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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	375	298	314
Rank change year-on-year	-77	+16	+88
Contract jobs citing General Ledger	90	73	64
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.44%	0.54%	0.40%
As % of the General category	0.71%	0.80%	0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	59	53	43
10^th Percentile	£463	£406	£466
25^th Percentile	£530	£415	£518
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£600	£590
Median % change year-on-year	-	+1.69%	+12.38%
75^th Percentile	£747	£673	£696
90^th Percentile	£925	£700	£748
England median daily rate	£590	£575	£559
% change year-on-year	+2.61%	+2.91%	+1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	2	0
10^th Percentile	£59.55	£53.38	-
25^th Percentile	£61.50	£54.69	-
Median hourly rate	£66.00	£58.75	-
Median % change year-on-year	+12.34%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£70.50	£62.19	-
90^th Percentile	£72.45	£63.13	-
England median hourly rate	£19.69	£58.75	£42.50
% change year-on-year	-66.49%	+38.24%	+117.95%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	12,741	9,176	10,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	62.19%	68.47%	62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted	8,132	6,031	6,447
10^th Percentile	£350	£331	£333
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.95%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£700
90^th Percentile	£775	£788	£825
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	312	178	116
10^th Percentile	£15.50	£17.84	£17.75
25^th Percentile	£19.50	£24.50	£26.00
Median hourly rate	£27.75	£30.75	£36.15
Median % change year-on-year	-9.74%	-14.95%	+4.78%
75^th Percentile	£47.50	£47.38	£54.06
90^th Percentile	£65.60	£70.60	£73.13
England median hourly rate	£28.05	£25.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+12.18%	-28.57%	+16.67%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 17 October 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.

General Ledger Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in London over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in London

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 17 October 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	-17	21	£738	+5.36%	13
West London	-	4	£475	-	2
General Ledger England

General Ledger Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing General Ledger also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for General Ledger.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Accounts Payable	52.2%	47
2	ERP	48.9%	44
3	Oracle	47.8%	43
4	Accounts Receivable	43.3%	39
5	Migration	42.2%	38
6	User Acceptance Testing	36.7%	33
7	Data Migration	35.6%	32
7	Stakeholder Management	35.6%	32
9	Oracle Payables	33.3%	30
10	Microsoft	30.0%	27
10	SQL	30.0%	27
12	Oracle General Ledger	28.9%	26
13	Oracle Receivables	24.4%	22
14	Data Quality	23.3%	21
14	Validation	23.3%	21
16	SAP	21.1%	19
17	Oracle EBS	20.0%	18
18	Oracle Assets	18.9%	17
19	Data Analysis	17.8%	16
19	Oracle ERP	17.8%	16
19	Process Improvement	17.8%	16
19	Workshop Facilitation	17.8%	16
23	Oracle Fusion	16.7%	15
24	Budgeting	15.6%	14
24	Problem-Solving	15.6%	14
24	Requirements Gathering	15.6%	14
27	System Integration Testing	14.4%	13
28	Analytics	13.3%	12
28	Business Analysis	13.3%	12
28	Oracle Financials	13.3%	12

General Ledger Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	96.7%	87
2	Social Skills	42.2%	38
3	Banking	31.1%	28
4	Analytical Skills	16.7%	15
5	Financial Institution	6.7%	6
6	Investment Banking	5.6%	5
7	Public Sector	4.4%	4
8	International Banking	3.3%	3
8	Organisational Skills	3.3%	3
8	Retail	3.3%	3
11	Billing	2.2%	2
11	Legal	2.2%	2
13	Corporate Banking	1.1%	1
13	Local Government	1.1%	1
13	Manufacturing	1.1%	1
13	Pharmaceutical	1.1%	1