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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 424 489
Rank change year-on-year -65 +65 +102
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 164 107 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.56% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 62 53
10th Percentile £320 £404 £465
25th Percentile £463 £415 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £494 £630
Median % change year-on-year +16.46% -21.63% +26.00%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £859 £751 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -3.81% -8.70% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile £16.21 - -
25th Percentile £18.22 £20.45 £41.25
Median hourly rate £46.10 £22.04 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.14% -48.14% +115.19%
75th Percentile £85.94 £49.03 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.50 £67.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.69 £21.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -6.24% -50.59% +115.19%

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 27,713 19,217 24,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.46% 63.53% 57.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,696 12,097 15,544
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £490
% change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,891 928 1,984
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.43 £12.79
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.35 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.45 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year +16.58% -13.91% +6.28%
75th Percentile £61.18 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.06 £72.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £23.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +36.96% -26.40% +22.07%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -74 142 £575 +21.05% 38
UK excluding London -58 81 £505 -3.81% 33
London -62 68 £600 +37.14% 16
Work from Home -51 49 £542 -1.45% 20
South West -8 29 £600 -4.00% 6
Midlands -50 17 £481 -3.75% 4
South East -51 13 £505 - 11
West Midlands - 9 £427 - 3
East Midlands -5 8 £600 +20.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Scotland -7 5 £463 +120.24% 1
East of England -28 5 £613 +2.08% 1
North of England -68 4 - - 7
North West -44 3 - - 4
Yorkshire -48 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £550 - 2

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 9 (5.49%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.83%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 41 (25.00%) Oracle Payables
2 29 (17.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 26 (15.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (10.37%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (10.37%) Oracle General Ledger
5 16 (9.76%) Oracle Assets
6 15 (9.15%) Oracle Cash Management
7 14 (8.54%) NetSuite
8 11 (6.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 10 (6.10%) Oracle EBS R12
10 9 (5.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (4.27%) SAP FI
12 6 (3.66%) SAP Business One
13 5 (3.05%) Oracle ERP
14 4 (2.44%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (2.44%) Oracle FAH
14 4 (2.44%) SAP CO
14 4 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
14 4 (2.44%) SAP GRC
14 4 (2.44%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
1 10 (6.10%) SaaS
2 7 (4.27%) Azure
2 7 (4.27%) OCI
3 4 (2.44%) PaaS
4 3 (1.83%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.22%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.22%) IaaS
5 2 (1.22%) Intacct
5 2 (1.22%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.61%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.61%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.61%) dbt
6 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 5 (3.05%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.44%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.83%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.83%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.83%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.22%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.22%) Power BI
5 2 (1.22%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.61%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 3 (1.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.22%) Hudson
2 2 (1.22%) JDeveloper
2 2 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.22%) Toad
3 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 155 (94.51%) Finance
2 46 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.20%) Banking
5 18 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.66%) Military
6 6 (3.66%) Retail
7 5 (3.05%) Billing
7 5 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.44%) Legal
9 3 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.83%) Local Government
9 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.22%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
Job Titles
1 56 (34.15%) Consultant
2 30 (18.29%) Lead
3 22 (13.41%) Analyst
4 21 (12.80%) Oracle Consultant
5 15 (9.15%) Business Analyst
6 14 (8.54%) SAP Consultant
7 12 (7.32%) Functional Consultant
8 10 (6.10%) Accountant
9 9 (5.49%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (5.49%) Lead Consultant
9 9 (5.49%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 8 (4.88%) Implementation Consultant
10 8 (4.88%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 7 (4.27%) Senior
11 7 (4.27%) Transformation Consultant
12 6 (3.66%) NetSuite Consultant
13 5 (3.05%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 5 (3.05%) Finance Business Analyst
13 5 (3.05%) Finance Manager
13 5 (3.05%) Implementation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (15.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.27%) Middleware
2 7 (4.27%) XML
3 4 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.83%) Web Services
5 2 (1.22%) Express.js
5 2 (1.22%) MERN Stack
5 2 (1.22%) Node.js
5 2 (1.22%) React
5 2 (1.22%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.41%) Onboarding
2 11 (6.71%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.49%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.44%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.83%) Derivative
5 3 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.22%) Equities
6 2 (1.22%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.61%) Replication
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.22%) Linux
1 2 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (40.24%) Accounts Payable
2 57 (34.76%) Accounts Receivable
2 57 (34.76%) ERP
3 43 (26.22%) Migration
4 42 (25.61%) User Acceptance Testing
5 40 (24.39%) Validation
6 39 (23.78%) Data Migration
7 33 (20.12%) Budgeting
7 33 (20.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (12.20%) Cash Management
11 17 (10.37%) System Integration Testing
12 16 (9.76%) Analytics
12 16 (9.76%) Procure-to-Pay
13 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (9.15%) Workflow
14 14 (8.54%) AI
14 14 (8.54%) Record to Report
15 13 (7.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.63%) SQL
2 8 (4.88%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.44%) ABAP
4 1 (0.61%) C#
4 1 (0.61%) Python
4 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.61%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (20.73%) ACCA
1 34 (20.73%) CIMA
2 13 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.10%) PMP
5 9 (5.49%) Degree
6 7 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.44%) CCA
8 3 (1.83%) AAT
8 3 (1.83%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.83%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.22%) CISM
9 2 (1.22%) CISSP
9 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) CCAB
10 1 (0.61%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.61%) MBA
10 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.88%) IFRS
2 6 (3.66%) GDPR
3 5 (3.05%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.44%) GAAP
4 4 (2.44%) GRC
5 3 (1.83%) Basel III
5 3 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.22%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.22%) IFRS 9
6 2 (1.22%) QA
7 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) PSD2
7 1 (0.61%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.22%) CEMLI
1 2 (1.22%) Control-M
2 1 (0.61%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 60 (36.59%) Oracle
2 55 (33.54%) SAP
3 36 (21.95%) Microsoft
4 13 (7.93%) Workday
5 7 (4.27%) Sage
6 5 (3.05%) Infor
7 4 (2.44%) Talend
8 3 (1.83%) Adaptive Insights
8 3 (1.83%) Anaplan
8 3 (1.83%) Ariba
8 3 (1.83%) Epicor
8 3 (1.83%) Google
8 3 (1.83%) IFS
8 3 (1.83%) QAD
8 3 (1.83%) Zuora
9 2 (1.22%) Concur
9 2 (1.22%) Databricks
9 2 (1.22%) Informatica
9 2 (1.22%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.22%) Xero