
2 30 (22.39%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.66%) Banking
4 19 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.73%) Military
7 4 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.24%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.24%) Legal
9 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.49%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.49%) Local Government
9 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.49%) Retail
10 1 (0.75%) Billing
10 1 (0.75%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.75%) French Language
10 1 (0.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 44 (32.84%) Consultant
2 26 (19.40%) Lead
3 22 (16.42%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (14.18%) Analyst
4 19 (14.18%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (9.70%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 12 (8.96%) Business Analyst
7 11 (8.21%) Accountant
8 10 (7.46%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (5.97%) Lead Consultant
9 8 (5.97%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 8 (5.97%) Senior
10 6 (4.48%) Implementation Consultant
10 6 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.48%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (3.73%) Developer
11 5 (3.73%) Functional Analyst
11 5 (3.73%) Implementation Analyst
11 5 (3.73%) Oracle Analyst
11 5 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (20.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.72%) Middleware
3 7 (5.22%) XML
4 3 (2.24%) Web Services
5 2 (1.49%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.75%) ADO
6 1 (0.75%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.42%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.21%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.73%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.99%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.24%) Derivative
6 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.49%) Equities
6 2 (1.49%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.49%) Linux
1 2 (1.49%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (35.82%) Accounts Payable
2 42 (31.34%) ERP
3 41 (30.60%) Migration
4 40 (29.85%) Accounts Receivable
5 39 (29.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 34 (25.37%) Validation
7 30 (22.39%) Data Migration
8 24 (17.91%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (17.91%) Procure-to-Pay
9 22 (16.42%) Cash Management
10 21 (15.67%) Budgeting
10 21 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (11.19%) Process Improvement
12 15 (11.19%) System Integration Testing
13 14 (10.45%) Workflow
14 13 (9.70%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 13 (9.70%) Financial Modelling
14 13 (9.70%) Record to Report
14 13 (9.70%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.91%) SQL
2 10 (7.46%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.75%) C#
3 1 (0.75%) Python
3 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.75%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (24.63%) ACCA
1 33 (24.63%) CIMA
2 10 (7.46%) Degree
3 9 (6.72%) PMP
3 9 (6.72%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.75%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.72%) IFRS
2 6 (4.48%) GAAP
2 6 (4.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.73%) Basel III
3 5 (3.73%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.99%) IFRS 9
5 3 (2.24%) QA
6 2 (1.49%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.75%) PSD2
7 1 (0.75%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Control-M
2 1 (0.75%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 61 (45.52%) Oracle
2 38 (28.36%) SAP
3 23 (17.16%) Microsoft
4 13 (9.70%) Workday
5 4 (2.99%) Sage
5 4 (2.99%) Talend
6 3 (2.24%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (2.24%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.24%) Ariba
6 3 (2.24%) Epicor
6 3 (2.24%) IFS
6 3 (2.24%) Infor
6 3 (2.24%) Informatica
6 3 (2.24%) QAD
6 3 (2.24%) Zuora
7 2 (1.49%) CODA
7 2 (1.49%) Google
7 2 (1.49%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.75%) IBM
8 1 (0.75%) SimCorp