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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 382 464
Rank change year-on-year -82 +82 +97
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 129 90 77
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.59% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 54 33
10th Percentile £313 £404 £388
25th Percentile £453 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £647 £650
90th Percentile £833 £734 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £615
% change year-on-year +21.05% -22.76% +23.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £15.45 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% - -
75th Percentile £17.48 £23.63 -
90th Percentile £17.63 £55.95 -
UK median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year -24.16% - -

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 22,374 15,354 21,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.05% 64.04% 58.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,769 9,953 13,639
10th Percentile £311 £285 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,517 669 1,797
10th Percentile £14.19 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.58 £27.38 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.71% -8.75% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.74
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -77 65 £600 +29.73% 22
South West -12 22 £500 -20.00% 2
South East -44 19 £558 - 11
Midlands -55 12 £475 -5.00% 3
East Midlands -20 8 £550 +10.00% 1
West Midlands -60 4 £347 - 2
North of England -81 4 - - 8
East of England -33 3 £613 +2.08% 2
North West -43 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -61 2 - - 1
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 7 (5.43%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (34.88%) Oracle Payables
2 37 (28.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 28 (21.71%) Oracle General Ledger
4 25 (19.38%) Oracle Assets
5 22 (17.05%) Oracle Cash Management
6 21 (16.28%) Oracle EBS
7 19 (14.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 19 (14.73%) SAP S/4HANA
8 13 (10.08%) Oracle EBS R12
9 11 (8.53%) NetSuite
10 10 (7.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (5.43%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (4.65%) Oracle FAH
12 6 (4.65%) SAP Business One
13 5 (3.88%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (3.10%) Oracle AGIS
15 3 (2.33%) Dynamics AX
15 3 (2.33%) Dynamics GP
15 3 (2.33%) Dynamics SL
15 3 (2.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.30%) OCI
2 7 (5.43%) SaaS
3 6 (4.65%) Azure
3 6 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.88%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.10%) PaaS
6 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.55%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.55%) IaaS
6 2 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.78%) AWS
7 1 (0.78%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.78%) dbt
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub
7 1 (0.78%) Intacct
7 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 6 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.10%) Power BI
4 3 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.78%) Metadata
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.55%) JIRA
3 1 (0.78%) Hudson
3 1 (0.78%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.78%) Toad
3 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 123 (95.35%) Finance
2 28 (21.71%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.60%) Banking
4 19 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.10%) Military
7 3 (2.33%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.55%) Local Government
8 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Retail
9 1 (0.78%) Billing
9 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.78%) French Language
9 1 (0.78%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 41 (31.78%) Consultant
2 23 (17.83%) Lead
3 22 (17.05%) Oracle Consultant
4 20 (15.50%) Functional Consultant
5 19 (14.73%) Analyst
6 14 (10.85%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 11 (8.53%) Accountant
7 11 (8.53%) Business Analyst
8 10 (7.75%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (6.98%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 8 (6.20%) Senior
11 7 (5.43%) Lead Consultant
12 6 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.65%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.88%) Developer
13 5 (3.88%) Finance Business Analyst
13 5 (3.88%) Functional Analyst
13 5 (3.88%) Implementation Analyst
13 5 (3.88%) Oracle Analyst
13 5 (3.88%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.98%) Middleware
3 6 (4.65%) XML
4 2 (1.55%) Web Services
4 2 (1.55%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.78%) ADO
5 1 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.05%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.53%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.88%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.10%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.55%) Derivative
6 2 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.78%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.78%) Equities
7 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.55%) Linux
1 2 (1.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.21%) Accounts Payable
2 41 (31.78%) Accounts Receivable
3 39 (30.23%) ERP
3 39 (30.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 37 (28.68%) Migration
5 31 (24.03%) Validation
6 26 (20.16%) Data Migration
7 24 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (18.60%) Procure-to-Pay
8 23 (17.83%) Cash Management
9 20 (15.50%) Budgeting
10 19 (14.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (12.40%) System Integration Testing
12 14 (10.85%) Process Improvement
13 13 (10.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 13 (10.08%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (10.08%) Record to Report
14 12 (9.30%) Performance Analysis
14 12 (9.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.05%) SQL
2 9 (6.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.78%) C#
3 1 (0.78%) Python
3 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.78%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (23.26%) ACCA
1 30 (23.26%) CIMA
2 10 (7.75%) Degree
3 8 (6.20%) PMP
4 7 (5.43%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.33%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.55%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.65%) IFRS
1 6 (4.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (3.88%) Basel III
2 5 (3.88%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.88%) GAAP
3 4 (3.10%) IFRS 9
3 4 (3.10%) QA
4 2 (1.55%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.78%) PSD2
5 1 (0.78%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Control-M
2 1 (0.78%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 59 (45.74%) Oracle
2 37 (28.68%) SAP
3 20 (15.50%) Microsoft
4 13 (10.08%) Workday
5 4 (3.10%) Sage
5 4 (3.10%) Talend
6 3 (2.33%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (2.33%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.33%) Ariba
6 3 (2.33%) Epicor
6 3 (2.33%) IFS
6 3 (2.33%) Infor
6 3 (2.33%) Informatica
6 3 (2.33%) QAD
6 3 (2.33%) Zuora
7 2 (1.55%) CODA
7 2 (1.55%) Google
7 2 (1.55%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.78%) IBM
8 1 (0.78%) SimCorp