General Ledger Contract Job Trends in the South East

General Ledger
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 153 166
Rank change year-on-year -47 +13 +36
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 23 14 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.35% 0.40% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.69% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 4
10th Percentile - £479 -
25th Percentile £419 £515 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £569 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +13.75% -22.24%
75th Percentile £584 £644 £525
90th Percentile £588 £762 -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.83 - -
Median hourly rate £29.16 - -
75th Percentile £43.37 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.69 £58.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -66.49% +38.24% +117.95%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,511 2,039 2,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 53.79% 57.78% 52.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,776 1,291 1,290
10th Percentile £263 £200 £214
25th Percentile £413 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £608
90th Percentile £725 £664 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 186 143
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.00 £14.51
25th Percentile £16.75 £14.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £33.00 £20.20 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +63.37% -64.78% +9.24%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.08 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £73.38 £75.19
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing General Ledger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

General Ledger job vacancy trend in the South East

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in the South East over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the South East

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger in the South East over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in the South East

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Thames Valley -37 13 £550 -13.42% 8
Berkshire -14 10 £545 -15.90% 5
Surrey - 5 £438 - 3
Buckinghamshire -25 3 £575 +29.21% 3
West Sussex -21 2 - - 8
East Sussex - 2 - - 2
Hampshire -36 1 - - 1
General Ledger
England

General Ledger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (47.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (17.39%) SAP Business One
3 3 (13.04%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (13.04%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (13.04%) SAP FI
4 2 (8.70%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (4.35%) SAP CO
5 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) OCI
3 1 (4.35%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (4.35%) Toad
General
1 23 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Billing
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) Accountant
2 6 (26.09%) Financial Accountant
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Accounts Assistant
4 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Assistant
4 2 (8.70%) Operations Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Change Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Trainer
5 1 (4.35%) Finance Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Functional Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
2 4 (17.39%) NHS
2 4 (17.39%) Onboarding
3 3 (13.04%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (8.70%) Online Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (4.35%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Accounts Payable
1 15 (65.22%) Accounts Receivable
2 13 (56.52%) Migration
3 11 (47.83%) Data Migration
3 11 (47.83%) ERP
3 11 (47.83%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (43.48%) Validation
5 6 (26.09%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 5 (21.74%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
7 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
7 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (17.39%) System Integration Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Order to Cash
8 3 (13.04%) Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (13.04%) Record to Report
8 3 (13.04%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) ACCA
1 10 (43.48%) CIMA
2 2 (8.70%) AAT
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CCA
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) SAP
2 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Concur
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow