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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 412 526
Rank change year-on-year -43 +114 +56
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 119 138 96
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.64% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 83 59
10th Percentile £424 £453 £423
25th Percentile £515 £514 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +22.34%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £675
90th Percentile £751 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £615
% change year-on-year +1.85% -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 22,610 21,722 27,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.93% 59.12% 59.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,151 12,799 18,501
10th Percentile £273 £288 £285
25th Percentile £400 £410 £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 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,480 837 1,120
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.88 £17.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.15 £28.00 £31.74
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% -11.77% +26.94%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.10 £70.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £27.00 £28.44
% change year-on-year -18.00% -5.06% +29.27%

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 22 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 22 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 -33 108 £600 +4.35% 69
London +9 65 £625 - 40
Work from Home +1 45 £600 +9.09% 39
UK excluding London -62 39 £550 +1.85% 44
South East +5 19 £620 +24.00% 28
Midlands -35 11 £515 -3.29% 5
East Midlands -7 6 £405 -36.72% 3
East of England -12 5 £600 +541.71% 3
West Midlands -29 5 £575 +7.98% 2
North of England -52 3 £513 -10.87% 1
South West -7 2 £475 -
North West -32 2 £525 -8.70% 1
Scotland - 2 £538 - 6
Yorkshire -41 1 £500 -41.18%

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 (8.40%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 47 (39.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 45 (37.82%) Oracle Payables
3 34 (28.57%) Oracle Assets
3 34 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
4 28 (23.53%) Oracle EBS R12
5 24 (20.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 17 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
7 13 (10.92%) Oracle Cash Management
8 10 (8.40%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 10 (8.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 7 (5.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (5.04%) Oracle AGIS
11 5 (4.20%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (4.20%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (3.36%) SAP ERP
13 3 (2.52%) Avolution ABACUS
13 3 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
14 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
14 2 (1.68%) SAP FI
14 2 (1.68%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.08%) Azure
1 12 (10.08%) SaaS
2 10 (8.40%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.88%) OCI
5 6 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.52%) AWS
7 2 (1.68%) PaaS
7 2 (1.68%) Slack
8 1 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.84%) dbt
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub
8 1 (0.84%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.84%) IaaS
8 1 (0.84%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (6.72%) Power BI
3 7 (5.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (4.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.36%) SAP BW
6 3 (2.52%) Big Data
6 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.84%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.84%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.36%) Hudson
2 4 (3.36%) JIRA
2 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle APEX
General
1 109 (91.60%) Finance
2 51 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.97%) Banking
5 14 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.56%) Billing
6 9 (7.56%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.72%) Law
7 8 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (4.20%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.36%) Publishing
10 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.52%) Legal
11 3 (2.52%) Retail
12 2 (1.68%) Back Office
13 1 (0.84%) Advertising
13 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (31.93%) Consultant
2 26 (21.85%) Oracle Consultant
3 19 (15.97%) Analyst
4 16 (13.45%) Functional Consultant
5 14 (11.76%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 14 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 13 (10.92%) Business Analyst
6 13 (10.92%) Developer
7 12 (10.08%) Architect
7 12 (10.08%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 11 (9.24%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (7.56%) Lead
9 9 (7.56%) Oracle Developer
10 7 (5.88%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (5.88%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (5.04%) SAP Consultant
11 6 (5.04%) Senior
12 5 (4.20%) Accountant
12 5 (4.20%) E-Business Consultant
13 4 (3.36%) SAP BW Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.52%) REST
3 2 (1.68%) ADO
3 2 (1.68%) Middleware
3 2 (1.68%) SOAP
3 2 (1.68%) XML
3 2 (1.68%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.84%) EDI
4 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.20%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.68%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.84%) AS400
5 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.84%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.84%) PMI
5 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.84%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Unix
2 1 (0.84%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (41.18%) Accounts Payable
2 39 (32.77%) ERP
3 34 (28.57%) Accounts Receivable
4 31 (26.05%) Migration
5 25 (21.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 20 (16.81%) Data Migration
7 19 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (13.45%) Cash Management
9 13 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (10.92%) Workshop Facilitation
10 12 (10.08%) Change Management
10 12 (10.08%) Validation
11 11 (9.24%) Agile
11 11 (9.24%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (8.40%) System Integration Testing
12 10 (8.40%) Workflow
13 9 (7.56%) Analytics
14 8 (6.72%) Business Analysis
14 8 (6.72%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 27 (22.69%) SQL
2 12 (10.08%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.36%) ABAP
3 4 (3.36%) X++
4 2 (1.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.92%) ACCA
3 13 (10.92%) CIMA
4 10 (8.40%) Degree
5 4 (3.36%) CCA
6 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) GAAP
1 4 (3.36%) IFRS
1 4 (3.36%) PMO
1 4 (3.36%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.52%) QA
3 2 (1.68%) GDPR
3 2 (1.68%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.84%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.84%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) Control-M
Vendors
1 63 (52.94%) Oracle
2 13 (10.92%) SAP
3 11 (9.24%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.20%) Workday
5 4 (3.36%) IFS
5 4 (3.36%) Xero
6 3 (2.52%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.68%) Databricks
7 2 (1.68%) Murex
7 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.84%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.84%) Aderant
8 1 (0.84%) Adobe
8 1 (0.84%) eFront
8 1 (0.84%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.84%) IBM
8 1 (0.84%) Informatica
8 1 (0.84%) Misys
8 1 (0.84%) Tagetik
8 1 (0.84%) Temenos