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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 401 470
Rank change year-on-year -58 +69 +105
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 126 76 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.49% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 44 45
10th Percentile £313 £399 £399
25th Percentile £434 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.06% -2.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £679 £652 £650
90th Percentile £829 £706 £730
UK median daily rate £585 £583 £613
% change year-on-year +0.34% -4.82% +18.93%
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 21,698 15,388 22,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.84% 63.47% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,693 10,039 14,313
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £767
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,366 623 1,708
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.71 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £15.28
Median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +15.25% -25.63%
75th Percentile £61.18 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.20 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -25.71%

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 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 1 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 -51 67 £650 +9.98% 22
South East -35 20 £590 - 11
South West -14 15 £500 -9.09% 1
Midlands -68 11 £410 -21.90% 1
East Midlands -28 7 £423 -15.50%
North of England -64 7 £500 -1.23% 2
Yorkshire - 5 £500 - 1
West Midlands -58 4 £347 -34.00% 1
North West -41 2 - - 1
East of England -32 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 (4.76%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.59%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (35.71%) Oracle Payables
2 39 (30.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 36 (28.57%) Oracle General Ledger
4 30 (23.81%) Oracle Assets
5 25 (19.84%) Oracle Cash Management
6 21 (16.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 17 (13.49%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (10.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 12 (9.52%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (8.73%) SAP S/4HANA
11 8 (6.35%) Oracle AGIS
11 8 (6.35%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (5.56%) Oracle FAH
13 4 (3.17%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 4 (3.17%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.38%) NetSuite
14 3 (2.38%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.59%) SAP Business One
15 2 (1.59%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.79%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.32%) OCI
1 13 (10.32%) SaaS
2 8 (6.35%) Azure
2 8 (6.35%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.97%) PaaS
5 4 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.59%) IaaS
7 1 (0.79%) dbt
7 1 (0.79%) GitHub
7 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.79%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.35%) Power BI
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.79%) Metadata
7 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
1 3 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.79%) Hudson
3 1 (0.79%) Toad
General
1 121 (96.03%) Finance
2 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.84%) Banking
4 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.73%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.76%) Law
8 4 (3.17%) Billing
8 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.17%) Legal
8 4 (3.17%) Publishing
9 3 (2.38%) Military
9 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.59%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.59%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.59%) Local Government
11 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.79%) French Language
11 1 (0.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 36 (28.57%) Consultant
2 22 (17.46%) Analyst
3 19 (15.08%) Functional Consultant
3 19 (15.08%) Oracle Consultant
4 18 (14.29%) Lead
5 13 (10.32%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 12 (9.52%) Business Analyst
6 12 (9.52%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 11 (8.73%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (7.14%) Accountant
8 9 (7.14%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 9 (7.14%) Senior
9 8 (6.35%) Developer
10 6 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (3.97%) Financial Controller
11 5 (3.97%) Functional Analyst
11 5 (3.97%) Oracle Developer
12 4 (3.17%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.97%) Middleware
2 5 (3.97%) XML
3 2 (1.59%) ADO
3 2 (1.59%) REST
3 2 (1.59%) SOAP
3 2 (1.59%) Web Services
3 2 (1.59%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.97%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.59%) Derivative
6 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) AS400
7 1 (0.79%) Equities
7 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.79%) PMI
7 1 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (40.48%) Accounts Payable
2 46 (36.51%) Accounts Receivable
3 36 (28.57%) Migration
4 34 (26.98%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (24.60%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (24.60%) ERP
6 29 (23.02%) Cash Management
7 26 (20.63%) Procure-to-Pay
8 22 (17.46%) Validation
9 18 (14.29%) Data Migration
9 18 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (13.49%) Agile
10 17 (13.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 16 (12.70%) Budgeting
12 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (10.32%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.32%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (10.32%) Project Management
13 13 (10.32%) Record to Report
14 12 (9.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.84%) SQL
2 11 (8.73%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.59%) X++
4 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (21.43%) ACCA
1 27 (21.43%) CIMA
2 13 (10.32%) Degree
3 10 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.76%) PMP
4 6 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.97%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Data Quality
1 8 (6.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.76%) Basel III
2 6 (4.76%) GAAP
2 6 (4.76%) IFRS
3 5 (3.97%) IFRS 9
3 5 (3.97%) QA
4 3 (2.38%) SLA
5 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.79%) PMO
6 1 (0.79%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Control-M
2 1 (0.79%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 56 (44.44%) Oracle
2 30 (23.81%) SAP
3 10 (7.94%) Workday
4 8 (6.35%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.17%) Xero
6 3 (2.38%) Ariba
6 3 (2.38%) Informatica
7 2 (1.59%) CODA
7 2 (1.59%) IFS
7 2 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.59%) Sage
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe
8 1 (0.79%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.79%) Charles River
8 1 (0.79%) Concur
8 1 (0.79%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.79%) Infor
8 1 (0.79%) QAD
8 1 (0.79%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.79%) Zuora