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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 410 425
Rank change year-on-year -56 +15 +92
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 157 109 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.39% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.61% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 72 53
10th Percentile £410 £404 £438
25th Percentile £500 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £700
90th Percentile £828 £762 £770
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £16.82 £27.30 -
25th Percentile £19.20 £36.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £55.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.01% +29.41% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £60.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £62.50 -
UK median hourly rate £39.60 £55.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.01% +29.41% +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 25,835 17,915 19,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.96% 64.41% 58.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,196 11,348 11,698
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,020 975
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.17 £17.44
Median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -34.68% +29.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.28 £71.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.87% +28.58%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -67 80 £600 +0.84% 84
Midlands -34 22 £516 -6.25% 9
South West -17 21 £600 +26.32% 2
South East -60 14 £505 -1.94% 31
West Midlands -36 13 £427 -25.74% 8
East Midlands -11 9 £575 +26.37% 1
East of England -25 8 £505 -15.83% 5
North of England -64 6 £525 +17.45% 13
Yorkshire -36 3 - - 1
North West -50 3 £525 +17.45% 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 7 (4.46%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 47 (29.94%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (24.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 32 (20.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 31 (19.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (11.46%) Oracle EBS
6 17 (10.83%) Oracle Assets
7 16 (10.19%) Oracle ERP
8 15 (9.55%) NetSuite
9 11 (7.01%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (5.73%) Oracle EBS R12
11 7 (4.46%) SAP FI
12 6 (3.82%) Oracle Financials
13 5 (3.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 5 (3.18%) Oracle FAH
14 4 (2.55%) Oracle Internet Expenses
14 4 (2.55%) Oracle iProcurement
14 4 (2.55%) SAP Business One
14 4 (2.55%) SAP GRC
14 4 (2.55%) Unit4 Business World
15 3 (1.91%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.28%) OCI
2 12 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (4.46%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.82%) Azure
5 4 (2.55%) AWS
5 4 (2.55%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.55%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.55%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.91%) GCP
6 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.91%) SaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.27%) Intacct
7 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.64%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.64%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.64%) dbt
8 1 (0.64%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.55%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.55%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.91%) Power BI
4 3 (1.91%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.64%) Metadata
6 1 (0.64%) OLTP
6 1 (0.64%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.82%) JIRA
2 5 (3.18%) JDeveloper
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.55%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.27%) Hudson
5 1 (0.64%) Toad
General
1 152 (96.82%) Finance
2 57 (36.31%) Social Skills
3 32 (20.38%) Banking
4 20 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (11.46%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.82%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.82%) Retail
8 5 (3.18%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.55%) Local Government
9 4 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.91%) Billing
10 3 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.91%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.27%) International Banking
11 2 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (29.30%) Consultant
2 31 (19.75%) Analyst
3 23 (14.65%) Business Analyst
3 23 (14.65%) Lead
4 20 (12.74%) Oracle Consultant
5 19 (12.10%) Financial Analyst
6 18 (11.46%) Functional Consultant
7 12 (7.64%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 11 (7.01%) Finance Business Analyst
8 11 (7.01%) SAP Consultant
9 10 (6.37%) Senior
10 9 (5.73%) Developer
11 8 (5.10%) Implementation Consultant
12 7 (4.46%) Accountant
12 7 (4.46%) NetSuite Consultant
12 7 (4.46%) Transformation Consultant
13 6 (3.82%) Lead Consultant
13 6 (3.82%) Trainer
14 5 (3.18%) Architect
14 5 (3.18%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (20.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.82%) XML
3 5 (3.18%) Middleware
3 5 (3.18%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.91%) REST
5 2 (1.27%) RESTful
5 2 (1.27%) Web Services
6 1 (0.64%) Restlet
6 1 (0.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.92%) Data Structures
2 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.73%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.18%) e-Learning
5 4 (2.55%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.91%) Derivative
6 3 (1.91%) Life Science
6 3 (1.91%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.27%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.27%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.64%) CESG
8 1 (0.64%) Equities
8 1 (0.64%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.64%) FMCG
8 1 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.91%) Unix
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (45.86%) Accounts Payable
2 68 (43.31%) Accounts Receivable
3 65 (41.40%) ERP
4 52 (33.12%) Migration
5 49 (31.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (28.66%) Data Migration
7 44 (28.03%) User Acceptance Testing
8 33 (21.02%) Validation
9 27 (17.20%) Budgeting
10 24 (15.29%) System Integration Testing
10 24 (15.29%) Workshop Facilitation
11 23 (14.65%) Process Improvement
11 23 (14.65%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (12.10%) Data Analysis
13 18 (11.46%) Change Management
13 18 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (10.83%) Analytics
15 16 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (10.19%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.20%) SQL
2 7 (4.46%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.55%) C#
3 4 (2.55%) X++
4 3 (1.91%) ABAP
4 3 (1.91%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.64%) Python
5 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (16.56%) ACCA
1 26 (16.56%) CIMA
2 16 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.01%) Degree
5 8 (5.10%) PMP
6 6 (3.82%) AAT
6 6 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.55%) CCA
8 3 (1.91%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.27%) CCAB
9 2 (1.27%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 15 (9.55%) IFRS
3 6 (3.82%) GDPR
4 4 (2.55%) GRC
5 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.27%) GAAP
5 2 (1.27%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.27%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.27%) QA
6 1 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.64%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (42.68%) Oracle
2 47 (29.94%) SAP
3 42 (26.75%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.10%) Sage
5 7 (4.46%) Workday
6 5 (3.18%) Xero
7 4 (2.55%) Adobe
7 4 (2.55%) Talend
8 3 (1.91%) Google
9 2 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (1.27%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.27%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.27%) CODA
9 2 (1.27%) Epicor
9 2 (1.27%) HP
9 2 (1.27%) IFS
9 2 (1.27%) Infor
9 2 (1.27%) Murex
9 2 (1.27%) QAD
9 2 (1.27%) Zuora