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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 150 193
Rank change year-on-year -44 +43 +15
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 22 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.77% 0.11% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 6
10th Percentile £413 - £285
25th Percentile £419 - £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.49%
75th Percentile £619 - £713
90th Percentile £631 - £750
England median daily rate £590 £513 £600
% change year-on-year +15.12% -14.58% +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 2,842 1,839 2,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.23% 61.30% 51.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,826 1,154 1,558
10th Percentile £252 £220 £205
25th Percentile £395 £385 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.30% -2.25%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £693 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 133 322
10th Percentile £14.70 £13.57 £12.84
25th Percentile £21.29 £15.00 £18.94
Median hourly rate £49.00 £24.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.65% -46.27% -5.26%
75th Percentile £82.25 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.16
England median hourly rate £30.15 £28.18 £28.75
% change year-on-year +6.99% -1.98% -17.86%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -30 13 £600 - 1
Berkshire -20 11 £610 -
Surrey - 5 £438 -
Hampshire - 4 £600 -
West Sussex - 3 £475 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £388 - 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 (4.55%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (63.64%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (63.64%) Oracle Payables
1 14 (63.64%) Oracle Receivables
2 12 (54.55%) Oracle Cash Management
3 11 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
4 9 (40.91%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (40.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (36.36%) Oracle AGIS
5 8 (36.36%) Oracle EBS R12
6 6 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (18.18%) SAP Business One
8 2 (9.09%) SAP FI
8 2 (9.09%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (4.55%) Toad
General
1 22 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Consultant
2 12 (54.55%) Functional Consultant
3 10 (45.45%) Oracle Consultant
4 9 (40.91%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 9 (40.91%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 8 (36.36%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
6 6 (27.27%) Accountant
7 4 (18.18%) Financial Accountant
8 2 (9.09%) E-Business Consultant
8 2 (9.09%) Project Accountant
9 1 (4.55%) Change Consultant
9 1 (4.55%) Oracle Financials Technical Consultant
9 1 (4.55%) Oracle Technical Consultant
9 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 1 (4.55%) SAP Manager
9 1 (4.55%) SAP Project Manager
9 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
9 1 (4.55%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 4 (18.18%) Public Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Accounts Payable
1 19 (86.36%) Accounts Receivable
2 18 (81.82%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (63.64%) Cash Management
4 10 (45.45%) Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (40.91%) Logistics
6 8 (36.36%) Migration
7 6 (27.27%) Data Migration
7 6 (27.27%) ERP
8 5 (22.73%) Validation
9 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
9 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
10 2 (9.09%) Business Strategy
10 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (9.09%) Contract Management
10 2 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
10 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
10 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (4.55%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ACCA
1 6 (27.27%) CIMA
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PMP
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Oracle
2 8 (36.36%) SAP
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.55%) Concur