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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 405 483
Rank change year-on-year -36 +78 +44
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 104 114 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.62% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 72 52
10th Percentile £415 £451 £413
25th Percentile £513 £513 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +3.86% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £656
90th Percentile £741 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £568 £550
% change year-on-year +5.73% +3.18% +18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £53.38 - £18.15
25th Percentile £54.69 £41.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £58.75 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% +117.95% -
75th Percentile £62.19 £43.75 £20.13
90th Percentile £63.13 - £20.20
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +38.24% +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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,254 18,519 23,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.68% 59.30% 59.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,219 11,136 16,074
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,250 704 1,026
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.86 £17.25 £17.04
Median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £31.09
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +2.84% +20.92%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.96 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.34% -1.67% +20.00%

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 14 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 14 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 +21 65 £625 - 36
South East +4 17 £569 +13.75% 23
Midlands -25 11 £515 -3.29% 2
East Midlands - 6 £405 - 2
West Midlands -32 5 £575 +6.48%
East of England -16 4 £600 +541.71% 4
South West -6 2 £475 -
North of England -58 2 £513 -10.87% 2
North West -27 1 £525 -8.70% 2
Yorkshire -38 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 (6.73%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 41 (39.42%) Oracle Payables
2 40 (38.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 31 (29.81%) Oracle Assets
4 30 (28.85%) Oracle EBS
5 23 (22.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 23 (22.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 16 (15.38%) Oracle Financials
7 11 (10.58%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 11 (10.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 10 (9.62%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (5.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (4.81%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (3.85%) Oracle AGIS
11 4 (3.85%) Oracle FAH
12 3 (2.88%) Avolution ABACUS
12 3 (2.88%) SAP ERP
12 3 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
13 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (1.92%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (1.92%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.54%) Azure
2 10 (9.62%) SaaS
3 9 (8.65%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.85%) OCI
7 3 (2.88%) AWS
7 3 (2.88%) PaaS
8 2 (1.92%) IaaS
8 2 (1.92%) Slack
9 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.96%) dbt
9 1 (0.96%) GitHub
9 1 (0.96%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
1 8 (7.69%) Power BI
2 7 (6.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.88%) Big Data
5 3 (2.88%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.92%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.96%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) JIRA
1 5 (4.81%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.85%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.88%) Hudson
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle APEX
General
1 95 (91.35%) Finance
2 43 (41.35%) Social Skills
3 19 (18.27%) Banking
4 18 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.65%) Billing
7 7 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (6.73%) Law
7 7 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.81%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.85%) Publishing
11 3 (2.88%) Retail
11 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.92%) Back Office
13 1 (0.96%) Advertising
13 1 (0.96%) Legal
13 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (30.77%) Consultant
2 22 (21.15%) Oracle Consultant
3 17 (16.35%) Analyst
4 13 (12.50%) Developer
5 12 (11.54%) Business Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) Functional Consultant
5 12 (11.54%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 10 (9.62%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 9 (8.65%) Lead
7 9 (8.65%) Oracle Developer
7 9 (8.65%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 8 (7.69%) Architect
9 7 (6.73%) Oracle Analyst
9 7 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.77%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (4.81%) SAP Consultant
11 5 (4.81%) Senior
12 4 (3.85%) Accountant
12 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 4 (3.85%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.88%) XML
2 3 (2.88%) XML Messaging
3 2 (1.92%) ADO
3 2 (1.92%) Middleware
3 2 (1.92%) REST
4 1 (0.96%) EDI
4 1 (0.96%) SOAP
4 1 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.81%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.92%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.96%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.96%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.96%) PMI
6 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.96%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Unix
2 2 (1.92%) Linux
2 2 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (42.31%) Accounts Payable
2 30 (28.85%) Accounts Receivable
3 29 (27.88%) ERP
4 28 (26.92%) Migration
5 24 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 19 (18.27%) Data Migration
7 15 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (12.50%) Cash Management
8 13 (12.50%) Validation
9 12 (11.54%) Agile
10 11 (10.58%) Change Management
10 11 (10.58%) Requirements Gathering
10 11 (10.58%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (9.62%) System Integration Testing
12 9 (8.65%) Test Scripting
13 8 (7.69%) Analytics
13 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (6.73%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.88%) SQL
2 14 (13.46%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.85%) X++
4 3 (2.88%) ABAP
5 2 (1.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.54%) ACCA
2 12 (11.54%) CIMA
3 11 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.69%) Degree
5 3 (2.88%) CCA
6 2 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.96%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.85%) PMO
1 4 (3.85%) SLA
2 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.88%) GAAP
2 3 (2.88%) IFRS
2 3 (2.88%) QA
3 2 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.96%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Control-M
Vendors
1 56 (53.85%) Oracle
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.65%) SAP
4 4 (3.85%) Workday
4 4 (3.85%) Xero
5 3 (2.88%) IFS
5 3 (2.88%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.92%) Databricks
6 2 (1.92%) IBM
6 2 (1.92%) Informatica
6 2 (1.92%) Murex
7 1 (0.96%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.96%) Aderant
7 1 (0.96%) Adobe
7 1 (0.96%) eFront
7 1 (0.96%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.96%) Tagetik