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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 387 461
Rank change year-on-year -25 +74 +112
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 132 101 85
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.38% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.69% 0.61% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 63 56
10th Percentile £360 £440 £413
25th Percentile £463 £515 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% +20.60%
75th Percentile £648 £690 £656
90th Percentile £738 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £590 £580 £625
% change year-on-year +1.72% -7.20% +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 19,160 16,613 21,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.49% 62.33% 58.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,203 10,015 14,454
10th Percentile £285 £300 £270
25th Percentile £402 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,191 555 1,202
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.59 £19.00 £15.34
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +4.80% +11.34%
75th Percentile £46.00 £57.50 £56.49
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.35 £69.96
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.50 £28.47
% change year-on-year -16.36% -3.41% +13.88%

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 19 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 19 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 -9 70 £600 -4.00% 6
South East +2 26 £590 +14.56% 9
Midlands -35 16 £475 -10.80% 2
East Midlands -15 11 £423 -25.88% 2
North of England -51 6 £500 -13.04% 2
South West -9 5 £475 +11.76%
West Midlands -38 5 £515 -4.63%
Yorkshire -40 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -13 4 £600 +254.51% 3
North West -29 1 - - 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 5 (3.79%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.27%) Confluence
4 2 (1.52%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 52 (39.39%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (37.12%) Oracle General Ledger
3 40 (30.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 38 (28.79%) Oracle Assets
5 27 (20.45%) Oracle EBS
6 23 (17.42%) Oracle Cash Management
6 23 (17.42%) Oracle EBS R12
7 20 (15.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 18 (13.64%) Oracle Financials
9 17 (12.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (7.58%) Oracle AGIS
10 10 (7.58%) SAP S/4HANA
11 9 (6.82%) Oracle FAH
12 8 (6.06%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 6 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.27%) SAP ERP
14 3 (2.27%) SAP FI
14 3 (2.27%) SAP R/3
15 2 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
16 1 (0.76%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.85%) OCI
2 12 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.58%) Azure
3 10 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (7.58%) SaaS
4 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.03%) PaaS
6 2 (1.52%) IaaS
6 2 (1.52%) Slack
7 1 (0.76%) dbt
7 1 (0.76%) GitHub
7 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.09%) Power BI
2 8 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (4.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.27%) SAP BW
6 3 (2.27%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.79%) JIRA
2 4 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.03%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.27%) Hudson
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 123 (93.18%) Finance
2 54 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.94%) Banking
4 22 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (12.88%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.30%) Billing
9 6 (4.55%) Law
10 4 (3.03%) Publishing
11 3 (2.27%) Legal
11 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.52%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.52%) Japanese Language
12 2 (1.52%) Local Government
13 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.76%) French Language
13 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (31.82%) Consultant
2 24 (18.18%) Functional Consultant
2 24 (18.18%) Oracle Consultant
3 23 (17.42%) Analyst
4 18 (13.64%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 17 (12.88%) Lead
6 15 (11.36%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 14 (10.61%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 13 (9.85%) Developer
9 12 (9.09%) Business Analyst
9 12 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (7.58%) Accountant
10 10 (7.58%) Oracle Analyst
10 10 (7.58%) Senior
11 9 (6.82%) Oracle Developer
12 6 (4.55%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.79%) Architect
13 5 (3.79%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (23.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.79%) Middleware
3 4 (3.03%) XML
4 3 (2.27%) ADO
4 3 (2.27%) REST
4 3 (2.27%) XML Messaging
5 2 (1.52%) SOAP
5 2 (1.52%) Web Services
6 1 (0.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.79%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.79%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.52%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) AS400
7 1 (0.76%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.76%) Derivative
7 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.76%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.76%) PMI
7 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.76%) Tandem
7 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.52%) Linux
1 2 (1.52%) Unix
1 2 (1.52%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (44.70%) Accounts Payable
2 50 (37.88%) Accounts Receivable
3 41 (31.06%) ERP
4 39 (29.55%) Migration
5 35 (26.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 28 (21.21%) Cash Management
7 24 (18.18%) Procure-to-Pay
8 22 (16.67%) Data Migration
9 20 (15.15%) Agile
9 20 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (13.64%) Validation
10 18 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
11 14 (10.61%) Decision-Making
11 14 (10.61%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (9.85%) System Integration Testing
13 11 (8.33%) Analytics
13 11 (8.33%) Logistics
13 11 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.70%) SQL
2 12 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.03%) X++
4 3 (2.27%) ABAP
5 1 (0.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (15.91%) ACCA
1 21 (15.91%) CIMA
2 19 (14.39%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.64%) Degree
4 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.03%) PMP
6 3 (2.27%) CCA
6 3 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.30%) GAAP
2 7 (5.30%) IFRS
3 6 (4.55%) Basel III
3 6 (4.55%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.79%) QA
4 5 (3.79%) SLA
5 4 (3.03%) PMO
6 2 (1.52%) GDPR
6 2 (1.52%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Control-M
Vendors
1 68 (51.52%) Oracle
2 25 (18.94%) SAP
3 9 (6.82%) Workday
4 8 (6.06%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.03%) Xero
6 3 (2.27%) Ariba
6 3 (2.27%) IFS
6 3 (2.27%) Informatica
6 3 (2.27%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.52%) Murex
8 1 (0.76%) Adobe
8 1 (0.76%) CODA
8 1 (0.76%) eFront
8 1 (0.76%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.76%) IBM
8 1 (0.76%) Misys
8 1 (0.76%) Temenos