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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 298 332
Rank change year-on-year -37 +34 +115
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 66 60 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.47% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.70% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 38 32
10th Percentile £313 £406 £500
25th Percentile £519 £464 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -3.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £679 £650
90th Percentile £913 £716 £700
England median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +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 10,330 8,576 11,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.31% 66.77% 63.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,725 5,738 8,209
10th Percentile £350 £333 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 133 255
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.36 £15.70
25th Percentile £20.36 £24.75 £18.52
Median hourly rate £29.02 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +14.75% -6.15%
75th Percentile £49.06 £55.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.22 £73.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.61% +18.86% -25.71%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 11 £700 +30.84% 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%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.03%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 23 (34.85%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (27.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (24.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 12 (18.18%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (13.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 7 (10.61%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (10.61%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (7.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (7.58%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 5 (7.58%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (3.03%) SAP Business One
9 1 (1.52%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (1.52%) Misys Equation
9 1 (1.52%) NetSuite
9 1 (1.52%) Sage X3
9 1 (1.52%) Temenos T24
9 1 (1.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.70%) OCI
1 13 (19.70%) SaaS
2 7 (10.61%) Azure
2 7 (10.61%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (7.58%) PaaS
3 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.03%) IaaS
6 1 (1.52%) dbt
6 1 (1.52%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 5 (7.58%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (7.58%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
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 22 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.24%) Banking
4 15 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Law
6 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.06%) Billing
7 4 (6.06%) Publishing
8 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
9 2 (3.03%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.03%) Japanese Language
9 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
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%) Military
10 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Consultant
2 11 (16.67%) Lead
3 9 (13.64%) Analyst
3 9 (13.64%) Oracle Consultant
4 7 (10.61%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Developer
5 6 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Accountant
6 5 (7.58%) Financial Controller
7 4 (6.06%) Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Finance Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Oracle Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Senior
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Functional Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (4.55%) SAP Support
8 3 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (7.58%) 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 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.03%) Derivative
4 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.52%) AS400
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) Equities
5 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.52%) PMI
5 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 28 (42.42%) Accounts Payable
2 22 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
3 20 (30.30%) ERP
4 19 (28.79%) Migration
5 12 (18.18%) Validation
6 11 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (15.15%) Cash Management
7 10 (15.15%) Data Migration
8 9 (13.64%) Agile
8 9 (13.64%) Procure-to-Pay
8 9 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.12%) Integration Patterns
9 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (10.61%) Analytics
10 7 (10.61%) Scrum
10 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.09%) Record to Report
11 6 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 7 (10.61%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.55%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) ACCA
1 10 (15.15%) CIMA
2 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.61%) Degree
4 5 (7.58%) 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 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (9.09%) Basel III
2 6 (9.09%) IFRS
3 5 (7.58%) GAAP
3 5 (7.58%) IFRS 9
4 2 (3.03%) IFRS 17
4 2 (3.03%) QA
5 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.52%) PMO
5 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Control-M
Vendors
1 31 (46.97%) Oracle
2 19 (28.79%) SAP
3 10 (15.15%) Workday
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.06%) Xero
6 3 (4.55%) Ariba
6 3 (4.55%) Informatica
7 1 (1.52%) Anaplan
7 1 (1.52%) Charles River
7 1 (1.52%) Epicor
7 1 (1.52%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.52%) IBM
7 1 (1.52%) Infor
7 1 (1.52%) Misys
7 1 (1.52%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.52%) QAD
7 1 (1.52%) Sage
7 1 (1.52%) SimCorp
7 1 (1.52%) Temenos
7 1 (1.52%) Zuora