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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 298 335
Rank change year-on-year -42 +37 +114
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 66 60 57
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.48% 0.32%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.71% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 35 27
10th Percentile £313 £404 £473
25th Percentile £513 £414 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -24.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £763 £638 £663
90th Percentile £925 £840 £700
England median daily rate £590 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +21.03% -18.75% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.04 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
% change year-on-year +149.55% - -

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 10,699 8,498 11,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.08% 67.61% 63.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,938 5,739 7,968
10th Percentile £349 £340 £335
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £813
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 137 244
10th Percentile £18.41 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +20.35% -11.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £51.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £64.86
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.64 £30.16
% change year-on-year +10.35% -8.36% -6.63%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -15 14 £751 +58.00% 3
South London - 1 - - 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 4 (6.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.03%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (36.36%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (27.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 18 (27.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (19.70%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (15.15%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle Cash Management
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 9 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (12.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (10.61%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (10.61%) Oracle FAH
8 5 (7.58%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (6.06%) NetSuite
10 3 (4.55%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (4.55%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (4.55%) Dynamics SL
10 3 (4.55%) Infor CloudSuite
10 3 (4.55%) Sage X3
11 2 (3.03%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.70%) OCI
2 8 (12.12%) SaaS
3 6 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (7.58%) PaaS
5 4 (6.06%) Azure
6 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.03%) IaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (1.52%) AWS
8 1 (1.52%) ChatGPT
8 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (6.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.03%) Power BI
5 1 (1.52%) Metadata
5 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (96.97%) Finance
2 21 (31.82%) Banking
3 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
4 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.06%) Legal
6 3 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Japanese Language
7 2 (3.03%) Law
7 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Retail
8 1 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) French Language
8 1 (1.52%) Front Office
8 1 (1.52%) Local Government
8 1 (1.52%) Military
8 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Consultant
2 13 (19.70%) Analyst
3 11 (16.67%) Lead
4 9 (13.64%) Oracle Consultant
5 8 (12.12%) Financial Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (10.61%) Business Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 6 (9.09%) Senior
8 5 (7.58%) Accountant
8 5 (7.58%) Developer
8 5 (7.58%) Finance Manager
8 5 (7.58%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) Banking Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) Implementation Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) SAP Support
10 3 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (10.61%) Middleware
3 3 (4.55%) XML
4 2 (3.03%) REST
4 2 (3.03%) SOAP
4 2 (3.03%) Web Services
4 2 (3.03%) XML Messaging
5 1 (1.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (6.06%) Data Structures
1 4 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.03%) Derivative
3 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.52%) AS400
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.52%) Equities
4 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Linux
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Accounts Payable
2 22 (33.33%) ERP
3 21 (31.82%) Accounts Receivable
3 21 (31.82%) Migration
4 18 (27.27%) Validation
5 16 (24.24%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (18.18%) Data Migration
7 10 (15.15%) AI
7 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.64%) Agile
8 9 (13.64%) Analytics
8 9 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (13.64%) Cash Management
8 9 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (12.12%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (12.12%) Scrum
9 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
10 7 (10.61%) Integration Patterns
10 7 (10.61%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.52%) C#
3 1 (1.52%) Python
3 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.52%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) Degree
2 6 (9.09%) ACCA
2 6 (9.09%) CIMA
3 4 (6.06%) PMP
3 4 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) IFRS
2 6 (9.09%) Basel III
2 6 (9.09%) GAAP
2 6 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (7.58%) IFRS 9
4 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 3 (4.55%) QA
5 2 (3.03%) IFRS 17
6 1 (1.52%) PSD2
6 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Control-M
Vendors
1 32 (48.48%) Oracle
2 24 (36.36%) SAP
3 12 (18.18%) Workday
4 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.55%) Adaptive Insights
5 3 (4.55%) Anaplan
5 3 (4.55%) Ariba
5 3 (4.55%) Epicor
5 3 (4.55%) IFS
5 3 (4.55%) Infor
5 3 (4.55%) Informatica
5 3 (4.55%) QAD
5 3 (4.55%) Sage
5 3 (4.55%) Zuora
6 2 (3.03%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (3.03%) Talend
7 1 (1.52%) IBM
7 1 (1.52%) Misys
7 1 (1.52%) SimCorp
7 1 (1.52%) Temenos