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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 317 354
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 +152
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 66 58 46
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.69% 0.60% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 41 31
10th Percentile £460 £481 £413
25th Percentile £563 £518 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +12.38% -8.50%
75th Percentile £694 £713 £616
90th Percentile £905 £775 £688
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.75 - £18.00

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,538 9,613 12,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.61% 64.38% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 6,123 8,688
10th Percentile £340 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 118 161
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +2.25% +0.94%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £76.02 £76.25
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.69%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 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
Central London -5 9 £625 - 9
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 5 (7.58%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 27 (40.91%) Oracle Payables
2 24 (36.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (28.79%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (25.76%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (25.76%) Oracle Financials
5 14 (21.21%) Oracle EBS R12
6 13 (19.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 9 (13.64%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 6 (9.09%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (9.09%) Oracle FAH
8 6 (9.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (1.52%) Elite 3E
10 1 (1.52%) Endur
10 1 (1.52%) FLEXCUBE
10 1 (1.52%) Misys Equation
10 1 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (1.52%) SAP R/3
10 1 (1.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.64%) OCI
2 8 (12.12%) SaaS
3 6 (9.09%) Azure
4 5 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.52%) AWS
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.52%) dbt
7 1 (1.52%) GitHub
7 1 (1.52%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.06%) Power BI
4 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Big Data
6 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.52%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (4.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 60 (90.91%) Finance
2 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.24%) Banking
4 14 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.61%) Law
6 5 (7.58%) Billing
6 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.06%) Publishing
8 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
8 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Advertising
10 1 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Local Government
10 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (19.70%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Consultant
2 12 (18.18%) Developer
3 10 (15.15%) Oracle Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) Functional Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) Oracle Developer
5 8 (12.12%) Business Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Financial Analyst
6 7 (10.61%) Architect
6 7 (10.61%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 5 (7.58%) Financial Controller
7 5 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.06%) Lead
8 4 (6.06%) Oracle Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Oracle Architect
8 4 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 3 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (4.55%) Middleware
2 3 (4.55%) REST
3 2 (3.03%) SOAP
4 1 (1.52%) EDI
4 1 (1.52%) Web Services
4 1 (1.52%) XML
4 1 (1.52%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.03%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.52%) AS400
4 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.52%) PMI
4 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (42.42%) Accounts Payable
2 16 (24.24%) ERP
2 16 (24.24%) Migration
3 15 (22.73%) Accounts Receivable
4 13 (19.70%) Requirements Gathering
4 13 (19.70%) User Acceptance Testing
5 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (15.15%) Cash Management
6 10 (15.15%) Change Management
7 9 (13.64%) System Integration Testing
8 7 (10.61%) Data Migration
8 7 (10.61%) Validation
9 6 (9.09%) Agile
9 6 (9.09%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 6 (9.09%) Record to Report
9 6 (9.09%) Test Scripting
9 6 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.33%) SQL
2 11 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.55%) X++
4 2 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.64%) ACCA
2 9 (13.64%) CIMA
2 9 (13.64%) Degree
3 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) IFRS
2 4 (6.06%) PMO
3 3 (4.55%) GAAP
3 3 (4.55%) IFRS 9
4 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.03%) QA
4 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.03%) SLA
5 1 (1.52%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 33 (50.00%) Oracle
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.06%) SAP
3 4 (6.06%) Xero
4 3 (4.55%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (3.03%) Databricks
5 2 (3.03%) Murex
5 2 (3.03%) Workday
6 1 (1.52%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.52%) Aderant
6 1 (1.52%) Ariba
6 1 (1.52%) eFront
6 1 (1.52%) GoldenSource
6 1 (1.52%) Misys
6 1 (1.52%) Tagetik
6 1 (1.52%) Temenos