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 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 413 480
Rank change year-on-year -26 +67 +118
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 146 116 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.37% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.59% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 65 65
10th Percentile £360 £443 £418
25th Percentile £443 £515 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £590 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -5.60% +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £690 £645
90th Percentile £700 £738 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £540 £625
% change year-on-year -4.63% -13.60% +38.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +89.66% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 -
% change year-on-year +89.66% - -

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 22,642 19,580 25,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.71% 61.79% 58.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,274 11,685 16,659
10th Percentile £284 £284 £267
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £735 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 651 1,404
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.41 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £22.85 £27.50 £26.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +2.92% +6.88%
75th Percentile £46.00 £53.75 £56.02
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.28 £26.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +1.92% +15.79%

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 23 January 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 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 23 January 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 -11 136 £590 +0.43% 21
London -13 72 £600 -4.00% 8
UK excluding London -40 63 £515 -4.63% 23
Work from Home +12 51 £600 +2.56% 15
South East -3 26 £590 +14.56% 11
Midlands -43 17 £463 -13.15% 2
East Midlands -18 11 £423 -25.88% 2
North of England -59 7 £500 -13.04% 3
South West -8 6 £475 +11.76%
West Midlands -49 6 £495 -8.33%
Yorkshire -45 5 £500 -9.09% 1
Scotland - 5 £450 - 2
East of England -19 4 £600 +42.01% 2
North West -31 2 - - 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 5 (3.42%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.05%) Confluence
4 2 (1.37%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 57 (39.04%) Oracle Payables
2 52 (35.62%) Oracle General Ledger
3 41 (28.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 39 (26.71%) Oracle Assets
5 28 (19.18%) Oracle EBS
6 24 (16.44%) Oracle Cash Management
7 23 (15.75%) Oracle EBS R12
8 21 (14.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 19 (13.01%) Oracle Financials
10 17 (11.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 10 (6.85%) Oracle AGIS
11 10 (6.85%) Oracle FAH
11 10 (6.85%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (5.48%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 6 (4.11%) Oracle ERP
14 4 (2.74%) SAP ERP
15 3 (2.05%) SAP FI
15 3 (2.05%) SAP R/3
16 2 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
17 1 (0.68%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.96%) OCI
2 15 (10.27%) SaaS
3 12 (8.22%) Power Platform
4 11 (7.53%) Azure
5 9 (6.16%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.42%) PaaS
8 4 (2.74%) Lucidchart
8 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.37%) IaaS
9 2 (1.37%) Slack
10 1 (0.68%) dbt
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub
10 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) Power BI
2 8 (5.48%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (4.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.74%) SAP BW
5 4 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.74%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.74%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.05%) Hudson
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
General
1 136 (93.15%) Finance
2 63 (43.15%) Social Skills
3 25 (17.12%) Banking
4 23 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (13.01%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.16%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.11%) Billing
8 6 (4.11%) Law
9 4 (2.74%) Publishing
9 4 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.05%) Legal
11 2 (1.37%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.37%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.37%) Local Government
12 1 (0.68%) Back Office
12 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.68%) French Language
12 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (31.51%) Consultant
2 29 (19.86%) Analyst
3 26 (17.81%) Functional Consultant
3 26 (17.81%) Oracle Consultant
4 20 (13.70%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 18 (12.33%) Business Analyst
6 17 (11.64%) Lead
6 17 (11.64%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 16 (10.96%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 13 (8.90%) Developer
8 13 (8.90%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (6.85%) Accountant
9 10 (6.85%) Oracle Analyst
9 10 (6.85%) Senior
10 9 (6.16%) Oracle Developer
11 8 (5.48%) Architect
12 7 (4.79%) SAP Consultant
13 6 (4.11%) Oracle Architect
13 6 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (4.11%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (23.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.42%) Middleware
3 4 (2.74%) XML
4 3 (2.05%) ADO
4 3 (2.05%) REST
4 3 (2.05%) XML Messaging
5 2 (1.37%) SOAP
5 2 (1.37%) Web Services
6 1 (0.68%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.16%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.42%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.37%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.37%) Derivative
5 2 (1.37%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.68%) AS400
6 1 (0.68%) Equities
6 1 (0.68%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.68%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.68%) PMI
6 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.68%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.37%) Linux
1 2 (1.37%) Unix
1 2 (1.37%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.21%) Accounts Payable
2 53 (36.30%) Accounts Receivable
3 51 (34.93%) ERP
4 40 (27.40%) Migration
5 38 (26.03%) User Acceptance Testing
6 28 (19.18%) Cash Management
7 25 (17.12%) Procure-to-Pay
8 22 (15.07%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (15.07%) Data Migration
9 20 (13.70%) Agile
9 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.70%) Workshop Facilitation
10 18 (12.33%) Validation
11 16 (10.96%) Requirements Gathering
11 16 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (9.59%) Decision-Making
13 13 (8.90%) Analytics
13 13 (8.90%) Business Analysis
13 13 (8.90%) System Integration Testing
14 12 (8.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.49%) SQL
2 12 (8.22%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.74%) ABAP
3 4 (2.74%) X++
4 1 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (15.75%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.07%) ACCA
2 22 (15.07%) CIMA
3 18 (12.33%) Degree
4 16 (10.96%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.74%) CCA
5 4 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.74%) PMP
6 3 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) IFRS
1 8 (5.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.79%) GAAP
3 6 (4.11%) Basel III
3 6 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.11%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.42%) SLA
5 4 (2.74%) PMO
5 4 (2.74%) QA
6 2 (1.37%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Control-M
Vendors
1 77 (52.74%) Oracle
2 31 (21.23%) SAP
3 13 (8.90%) Workday
4 8 (5.48%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.74%) Xero
6 3 (2.05%) Ariba
6 3 (2.05%) IFS
6 3 (2.05%) Informatica
6 3 (2.05%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.37%) CODA
7 2 (1.37%) Murex
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe
8 1 (0.68%) Charles River
8 1 (0.68%) eFront
8 1 (0.68%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.68%) Misys
8 1 (0.68%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.68%) Temenos