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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 397 468
Rank change year-on-year -49 +71 +115
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 119 92 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.37% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.59% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 57 52
10th Percentile £355 £450 £413
25th Percentile £449 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -5.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £829 £713 £724
UK median daily rate £590 £571 £628
% change year-on-year +3.28% -8.96% +19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 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 20,929 15,709 22,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.13% 63.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,261 10,035 14,572
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,303 570 1,672
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.06 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.55 £19.93 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.41 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +16.94% -19.38%
75th Percentile £57.25 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.03 £29.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year -17.79% +13.69% -19.66%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -35 61 £638 +8.05% 14
South East -27 21 £600 +16.50% 12
South West -20 11 £475 - 2
Midlands -60 11 £423 -19.52% 3
East Midlands -28 8 £450 -10.00%
North of England -56 7 £500 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire -53 5 £500 -9.09% 1
West Midlands -58 3 £268 -49.67% 3
North West -26 2 - - 1
East of England -34 2 £600 - 2
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 4 (3.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (3.36%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (1.68%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 49 (41.18%) Oracle Payables
2 41 (34.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 39 (32.77%) Oracle General Ledger
4 34 (28.57%) Oracle Assets
5 26 (21.85%) Oracle Cash Management
6 23 (19.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 21 (17.65%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (13.45%) Oracle EBS R12
9 15 (12.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (8.40%) Oracle AGIS
10 10 (8.40%) Oracle Financials
10 10 (8.40%) SAP S/4HANA
11 8 (6.72%) Oracle FAH
12 5 (4.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 4 (3.36%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.52%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.68%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.84%) Oracle SCM
16 1 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
16 1 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.76%) OCI
2 12 (10.08%) SaaS
3 10 (8.40%) Azure
3 10 (8.40%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.20%) PaaS
7 4 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.68%) IaaS
9 1 (0.84%) dbt
9 1 (0.84%) GitHub
9 1 (0.84%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) Power BI
2 7 (5.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (5.04%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.84%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.52%) JIRA
2 3 (2.52%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.84%) Hudson
3 1 (0.84%) Toad
General
1 113 (94.96%) Finance
2 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (16.81%) Banking
5 14 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.04%) Law
7 4 (3.36%) Billing
7 4 (3.36%) Publishing
8 3 (2.52%) Legal
8 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.68%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.68%) Military
10 1 (0.84%) Advertising
10 1 (0.84%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.84%) French Language
10 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (31.09%) Consultant
2 25 (21.01%) Oracle Consultant
3 22 (18.49%) Functional Consultant
4 19 (15.97%) Analyst
5 17 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 16 (13.45%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 15 (12.61%) Lead
8 13 (10.92%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 11 (9.24%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (8.40%) Business Analyst
10 10 (8.40%) Senior
11 8 (6.72%) Accountant
11 8 (6.72%) Developer
12 6 (5.04%) Oracle Analyst
12 6 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (5.04%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (4.20%) Financial Controller
14 4 (3.36%) Finance Business Analyst
14 4 (3.36%) Finance Systems Analyst
14 4 (3.36%) Oracle Financials Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.20%) Middleware
3 4 (3.36%) XML
4 2 (1.68%) ADO
4 2 (1.68%) REST
4 2 (1.68%) SOAP
4 2 (1.68%) Web Services
4 2 (1.68%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.84%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.24%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.20%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.68%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.68%) Derivative
5 2 (1.68%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.84%) AS400
6 1 (0.84%) Equities
6 1 (0.84%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.84%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.84%) PMI
6 1 (0.84%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Linux
1 2 (1.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (43.70%) Accounts Payable
2 46 (38.66%) Accounts Receivable
3 34 (28.57%) Migration
4 33 (27.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 32 (26.89%) ERP
6 30 (25.21%) Cash Management
7 28 (23.53%) Procure-to-Pay
8 27 (22.69%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (15.97%) Validation
10 17 (14.29%) Agile
10 17 (14.29%) Data Migration
11 15 (12.61%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 14 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (10.92%) Budgeting
13 13 (10.92%) Decision-Making
14 12 (10.08%) Project Management
14 12 (10.08%) Record to Report
15 11 (9.24%) Financial Modelling
15 11 (9.24%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.49%) SQL
2 11 (9.24%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 24 (20.17%) ACCA
1 24 (20.17%) CIMA
2 14 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.08%) Degree
4 7 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.20%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.20%) PMP
6 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.52%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.84%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (5.04%) Basel III
2 6 (5.04%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.04%) GAAP
2 6 (5.04%) IFRS
3 5 (4.20%) IFRS 9
4 4 (3.36%) QA
4 4 (3.36%) SLA
5 2 (1.68%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.84%) GDPR
6 1 (0.84%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.84%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Control-M
2 1 (0.84%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 59 (49.58%) Oracle
2 26 (21.85%) SAP
3 11 (9.24%) Workday
4 6 (5.04%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.36%) Xero
6 3 (2.52%) Ariba
6 3 (2.52%) Informatica
7 2 (1.68%) CODA
7 2 (1.68%) IFS
8 1 (0.84%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.84%) Adobe
8 1 (0.84%) Charles River
8 1 (0.84%) Concur
8 1 (0.84%) Epicor
8 1 (0.84%) IBM
8 1 (0.84%) Misys
8 1 (0.84%) QAD
8 1 (0.84%) Sage
8 1 (0.84%) Temenos
8 1 (0.84%) Zuora