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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 300 343
Rank change year-on-year -75 +43 +75
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 77 69 54
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.38% 0.51% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.61% 0.74% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 51 30
10th Percentile £463 £404 £460
25th Percentile £525 £415 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £608
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% +15.71%
75th Percentile £700 £674 £709
90th Percentile £898 £840 £775
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £59.55 £53.38 -
25th Percentile £61.50 £54.69 -
Median hourly rate £66.00 £58.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.34% - -
75th Percentile £70.50 £62.19 -
90th Percentile £72.45 £63.13 -
England median hourly rate £30.59 £58.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -47.94% +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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,528 9,282 10,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.61% 68.85% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,004 6,114 6,636
10th Percentile £350 £325 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 178 123
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.00 £18.03
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.61 £25.24
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -10.01% +22.81%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £64.83 £65.81
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +19.28% -33.38% +32.46%

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 26 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in London over the 6 months to 26 September 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 26 September 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 -18 20 £750 +7.14% 8
West London - 4 £475 - 3
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 3 (3.90%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (33.77%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (27.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (25.97%) Oracle General Ledger
4 16 (20.78%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (15.58%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (11.69%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (10.39%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (7.79%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (6.49%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (6.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 5 (6.49%) Oracle FAH
11 4 (5.19%) NetSuite
11 4 (5.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
11 4 (5.19%) Oracle iProcurement
12 3 (3.90%) Unit4 Business World
13 2 (2.60%) Dynamics AX
13 2 (2.60%) Dynamics GP
13 2 (2.60%) Dynamics SL
13 2 (2.60%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) Dynamics 365
1 8 (10.39%) OCI
2 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.49%) Azure
4 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 4 (5.19%) Power Automate
4 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.90%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (3.90%) GCP
5 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.60%) SaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.30%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.30%) dbt
7 1 (1.30%) GitHub
7 1 (1.30%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.30%) OLTP
3 1 (1.30%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.90%) JDeveloper
3 3 (3.90%) Oracle Forms
General
1 73 (94.81%) Finance
2 29 (37.66%) Social Skills
3 23 (29.87%) Banking
4 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.79%) Investment Banking
6 5 (6.49%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.19%) Retail
8 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.60%) International Banking
9 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.30%) Billing
10 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.30%) Front Office
10 1 (1.30%) Legal
10 1 (1.30%) Local Government
10 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (25.97%) Analyst
2 19 (24.68%) Business Analyst
3 18 (23.38%) Consultant
4 13 (16.88%) Financial Analyst
5 12 (15.58%) Oracle Consultant
6 11 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
6 11 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
7 8 (10.39%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 8 (10.39%) Senior
8 7 (9.09%) Developer
8 7 (9.09%) Lead
9 5 (6.49%) Change Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Banking Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Banking Business Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 4 (5.19%) Finance Manager
10 4 (5.19%) Oracle Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Oracle Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (6.49%) Middleware
3 3 (3.90%) XML
4 2 (2.60%) RESTful
5 1 (1.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.90%) Derivative
3 3 (3.90%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.60%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Equities
5 1 (1.30%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.30%) FMCG
5 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Unix
2 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Accounts Payable
2 34 (44.16%) ERP
3 33 (42.86%) Migration
4 32 (41.56%) Accounts Receivable
5 30 (38.96%) User Acceptance Testing
6 28 (36.36%) Data Migration
7 27 (35.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (25.97%) Validation
9 15 (19.48%) Data Analysis
10 14 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
10 14 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
11 13 (16.88%) Budgeting
12 12 (15.58%) Business Analysis
13 11 (14.29%) Data Modelling
13 11 (14.29%) Process Improvement
14 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (12.99%) Requirements Gathering
14 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (11.69%) Data Validation
15 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (5.19%) C#
2 4 (5.19%) PL/SQL
2 4 (5.19%) X++
3 3 (3.90%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) ACCA
2 6 (7.79%) CIMA
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.30%) PMP
6 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 9 (11.69%) IFRS
3 3 (3.90%) GDPR
4 2 (2.60%) GAAP
4 2 (2.60%) IFRS 17
4 2 (2.60%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.30%) PSD2
5 1 (1.30%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 35 (45.45%) Oracle
2 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
3 14 (18.18%) SAP
4 7 (9.09%) Workday
5 4 (5.19%) Talend
6 3 (3.90%) Sage
7 2 (2.60%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (2.60%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.60%) Anaplan
7 2 (2.60%) CODA
7 2 (2.60%) Epicor
7 2 (2.60%) HP
7 2 (2.60%) IFS
7 2 (2.60%) Infor
7 2 (2.60%) Murex
7 2 (2.60%) QAD
7 2 (2.60%) Zuora
8 1 (1.30%) Google
8 1 (1.30%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.30%) Xero