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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 398 469
Rank change year-on-year -62 +71 +120
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 124 73 75
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 41 39
10th Percentile £313 £404 £390
25th Percentile £444 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £650
90th Percentile £833 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £628
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.38% +19.52%
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 22,053 15,508 21,809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.41% 63.68% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,895 10,101 14,140
10th Percentile £303 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -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 1,405 635 1,727
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.28 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £15.38
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% +5.71% -21.43%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £26.70
% change year-on-year -11.14% +8.63% -23.73%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -57 64 £650 +6.12% 22
South East -26 21 £590 - 11
South West -18 16 £500 -20.00% 1
Midlands -59 10 £425 -19.05% 1
North of England -58 7 £500 -19.03% 2
East Midlands -27 6 £450 -10.00%
Yorkshire -48 5 £500 -23.08% 1
West Midlands -64 4 £347 -34.00% 1
North West -31 2 - - 1
East of England -34 1 £600 -
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 (4.84%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.61%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (36.29%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (30.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 36 (29.03%) Oracle General Ledger
4 30 (24.19%) Oracle Assets
5 25 (20.16%) Oracle Cash Management
6 21 (16.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (14.52%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (10.48%) Oracle EBS R12
8 13 (10.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 12 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
10 8 (6.45%) Oracle AGIS
10 8 (6.45%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (5.65%) Oracle FAH
12 5 (4.03%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 4 (3.23%) NetSuite
14 3 (2.42%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.42%) SAP Business One
14 3 (2.42%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.61%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.48%) OCI
2 12 (9.68%) SaaS
3 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.84%) Azure
5 5 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.03%) PaaS
6 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.61%) IaaS
8 1 (0.81%) dbt
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub
8 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.81%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (5.65%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (5.65%) Power BI
2 6 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.81%) Metadata
5 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.42%) JIRA
1 3 (2.42%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.81%) Hudson
2 1 (0.81%) Toad
2 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 119 (95.97%) Finance
2 37 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.35%) Banking
4 22 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Law
8 4 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.23%) Legal
9 3 (2.42%) Billing
9 3 (2.42%) Military
9 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Publishing
10 2 (1.61%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.61%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.61%) Local Government
11 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.81%) French Language
11 1 (0.81%) Front Office
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (29.84%) Consultant
2 21 (16.94%) Analyst
3 20 (16.13%) Oracle Consultant
4 19 (15.32%) Functional Consultant
4 19 (15.32%) Lead
5 13 (10.48%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 13 (10.48%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 12 (9.68%) Business Analyst
7 10 (8.06%) Accountant
7 10 (8.06%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (7.26%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 8 (6.45%) Senior
10 7 (5.65%) Developer
11 6 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.84%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Functional Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Oracle Analyst
12 5 (4.03%) Oracle Developer
13 4 (3.23%) Oracle Architect
13 4 (3.23%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.03%) Middleware
2 5 (4.03%) XML
3 2 (1.61%) REST
3 2 (1.61%) SOAP
3 2 (1.61%) Web Services
3 2 (1.61%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.81%) ADO
4 1 (0.81%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.84%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.42%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.61%) Derivative
6 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.81%) AS400
7 1 (0.81%) Equities
7 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.81%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Linux
1 2 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.13%) Accounts Payable
2 45 (36.29%) Accounts Receivable
3 37 (29.84%) Migration
4 35 (28.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (24.19%) ERP
7 28 (22.58%) Cash Management
8 26 (20.97%) Procure-to-Pay
9 24 (19.35%) Validation
10 19 (15.32%) Data Migration
11 17 (13.71%) Agile
11 17 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.90%) Budgeting
12 16 (12.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 13 (10.48%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (9.68%) Decision-Making
14 12 (9.68%) Performance Analysis
14 12 (9.68%) Process Improvement
14 12 (9.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.16%) SQL
2 11 (8.87%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.81%) X++
Qualifications
1 27 (21.77%) ACCA
1 27 (21.77%) CIMA
2 14 (11.29%) Degree
3 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.84%) PMP
4 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.23%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.81%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.84%) Basel III
3 6 (4.84%) GAAP
3 6 (4.84%) IFRS
4 5 (4.03%) IFRS 9
4 5 (4.03%) QA
5 3 (2.42%) SLA
6 2 (1.61%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.81%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Control-M
2 1 (0.81%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 56 (45.16%) Oracle
2 31 (25.00%) SAP
3 10 (8.06%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.06%) Workday
4 3 (2.42%) Ariba
4 3 (2.42%) Informatica
4 3 (2.42%) Xero
5 2 (1.61%) CODA
5 2 (1.61%) IFS
5 2 (1.61%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.61%) Sage
6 1 (0.81%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.81%) Concur
6 1 (0.81%) Epicor
6 1 (0.81%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) Misys
6 1 (0.81%) Temenos
6 1 (0.81%) Zuora