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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 399 480
Rank change year-on-year -44 +81 +65
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 107 117 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.38% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.63% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 75 55
10th Percentile £419 £463 £413
25th Percentile £515 £515 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +30.56%
75th Percentile £675 £689 £675
90th Percentile £741 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £588
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £53.00 - £18.15
25th Percentile £53.75 £41.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +117.95% -
75th Percentile £60.63 £43.75 £20.13
90th Percentile £62.50 - £20.20
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £35.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year +53.85% +83.33% -

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,198 18,600 23,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.45% 59.74% 59.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,153 11,159 15,928
10th Percentile £275 £300 £290
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £628 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £772
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 695 1,035
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.36
Median hourly rate £24.61 £31.97 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.02% -3.12% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £71.01
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -16.93% -9.38% +28.00%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 -8 64 £613 -2.00% 13
South East +6 19 £620 +24.00% 25
Midlands -27 11 £515 -3.29% 5
East Midlands -6 6 £405 -36.72% 3
East of England -11 5 £600 +541.71% 2
West Midlands -19 5 £575 +7.98% 2
North of England -52 3 £513 -10.87% 1
South West +2 2 £475 -
North West -28 2 £525 -8.70% 1
Yorkshire -35 1 £500 -41.18%
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 (6.54%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 41 (38.32%) Oracle General Ledger
1 41 (38.32%) Oracle Payables
2 31 (28.97%) Oracle Assets
3 29 (27.10%) Oracle EBS
4 25 (23.36%) Oracle EBS R12
5 24 (22.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 16 (14.95%) Oracle Financials
7 13 (12.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 10 (9.35%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 9 (8.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (5.61%) Oracle AGIS
10 6 (5.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (4.67%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (4.67%) Oracle FAH
12 3 (2.80%) Avolution ABACUS
12 3 (2.80%) SAP ERP
12 3 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
13 2 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (1.87%) SAP R/3
14 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.21%) Azure
2 10 (9.35%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (7.48%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.48%) SaaS
4 6 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.67%) OCI
6 3 (2.80%) AWS
7 2 (1.87%) Slack
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.93%) dbt
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub
8 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.41%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (7.48%) Power BI
3 7 (6.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.80%) Big Data
5 3 (2.80%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.87%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.74%) Hudson
2 4 (3.74%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.80%) JIRA
4 2 (1.87%) Oracle APEX
General
1 99 (92.52%) Finance
2 44 (41.12%) Social Skills
3 18 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (16.82%) Banking
4 12 (11.21%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.41%) Billing
6 8 (7.48%) Law
6 8 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (5.61%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.67%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.74%) Publishing
11 3 (2.80%) Retail
11 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.87%) Back Office
12 2 (1.87%) Legal
13 1 (0.93%) Advertising
13 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (30.84%) Consultant
2 22 (20.56%) Oracle Consultant
3 18 (16.82%) Analyst
4 15 (14.02%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (12.15%) Developer
5 13 (12.15%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 13 (12.15%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 12 (11.21%) Business Analyst
7 11 (10.28%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 9 (8.41%) Lead
8 9 (8.41%) Oracle Developer
9 8 (7.48%) Architect
10 7 (6.54%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (6.54%) Oracle Analyst
10 7 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.61%) Senior
12 5 (4.67%) Accountant
12 5 (4.67%) SAP Consultant
13 4 (3.74%) E-Business Consultant
13 4 (3.74%) IFS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.80%) REST
3 2 (1.87%) ADO
3 2 (1.87%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) EDI
4 1 (0.93%) Middleware
4 1 (0.93%) Web Services
4 1 (0.93%) XML
4 1 (0.93%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.54%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.67%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.87%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.93%) AS400
5 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.93%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.93%) PMI
5 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.93%) Tandem
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.06%) Accounts Payable
2 32 (29.91%) Accounts Receivable
3 30 (28.04%) ERP
4 28 (26.17%) Migration
5 25 (23.36%) User Acceptance Testing
6 17 (15.89%) Data Migration
7 16 (14.95%) Cash Management
7 16 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (12.15%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (11.21%) Change Management
9 12 (11.21%) Validation
9 12 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
10 11 (10.28%) Requirements Gathering
11 10 (9.35%) Agile
11 10 (9.35%) System Integration Testing
12 8 (7.48%) Analytics
12 8 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (7.48%) Test Scripting
13 7 (6.54%) GAP Analysis
13 7 (6.54%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.30%) SQL
2 11 (10.28%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.74%) X++
4 3 (2.80%) ABAP
5 2 (1.87%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.15%) ACCA
2 13 (12.15%) CIMA
3 11 (10.28%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.35%) Degree
5 3 (2.80%) CCA
6 2 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) IFRS
1 4 (3.74%) PMO
1 4 (3.74%) SLA
2 3 (2.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.80%) GAAP
2 3 (2.80%) QA
3 2 (1.87%) GDPR
3 2 (1.87%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.93%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 54 (50.47%) Oracle
2 11 (10.28%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.35%) SAP
4 4 (3.74%) IFS
4 4 (3.74%) Workday
4 4 (3.74%) Xero
5 3 (2.80%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.87%) Databricks
6 2 (1.87%) Murex
7 1 (0.93%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.93%) Aderant
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe
7 1 (0.93%) eFront
7 1 (0.93%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.93%) Misys
7 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Tagetik
7 1 (0.93%) Temenos