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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 147 192
Rank change year-on-year -53 +45 +16
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 13 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.20% 0.10%
As % of the General category 0.44% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - £301
25th Percentile £419 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.48%
75th Percentile £575 - £525
90th Percentile £588 - £570
England median daily rate £600 £475 £630
% change year-on-year +26.32% -24.60% +26.00%

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 2,961 1,836 2,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 48.66% 60.75% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,734 1,158 1,544
10th Percentile £258 £210 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £613 £592 £608
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 147 351
10th Percentile £13.89 £13.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.25 £18.32
Median hourly rate £47.54 £19.91 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.77% -55.76% -14.29%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.39
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.17 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.39% -11.90% +6.57%

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 15 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 15 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
Berkshire -21 6 £558 - 1
Thames Valley -41 6 £558 - 2
Surrey - 6 £438 - 4
Hampshire - 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 2 (15.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (30.77%) SAP Business One
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (15.38%) Toad
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Accountant
2 4 (30.77%) Financial Accountant
3 2 (15.38%) Change Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Financials Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Financials Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Workday Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Functional Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Process Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Report Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Onboarding
1 5 (38.46%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Accounts Payable
1 9 (69.23%) Accounts Receivable
2 7 (53.85%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Data Migration
3 6 (46.15%) ERP
3 6 (46.15%) Migration
4 5 (38.46%) Validation
5 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Process Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) Cash Management
7 2 (15.38%) ITIL
7 2 (15.38%) Record to Report
7 2 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Workflow
8 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
8 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) ACCA
1 5 (38.46%) CIMA
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Concur
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle