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 25 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 420 475
Rank change year-on-year -61 +55 +119
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 149 102 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.56% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 57 44
10th Percentile £313 £404 £413
25th Percentile £458 £415 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £615
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -22.76% +23.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £645
90th Percentile £825 £730 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £563
% change year-on-year +2.56% -13.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £15.45 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% - -
75th Percentile £17.48 £23.63 -
90th Percentile £17.63 £55.95 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.72 £21.00 -
% change year-on-year -20.40% - -

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 25,912 18,211 24,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.52% 63.24% 57.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,740 11,575 15,555
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,696 777 1,954
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.71 £12.76
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £24.42 £28.00
% change year-on-year +18.76% -12.79% +1.45%

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 25 May 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
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 25 May 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 -82 129 £590 +24.21% 43
UK excluding London -66 68 £500 +2.56% 31
London -77 65 £600 +29.73% 21
Work from Home -27 49 £550 +10.00% 28
South West -12 22 £500 -20.00% 2
South East -44 19 £558 - 11
Midlands -55 12 £475 -5.00% 3
East Midlands -20 8 £550 +10.00% 1
Scotland +4 6 £450 +114.29% 1
West Midlands -60 4 £347 - 2
North of England -81 4 - - 8
East of England -33 3 £613 +2.08% 2
North West -43 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -61 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
Wales - 1 £550 - 1

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 7 (4.70%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.01%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 49 (32.89%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (25.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 28 (18.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 26 (17.45%) Oracle Assets
5 24 (16.11%) Oracle EBS
6 23 (15.44%) Oracle Cash Management
7 22 (14.77%) SAP S/4HANA
8 19 (12.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (8.72%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (7.38%) NetSuite
11 10 (6.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 8 (5.37%) SAP FI
13 7 (4.70%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (4.03%) Oracle FAH
14 6 (4.03%) SAP Business One
15 5 (3.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
16 4 (2.68%) Oracle AGIS
16 4 (2.68%) SAP CO
16 4 (2.68%) SAP FI/CO
17 3 (2.01%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.05%) OCI
2 9 (6.04%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (6.04%) SaaS
3 8 (5.37%) Azure
4 5 (3.36%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.68%) PaaS
6 3 (2.01%) Lucidchart
7 2 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.34%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.34%) IaaS
7 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.67%) AWS
8 1 (0.67%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.67%) dbt
8 1 (0.67%) GitHub
8 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 6 (4.03%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.68%) Power BI
4 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.67%) Metadata
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) Hudson
3 1 (0.67%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.67%) Toad
3 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 141 (94.63%) Finance
2 38 (25.50%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (16.11%) Banking
5 12 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.36%) Legal
6 5 (3.36%) Military
6 5 (3.36%) Retail
7 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.01%) Billing
8 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.34%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.34%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.34%) Local Government
9 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.67%) French Language
Job Titles
1 50 (33.56%) Consultant
2 27 (18.12%) Lead
3 24 (16.11%) Oracle Consultant
4 23 (15.44%) Analyst
5 21 (14.09%) Functional Consultant
6 15 (10.07%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 14 (9.40%) Business Analyst
8 11 (7.38%) Accountant
9 10 (6.71%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (6.71%) Oracle Financials Consultant
10 8 (5.37%) Senior
11 7 (4.70%) Lead Consultant
11 7 (4.70%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (4.03%) Architect
12 6 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Developer
13 5 (3.36%) Functional Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Implementation Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (20.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.04%) Middleware
3 6 (4.03%) XML
4 2 (1.34%) Express.js
4 2 (1.34%) MERN Stack
4 2 (1.34%) Node.js
4 2 (1.34%) React
4 2 (1.34%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.34%) Web Services
4 2 (1.34%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.67%) ADO
5 1 (0.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.77%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.38%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.36%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.68%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.01%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.34%) Derivative
6 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.67%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.67%) Equities
7 1 (0.67%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.67%) Replication
7 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.34%) Linux
1 2 (1.34%) Windows
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.94%) Accounts Payable
2 51 (34.23%) Accounts Receivable
3 47 (31.54%) ERP
4 40 (26.85%) User Acceptance Testing
5 37 (24.83%) Migration
6 34 (22.82%) Validation
7 28 (18.79%) Budgeting
8 26 (17.45%) Data Migration
9 24 (16.11%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (16.11%) Cash Management
9 24 (16.11%) Procure-to-Pay
10 23 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (10.74%) System Integration Testing
13 15 (10.07%) Process Improvement
13 15 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (9.40%) AI
15 13 (8.72%) Agile
15 13 (8.72%) Financial Modelling
15 13 (8.72%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.11%) SQL
2 9 (6.04%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.67%) ABAP
3 1 (0.67%) C#
3 1 (0.67%) Python
3 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (20.13%) ACCA
1 30 (20.13%) CIMA
2 13 (8.72%) Degree
3 9 (6.04%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.37%) PMP
5 7 (4.70%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.34%) CISM
8 2 (1.34%) CISSP
8 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.67%) CCA
9 1 (0.67%) MBA
9 1 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.03%) IFRS
1 6 (4.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (3.36%) Basel III
2 5 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.36%) GAAP
3 4 (2.68%) IFRS 9
3 4 (2.68%) QA
4 2 (1.34%) GDPR
4 2 (1.34%) GRC
4 2 (1.34%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.67%) PSD2
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Control-M
2 1 (0.67%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 68 (45.64%) Oracle
2 45 (30.20%) SAP
3 25 (16.78%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.74%) Workday
5 5 (3.36%) Infor
6 4 (2.68%) Ariba
6 4 (2.68%) Sage
6 4 (2.68%) Talend
7 3 (2.01%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (2.01%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.01%) Epicor
7 3 (2.01%) IFS
7 3 (2.01%) Informatica
7 3 (2.01%) QAD
7 3 (2.01%) Zuora
8 2 (1.34%) CODA
8 2 (1.34%) Databricks
8 2 (1.34%) Google
8 2 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.67%) SimCorp