General Ledger Contract Job Trends

General Ledger
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 424 524
Rank change year-on-year -45 +100 +59
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 126 142 92
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.65% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 83 57
10th Percentile £421 £450 £420
25th Percentile £514 £514 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +25.00%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £675
90th Percentile £751 £735 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £540 £615
% change year-on-year +6.48% -12.20% +36.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £53.00 £29.78 £18.15
25th Percentile £53.75 £31.69 £18.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.75 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £60.63 £40.19 £20.13
90th Percentile £62.50 £42.33 £20.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £35.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year +53.85% +83.33% -

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,571 21,864 27,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.52% 59.73% 59.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,144 12,907 18,051
10th Percentile £273 £292 £280
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,449 820 1,115
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £28.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% -12.50% +28.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.99 £70.25 £71.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.00% -10.00% +36.36%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing General Ledger relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

General Ledger job vacancy trend in the UK

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 November 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
England -27 116 £600 +4.35% 48
London +11 66 £613 -2.00% 29
Work from Home +17 48 £600 +9.09% 27
UK excluding London -47 46 £575 +6.48% 44
South East +12 23 £600 +20.00% 31
Midlands -23 12 £515 -3.29% 4
East Midlands -6 6 £405 -36.72% 2
West Midlands -40 6 £545 +2.35% 2
East of England -16 5 £600 +541.71% 2
North of England -54 5 £513 -10.87% 3
Yorkshire -39 3 £500 -28.57%
South West -4 2 £475 -
North West -27 2 £525 -8.70% 2
Scotland - 2 £538 - 4

General Ledger
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (7.94%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.59%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 53 (42.06%) Oracle General Ledger
1 53 (42.06%) Oracle Payables
2 42 (33.33%) Oracle Assets
3 37 (29.37%) Oracle EBS
4 31 (24.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 30 (23.81%) Oracle EBS R12
6 20 (15.87%) Oracle Cash Management
7 18 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
8 10 (7.94%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 10 (7.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 9 (7.14%) Oracle AGIS
9 9 (7.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (3.97%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (3.97%) Oracle FAH
11 4 (3.17%) SAP ERP
12 3 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
13 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (1.59%) SAP FI
13 2 (1.59%) SAP R/3
14 1 (0.79%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.73%) SaaS
2 10 (7.94%) Azure
2 10 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (7.94%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.35%) OCI
4 6 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.59%) Slack
6 1 (0.79%) AWS
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) dbt
6 1 (0.79%) GitHub
6 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.79%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.94%) Oracle Reports
1 10 (7.94%) Power BI
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.17%) SAP BW
3 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.79%) Big Data
5 1 (0.79%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.17%) Hudson
2 4 (3.17%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.38%) JIRA
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle APEX
General
1 116 (92.06%) Finance
2 50 (39.68%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.08%) Banking
5 16 (12.70%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.14%) Billing
6 9 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.35%) Law
7 8 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Publishing
8 4 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.59%) Back Office
10 2 (1.59%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Advertising
11 1 (0.79%) Local Government
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (34.13%) Consultant
2 29 (23.02%) Oracle Consultant
3 21 (16.67%) Analyst
3 21 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
4 17 (13.49%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 17 (13.49%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 15 (11.90%) Business Analyst
5 15 (11.90%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
6 14 (11.11%) Developer
7 10 (7.94%) Architect
7 10 (7.94%) Oracle Developer
8 9 (7.14%) Lead
9 8 (6.35%) Senior
9 8 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (5.56%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
12 5 (3.97%) Accountant
12 5 (3.97%) E-Business Consultant
12 5 (3.97%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (18.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.38%) REST
3 2 (1.59%) ADO
3 2 (1.59%) Middleware
3 2 (1.59%) SOAP
4 1 (0.79%) EDI
4 1 (0.79%) Web Services
4 1 (0.79%) XML
4 1 (0.79%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.97%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.59%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.59%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.79%) AS400
5 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.79%) PMI
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.79%) Tandem
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (44.44%) Accounts Payable
2 42 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
3 39 (30.95%) ERP
4 33 (26.19%) Migration
5 30 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 23 (18.25%) Cash Management
7 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (15.87%) Data Migration
9 15 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (11.90%) Workshop Facilitation
10 13 (10.32%) Agile
11 12 (9.52%) Change Management
11 12 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (9.52%) Validation
11 12 (9.52%) Workflow
12 11 (8.73%) Procure-to-Pay
12 11 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (8.73%) System Integration Testing
13 10 (7.94%) Business Analysis
14 9 (7.14%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.43%) SQL
2 12 (9.52%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.17%) ABAP
3 4 (3.17%) X++
4 2 (1.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (17.46%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.32%) ACCA
3 13 (10.32%) CIMA
4 12 (9.52%) Degree
5 4 (3.17%) CCA
6 2 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) QA
3 4 (3.17%) IFRS
3 4 (3.17%) PMO
3 4 (3.17%) SLA
4 3 (2.38%) GAAP
5 2 (1.59%) GDPR
5 2 (1.59%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.79%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 70 (55.56%) Oracle
2 13 (10.32%) SAP
3 12 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.97%) Workday
5 4 (3.17%) IFS
5 4 (3.17%) Xero
6 3 (2.38%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.59%) Databricks
7 2 (1.59%) Murex
8 1 (0.79%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.79%) Aderant
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe
8 1 (0.79%) eFront
8 1 (0.79%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.79%) Misys
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.79%) Tagetik
8 1 (0.79%) Temenos