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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 412 438
Rank change year-on-year -63 +26 +79
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 149 103 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.58% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 67 47
10th Percentile £419 £404 £423
25th Percentile £500 £415 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £696
90th Percentile £834 £794 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile £16.82 - -
25th Percentile £19.20 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £49.03 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £60.63 -
UK median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,244 17,764 19,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.36% 64.28% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,039 11,302 12,323
10th Percentile £313 £277 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -4.83% -2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,001 964 1,232
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.48 £18.03
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £62.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £70.39
UK median hourly rate £31.53 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.36% -34.02% +38.62%

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 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in England

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 August 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 -72 74 £625 +7.30% 24
South West -25 26 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -39 17 £550 +6.80% 1
South East -63 15 £503 -2.43% 13
West Midlands -48 9 £430 -26.27% 1
East Midlands -16 8 £600 +26.32%
East of England -15 7 £510 -11.30% 2
North of England -64 6 £525 +17.45% 13
Yorkshire -38 3 - - 2
North West -43 3 £525 +17.45% 4
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 8 (5.37%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 42 (28.19%) Oracle Payables
2 32 (21.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 26 (17.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 25 (16.78%) Oracle General Ledger
5 17 (11.41%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (11.41%) Oracle EBS
6 16 (10.74%) NetSuite
7 12 (8.05%) Oracle Cash Management
7 12 (8.05%) Oracle ERP
8 9 (6.04%) Oracle EBS R12
9 7 (4.70%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 7 (4.70%) SAP FI
10 6 (4.03%) SAP Business One
11 5 (3.36%) Unit4 Business World
12 4 (2.68%) Dynamics AX
12 4 (2.68%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (2.68%) SAP GRC
13 3 (2.01%) Infor CloudSuite
13 3 (2.01%) Oracle Internet Expenses
13 3 (2.01%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (6.04%) OCI
3 6 (4.03%) Azure
4 5 (3.36%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.68%) AWS
5 4 (2.68%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.68%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.68%) SaaS
6 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.01%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (2.01%) GCP
6 3 (2.01%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.34%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.34%) Intacct
7 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.67%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.70%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.68%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.68%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.68%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.01%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.34%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.67%) Metadata
6 1 (0.67%) OLTP
6 1 (0.67%) Power BI
6 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JDeveloper
2 4 (2.68%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.68%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.01%) JIRA
4 2 (1.34%) Hudson
5 1 (0.67%) Toad
General
1 143 (95.97%) Finance
2 46 (30.87%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.12%) Banking
4 17 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.36%) Retail
6 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.68%) Local Government
7 3 (2.01%) Billing
7 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.01%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.01%) Military
7 3 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (32.21%) Consultant
2 22 (14.77%) Lead
3 19 (12.75%) Oracle Consultant
4 16 (10.74%) Functional Consultant
5 15 (10.07%) Analyst
6 13 (8.72%) SAP Consultant
7 12 (8.05%) Business Analyst
8 11 (7.38%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 10 (6.71%) Developer
10 9 (6.04%) Senior
11 8 (5.37%) Implementation Consultant
12 7 (4.70%) Accountant
12 7 (4.70%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (4.70%) NetSuite Consultant
12 7 (4.70%) Transformation Consultant
13 6 (4.03%) Finance Manager
13 6 (4.03%) Lead Consultant
14 5 (3.36%) Architect
14 5 (3.36%) Trainer
15 4 (2.68%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (16.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.70%) XML
3 5 (3.36%) Middleware
4 4 (2.68%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (2.01%) REST
6 2 (1.34%) RESTful
6 2 (1.34%) Web Services
7 1 (0.67%) Restlet
7 1 (0.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.07%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.38%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.37%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.68%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.01%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.01%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.34%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.34%) Life Science
7 2 (1.34%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.67%) CESG
8 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.67%) Derivative
8 1 (0.67%) Equities
8 1 (0.67%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.67%) FMCG
8 1 (0.67%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.01%) Unix
2 1 (0.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (44.30%) Accounts Payable
2 61 (40.94%) Accounts Receivable
3 58 (38.93%) ERP
4 47 (31.54%) Migration
5 43 (28.86%) User Acceptance Testing
6 40 (26.85%) Data Migration
7 39 (26.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (20.13%) Validation
9 29 (19.46%) Budgeting
10 20 (13.42%) System Integration Testing
11 18 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (11.41%) Cash Management
12 17 (11.41%) Process Improvement
13 16 (10.74%) Analytics
13 16 (10.74%) Workflow
14 15 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (9.40%) Change Management
15 14 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (9.40%) Workshop Facilitation
16 13 (8.72%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.42%) SQL
2 7 (4.70%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.68%) C#
3 4 (2.68%) X++
4 3 (2.01%) ABAP
4 3 (2.01%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.67%) Python
5 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.11%) ACCA
1 24 (16.11%) CIMA
2 16 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.04%) PMP
5 8 (5.37%) Degree
6 6 (4.03%) AAT
7 5 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.68%) CCA
9 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.01%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.34%) CIPFA
10 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.67%) CCAB
11 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.71%) Data Quality
1 10 (6.71%) IFRS
2 6 (4.03%) GDPR
3 4 (2.68%) GRC
4 3 (2.01%) QA
5 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.34%) GAAP
6 1 (0.67%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.67%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (39.60%) Oracle
2 45 (30.20%) SAP
3 39 (26.17%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.04%) Sage
5 7 (4.70%) Workday
6 5 (3.36%) Xero
7 4 (2.68%) Talend
8 3 (2.01%) Adaptive Insights
8 3 (2.01%) Adobe
8 3 (2.01%) Anaplan
8 3 (2.01%) Epicor
8 3 (2.01%) Google
8 3 (2.01%) IFS
8 3 (2.01%) Infor
8 3 (2.01%) QAD
8 3 (2.01%) Zuora
9 2 (1.34%) HP
9 2 (1.34%) Murex
9 2 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow