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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 385 461
Rank change year-on-year -34 +76 +109
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 126 100 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.37% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.60% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 62 59
10th Percentile £360 £439 £413
25th Percentile £472 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +20.60%
75th Percentile £650 £690 £647
90th Percentile £706 £738 £728
UK median daily rate £590 £585 £625
% change year-on-year +0.85% -6.40% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £18.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +89.66% +61.11% -

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 19,216 16,625 21,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.72% 62.07% 59.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,230 10,022 14,301
10th Percentile £285 £294 £275
25th Percentile £403 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,183 550 1,082
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.47 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.54 £16.15
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £30.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% -1.60% +18.58%
75th Percentile £46.00 £57.44 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.35 £30.24
% change year-on-year -15.90% -9.55% +20.95%

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 January 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 14 January 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 -16 69 £600 -4.00% 11
South East -2 26 £590 +14.56% 11
Midlands -38 13 £475 -12.04% 3
East Midlands -16 8 £405 -36.72% 3
North of England -60 6 £500 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -38 5 £515 -4.63%
Yorkshire -42 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -15 4 £600 +254.51% 4
South West -21 4 £475 +11.76%
North West -30 1 - - 1
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%) Confluence
4 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.59%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 52 (41.27%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (38.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 38 (30.16%) Oracle Assets
3 38 (30.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 28 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
5 23 (18.25%) Oracle Cash Management
5 23 (18.25%) Oracle EBS R12
6 19 (15.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 17 (13.49%) Oracle Financials
8 15 (11.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (7.94%) Oracle AGIS
10 9 (7.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 8 (6.35%) Oracle FAH
11 8 (6.35%) SAP S/4HANA
12 6 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
13 3 (2.38%) SAP ERP
13 3 (2.38%) SAP R/3
14 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
14 2 (1.59%) SAP FI
15 1 (0.79%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.52%) OCI
1 12 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.94%) Azure
3 9 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (7.14%) SaaS
4 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.38%) PaaS
7 2 (1.59%) IaaS
7 2 (1.59%) Slack
8 1 (0.79%) dbt
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.52%) Power BI
2 9 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.38%) SAP BW
6 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) JIRA
1 5 (3.97%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.17%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.38%) Hudson
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
General
1 117 (92.86%) Finance
2 47 (37.30%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.84%) Banking
4 18 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.56%) Billing
9 6 (4.76%) Law
10 4 (3.17%) Publishing
11 3 (2.38%) Legal
11 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.59%) Back Office
12 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.59%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.79%) French Language
13 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.79%) Local Government
13 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (30.16%) Consultant
2 24 (19.05%) Analyst
2 24 (19.05%) Oracle Consultant
3 23 (18.25%) Functional Consultant
4 18 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 14 (11.11%) Developer
5 14 (11.11%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 14 (11.11%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
6 13 (10.32%) Business Analyst
7 12 (9.52%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (9.52%) Lead
8 10 (7.94%) Oracle Analyst
8 10 (7.94%) Oracle Developer
8 10 (7.94%) Senior
9 9 (7.14%) Accountant
10 6 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (3.97%) Architect
11 5 (3.97%) Financial Controller
11 5 (3.97%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.97%) Middleware
3 4 (3.17%) XML
4 3 (2.38%) ADO
4 3 (2.38%) REST
4 3 (2.38%) XML Messaging
5 2 (1.59%) SOAP
6 1 (0.79%) EDI
6 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) AS400
6 1 (0.79%) Derivative
6 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.79%) PMI
6 1 (0.79%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.79%) Tandem
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.38%) Unix
2 2 (1.59%) Linux
2 2 (1.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (46.03%) Accounts Payable
2 47 (37.30%) Accounts Receivable
3 38 (30.16%) ERP
4 37 (29.37%) Migration
5 34 (26.98%) User Acceptance Testing
6 26 (20.63%) Cash Management
7 20 (15.87%) Agile
7 20 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (15.87%) Data Migration
8 19 (15.08%) Procure-to-Pay
9 16 (12.70%) Validation
9 16 (12.70%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (10.32%) Decision-Making
12 11 (8.73%) Analytics
12 11 (8.73%) Process Improvement
12 11 (8.73%) System Integration Testing
13 10 (7.94%) Logistics
13 10 (7.94%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.43%) SQL
2 13 (10.32%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.17%) X++
4 3 (2.38%) ABAP
5 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (15.08%) ACCA
1 19 (15.08%) CIMA
1 19 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.49%) Degree
3 12 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.17%) PMP
5 3 (2.38%) CCA
5 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.56%) GAAP
2 7 (5.56%) IFRS
3 6 (4.76%) Basel III
3 6 (4.76%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.97%) QA
5 4 (3.17%) PMO
5 4 (3.17%) SLA
6 2 (1.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Control-M
Vendors
1 68 (53.97%) Oracle
2 22 (17.46%) SAP
3 9 (7.14%) Workday
4 7 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.17%) Xero
6 3 (2.38%) Ariba
6 3 (2.38%) IFS
6 3 (2.38%) Informatica
6 3 (2.38%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.59%) Murex
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe
8 1 (0.79%) CODA
8 1 (0.79%) eFront
8 1 (0.79%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.79%) IBM
8 1 (0.79%) Misys
8 1 (0.79%) Temenos