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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 309 348
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +123
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 66 52 48
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.44% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.68% 0.58% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 33 30
10th Percentile £313 £473 £491
25th Percentile £522 £518 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £636
90th Percentile £828 £770 £703
England median daily rate £600 £585 £603
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.90% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -26.67% - -

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 9,643 8,939 11,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.60% 65.16% 63.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,296 5,632 8,444
10th Percentile £350 £325 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 112 256
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.30 £26.19 £18.46
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.15 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.98% +30.35% +3.64%
75th Percentile £47.00 £53.75 £50.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £73.70
England median hourly rate £22.81 £30.41 £25.71
% change year-on-year -24.98% +18.26% -2.98%

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 February 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 February 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 -7 9 £613 +3.64% 8
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%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 22 (33.33%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (30.30%) Oracle General Ledger
3 14 (21.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 13 (19.70%) Oracle Financials
5 12 (18.18%) Oracle Assets
6 11 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
6 11 (16.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (13.64%) Oracle FAH
8 8 (12.12%) Oracle EBS R12
8 8 (12.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (9.09%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (9.09%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 4 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (1.52%) Aladdin
11 1 (1.52%) FLEXCUBE
11 1 (1.52%) Misys Equation
11 1 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (1.52%) Oracle SCM
11 1 (1.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) OCI
2 13 (19.70%) SaaS
3 7 (10.61%) Azure
4 6 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (7.58%) PaaS
5 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.03%) IaaS
8 1 (1.52%) dbt
8 1 (1.52%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (7.58%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (7.58%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
1 3 (4.55%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (92.42%) Finance
2 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
3 15 (22.73%) Banking
4 14 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Law
6 5 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.06%) Billing
7 4 (6.06%) Publishing
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
9 2 (3.03%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.03%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.52%) Advertising
10 1 (1.52%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.52%) French Language
10 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Local Government
10 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Consultant
2 11 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 10 (15.15%) Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) Functional Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) Lead
5 7 (10.61%) Developer
5 7 (10.61%) Financial Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Accountant
6 5 (7.58%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Financial Controller
6 5 (7.58%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Oracle Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Senior
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (7.58%) Middleware
3 3 (4.55%) REST
4 2 (3.03%) SOAP
4 2 (3.03%) Web Services
4 2 (3.03%) XML
4 2 (3.03%) XML Messaging
5 1 (1.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.03%) Derivative
6 1 (1.52%) AS400
6 1 (1.52%) Equities
6 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.52%) PMI
6 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
6 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 25 (37.88%) Accounts Payable
2 22 (33.33%) ERP
3 18 (27.27%) Accounts Receivable
3 18 (27.27%) Migration
4 11 (16.67%) Agile
4 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (15.15%) Data Migration
5 10 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (13.64%) Cash Management
6 9 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 9 (13.64%) Integration Patterns
6 9 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 9 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (12.12%) Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (10.61%) Analytics
8 7 (10.61%) Change Management
8 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.55%) X++
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) ACCA
1 11 (16.67%) CIMA
2 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.64%) Degree
4 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.06%) PMI Certification
5 4 (6.06%) PMP
6 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) IFRS
1 7 (10.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (9.09%) Basel III
2 6 (9.09%) IFRS 9
3 5 (7.58%) GAAP
4 4 (6.06%) PMO
5 3 (4.55%) SLA
6 2 (3.03%) IFRS 17
7 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Control-M
Vendors
1 31 (46.97%) Oracle
2 14 (21.21%) SAP
3 8 (12.12%) Workday
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.06%) Xero
6 3 (4.55%) Ariba
6 3 (4.55%) Informatica
6 3 (4.55%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.52%) Charles River
7 1 (1.52%) eFront
7 1 (1.52%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.52%) IBM
7 1 (1.52%) Misys
7 1 (1.52%) Murex
7 1 (1.52%) SimCorp
7 1 (1.52%) Temenos