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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 168 195
Rank change year-on-year +6 +27 -23
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 24 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.58% 0.28% 0.30%
As % of the General category 1.00% 0.49% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 11
10th Percentile £438 - £390
25th Percentile £515 £475 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £643
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -22.24% +42.89%
75th Percentile £634 £525 £665
90th Percentile £648 - £750
England median daily rate £600 £575 £588
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +29.41% +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 common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,399 2,235 2,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 57.78% 56.04% 56.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,293 1,849
10th Percentile £204 £209 £205
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.88% - -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £695
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 102 170
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.58 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £24.81 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £48.62 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.41% -2.76% +53.66%
75th Percentile £40.65 £69.38 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £72.62
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.69 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.79% -5.58% +26.41%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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
Thames Valley +11 17 £610 +22.00% 8
Berkshire +11 13 £620 +24.00% 4
Hampshire - 5 £600 -
West Sussex -7 4 £515 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 4 £438 - 2
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 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (70.83%) Oracle Receivables
2 15 (62.50%) Oracle Assets
2 15 (62.50%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (54.17%) Oracle Cash Management
3 13 (54.17%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (45.83%) Oracle EBS R12
5 10 (41.67%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (37.50%) Oracle AGIS
6 9 (37.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (8.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (8.33%) SAP ERP
8 1 (4.17%) SAP FI
8 1 (4.17%) SAP R/3
8 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (8.33%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
1 2 (8.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 22 (91.67%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Billing
4 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Consultant
2 12 (50.00%) Functional Consultant
3 10 (41.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 10 (41.67%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 9 (37.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 9 (37.50%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Accountant
6 2 (8.33%) Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Developer
6 2 (8.33%) E-Business Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) Oracle Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Oracle Business Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (8.33%) SAP BW Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Oracle Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Accounts Receivable
2 15 (62.50%) Accounts Payable
3 14 (58.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (50.00%) Cash Management
5 10 (41.67%) Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (37.50%) Logistics
7 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (16.67%) Agile
8 4 (16.67%) Analytics
8 4 (16.67%) CRM
8 4 (16.67%) Inventory Management
8 4 (16.67%) Migration
8 4 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (12.50%) ERP
9 3 (12.50%) Order to Cash
10 2 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (8.33%) Epics
10 2 (8.33%) User Stories
10 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) ABAP
1 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) ACCA
2 3 (12.50%) CIMA
3 2 (8.33%) CCA
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (70.83%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) SAP