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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 395 481
Rank change year-on-year -33 +86 +97
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 128 91 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.56% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 53 52
10th Percentile £360 £453 £413
25th Percentile £448 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £575 £603
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -4.56% +21.11%
75th Percentile £670 £660 £675
90th Percentile £819 £723 £736
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £628
% change year-on-year +2.61% -8.37% +25.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.00 -
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -

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 19,984 16,166 22,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.50% 62.55% 58.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,709 9,759 14,822
10th Percentile £294 £297 £264
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,251 512 1,503
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £13.07
25th Percentile £16.62 £19.94 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £30.31 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +20.02% -6.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.06 £52.64
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £22.83 £29.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -21.28% +15.01% -3.02%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -26 65 £625 +5.75% 13
South East -5 25 £595 +15.53% 13
Midlands -52 14 £450 -14.29% 1
East Midlands -23 10 £450 -21.05%
South West -11 8 £475 +26.67%
North of England -64 7 £500 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire -51 5 £500 -9.09% 1
East of England -15 4 £600 - 2
West Midlands -51 4 £372 -30.23% 1
North West -27 2 - - 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 4 (3.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.34%) Confluence
2 3 (2.34%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.56%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 48 (37.50%) Oracle Payables
2 43 (33.59%) Oracle General Ledger
3 42 (32.81%) Oracle Receivables
4 34 (26.56%) Oracle Assets
5 25 (19.53%) Oracle Cash Management
6 22 (17.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 21 (16.41%) Oracle EBS
8 19 (14.84%) Oracle EBS R12
9 16 (12.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 13 (10.16%) Oracle Financials
11 10 (7.81%) Oracle AGIS
12 9 (7.03%) Oracle FAH
12 9 (7.03%) SAP S/4HANA
13 5 (3.91%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 5 (3.91%) Oracle ERP
14 3 (2.34%) SAP FI
15 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
15 2 (1.56%) SAP R/3
16 1 (0.78%) Misys Equation
16 1 (0.78%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.94%) OCI
2 13 (10.16%) SaaS
3 12 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.59%) Azure
5 9 (7.03%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.91%) PaaS
8 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.56%) IaaS
9 2 (1.56%) Slack
10 1 (0.78%) dbt
10 1 (0.78%) GitHub
10 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) Power BI
2 6 (4.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 6 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.34%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.91%) JIRA
2 4 (3.13%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.34%) Hudson
3 3 (2.34%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.78%) Toad
General
1 120 (93.75%) Finance
2 48 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.63%) Banking
5 14 (10.94%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.69%) Billing
8 6 (4.69%) Law
9 4 (3.13%) Publishing
10 3 (2.34%) Legal
11 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.56%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.56%) Local Government
12 1 (0.78%) Advertising
12 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.78%) French Language
12 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.78%) Military
12 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (30.47%) Consultant
2 25 (19.53%) Oracle Consultant
3 23 (17.97%) Functional Consultant
4 21 (16.41%) Analyst
5 18 (14.06%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 17 (13.28%) Lead
7 16 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 14 (10.94%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 12 (9.38%) Business Analyst
10 11 (8.59%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (8.59%) Senior
11 10 (7.81%) Accountant
12 9 (7.03%) Developer
13 8 (6.25%) Oracle Analyst
14 7 (5.47%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (5.47%) Senior Business Analyst
15 5 (3.91%) Architect
15 5 (3.91%) Financial Controller
15 5 (3.91%) Oracle Developer
16 4 (3.13%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.91%) Middleware
3 3 (2.34%) ADO
3 3 (2.34%) REST
3 3 (2.34%) XML
4 2 (1.56%) SOAP
4 2 (1.56%) Web Services
4 2 (1.56%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.91%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.56%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.56%) Derivative
5 2 (1.56%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) AS400
6 1 (0.78%) Equities
6 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.78%) PMI
6 1 (0.78%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.78%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.56%) Linux
1 2 (1.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (40.63%) Accounts Payable
2 48 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
3 40 (31.25%) Migration
4 38 (29.69%) ERP
5 35 (27.34%) User Acceptance Testing
6 29 (22.66%) Cash Management
7 26 (20.31%) Procure-to-Pay
8 23 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (17.19%) Data Migration
10 20 (15.63%) Agile
11 19 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (13.28%) Validation
13 15 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (11.72%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (10.94%) Requirements Gathering
15 13 (10.16%) Decision-Making
16 11 (8.59%) Logistics
16 11 (8.59%) Process Improvement
16 11 (8.59%) System Integration Testing
17 10 (7.81%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.19%) SQL
2 10 (7.81%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 23 (17.97%) ACCA
1 23 (17.97%) CIMA
2 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.72%) Degree
4 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.13%) PMP
6 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.34%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (5.47%) IFRS
3 6 (4.69%) Basel III
3 6 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.69%) GAAP
3 6 (4.69%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.91%) SLA
5 4 (3.13%) PMO
6 3 (2.34%) QA
7 2 (1.56%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Control-M
2 1 (0.78%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 64 (50.00%) Oracle
2 25 (19.53%) SAP
3 11 (8.59%) Workday
4 7 (5.47%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.13%) Xero
6 3 (2.34%) Ariba
6 3 (2.34%) IFS
6 3 (2.34%) Informatica
6 3 (2.34%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.56%) CODA
8 1 (0.78%) Adobe
8 1 (0.78%) Charles River
8 1 (0.78%) Concur
8 1 (0.78%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.78%) IBM
8 1 (0.78%) Misys
8 1 (0.78%) Murex
8 1 (0.78%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.78%) Temenos