General Ledger Contracts in the UK excluding London

General Ledger
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 337 387
Rank change year-on-year +42 +50 -3
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 68 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.73% 0.34% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 24
10th Percentile £373 £185 £420
25th Percentile £447 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £650
90th Percentile £675 £788 £773
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.15
25th Percentile - £41.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.59% +117.95% -
75th Percentile - £43.75 £20.13
90th Percentile - - £20.20
UK median hourly rate £22.04 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -48.14% +117.95% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,294 9,903 12,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.15% 53.62% 55.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,577 5,678 8,168
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £690 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 833 1,203 831
10th Percentile £13.08 £13.69 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £38.12 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.92% +46.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £47.12 £59.76 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.24 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +27.07% +20.00%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in the UK excluding London

General Ledger
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing General Ledger in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for General Ledger in the UK excluding London

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK excluding London

General Ledger
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing General Ledger in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for General Ledger in the UK excluding London

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Scotland - 41 £210 - 3
North of England -16 7 £447 -27.02% 7
Midlands -4 6 £650 -10.34% 3
South East +25 5 £850 +70.00% 10
North West -6 5 £447 -22.26% 3
South West +23 4 £625 +21.95% 2
East Midlands -3 4 £475 -38.71% 1
East of England +5 3 £575 +514.97% 1
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands -3 2 £750 +22.45% 2
Yorkshire -6 2 £650 -23.53% 2
General Ledger
UK

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.94%) CICS
1 2 (2.94%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Avolution ABACUS
1 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (4.41%) SAP CO
2 3 (4.41%) SAP FI
2 3 (4.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.47%) iTrent
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.82%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) AWS
3 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) GCP
4 1 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (64.71%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) Big Data
2 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.94%) DB2
2 2 (2.94%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.47%) Power BI
3 1 (1.47%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.47%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Hudson
1 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.94%) Selenium
1 2 (2.94%) SOAtest
General
1 66 (97.06%) Finance
2 51 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.35%) Financial Institution
4 4 (5.88%) Banking
4 4 (5.88%) Retail
5 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Back Office
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
6 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (67.65%) Analyst
2 44 (64.71%) Financial Analyst
2 44 (64.71%) Senior
2 44 (64.71%) Senior Analyst
2 44 (64.71%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 9 (13.24%) Consultant
4 6 (8.82%) Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Oracle Consultant
6 3 (4.41%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Administrator
7 2 (2.94%) IFS Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Lead
7 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Architect
7 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 2 (2.94%) SAP CO Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) SAP FI Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) J2EE
2 2 (2.94%) JSON
2 2 (2.94%) Web Services
2 2 (2.94%) XML
3 1 (1.47%) EDI
3 1 (1.47%) Middleware
3 1 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 44 (64.71%) Social Media
2 3 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.94%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.94%) Mobile Payment
3 2 (2.94%) VSAM
4 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.47%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (77.94%) Accounts Payable
2 48 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (66.18%) Procure-to-Pay
3 45 (66.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (13.24%) Accounts Receivable
5 7 (10.29%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Agile
6 6 (8.82%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.88%) ArchiMate
7 4 (5.88%) ERP
7 4 (5.88%) ETL
7 4 (5.88%) Microservices
7 4 (5.88%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (5.88%) TOGAF
8 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (4.41%) Test Planning
8 3 (4.41%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.41%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) COBOL
2 2 (2.94%) Java
2 2 (2.94%) JCL
2 2 (2.94%) REXX
3 1 (1.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (66.18%) ACCA
1 45 (66.18%) CIMA
2 3 (4.41%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) IFRS
1 2 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) Basel III
2 1 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.47%) GAAP
2 1 (1.47%) IFRS 17
2 1 (1.47%) IFRS 9
2 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 49 (72.06%) SAP
2 9 (13.24%) Oracle
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.94%) Ab Initio
4 2 (2.94%) IFS
4 2 (2.94%) Informatica
4 2 (2.94%) Parasoft
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.47%) Adobe
5 1 (1.47%) Ariba