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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 392 469
Rank change year-on-year -65 +77 +108
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 130 86 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.55% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 51 37
10th Percentile £313 £404 £413
25th Percentile £419 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.03% -18.75% +20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £675
90th Percentile £825 £800 £735
UK median daily rate £578 £494 £630
% change year-on-year +16.96% -21.63% +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 22,261 15,638 21,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.67% 64.15% 58.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,821 10,155 13,947
10th Percentile £305 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -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 1,463 667 1,789
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.19 £17.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.15 £27.76 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.61% -8.98% -5.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £56.58 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.01
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% -7.96%

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 7 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 7 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 -59 64 £625 +31.58% 21
South East -25 23 £585 - 10
South West -15 20 £500 -20.00% 3
Midlands -69 11 £450 -12.20% 2
East Midlands -27 7 £550 +10.00% 1
North of England -55 6 - - 6
Yorkshire -48 4 - - 1
West Midlands -59 4 £347 -34.00% 1
East of England -35 2 £606 +1.04% 5
North West -39 2 - - 4
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 (4.62%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (34.62%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (29.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 33 (25.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 28 (21.54%) Oracle Assets
5 24 (18.46%) Oracle Cash Management
6 22 (16.92%) Oracle EBS
7 21 (16.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 18 (13.85%) SAP S/4HANA
9 15 (11.54%) Oracle EBS R12
10 10 (7.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 9 (6.92%) NetSuite
12 8 (6.15%) Oracle AGIS
13 7 (5.38%) Oracle FAH
13 7 (5.38%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (4.62%) SAP Business One
15 5 (3.85%) Oracle E-Business Tax
16 3 (2.31%) Dynamics AX
16 3 (2.31%) Dynamics GP
16 3 (2.31%) Dynamics SL
16 3 (2.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.00%) OCI
2 8 (6.15%) SaaS
3 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.85%) Azure
5 5 (3.85%) PaaS
6 4 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.54%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.54%) IaaS
8 1 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.77%) AWS
8 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.77%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.77%) Intacct
8 1 (0.77%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.77%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (5.38%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (4.62%) Power BI
3 5 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.77%) Metadata
5 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.54%) JIRA
3 1 (0.77%) Hudson
3 1 (0.77%) Toad
3 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 125 (96.15%) Finance
2 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 26 (20.00%) Banking
4 19 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.08%) Legal
8 3 (2.31%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.31%) Military
8 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.54%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.54%) Local Government
9 2 (1.54%) Retail
10 1 (0.77%) Billing
10 1 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.77%) French Language
10 1 (0.77%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 38 (29.23%) Consultant
2 22 (16.92%) Analyst
2 22 (16.92%) Oracle Consultant
3 21 (16.15%) Functional Consultant
3 21 (16.15%) Lead
4 16 (12.31%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 13 (10.00%) Accountant
5 13 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 13 (10.00%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 11 (8.46%) Financial Analyst
6 11 (8.46%) Senior
7 9 (6.92%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 8 (6.15%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (6.15%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (4.62%) Finance Manager
10 5 (3.85%) Developer
10 5 (3.85%) Finance Business Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Functional Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Implementation Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (5.38%) Middleware
3 5 (3.85%) XML
4 2 (1.54%) REST
4 2 (1.54%) SOAP
4 2 (1.54%) Web Services
4 2 (1.54%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.77%) ADO
5 1 (0.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.08%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.54%) Derivative
6 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.77%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.77%) AS400
7 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.77%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.77%) Equities
7 1 (0.77%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.54%) Linux
1 2 (1.54%) Windows
2 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (40.77%) Accounts Payable
2 47 (36.15%) Accounts Receivable
3 40 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (30.00%) ERP
5 38 (29.23%) Migration
6 30 (23.08%) Validation
7 28 (21.54%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (20.77%) Cash Management
9 26 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
10 22 (16.92%) Data Migration
11 18 (13.85%) Budgeting
12 16 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (10.77%) Process Improvement
14 13 (10.00%) Agile
14 13 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 13 (10.00%) Financial Modelling
14 13 (10.00%) Record to Report
14 13 (10.00%) System Integration Testing
15 12 (9.23%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.92%) SQL
2 9 (6.92%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.77%) C#
3 1 (0.77%) Python
3 1 (0.77%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.77%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (23.08%) ACCA
1 30 (23.08%) CIMA
2 14 (10.77%) Degree
3 7 (5.38%) PMP
3 7 (5.38%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.08%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.31%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.77%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) Data Quality
1 7 (5.38%) GAAP
1 7 (5.38%) IFRS
1 7 (5.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.62%) Basel III
3 5 (3.85%) IFRS 9
4 4 (3.08%) QA
5 2 (1.54%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.77%) PSD2
6 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.77%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Control-M
2 1 (0.77%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 59 (45.38%) Oracle
2 37 (28.46%) SAP
3 15 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 12 (9.23%) Workday
5 4 (3.08%) IFS
5 4 (3.08%) Sage
6 3 (2.31%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (2.31%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.31%) Ariba
6 3 (2.31%) Epicor
6 3 (2.31%) Infor
6 3 (2.31%) Informatica
6 3 (2.31%) QAD
6 3 (2.31%) Zuora
7 2 (1.54%) CODA
7 2 (1.54%) Google
7 2 (1.54%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.54%) Talend
8 1 (0.77%) Misys
8 1 (0.77%) Temenos