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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 383 486
Rank change year-on-year -24 +103 +80
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 136 94 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.36% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.70% 0.57% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 57 56
10th Percentile £360 £458 £413
25th Percentile £463 £515 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% +20.60%
75th Percentile £645 £690 £675
90th Percentile £700 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £590 £590 £625
% change year-on-year - -5.60% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 -
% change year-on-year +89.66% - -

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 19,520 16,439 22,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.96% 62.54% 58.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,426 9,889 14,759
10th Percentile £288 £300 £265
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -3.21% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,206 540 1,367
10th Percentile £14.04 £15.62 £13.30
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.24 £15.17
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.02% +11.98% +1.13%
75th Percentile £47.69 £57.50 £55.20
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £22.85 £27.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.91% +5.77% +4.00%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -7 70 £600 -4.00% 10
South East -12 27 £590 +14.56% 15
Midlands -48 17 £463 -13.15% 2
East Midlands -16 11 £423 -25.88% 2
South West -15 7 £475 +11.76%
North of England -56 7 £500 -9.09% 3
West Midlands -36 6 £495 -8.33%
Yorkshire -41 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -12 4 £600 +42.01% 2
North West -29 2 - - 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 6 (4.41%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.21%) Confluence
4 2 (1.47%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 53 (38.97%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (36.03%) Oracle General Ledger
3 41 (30.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 40 (29.41%) Oracle Assets
5 26 (19.12%) Oracle EBS
6 25 (18.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 24 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
8 21 (15.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 17 (12.50%) Oracle Financials
9 17 (12.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (7.35%) Oracle AGIS
10 10 (7.35%) Oracle FAH
11 9 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (5.88%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 6 (4.41%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.21%) SAP ERP
14 3 (2.21%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
15 2 (1.47%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.74%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.29%) OCI
2 12 (8.82%) Power Platform
2 12 (8.82%) SaaS
3 11 (8.09%) Azure
4 9 (6.62%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.68%) PaaS
7 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.47%) IaaS
8 2 (1.47%) Slack
9 1 (0.74%) dbt
9 1 (0.74%) GitHub
9 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.82%) Power BI
2 8 (5.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 8 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.21%) SAP BW
5 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.68%) JIRA
1 5 (3.68%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.94%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.21%) Hudson
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.74%) Toad
General
1 127 (93.38%) Finance
2 56 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Banking
4 23 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.41%) Billing
7 6 (4.41%) Law
8 4 (2.94%) Publishing
9 3 (2.21%) Legal
9 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.47%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.74%) Advertising
11 1 (0.74%) Back Office
11 1 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.74%) French Language
11 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (31.62%) Consultant
2 26 (19.12%) Oracle Consultant
3 24 (17.65%) Functional Consultant
4 23 (16.91%) Analyst
5 19 (13.97%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 17 (12.50%) Lead
6 17 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 15 (11.03%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 13 (9.56%) Business Analyst
8 13 (9.56%) Developer
9 11 (8.09%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (7.35%) Accountant
10 10 (7.35%) Senior
11 9 (6.62%) Oracle Analyst
11 9 (6.62%) Oracle Developer
12 6 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.68%) Architect
13 5 (3.68%) Financial Controller
13 5 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (23.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.68%) Middleware
3 4 (2.94%) XML
4 3 (2.21%) ADO
4 3 (2.21%) REST
4 3 (2.21%) XML Messaging
5 2 (1.47%) SOAP
5 2 (1.47%) Web Services
6 1 (0.74%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.68%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (3.68%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.68%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (1.47%) Derivative
4 2 (1.47%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.74%) AS400
5 1 (0.74%) Equities
5 1 (0.74%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.74%) PMI
5 1 (0.74%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.47%) Linux
1 2 (1.47%) Unix
1 2 (1.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (44.12%) Accounts Payable
2 51 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
3 43 (31.62%) ERP
4 40 (29.41%) Migration
5 37 (27.21%) User Acceptance Testing
6 29 (21.32%) Cash Management
7 25 (18.38%) Procure-to-Pay
8 24 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (16.18%) Data Migration
10 20 (14.71%) Agile
11 19 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (13.97%) Workshop Facilitation
12 17 (12.50%) Validation
13 15 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
13 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (10.29%) Decision-Making
15 12 (8.82%) Analytics
15 12 (8.82%) System Integration Testing
16 11 (8.09%) Logistics
16 11 (8.09%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.85%) SQL
2 12 (8.82%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.94%) X++
4 3 (2.21%) ABAP
5 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (16.18%) ACCA
1 22 (16.18%) CIMA
2 19 (13.97%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.24%) Degree
4 12 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.94%) PMP
6 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.21%) CCA
6 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.21%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.21%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) IFRS
1 8 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.15%) GAAP
3 6 (4.41%) Basel III
3 6 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.41%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.68%) SLA
5 4 (2.94%) PMO
5 4 (2.94%) QA
6 2 (1.47%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.74%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) Control-M
2 1 (0.74%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 69 (50.74%) Oracle
2 26 (19.12%) SAP
3 9 (6.62%) Workday
4 8 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.94%) Xero
6 3 (2.21%) Ariba
6 3 (2.21%) IFS
6 3 (2.21%) Informatica
6 3 (2.21%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.47%) CODA
7 2 (1.47%) Murex
8 1 (0.74%) Adobe
8 1 (0.74%) Charles River
8 1 (0.74%) Concur
8 1 (0.74%) eFront
8 1 (0.74%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) Misys
8 1 (0.74%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.74%) Temenos