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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 404 476
Rank change year-on-year -70 +72 +70
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 142 92 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.36% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.56% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 56 39
10th Percentile £328 £404 £460
25th Percentile £463 £415 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £669 £652 £674
90th Percentile £863 £738 £805
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile £16.21 - -
25th Percentile £18.22 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £46.10 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.14% -48.14% +115.19%
75th Percentile £85.94 £49.03 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.50 £67.50 -
UK median hourly rate £46.10 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +109.14% -48.14% +115.19%

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 24,066 16,417 21,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.91% 64.04% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,570 10,548 13,565
10th Percentile £313 £281 £295
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.11% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.34% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,728 812 1,796
10th Percentile £14.24 £13.26 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.54 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.70
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.90% +8.99%
75th Percentile £63.38 £52.00 £53.81
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £68.82
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £27.39 £31.61
% change year-on-year +16.84% -13.34% +4.48%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -70 66 £600 +33.33% 30
South West -5 29 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -45 17 £481 -3.75% 4
South East -57 13 £505 - 12
West Midlands - 9 £427 - 2
East Midlands -8 8 £600 +20.00% 2
North of England -75 6 £525 +17.45% 6
East of England -20 5 £613 +2.08% 1
North West -39 4 £525 +17.45% 6
Yorkshire -50 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 8 (5.63%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (26.76%) Oracle Payables
2 28 (19.72%) Oracle Receivables
3 23 (16.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (11.27%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (11.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (9.86%) NetSuite
5 14 (9.86%) Oracle Cash Management
5 14 (9.86%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (7.04%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (6.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (4.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (4.23%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (4.23%) SAP Business One
10 4 (2.82%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 4 (2.82%) SAP FI
10 4 (2.82%) Unit4 Business World
11 3 (2.11%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (2.11%) Sage X3
11 3 (2.11%) SAP ERP
11 3 (2.11%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.93%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.23%) OCI
2 6 (4.23%) SaaS
3 4 (2.82%) Azure
4 2 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.41%) Google Sheets
4 2 (1.41%) Intacct
4 2 (1.41%) PaaS
4 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (0.70%) AWS
5 1 (0.70%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.70%) dbt
5 1 (0.70%) GitHub
5 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 5 (3.52%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.82%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.11%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.41%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.70%) Metadata
6 1 (0.70%) OLTP
6 1 (0.70%) Power BI
6 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Hudson
1 2 (1.41%) JDeveloper
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (1.41%) Toad
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (95.07%) Finance
2 39 (27.46%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.68%) Banking
4 16 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.52%) Military
6 4 (2.82%) Retail
7 3 (2.11%) Billing
7 3 (2.11%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.11%) Local Government
7 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Front Office
9 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (34.51%) Consultant
2 24 (16.90%) Lead
3 20 (14.08%) Oracle Consultant
4 17 (11.97%) Analyst
5 13 (9.15%) Functional Consultant
6 12 (8.45%) Business Analyst
6 12 (8.45%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (6.34%) Accountant
7 9 (6.34%) Lead Consultant
7 9 (6.34%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 8 (5.63%) Implementation Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (4.93%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 7 (4.93%) Senior
9 7 (4.93%) Transformation Consultant
10 6 (4.23%) NetSuite Consultant
11 5 (3.52%) Finance Manager
11 5 (3.52%) Implementation Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Technical Consultant
11 5 (3.52%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.52%) Middleware
2 5 (3.52%) XML
3 3 (2.11%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (2.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.79%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.04%) Data Structures
2 10 (7.04%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.82%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.41%) Derivative
4 2 (1.41%) Equities
4 2 (1.41%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (38.73%) Accounts Payable
2 48 (33.80%) Accounts Receivable
2 48 (33.80%) ERP
3 42 (29.58%) Migration
4 40 (28.17%) User Acceptance Testing
5 38 (26.76%) Data Migration
6 35 (24.65%) Validation
7 32 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (16.90%) Budgeting
9 21 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (12.68%) Cash Management
10 18 (12.68%) System Integration Testing
11 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.56%) Workflow
13 14 (9.86%) Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (9.86%) Record to Report
14 12 (8.45%) Analytics
14 12 (8.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 12 (8.45%) Financial Modelling
14 12 (8.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.08%) SQL
2 7 (4.93%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.11%) ABAP
4 1 (0.70%) C#
4 1 (0.70%) Python
4 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.70%) X++
Qualifications
1 32 (22.54%) ACCA
1 32 (22.54%) CIMA
2 11 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.63%) PMP
5 5 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.82%) AAT
6 4 (2.82%) Degree
7 3 (2.11%) CCA
7 3 (2.11%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) CCAB
8 1 (0.70%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.70%) MBA
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.23%) IFRS
2 5 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.82%) GDPR
4 2 (1.41%) GAAP
4 2 (1.41%) GRC
4 2 (1.41%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) Basel III
5 1 (0.70%) PSD2
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.70%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 51 (35.92%) Oracle
2 44 (30.99%) SAP
3 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.34%) Workday
5 8 (5.63%) Sage
6 4 (2.82%) Talend
7 3 (2.11%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (2.11%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.11%) Epicor
7 3 (2.11%) Google
7 3 (2.11%) IFS
7 3 (2.11%) Infor
7 3 (2.11%) QAD
7 3 (2.11%) Xero
7 3 (2.11%) Zuora
8 2 (1.41%) Concur
8 2 (1.41%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.70%) CODA
9 1 (0.70%) HP
9 1 (0.70%) Murex