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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 436 471
Rank change year-on-year -61 +35 +81
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 171 116 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.35% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.56% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 74 53
10th Percentile £419 £404 £453
25th Percentile £500 £415 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +1.30% +9.52%
75th Percentile £641 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £817 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £515 £575
% change year-on-year -0.97% -10.43% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 1
10th Percentile £16.82 - -
25th Percentile £19.20 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £39.60 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.65% -48.14% +117.95%
75th Percentile £77.81 £57.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.30 £61.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.69 £21.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -6.24% -50.59% +117.95%

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,452 20,852 22,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.04% 63.51% 57.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,473 12,975 13,936
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £746 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,142 1,320
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.26 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.20 £16.30 £16.85
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £56.25 £50.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.14 £70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +44.53% -41.92% +52.48%

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 20 August 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Top 16 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 20 August 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
England -81 149 £590 +2.61% 59
UK excluding London -56 85 £510 -0.97% 37
London -74 73 £625 +5.04% 28
Work from Home -47 61 £530 -11.75% 26
South West -17 25 £600 -4.00% 3
Midlands -46 17 £550 +6.80% 3
South East -50 15 £503 -2.43% 17
West Midlands -49 9 £430 -26.27% 2
Northern Ireland - 9 - -
East of England -13 8 £505 -8.18% 3
East Midlands -13 8 £600 +26.32% 1
North of England -56 6 £525 +17.45% 12
Scotland -12 4 £510 +142.86%
North West -37 3 £525 +17.45% 2
Yorkshire -39 3 - - 2
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 8 (4.68%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (26.32%) Oracle Payables
2 35 (20.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 30 (17.54%) Oracle General Ledger
4 29 (16.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 21 (12.28%) Oracle Assets
6 19 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
7 15 (8.77%) NetSuite
7 15 (8.77%) Oracle Cash Management
8 13 (7.60%) Oracle ERP
9 11 (6.43%) SAP FI
10 9 (5.26%) Oracle EBS R12
11 7 (4.09%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 6 (3.51%) SAP Business One
12 6 (3.51%) SAP CO
12 6 (3.51%) SAP FI/CO
13 5 (2.92%) SAP GRC
14 4 (2.34%) Oracle FAH
14 4 (2.34%) Unit4 Business World
15 3 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
15 3 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (6.43%) OCI
3 9 (5.26%) Azure
4 6 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.92%) SaaS
6 4 (2.34%) AWS
6 4 (2.34%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.34%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (1.75%) dbt
7 3 (1.75%) GCP
7 3 (1.75%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.17%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.17%) Intacct
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (4.09%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.34%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.34%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.34%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.75%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.17%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.17%) Power BI
5 2 (1.17%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.17%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.58%) Metadata
6 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.58%) OLTP
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JDeveloper
2 4 (2.34%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.34%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.75%) JIRA
4 2 (1.17%) ERwin
4 2 (1.17%) Hudson
5 1 (0.58%) Toad
General
1 163 (95.32%) Finance
2 56 (32.75%) Social Skills
3 27 (15.79%) Banking
4 20 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.26%) Retail
7 5 (2.92%) Billing
7 5 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.92%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.34%) Local Government
9 3 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.75%) Legal
9 3 (1.75%) Military
9 3 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.75%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 59 (34.50%) Consultant
2 26 (15.20%) Lead
3 25 (14.62%) Oracle Consultant
4 22 (12.87%) Functional Consultant
5 16 (9.36%) Analyst
5 16 (9.36%) SAP Consultant
6 15 (8.77%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 12 (7.02%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.85%) Developer
9 9 (5.26%) Architect
10 8 (4.68%) Implementation Consultant
10 8 (4.68%) Senior
11 7 (4.09%) Accountant
11 7 (4.09%) Financial Analyst
11 7 (4.09%) NetSuite Consultant
11 7 (4.09%) Transformation Consultant
12 6 (3.51%) Finance Manager
12 6 (3.51%) Lead Consultant
13 5 (2.92%) ERP Consultant
13 5 (2.92%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (18.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.09%) XML
3 6 (3.51%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (2.92%) Middleware
5 3 (1.75%) REST
6 2 (1.17%) RESTful
6 2 (1.17%) Web Services
7 1 (0.58%) Express.js
7 1 (0.58%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.58%) Node.js
7 1 (0.58%) React
7 1 (0.58%) Restlet
7 1 (0.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.60%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.34%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.75%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.75%) Life Science
6 3 (1.75%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.17%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.17%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.17%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.58%) CESG
8 1 (0.58%) Derivative
8 1 (0.58%) Equities
8 1 (0.58%) FMCG
8 1 (0.58%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.75%) Unix
2 1 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (44.44%) Accounts Payable
2 71 (41.52%) Accounts Receivable
3 64 (37.43%) ERP
4 54 (31.58%) Migration
5 52 (30.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 49 (28.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (25.73%) Data Migration
8 32 (18.71%) Budgeting
9 30 (17.54%) Validation
10 22 (12.87%) System Integration Testing
11 21 (12.28%) Cash Management
12 20 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (10.53%) Process Improvement
15 17 (9.94%) Analytics
15 17 (9.94%) Requirements Gathering
15 17 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 16 (9.36%) Project Delivery
16 16 (9.36%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.70%) SQL
2 7 (4.09%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.34%) C#
3 4 (2.34%) X++
4 3 (1.75%) ABAP
4 3 (1.75%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.58%) Python
5 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (13.45%) ACCA
1 23 (13.45%) CIMA
2 19 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.26%) PMP
5 8 (4.68%) Degree
6 7 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.51%) AAT
8 5 (2.92%) CCA
9 4 (2.34%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.75%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.17%) CIPFA
11 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.58%) CCAB
12 1 (0.58%) CISM
12 1 (0.58%) CISSP
12 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) Data Quality
1 10 (5.85%) IFRS
2 7 (4.09%) GDPR
3 5 (2.92%) GRC
4 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.17%) GAAP
4 2 (1.17%) QA
5 1 (0.58%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.17%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.58%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (40.94%) Oracle
2 52 (30.41%) SAP
3 43 (25.15%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.68%) Sage
5 7 (4.09%) Workday
6 5 (2.92%) Xero
7 4 (2.34%) Talend
8 3 (1.75%) Adobe
8 3 (1.75%) Databricks
8 3 (1.75%) Google
8 3 (1.75%) Infor
9 2 (1.17%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (1.17%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.17%) Ariba
9 2 (1.17%) Epicor
9 2 (1.17%) HP
9 2 (1.17%) Murex
9 2 (1.17%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.17%) QAD
9 2 (1.17%) ServiceNow