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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 399 455
Rank change year-on-year -54 +56 +129
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 126 76 77
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.48% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 45 39
10th Percentile £313 £404 £390
25th Percentile £419 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £676 £651 £663
90th Percentile £825 £824 £750
UK median daily rate £580 £525 £630
% change year-on-year +10.48% -16.67% +26.00%
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 21,955 15,672 21,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.69% 63.99% 58.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,780 10,205 14,073
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £411 £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 1,412 653 1,765
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.61 £15.39
Median hourly rate £29.52 £28.75 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +2.68% -17.65%
75th Percentile £61.18 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.80 £28.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.80% +4.00% -21.43%

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 18 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 18 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 -36 62 £650 +26.83% 21
South East -24 22 £585 - 10
South West -13 17 £500 -20.00% 1
Midlands -62 11 £450 -14.29% 2
East Midlands -30 7 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England -64 7 £500 -19.03% 4
Yorkshire -52 5 £500 -23.08% 1
West Midlands -64 4 £347 -34.00%
East of England -34 2 £606 +1.04%
North West -46 2 - - 3
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 (4.76%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 41 (32.54%) Oracle Payables
2 34 (26.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 33 (26.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (22.22%) Oracle Assets
5 23 (18.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 21 (16.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (11.90%) SAP S/4HANA
9 13 (10.32%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (8.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 8 (6.35%) Oracle AGIS
11 8 (6.35%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (5.56%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (4.76%) SAP Business One
14 5 (3.97%) NetSuite
14 5 (3.97%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 3 (2.38%) SAP FI
16 2 (1.59%) SAP R/3
17 1 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
17 1 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.32%) OCI
2 10 (7.94%) SaaS
3 7 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.76%) Azure
5 5 (3.97%) PaaS
6 4 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.59%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (5.56%) Power BI
2 6 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.79%) Metadata
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
1 3 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.79%) Hudson
2 1 (0.79%) Toad
2 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (95.24%) Finance
2 33 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.05%) Banking
4 22 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.17%) Legal
8 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Law
8 3 (2.38%) Military
8 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Billing
9 2 (1.59%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.59%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.59%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.79%) French Language
10 1 (0.79%) Front Office
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (28.57%) Consultant
2 21 (16.67%) Analyst
2 21 (16.67%) Lead
3 20 (15.87%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (15.08%) Functional Consultant
5 14 (11.11%) Accountant
5 14 (11.11%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 13 (10.32%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 12 (9.52%) Business Analyst
8 10 (7.94%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (7.14%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
10 8 (6.35%) Senior
11 6 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (3.97%) Developer
12 5 (3.97%) Functional Analyst
12 5 (3.97%) Oracle Analyst
13 4 (3.17%) Architect
13 4 (3.17%) Oracle Architect
13 4 (3.17%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.97%) Middleware
2 5 (3.97%) XML
3 2 (1.59%) REST
3 2 (1.59%) SOAP
3 2 (1.59%) Web Services
3 2 (1.59%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.79%) ADO
4 1 (0.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.59%) Derivative
6 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) AS400
7 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.79%) Equities
7 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (40.48%) Accounts Payable
2 45 (35.71%) Accounts Receivable
3 39 (30.95%) Migration
4 36 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 35 (27.78%) ERP
6 29 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (21.43%) Validation
8 26 (20.63%) Cash Management
8 26 (20.63%) Procure-to-Pay
9 21 (16.67%) Data Migration
10 17 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (12.70%) Budgeting
12 15 (11.90%) Agile
12 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 14 (11.11%) Process Improvement
13 14 (11.11%) Record to Report
14 13 (10.32%) Financial Modelling
15 12 (9.52%) Performance Analysis
16 11 (8.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.46%) SQL
2 9 (7.14%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.79%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (23.81%) ACCA
1 30 (23.81%) CIMA
2 14 (11.11%) Degree
3 7 (5.56%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.76%) PMP
5 5 (3.97%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.56%) GAAP
2 7 (5.56%) IFRS
2 7 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.76%) Basel III
4 5 (3.97%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.97%) QA
5 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.79%) PSD2
6 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Control-M
2 1 (0.79%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 56 (44.44%) Oracle
2 34 (26.98%) SAP
3 12 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 10 (7.94%) Workday
5 3 (2.38%) Ariba
5 3 (2.38%) Informatica
6 2 (1.59%) CODA
6 2 (1.59%) Google
6 2 (1.59%) IFS
6 2 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.59%) Sage
7 1 (0.79%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.79%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.79%) Concur
7 1 (0.79%) Infor
7 1 (0.79%) Misys
7 1 (0.79%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.79%) Temenos
7 1 (0.79%) Xero
7 1 (0.79%) Zuora