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 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 148 199
Rank change year-on-year -53 +51 +15
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 14 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.20% 0.089%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.33% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile - - £272
25th Percentile £419 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.48%
75th Percentile £558 - £544
90th Percentile £588 - £578
England median daily rate £600 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% +20.00%

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 2,851 1,808 2,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.80% 61.02% 49.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 1,160 1,527
10th Percentile £250 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £610 £589 £608
90th Percentile £699 £656 £688
England median daily rate £515 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 133 345
10th Percentile £13.84 £13.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.20 £18.32
Median hourly rate £48.61 £19.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +143.42% -55.62% -7.29%
75th Percentile £82.25 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.11
England median hourly rate £31.16 £27.94 £30.50
% change year-on-year +11.51% -8.39% -3.17%

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 1 June 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
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 1 June 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 -49 6 £540 - 3
Surrey - 6 £438 - 1
Berkshire -24 5 £558 - 3
Hampshire - 2 £625 - 1
Buckinghamshire -40 1 £375 -
West Sussex - 1 £475 -
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 (7.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (28.57%) SAP Business One
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
5 1 (7.14%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (7.14%) Toad
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Accountant
3 4 (28.57%) Financial Accountant
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Financial Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Change Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Process Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Project Accountant
5 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Report Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Onboarding
1 5 (35.71%) Public Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Accounts Payable
2 9 (64.29%) Accounts Receivable
3 8 (57.14%) Migration
4 7 (50.00%) Data Migration
5 6 (42.86%) ERP
5 6 (42.86%) Validation
6 4 (28.57%) Cash Management
6 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
6 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (21.43%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Agile
8 2 (14.29%) Data Validation
8 2 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (14.29%) Record to Report
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (7.14%) Project Management
9 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ACCA
1 6 (42.86%) CIMA
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Concur