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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 306 347
Rank change year-on-year -68 +41 +68
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 69 78 48
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.34% 0.57% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.83% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 24
10th Percentile £463 £404 £468
25th Percentile £534 £415 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +17.07%
75th Percentile £750 £671 £689
90th Percentile £930 £840 £734
England median daily rate £595 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +5.78% -2.17% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £59.55 - -
25th Percentile £61.50 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £66.00 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +199.46% - -
75th Percentile £70.50 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £72.45 £61.25 -
England median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
% change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +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 12,234 9,382 10,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.65% 68.36% 62.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,800 6,254 7,203
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 183 142
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.28
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.98 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% -14.29% +0.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.65 £69.35
England median hourly rate £33.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +33.20% -34.02% +32.59%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -5 20 £800 +68.42% 5
West London -16 4 £475 -
South London - 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 (5.80%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 23 (33.33%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (24.64%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (23.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (20.29%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (15.94%) Oracle Assets
6 8 (11.59%) Oracle EBS R12
6 8 (11.59%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (10.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 7 (10.14%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (8.70%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (7.25%) NetSuite
10 4 (5.80%) Oracle FAH
10 4 (5.80%) Unit4 Business World
11 3 (4.35%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (4.35%) Dynamics GP
11 3 (4.35%) Infor CloudSuite
11 3 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (4.35%) Oracle Internet Expenses
11 3 (4.35%) Oracle iProcurement
11 3 (4.35%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.59%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (7.25%) OCI
2 5 (7.25%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
3 4 (5.80%) PowerApps
4 3 (4.35%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (4.35%) SaaS
5 2 (2.90%) Azure
5 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.45%) AWS
6 1 (1.45%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.45%) dbt
6 1 (1.45%) GitHub
6 1 (1.45%) Intacct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.45%) Metadata
3 1 (1.45%) OLTP
3 1 (1.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.45%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.35%) JDeveloper
2 3 (4.35%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 64 (92.75%) Finance
2 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 17 (24.64%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.80%) Retail
6 3 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Billing
8 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Front Office
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.45%) Military
8 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (28.99%) Consultant
2 12 (17.39%) Oracle Consultant
3 11 (15.94%) Functional Consultant
4 9 (13.04%) Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Developer
5 8 (11.59%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 7 (10.14%) Senior
7 6 (8.70%) Lead
8 5 (7.25%) Finance Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 4 (5.80%) Oracle Developer
10 3 (4.35%) Banking Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Banking Business Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Implementation Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (7.25%) Middleware
3 4 (5.80%) XML
4 2 (2.90%) RESTful
5 1 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.35%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Derivative
5 1 (1.45%) Equities
5 1 (1.45%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.45%) FMCG
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Unix
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (46.38%) Accounts Payable
2 28 (40.58%) ERP
2 28 (40.58%) Migration
2 28 (40.58%) User Acceptance Testing
3 27 (39.13%) Accounts Receivable
4 24 (34.78%) Data Migration
5 21 (30.43%) Validation
6 14 (20.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (15.94%) System Integration Testing
8 10 (14.49%) AI
9 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
10 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (10.14%) Budgeting
11 7 (10.14%) Cash Management
11 7 (10.14%) Data Modelling
11 7 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
12 6 (8.70%) Data Validation
12 6 (8.70%) Process Improvement
12 6 (8.70%) Record to Report
12 6 (8.70%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (5.80%) C#
2 4 (5.80%) PL/SQL
2 4 (5.80%) X++
3 3 (4.35%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.45%) Python
4 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Degree
4 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.35%) GDPR
2 3 (4.35%) IFRS
3 2 (2.90%) GAAP
3 2 (2.90%) QA
4 1 (1.45%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 30 (43.48%) Oracle
2 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 16 (23.19%) SAP
4 6 (8.70%) Workday
5 4 (5.80%) Sage
5 4 (5.80%) Talend
6 3 (4.35%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (4.35%) Anaplan
6 3 (4.35%) Epicor
6 3 (4.35%) IFS
6 3 (4.35%) Infor
6 3 (4.35%) QAD
6 3 (4.35%) Zuora
7 2 (2.90%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.45%) Google
8 1 (1.45%) HP
8 1 (1.45%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.45%) Murex
8 1 (1.45%) Xero