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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 411 471
Rank change year-on-year -62 +60 +53
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 141 100 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.58% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 62 36
10th Percentile £419 £404 £456
25th Percentile £500 £415 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £674 £667
90th Percentile £845 £832 £831
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
10th Percentile £16.82 - -
25th Percentile £19.20 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £60.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £69.25 -
UK median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +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 24,783 17,367 20,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.24% 63.62% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,882 11,099 13,036
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £756 £775
UK median daily rate £524 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.80% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,811 903 1,498
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.03 £16.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.04 £35.86
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% -27.37% +19.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.14 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.81 £25.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.65% -27.14% +14.60%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -73 69 £625 +31.58% 31
South West -11 29 £600 -4.00% 4
Midlands -46 13 £516 -20.67% 4
South East -54 13 £505 -40.59% 7
West Midlands -49 8 £429 -42.80% 1
East of England -18 6 £561 -6.46% 2
North of England -74 6 £525 +17.45% 6
East Midlands -10 5 £625 +11.11% 3
Yorkshire -47 3 - - 2
North West -48 3 £525 +17.45% 4
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 10 (7.09%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (28.37%) Oracle Payables
2 30 (21.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 25 (17.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (14.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 18 (12.77%) Oracle Assets
6 16 (11.35%) NetSuite
6 16 (11.35%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (9.22%) Oracle Cash Management
8 10 (7.09%) Oracle EBS R12
9 8 (5.67%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (4.96%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 6 (4.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (4.26%) SAP Business One
11 6 (4.26%) SAP FI
12 5 (3.55%) Oracle FAH
12 5 (3.55%) Unit4 Business World
13 4 (2.84%) SAP GRC
14 3 (2.13%) Oracle iProcurement
14 3 (2.13%) SAP ERP
14 3 (2.13%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.09%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.26%) OCI
3 5 (3.55%) SaaS
4 4 (2.84%) Azure
4 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.13%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.42%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (1.42%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.42%) Intacct
6 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.71%) AWS
7 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.71%) GitHub
7 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.71%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 8 (5.67%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.84%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.84%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.13%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.42%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.71%) Metadata
6 1 (0.71%) OLTP
6 1 (0.71%) Power BI
6 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.55%) JDeveloper
1 5 (3.55%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.13%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.42%) Hudson
3 2 (1.42%) Toad
4 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 134 (95.04%) Finance
2 40 (28.37%) Social Skills
3 24 (17.02%) Banking
4 17 (12.06%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.55%) Retail
7 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.84%) Local Government
7 4 (2.84%) Military
7 4 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.13%) Billing
8 3 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.42%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (32.62%) Consultant
2 20 (14.18%) Lead
3 19 (13.48%) Oracle Consultant
4 15 (10.64%) Analyst
4 15 (10.64%) Functional Consultant
5 12 (8.51%) SAP Consultant
6 11 (7.80%) Business Analyst
7 10 (7.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 9 (6.38%) Developer
8 9 (6.38%) Senior
9 8 (5.67%) Implementation Consultant
10 7 (4.96%) Accountant
10 7 (4.96%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (4.96%) NetSuite Consultant
10 7 (4.96%) Transformation Consultant
11 6 (4.26%) Lead Consultant
11 6 (4.26%) Oracle Financials Consultant
12 5 (3.55%) Finance Manager
12 5 (3.55%) Technical Consultant
13 4 (2.84%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (5.67%) XML
3 5 (3.55%) Middleware
4 3 (2.13%) REST
4 3 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.42%) Web Services
6 1 (0.71%) RESTful
6 1 (0.71%) Restlet
6 1 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.77%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.38%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.67%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.42%) Life Science
6 2 (1.42%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.71%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.71%) CESG
7 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.71%) Derivative
7 1 (0.71%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.71%) Equities
7 1 (0.71%) FMCG
7 1 (0.71%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.71%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.13%) Unix
2 1 (0.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (43.26%) Accounts Payable
2 55 (39.01%) Accounts Receivable
3 52 (36.88%) ERP
4 41 (29.08%) Migration
5 38 (26.95%) User Acceptance Testing
6 36 (25.53%) Data Migration
7 31 (21.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (21.99%) Validation
8 28 (19.86%) Budgeting
9 20 (14.18%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (12.77%) Workflow
11 17 (12.06%) Cash Management
12 16 (11.35%) System Integration Testing
13 15 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (10.64%) Process Improvement
14 14 (9.93%) Analytics
15 12 (8.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 12 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 11 (7.80%) AI
16 11 (7.80%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.18%) SQL
2 9 (6.38%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.13%) ABAP
3 3 (2.13%) C#
3 3 (2.13%) Shell Script
3 3 (2.13%) X++
4 1 (0.71%) Python
4 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.44%) ACCA
1 26 (18.44%) CIMA
2 14 (9.93%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.38%) PMP
5 6 (4.26%) AAT
5 6 (4.26%) Degree
6 5 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.13%) CCA
7 3 (2.13%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.42%) CIPFA
8 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.71%) CCAB
9 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.71%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.67%) IFRS
2 6 (4.26%) GDPR
3 4 (2.84%) GRC
4 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.42%) GAAP
4 2 (1.42%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.71%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (39.01%) Oracle
2 44 (31.21%) SAP
3 34 (24.11%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.38%) Sage
5 8 (5.67%) Workday
6 4 (2.84%) Talend
6 4 (2.84%) Xero
7 3 (2.13%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (2.13%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.13%) Epicor
7 3 (2.13%) Google
7 3 (2.13%) IFS
7 3 (2.13%) Infor
7 3 (2.13%) QAD
7 3 (2.13%) Zuora
8 2 (1.42%) Concur
8 2 (1.42%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.71%) Adobe
9 1 (0.71%) HP
9 1 (0.71%) Murex