General Ledger Contract Job Trends in London

General Ledger
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 285 348
Rank change year-on-year -84 +63 +79
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 67 65 51
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.51% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.74% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 24
10th Percentile £449 £404 £468
25th Percentile £523 £413 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £628
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.29% +25.50%
75th Percentile £688 £673 £667
90th Percentile £926 £753 £700
England median daily rate £575 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +228.95% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
England median hourly rate £46.10 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +109.14% -48.14% +115.19%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,613 8,731 10,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.29% 68.07% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,449 5,819 7,767
10th Percentile £350 £331 £336
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £519 £535
% change year-on-year +1.16% -2.99% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 165 234
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £33.12 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +12.73% -7.20%
75th Percentile £45.25 £51.18 £48.44
90th Percentile £68.50 £64.50 £67.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.70
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.90% +8.99%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing General Ledger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

General Ledger job vacancy trend in London

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in London

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
Central London -8 20 £775 +63.21% 4
West London -15 4 £475 -
South London - 1 - -
General Ledger
England

General Ledger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (2.99%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 23 (34.33%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (23.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (19.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 12 (17.91%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (13.43%) Oracle Assets
6 8 (11.94%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (10.45%) Oracle Cash Management
7 7 (10.45%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (8.96%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (8.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (5.97%) NetSuite
9 4 (5.97%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (5.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (5.97%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (4.48%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (4.48%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (4.48%) Dynamics SL
10 3 (4.48%) Infor CloudSuite
10 3 (4.48%) Oracle FAH
10 3 (4.48%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) OCI
1 7 (10.45%) SaaS
2 6 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.97%) Azure
4 3 (4.48%) PaaS
5 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.49%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.49%) AWS
6 1 (1.49%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.49%) dbt
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) IaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Intacct
6 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) OLTP
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.49%) Power BI
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.49%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (94.03%) Finance
2 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
3 15 (22.39%) Banking
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.48%) Retail
7 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Billing
8 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) French Language
8 1 (1.49%) Front Office
8 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Local Government
8 1 (1.49%) Military
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Consultant
2 13 (19.40%) Oracle Consultant
3 11 (16.42%) Analyst
3 11 (16.42%) Functional Consultant
4 10 (14.93%) Business Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Lead
5 8 (11.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 7 (10.45%) Senior
7 5 (7.46%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 4 (5.97%) Finance Manager
8 4 (5.97%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Accountant
9 3 (4.48%) Banking Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) ERP Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) ERP Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Finance Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Migration Specialist
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (8.96%) Middleware
3 2 (2.99%) XML
4 1 (1.49%) EDI
4 1 (1.49%) Web Services
4 1 (1.49%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.97%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Derivative
4 2 (2.99%) Equities
4 2 (2.99%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.78%) Accounts Payable
2 29 (43.28%) ERP
3 26 (38.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 25 (37.31%) Accounts Receivable
4 25 (37.31%) Migration
5 23 (34.33%) Data Migration
6 21 (31.34%) Validation
7 13 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (16.42%) System Integration Testing
9 9 (13.43%) AI
9 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.43%) Project Delivery
10 8 (11.94%) Analytics
11 7 (10.45%) Cash Management
11 7 (10.45%) Data Modelling
12 6 (8.96%) Integration Patterns
12 6 (8.96%) Procure-to-Pay
12 6 (8.96%) Record to Report
12 6 (8.96%) Risk Management
12 6 (8.96%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) C#
2 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.49%) Python
2 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.49%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (4.48%) ACCA
1 3 (4.48%) CIMA
2 2 (2.99%) Degree
2 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.49%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.49%) MBA
3 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.49%) PMP
3 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) IFRS
3 3 (4.48%) GAAP
3 3 (4.48%) GDPR
4 2 (2.99%) Basel III
4 2 (2.99%) QA
4 2 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.49%) IFRS 17
5 1 (1.49%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.49%) PSD2
5 1 (1.49%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Control-M
1 1 (1.49%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 28 (41.79%) Oracle
2 19 (28.36%) SAP
3 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
4 10 (14.93%) Workday
5 4 (5.97%) Sage
5 4 (5.97%) Talend
6 3 (4.48%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (4.48%) Anaplan
6 3 (4.48%) Epicor
6 3 (4.48%) IFS
6 3 (4.48%) Infor
6 3 (4.48%) QAD
6 3 (4.48%) Zuora
7 2 (2.99%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.49%) Ariba
8 1 (1.49%) Charles River
8 1 (1.49%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) HP
8 1 (1.49%) Informatica
8 1 (1.49%) Murex