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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 407 441
Rank change year-on-year -72 +34 +57
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 154 107 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.39% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.60% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 69 47
10th Percentile £419 £404 £415
25th Percentile £500 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £653 £673 £696
90th Percentile £821 £778 £775
UK median daily rate £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £16.82 £20.62 -
25th Percentile £19.20 £20.86 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £38.52 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% -9.36% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £59.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £61.88 -
UK median hourly rate £39.60 £38.52 £42.50
% change year-on-year +2.79% -9.36% +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 25,277 17,733 19,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.35% 64.31% 57.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,970 11,266 11,992
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £424 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £651
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 2,056 987 1,075
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.45 £16.21 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.70 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +23.88% -31.10% +32.73%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -69 80 £600 +1.69% 84
South West -19 23 £600 -5.88% 4
Midlands -46 18 £550 - 10
South East -58 14 £503 -2.43% 25
East Midlands -10 9 £575 +26.37% 3
West Midlands -45 9 £430 -25.30% 7
East of England -17 8 £505 -12.17% 6
North of England -68 6 £525 +17.45% 26
Yorkshire -35 3 - - 2
North West -56 3 £525 +17.45% 14
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 (5.19%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (28.57%) Oracle Payables
2 36 (23.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 29 (18.83%) Oracle General Ledger
4 26 (16.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (11.69%) Oracle Assets
6 17 (11.04%) Oracle EBS
7 16 (10.39%) Oracle ERP
8 15 (9.74%) NetSuite
9 12 (7.79%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (5.84%) Oracle EBS R12
11 7 (4.55%) SAP FI
12 6 (3.90%) SAP Business One
13 5 (3.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (2.60%) Oracle FAH
14 4 (2.60%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 4 (2.60%) Oracle iProcurement
14 4 (2.60%) SAP GRC
14 4 (2.60%) Unit4 Business World
15 3 (1.95%) Oracle Financials
15 3 (1.95%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
1 12 (7.79%) OCI
2 6 (3.90%) Azure
2 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.60%) AWS
3 4 (2.60%) Google Workspace
3 4 (2.60%) Power Automate
3 4 (2.60%) PowerApps
3 4 (2.60%) SaaS
4 3 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (1.95%) GCP
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.30%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.30%) Intacct
5 2 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.65%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.65%) dbt
6 1 (0.65%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.60%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.60%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.60%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.95%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.30%) Power BI
5 2 (1.30%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.65%) Metadata
6 1 (0.65%) OLTP
6 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.25%) JDeveloper
2 4 (2.60%) JIRA
2 4 (2.60%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.60%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.30%) Hudson
4 1 (0.65%) Toad
General
1 148 (96.10%) Finance
2 53 (34.42%) Social Skills
3 30 (19.48%) Banking
4 18 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.04%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.90%) Retail
7 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.25%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Local Government
8 4 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.95%) Billing
9 3 (1.95%) Military
9 3 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (32.47%) Consultant
2 22 (14.29%) Lead
3 21 (13.64%) Analyst
4 20 (12.99%) Oracle Consultant
5 18 (11.69%) Functional Consultant
6 16 (10.39%) Business Analyst
7 13 (8.44%) SAP Consultant
8 12 (7.79%) Financial Analyst
8 12 (7.79%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 10 (6.49%) Developer
10 9 (5.84%) Senior
11 8 (5.19%) Implementation Consultant
12 7 (4.55%) Accountant
12 7 (4.55%) Finance Business Analyst
12 7 (4.55%) NetSuite Consultant
12 7 (4.55%) Transformation Consultant
13 6 (3.90%) Finance Manager
13 6 (3.90%) Lead Consultant
13 6 (3.90%) Trainer
14 5 (3.25%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (19.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.55%) XML
3 5 (3.25%) Middleware
3 5 (3.25%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.95%) REST
5 2 (1.30%) RESTful
5 2 (1.30%) Web Services
6 1 (0.65%) Restlet
6 1 (0.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.44%) Data Structures
2 11 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.84%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.25%) e-Learning
6 4 (2.60%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.95%) Life Science
7 3 (1.95%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.30%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.30%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.30%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) CESG
9 1 (0.65%) Derivative
9 1 (0.65%) Equities
9 1 (0.65%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.65%) FMCG
9 1 (0.65%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.95%) Unix
2 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (45.45%) Accounts Payable
2 67 (43.51%) Accounts Receivable
3 62 (40.26%) ERP
4 51 (33.12%) Migration
5 44 (28.57%) Data Migration
6 43 (27.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
8 31 (20.13%) Validation
9 28 (18.18%) Budgeting
10 22 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
11 20 (12.99%) Process Improvement
11 20 (12.99%) Workshop Facilitation
12 17 (11.04%) Analytics
12 17 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (11.04%) Cash Management
12 17 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (10.39%) Change Management
13 16 (10.39%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (10.39%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.58%) SQL
2 7 (4.55%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.60%) C#
3 4 (2.60%) X++
4 3 (1.95%) ABAP
4 3 (1.95%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.65%) Python
5 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (15.58%) ACCA
1 24 (15.58%) CIMA
2 17 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.49%) Degree
5 8 (5.19%) PMP
6 6 (3.90%) AAT
7 5 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.60%) CCA
9 3 (1.95%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.95%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.30%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.65%) CCAB
11 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.44%) Data Quality
1 13 (8.44%) IFRS
2 6 (3.90%) GDPR
3 4 (2.60%) GRC
4 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.30%) GAAP
4 2 (1.30%) QA
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.65%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.65%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (41.56%) Oracle
2 45 (29.22%) SAP
3 41 (26.62%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.19%) Sage
5 6 (3.90%) Workday
6 5 (3.25%) Xero
7 4 (2.60%) Adobe
7 4 (2.60%) Talend
8 3 (1.95%) Google
9 2 (1.30%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.30%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.30%) CODA
9 2 (1.30%) Epicor
9 2 (1.30%) HP
9 2 (1.30%) Infor
9 2 (1.30%) Murex
9 2 (1.30%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.30%) QAD
9 2 (1.30%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.30%) Zuora