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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 383 480
Rank change year-on-year -43 +97 +101
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 128 94 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.63% 0.59% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 56 51
10th Percentile £360 £444 £413
25th Percentile £463 £509 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £559 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £652 £663
90th Percentile £819 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £590 £568 £630
% change year-on-year +3.96% -9.92% +22.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.00 -
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -

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 20,324 16,048 22,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.26% 62.59% 58.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,885 9,772 14,695
10th Percentile £300 £296 £265
25th Percentile £405 £411 £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 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,276 507 1,520
10th Percentile £14.01 £15.62 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.90 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.40 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.34% +18.24% -11.34%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -21.34% +12.80% -4.78%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -23 64 £625 +5.93% 14
South East -10 24 £600 +16.50% 12
Midlands -52 14 £450 -14.29% 2
East Midlands -15 10 £450 -21.05%
South West -15 9 £475 +26.67% 1
North of England -62 7 £500 -9.09% 5
Yorkshire -47 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -22 4 £600 - 3
West Midlands -52 4 £372 -30.23% 2
North West -28 2 - - 3
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 4 (3.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.34%) Confluence
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 49 (38.28%) Oracle Payables
2 43 (33.59%) Oracle General Ledger
2 43 (33.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 35 (27.34%) Oracle Assets
4 26 (20.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 23 (17.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 21 (16.41%) Oracle EBS
7 19 (14.84%) Oracle EBS R12
8 16 (12.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 13 (10.16%) Oracle Financials
10 10 (7.81%) Oracle AGIS
11 9 (7.03%) Oracle FAH
11 9 (7.03%) SAP S/4HANA
12 5 (3.91%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 5 (3.91%) Oracle ERP
13 3 (2.34%) SAP FI
14 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
14 2 (1.56%) SAP R/3
15 1 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
15 1 (0.78%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.94%) OCI
2 13 (10.16%) SaaS
3 12 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.59%) Azure
5 9 (7.03%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.91%) PaaS
8 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.56%) IaaS
9 2 (1.56%) Slack
10 1 (0.78%) dbt
10 1 (0.78%) GitHub
10 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) Power BI
2 7 (5.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.34%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.91%) JIRA
2 4 (3.13%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.34%) Hudson
3 3 (2.34%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.78%) Toad
General
1 119 (92.97%) Finance
2 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.63%) Banking
5 15 (11.72%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.69%) Billing
7 6 (4.69%) Law
8 4 (3.13%) Publishing
9 3 (2.34%) Legal
10 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.56%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.56%) Local Government
10 2 (1.56%) Military
11 1 (0.78%) Advertising
11 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.78%) French Language
11 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (30.47%) Consultant
2 25 (19.53%) Oracle Consultant
3 23 (17.97%) Functional Consultant
4 22 (17.19%) Analyst
5 18 (14.06%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 17 (13.28%) Lead
7 16 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 14 (10.94%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 12 (9.38%) Business Analyst
10 11 (8.59%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (8.59%) Senior
11 10 (7.81%) Accountant
12 9 (7.03%) Developer
12 9 (7.03%) Oracle Analyst
13 7 (5.47%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (5.47%) Senior Business Analyst
14 5 (3.91%) Financial Controller
14 5 (3.91%) Oracle Developer
15 4 (3.13%) Finance Systems Analyst
15 4 (3.13%) Oracle Financials Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.91%) Middleware
3 4 (3.13%) XML
4 3 (2.34%) ADO
4 3 (2.34%) REST
5 2 (1.56%) SOAP
5 2 (1.56%) Web Services
5 2 (1.56%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.91%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.56%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.56%) Derivative
5 2 (1.56%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) AS400
6 1 (0.78%) Equities
6 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.78%) PMI
6 1 (0.78%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.78%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.56%) Linux
1 2 (1.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (41.41%) Accounts Payable
2 49 (38.28%) Accounts Receivable
3 39 (30.47%) Migration
4 37 (28.91%) ERP
5 34 (26.56%) User Acceptance Testing
6 30 (23.44%) Cash Management
7 27 (21.09%) Procure-to-Pay
8 25 (19.53%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (17.19%) Data Migration
10 19 (14.84%) Agile
11 18 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.06%) Validation
12 15 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (11.72%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (10.16%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.16%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (8.59%) Budgeting
14 11 (8.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 11 (8.59%) Project Management
14 11 (8.59%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.97%) SQL
2 11 (8.59%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) ACCA
1 24 (18.75%) CIMA
2 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.72%) Degree
4 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.13%) PMP
6 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.34%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.47%) IFRS
3 6 (4.69%) Basel III
3 6 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.69%) GAAP
3 6 (4.69%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.91%) SLA
5 3 (2.34%) PMO
5 3 (2.34%) QA
6 2 (1.56%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Control-M
2 1 (0.78%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 65 (50.78%) Oracle
2 25 (19.53%) SAP
3 11 (8.59%) Workday
4 7 (5.47%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.13%) Xero
6 3 (2.34%) Ariba
6 3 (2.34%) IFS
6 3 (2.34%) Informatica
7 2 (1.56%) CODA
7 2 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.78%) Adobe
8 1 (0.78%) Charles River
8 1 (0.78%) Concur
8 1 (0.78%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.78%) IBM
8 1 (0.78%) Misys
8 1 (0.78%) Murex
8 1 (0.78%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.78%) Temenos