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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 400 443
Rank change year-on-year -18 +43 +154
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 124 101 97
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.58% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 62 61
10th Percentile £393 £439 £413
25th Percentile £500 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +0.87% +15.58%
75th Percentile £664 £690 £650
90th Percentile £774 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £585 £594
% change year-on-year +2.56% -1.47% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £55.63 - -
25th Percentile £56.56 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - £18.00
75th Percentile £61.56 - -
90th Percentile £62.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £29.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +102.59% +61.11% -

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 19,447 17,385 21,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.34% 61.85% 59.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,344 10,505 14,512
10th Percentile £284 £300 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.58% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,228 595 1,017
10th Percentile £14.11 £15.62 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.90 £18.45 £16.66
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +29.36%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.35 £70.56
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%

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 1 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 1 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 -4 68 £600 -4.00% 14
South East +9 27 £595 +15.53% 11
Midlands -33 14 £495 -8.33% 1
East Midlands -12 7 £360 -43.75%
West Midlands -32 7 £515 -4.63% 1
North of England -60 6 £500 -13.04% 2
Yorkshire -48 5 £500 -9.09% 2
East of England -16 4 £600 +254.51% 3
South West -11 3 £475 +11.76%
North West -30 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 6 (4.84%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.42%) Confluence
4 2 (1.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 52 (41.94%) Oracle Payables
2 50 (40.32%) Oracle General Ledger
3 39 (31.45%) Oracle Assets
4 37 (29.84%) Oracle Receivables
5 30 (24.19%) Oracle EBS
6 25 (20.16%) Oracle EBS R12
7 23 (18.55%) Oracle Cash Management
8 17 (13.71%) Oracle Financials
9 16 (12.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 13 (10.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 10 (8.06%) Oracle AGIS
12 9 (7.26%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 8 (6.45%) Oracle FAH
13 8 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
14 6 (4.84%) Oracle ERP
15 3 (2.42%) SAP ERP
15 3 (2.42%) SAP R/3
16 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
16 2 (1.61%) SAP FI
17 1 (0.81%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.68%) Azure
1 12 (9.68%) OCI
1 12 (9.68%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.06%) SaaS
3 9 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.42%) PaaS
7 2 (1.61%) IaaS
7 2 (1.61%) Slack
8 1 (0.81%) dbt
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub
8 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.68%) Power BI
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (5.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.42%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (4.03%) JIRA
3 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.42%) Hudson
5 2 (1.61%) Oracle APEX
General
1 116 (93.55%) Finance
2 46 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 26 (20.97%) Banking
4 19 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.26%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (6.45%) Billing
7 8 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.84%) Law
9 4 (3.23%) Publishing
10 3 (2.42%) Legal
10 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.61%) Back Office
11 2 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.61%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.81%) French Language
12 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (29.03%) Consultant
2 23 (18.55%) Analyst
2 23 (18.55%) Functional Consultant
2 23 (18.55%) Oracle Consultant
3 18 (14.52%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 15 (12.10%) Developer
5 14 (11.29%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 14 (11.29%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
6 13 (10.48%) Business Analyst
7 12 (9.68%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (9.68%) Lead
8 11 (8.87%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (8.06%) Senior
10 9 (7.26%) Oracle Analyst
11 7 (5.65%) Accountant
11 7 (5.65%) Architect
12 6 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.84%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Oracle Financials Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (21.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.03%) Middleware
3 3 (2.42%) ADO
3 3 (2.42%) REST
3 3 (2.42%) XML
3 3 (2.42%) XML Messaging
4 2 (1.61%) EDI
4 2 (1.61%) SOAP
5 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.26%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.42%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.61%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) AS400
6 1 (0.81%) Derivative
6 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.81%) PMI
6 1 (0.81%) Tandem
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.23%) Unix
2 2 (1.61%) Linux
2 2 (1.61%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (47.58%) Accounts Payable
2 47 (37.90%) Accounts Receivable
3 37 (29.84%) ERP
4 35 (28.23%) Migration
4 35 (28.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 26 (20.97%) Cash Management
6 19 (15.32%) Agile
6 19 (15.32%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (14.52%) Data Migration
8 17 (13.71%) Procure-to-Pay
9 16 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
10 15 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (11.29%) Validation
12 12 (9.68%) Analytics
12 12 (9.68%) Process Improvement
12 12 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (9.68%) System Integration Testing
13 11 (8.87%) Change Management
13 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.39%) SQL
2 14 (11.29%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.23%) X++
4 3 (2.42%) ABAP
5 2 (1.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (14.52%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.71%) Degree
3 16 (12.90%) ACCA
3 16 (12.90%) CIMA
4 11 (8.87%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.23%) PMP
6 3 (2.42%) CCA
6 3 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.65%) Data Quality
1 7 (5.65%) GAAP
1 7 (5.65%) IFRS
1 7 (5.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.84%) IFRS 9
3 5 (4.03%) Basel III
3 5 (4.03%) QA
4 4 (3.23%) PMO
4 4 (3.23%) SLA
5 2 (1.61%) GDPR
5 2 (1.61%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Control-M
Vendors
1 68 (54.84%) Oracle
2 19 (15.32%) SAP
3 9 (7.26%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.84%) Workday
5 4 (3.23%) Xero
6 3 (2.42%) Ariba
6 3 (2.42%) IFS
6 3 (2.42%) Informatica
6 3 (2.42%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.61%) Databricks
7 2 (1.61%) Murex
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe
8 1 (0.81%) CODA
8 1 (0.81%) eFront
8 1 (0.81%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.81%) IBM
8 1 (0.81%) Misys
8 1 (0.81%) Temenos