General Ledger Contract Job Trends in the North of England

General Ledger
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 144 181
Rank change year-on-year -40 +37 +62
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 6 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.48% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.87% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 6
10th Percentile £410 - £434
25th Percentile - £538 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £713 £584
90th Percentile £605 £875 £613
England median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.88
25th Percentile - £41.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year - +115.19% -
75th Percentile - £43.75 £20.19
90th Percentile - - £20.23
England median hourly rate £55.00 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +29.41% +117.95% -

All General Skills
North of England

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 common skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,467 2,295 2,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 61.64% 55.30% 56.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 1,276 1,851
10th Percentile £250 £294 £255
25th Percentile £375 £404 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £656 £684 £688
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 133 141
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.77 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £16.70
Median hourly rate £21.10 £23.50 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +13.53% +8.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £43.10 £35.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £53.70 £52.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £29.75
% change year-on-year -34.68% +29.41% +20.01%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in the North of England

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the North of England

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
North West -14 4 £447 -22.26% 3
Yorkshire -18 2 £650 -23.53% 2
General Ledger
England

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CICS
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (33.33%) DB2
1 2 (33.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
1 2 (33.33%) SOAtest
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Test Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ERP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ERP Support
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Mainframe Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) J2EE
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
1 2 (33.33%) VSAM
2 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) ETL
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
3 2 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
3 2 (33.33%) API Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) COBOL
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) JCL
1 2 (33.33%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) MBA
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 2 (33.33%) Informatica
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Parasoft
3 1 (16.67%) Ariba
3 1 (16.67%) SAP