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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 297 347
Rank change year-on-year -44 +50 +117
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 64 60 50
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.41% 0.44% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.68% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 37 30
10th Percentile £313 £450 £491
25th Percentile £503 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -1.67% +10.60%
75th Percentile £700 £690 £647
90th Percentile £913 £735 £703
England median daily rate £590 £568 £600
% change year-on-year +3.96% -5.42% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £48.52 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £48.52 -
% change year-on-year +13.36% - -

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 9,970 8,877 11,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.75% 65.53% 63.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,486 5,656 8,319
10th Percentile £350 £327 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 114 254
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.62 £26.06 £18.84
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.56 £29.36
Median % change year-on-year -18.32% +31.32% +3.02%
75th Percentile £49.38 £55.25 £48.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.65 £73.72
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.31 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.10% +16.56% -13.33%

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 20 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 20 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 -14 8 £600 +8.84% 4
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 (6.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (3.13%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.56%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 21 (32.81%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (28.13%) Oracle General Ledger
3 15 (23.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 11 (17.19%) Oracle Financials
4 11 (17.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 10 (15.63%) Oracle Assets
5 10 (15.63%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (14.06%) Oracle FAH
7 8 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (9.38%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (9.38%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (7.81%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (6.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
11 1 (1.56%) Infor CloudSuite
11 1 (1.56%) Misys Equation
11 1 (1.56%) NetSuite
11 1 (1.56%) Oracle SCM
11 1 (1.56%) Sage X3
11 1 (1.56%) Temenos T24
11 1 (1.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.88%) OCI
2 13 (20.31%) SaaS
3 7 (10.94%) Azure
3 7 (10.94%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (7.81%) PaaS
4 5 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) IaaS
7 1 (1.56%) dbt
7 1 (1.56%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (7.81%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
1 3 (4.69%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 60 (93.75%) Finance
2 24 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 15 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (21.88%) Banking
5 6 (9.38%) Law
6 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.25%) Billing
7 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Publishing
8 3 (4.69%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.69%) Legal
9 2 (3.13%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.56%) Advertising
10 1 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.56%) French Language
10 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Local Government
10 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Consultant
2 11 (17.19%) Oracle Consultant
3 10 (15.63%) Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Lead
4 9 (14.06%) Functional Consultant
5 8 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 5 (7.81%) Accountant
7 5 (7.81%) Business Analyst
7 5 (7.81%) Developer
7 5 (7.81%) Financial Controller
7 5 (7.81%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 5 (7.81%) Senior
8 4 (6.25%) Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Oracle Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Functional Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) SAP Support
9 3 (4.69%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (7.81%) Middleware
3 3 (4.69%) REST
4 2 (3.13%) SOAP
4 2 (3.13%) Web Services
4 2 (3.13%) XML
4 2 (3.13%) XML Messaging
5 1 (1.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.69%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.13%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.13%) Derivative
6 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.56%) AS400
6 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.56%) Equities
6 1 (1.56%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.56%) PMI
6 1 (1.56%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Linux
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Accounts Payable
2 22 (34.38%) ERP
3 20 (31.25%) Accounts Receivable
4 18 (28.13%) Migration
5 11 (17.19%) Agile
6 10 (15.63%) Data Migration
6 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (15.63%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (14.06%) Cash Management
7 9 (14.06%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (14.06%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 8 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
8 8 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.50%) Validation
9 7 (10.94%) Analytics
9 7 (10.94%) Scrum
9 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) SQL
2 6 (9.38%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.69%) X++
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) ACCA
1 11 (17.19%) CIMA
2 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.94%) Degree
4 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 4 (6.25%) PMP
6 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.69%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.56%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) IFRS
1 7 (10.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (9.38%) Basel III
2 6 (9.38%) IFRS 9
3 5 (7.81%) GAAP
4 3 (4.69%) PMO
4 3 (4.69%) SLA
5 2 (3.13%) IFRS 17
5 2 (3.13%) QA
6 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Control-M
Vendors
1 31 (48.44%) Oracle
2 16 (25.00%) SAP
3 10 (15.63%) Workday
4 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.25%) Xero
6 3 (4.69%) Ariba
6 3 (4.69%) Informatica
7 2 (3.13%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.56%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.56%) Charles River
8 1 (1.56%) Epicor
8 1 (1.56%) GoldenSource
8 1 (1.56%) IBM
8 1 (1.56%) Misys
8 1 (1.56%) Murex
8 1 (1.56%) QAD
8 1 (1.56%) Sage
8 1 (1.56%) SimCorp
8 1 (1.56%) Temenos
8 1 (1.56%) Zuora