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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 170 204
Rank change year-on-year +20 +34 -47
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 12 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.26% 0.090%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.51% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £464 £301 -
25th Percentile £497 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £605 £525 -
90th Percentile £767 - -
England median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +11.70%
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 2,046 2,360 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.66% 51.04% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,311 2,101
10th Percentile £200 £214 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £609 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 188 168
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.15
25th Percentile £14.28 £29.44 £22.28
Median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.80 £70.00 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +17 8 £648 +29.50% 5
Buckinghamshire - 5 £445 -
Berkshire +10 3 £850 +70.00% 4
West Sussex 0 2 £515 -
Hampshire - 2 - - 2
General Ledger
England

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Big Data
2 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 3 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Billing
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Accountant
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 2 (16.67%) SAP BW Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Oracle Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Accountant
4 1 (8.33%) Finance Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
2 4 (33.33%) Analytics
2 4 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 4 (33.33%) CRM
2 4 (33.33%) Microservices
2 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 4 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Order to Cash
4 2 (16.67%) BPMN
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Kanban
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Revenue Management
4 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ACCA
1 2 (16.67%) CCA
1 2 (16.67%) CIMA
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 2 (16.67%) SAP