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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 398 403
Rank change year-on-year -65 +5 +90
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 173 113 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.63% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 77 69
10th Percentile £418 £404 £438
25th Percentile £500 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +2.04%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £840 £744 £740
UK median daily rate £575 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -1.29% +5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 1
10th Percentile £16.83 £53.38 -
25th Percentile £17.33 £54.69 £41.25
Median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +117.95%
75th Percentile £47.71 £62.19 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.88 £63.13 -
UK median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +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 26,169 17,939 19,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.57% 63.95% 58.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,233 11,374 11,440
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,065 835
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.32 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.51 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +18.18%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -75 83 £600 - 90
Midlands -30 25 £516 -3.17% 6
South East -58 24 £540 -5.05% 25
West Midlands -33 17 £429 -25.39% 4
South West -15 16 £600 +26.32% 3
North of England -68 10 £525 +17.45% 19
East Midlands -13 8 £550 +22.22% 2
East of England -30 8 £505 -15.83% 4
North West -46 7 £525 +17.45% 7
Yorkshire -27 3 - - 5
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 (3.47%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 51 (29.48%) Oracle Payables
2 45 (26.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 38 (21.97%) Oracle General Ledger
4 35 (20.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 26 (15.03%) Oracle Assets
6 22 (12.72%) Oracle ERP
7 21 (12.14%) Oracle EBS
8 12 (6.94%) NetSuite
8 12 (6.94%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (5.20%) Oracle Financials
9 9 (5.20%) SAP FI
10 8 (4.62%) Oracle EBS R12
10 8 (4.62%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 5 (2.89%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (2.31%) Oracle Internet Expenses
12 4 (2.31%) Oracle iProcurement
12 4 (2.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (2.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 4 (2.31%) SAP GRC
12 4 (2.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.14%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (8.09%) OCI
3 8 (4.62%) Azure
4 7 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.31%) AWS
6 4 (2.31%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.73%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (1.73%) GCP
7 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.73%) SaaS
8 2 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.58%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.58%) GitHub
9 1 (0.58%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.58%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 6 (3.47%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.31%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.31%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.73%) Power BI
4 3 (1.73%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.16%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.58%) OLTP
6 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.62%) JIRA
2 5 (2.89%) JDeveloper
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.31%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.58%) Toad
General
1 169 (97.69%) Finance
2 61 (35.26%) Social Skills
3 36 (20.81%) Banking
4 20 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.78%) Billing
7 9 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.89%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.89%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.89%) Retail
9 4 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Local Government
9 4 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.16%) International Banking
11 2 (1.16%) Military
12 1 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (29.48%) Consultant
2 30 (17.34%) Analyst
3 25 (14.45%) Business Analyst
4 22 (12.72%) Oracle Consultant
5 21 (12.14%) Financial Analyst
5 21 (12.14%) Lead
6 17 (9.83%) Functional Consultant
7 15 (8.67%) Finance Business Analyst
8 12 (6.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 12 (6.94%) SAP Consultant
9 10 (5.78%) Accountant
9 10 (5.78%) Senior
10 8 (4.62%) Developer
11 7 (4.05%) Architect
11 7 (4.05%) Implementation Consultant
11 7 (4.05%) Trainer
12 6 (3.47%) NetSuite Consultant
12 6 (3.47%) Transformation Consultant
13 5 (2.89%) Finance Manager
13 5 (2.89%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (19.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.47%) XML
3 5 (2.89%) Middleware
3 5 (2.89%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.73%) REST
5 2 (1.16%) RESTful
5 2 (1.16%) Web Services
6 1 (0.58%) Restlet
6 1 (0.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.94%) Data Structures
2 8 (4.62%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.62%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (3.47%) NHS
4 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.89%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.89%) Learning Management System
6 4 (2.31%) Derivative
7 3 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.73%) Life Science
7 3 (1.73%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.73%) Online Banking
8 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.16%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.58%) CESG
9 1 (0.58%) FMCG
9 1 (0.58%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.73%) Unix
2 1 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (49.71%) Accounts Payable
2 81 (46.82%) Accounts Receivable
3 79 (45.66%) ERP
4 63 (36.42%) Migration
5 56 (32.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (30.06%) Data Migration
7 51 (29.48%) User Acceptance Testing
8 38 (21.97%) Validation
9 29 (16.76%) Workshop Facilitation
10 28 (16.18%) Budgeting
11 26 (15.03%) System Integration Testing
12 23 (13.29%) Process Improvement
13 22 (12.72%) Requirements Gathering
14 21 (12.14%) Cash Management
15 20 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (10.98%) Analytics
17 18 (10.40%) Change Management
17 18 (10.40%) Data Analysis
18 17 (9.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.61%) SQL
2 7 (4.05%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.31%) ABAP
3 4 (2.31%) C#
3 4 (2.31%) X++
4 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (17.92%) ACCA
1 31 (17.92%) CIMA
2 20 (11.56%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.20%) AAT
4 9 (5.20%) Degree
5 7 (4.05%) PMP
6 6 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.31%) CCA
8 3 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.16%) CCAB
9 2 (1.16%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.14%) Data Quality
2 15 (8.67%) IFRS
3 6 (3.47%) GDPR
4 4 (2.31%) GRC
5 3 (1.73%) IFRS 17
5 3 (1.73%) QA
6 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.16%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.58%) GAAP
7 1 (0.58%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.58%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 71 (41.04%) Oracle
2 51 (29.48%) Microsoft
2 51 (29.48%) SAP
3 9 (5.20%) Workday
4 7 (4.05%) Sage
5 5 (2.89%) Xero
6 4 (2.31%) Adobe
6 4 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.31%) Talend
7 2 (1.16%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.16%) Anaplan
7 2 (1.16%) Ariba
7 2 (1.16%) CODA
7 2 (1.16%) Epicor
7 2 (1.16%) Google
7 2 (1.16%) HP
7 2 (1.16%) Infor
7 2 (1.16%) Murex
7 2 (1.16%) QAD
7 2 (1.16%) Zuora