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 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 153 173
Rank change year-on-year -61 +20 +34
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 14 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.60% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile - £464 £301
25th Percentile £419 £497 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% +3.00% -22.24%
75th Percentile £563 £605 £525
90th Percentile £588 £767 -
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +2.04%

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 3,479 2,010 2,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.74% 58.50% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,801 1,256 1,305
10th Percentile £263 £200 £213
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £608
90th Percentile £725 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 539 183 176
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.00 £15.11
25th Percentile £17.23 £14.42 £27.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +98.73% -67.10% +9.24%
75th Percentile £67.50 £40.83 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.32 £77.00 £77.25
England median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.85
% change year-on-year +23.88% -35.26% +33.97%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -46 8 £545 -15.83% 12
Berkshire -22 7 £550 -35.29% 9
Surrey - 5 £438 - 2
Buckinghamshire -36 1 £500 +12.36% 3
Hampshire -36 1 - - 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 (7.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (64.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (28.57%) SAP Business One
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (7.14%) SAP CO
4 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
4 1 (7.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) OCI
2 1 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (7.14%) Toad
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Accountant
2 4 (28.57%) Financial Accountant
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Change Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) ERP Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Functional Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Financials Technical 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%) Report Manager
5 1 (7.14%) SAP CO Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Public Cloud
2 4 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Accounts Payable
1 10 (71.43%) Accounts Receivable
2 8 (57.14%) ERP
3 7 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 7 (50.00%) Migration
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (42.86%) Validation
5 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
7 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 2 (14.29%) Record to Report
7 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
8 1 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
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 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) CCA
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Concur
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow