General Ledger Contracts 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 464 561
Rank change year-on-year +87 +97 +47
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 90 78 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.37% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 34 43
10th Percentile £404 £382 £416
25th Percentile £415 £513 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £606
90th Percentile £735 £700 £858
UK median daily rate £475 £630 £500
% change year-on-year -24.60% +26.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.45 - -
Median hourly rate £22.04 - -
75th Percentile £23.63 - -
90th Percentile £55.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.04 - -

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,384 21,160 28,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.12% 58.21% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,958 13,647 19,981
10th Percentile £287 £281 £315
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 665 1,773 927
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% +46.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £51.91 £60.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.25 £70.51
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +44.44%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing General Ledger in England.

Daily rate trend for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing General Ledger in England.

Hourly rate trend for General Ledger in England

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 May 2025. 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 +48 66 £450 -25.00% 67
North of England +19 6 £447 -31.23% 83
Midlands +17 5 £500 -35.48% 73
South East +47 4 - - 94
South West +35 4 £625 - 39
East of England +27 4 £600 +14.29% 58
North West +14 4 £447 - 42
East Midlands +8 4 £500 -35.48% 29
Yorkshire +9 2 £650 - 32
West Midlands - 1 - - 40
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (4.44%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.22%) CICS
2 2 (2.22%) CMS
2 2 (2.22%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 29 (32.22%) Oracle Payables
2 26 (28.89%) Oracle Assets
2 26 (28.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 21 (23.33%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (16.67%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 15 (16.67%) SAP CO
4 15 (16.67%) SAP FI
4 15 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 15 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (14.44%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (7.78%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (5.56%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (3.33%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (2.22%) Avolution ABACUS
10 2 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (2.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 2 (2.22%) Sage X3
10 2 (2.22%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.78%) Azure
1 7 (7.78%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.67%) OCI
3 5 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.44%) AWS
5 2 (2.22%) IaaS
5 2 (2.22%) PaaS
5 2 (2.22%) SaaS
6 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.11%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) GitHub
6 1 (1.11%) IBM Blueworks
6 1 (1.11%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.11%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.11%) Vertex AI
6 1 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.11%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (8.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.44%) Power BI
3 4 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.22%) Big Data
4 2 (2.22%) DB2
4 2 (2.22%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.22%) SAP BW
4 2 (2.22%) SAP HANA
4 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.22%) Tableau
5 1 (1.11%) OLTP
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.22%) JIRA
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (2.22%) Selenium
2 2 (2.22%) SOAtest
3 1 (1.11%) Hudson
3 1 (1.11%) LSMW
3 1 (1.11%) Subversion
General
1 81 (90.00%) Finance
2 31 (34.44%) Banking
3 29 (32.22%) Social Skills
4 14 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.00%) Retail
6 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.44%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.44%) Local Government
7 4 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.33%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.22%) Billing
10 1 (1.11%) Back Office
10 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.11%) International Banking
10 1 (1.11%) Legal
10 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.11%) Marketing
10 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (34.44%) Consultant
2 14 (15.56%) SAP Consultant
3 12 (13.33%) Oracle Consultant
4 10 (11.11%) SAP CO Consultant
4 10 (11.11%) SAP FI Consultant
4 10 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 8 (8.89%) Architect
5 8 (8.89%) Developer
5 8 (8.89%) Functional Consultant
5 8 (8.89%) Oracle Developer
6 7 (7.78%) Senior
7 6 (6.67%) Analyst
7 6 (6.67%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 5 (5.56%) Accountant
8 5 (5.56%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.44%) E-Business Consultant
9 4 (4.44%) Lead
9 4 (4.44%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.44%) Report Developer
9 4 (4.44%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
3 8 (8.89%) XML
4 4 (4.44%) XSLT
5 3 (3.33%) Middleware
6 2 (2.22%) J2EE
6 2 (2.22%) JSON
6 2 (2.22%) Web Services
7 1 (1.11%) EDI
7 1 (1.11%) Flash
7 1 (1.11%) REST
7 1 (1.11%) SAP PI
7 1 (1.11%) SOAP
7 1 (1.11%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (5.56%) Mainframe
2 5 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.22%) Mobile Payment
3 2 (2.22%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.22%) VSAM
4 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.11%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.11%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.11%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.11%) Social Media
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Unix
2 3 (3.33%) Linux
2 3 (3.33%) Windows
3 2 (2.22%) AIX
3 2 (2.22%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (60.00%) Accounts Payable
2 28 (31.11%) Accounts Receivable
3 18 (20.00%) Migration
4 14 (15.56%) Agile
4 14 (15.56%) Analytics
4 14 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.44%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (12.22%) Cash Management
8 10 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 10 (11.11%) Validation
9 9 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
10 8 (8.89%) Data Migration
10 8 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (8.89%) ETL
10 8 (8.89%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (6.67%) Data Integration
11 6 (6.67%) E-business
11 6 (6.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 28 (31.11%) SQL
2 12 (13.33%) PL/SQL
3 4 (4.44%) Java
4 2 (2.22%) COBOL
4 2 (2.22%) JCL
4 2 (2.22%) REXX
5 1 (1.11%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.22%) Degree
4 6 (6.67%) ACCA
5 4 (4.44%) CIMA
6 1 (1.11%) AAT
6 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.11%) MBA
6 1 (1.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.22%) IFRS
2 5 (5.56%) GAAP
2 5 (5.56%) QA
3 3 (3.33%) IFRS 17
3 3 (3.33%) IFRS 9
4 2 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.11%) Basel III
5 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) Control-M
Vendors
1 44 (48.89%) Oracle
2 23 (25.56%) SAP
3 13 (14.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.33%) Informatica
5 2 (2.22%) Ab Initio
5 2 (2.22%) Parasoft
5 2 (2.22%) Sage
5 2 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.11%) Adobe
6 1 (1.11%) Ariba
6 1 (1.11%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.11%) Cognos
6 1 (1.11%) Concur
6 1 (1.11%) Google
6 1 (1.11%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.11%) IFS
6 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.11%) TSYS
6 1 (1.11%) Workday
6 1 (1.11%) Zuora