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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 415 485
Rank change year-on-year -58 +70 +124
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 153 104 97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.60% 0.56% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 57 49
10th Percentile £313 £404 £413
25th Percentile £430 £415 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £630
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -24.60% +26.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £645
90th Percentile £822 £763 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £563
% change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £15.29 - -
25th Percentile £16.21 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.56% - -
75th Percentile £36.37 £28.03 -
90th Percentile £47.55 £53.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.73 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year -29.08% - -

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 25,696 18,611 24,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.96% 63.29% 58.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,715 11,865 15,747
10th Percentile £306 £295 £275
25th Percentile £407 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 790 1,935
10th Percentile £13.95 £14.00 £12.76
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.82% -11.06%
75th Percentile £61.18 £56.00 £52.89
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.74 £24.66 £28.50
% change year-on-year +12.49% -13.47% -1.72%

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 11 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Top 15 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 11 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 -73 132 £585 +23.16% 35
UK excluding London -46 71 £500 -2.44% 30
London -48 65 £613 +32.43% 14
Work from Home -26 51 £550 +7.32% 20
South East -40 21 £578 - 10
South West -18 20 £500 -20.00% 3
Midlands -60 11 £450 -12.20% 1
Scotland +9 7 £450 +114.29% 1
East Midlands -29 7 £550 +10.00% 1
North of England -66 7 - - 6
East of England -30 4 £606 +1.04% 4
Yorkshire -49 4 - -
West Midlands -59 4 £347 -34.00%
North West -43 3 - - 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 (4.58%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.96%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.61%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 50 (32.68%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (24.84%) Oracle Receivables
3 31 (20.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 27 (17.65%) Oracle Assets
5 24 (15.69%) Oracle Cash Management
5 24 (15.69%) Oracle EBS
6 21 (13.73%) SAP S/4HANA
7 20 (13.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 13 (8.50%) Oracle EBS R12
9 11 (7.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 9 (5.88%) NetSuite
11 7 (4.58%) Oracle FAH
11 7 (4.58%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (4.58%) SAP FI
12 6 (3.92%) Oracle AGIS
12 6 (3.92%) SAP Business One
13 5 (3.27%) Oracle E-Business Tax
14 4 (2.61%) SAP CO
14 4 (2.61%) SAP FI/CO
15 3 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.50%) OCI
2 10 (6.54%) SaaS
3 9 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (4.58%) Azure
4 7 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.27%) PaaS
6 4 (2.61%) Lucidchart
6 4 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.31%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.31%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.65%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.65%) dbt
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub
8 1 (0.65%) Intacct
8 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 8 (5.23%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (3.92%) Power BI
3 5 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.31%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.31%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.65%) Metadata
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Hudson
3 1 (0.65%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.65%) Toad
3 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 145 (94.77%) Finance
2 41 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.99%) Banking
4 25 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.92%) Legal
7 5 (3.27%) Military
7 5 (3.27%) Retail
8 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.96%) Billing
9 3 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.31%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.31%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.31%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (31.37%) Consultant
2 27 (17.65%) Analyst
3 25 (16.34%) Lead
4 24 (15.69%) Oracle Consultant
5 20 (13.07%) Functional Consultant
6 17 (11.11%) Business Analyst
7 15 (9.80%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 12 (7.84%) Accountant
8 12 (7.84%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 11 (7.19%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (7.19%) Senior
10 8 (5.23%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (5.23%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (4.58%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
11 7 (4.58%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (3.92%) Architect
12 6 (3.92%) Finance Manager
13 5 (3.27%) Developer
13 5 (3.27%) Finance Business Analyst
13 5 (3.27%) Implementation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.58%) Middleware
3 6 (3.92%) XML
4 3 (1.96%) Web Services
5 2 (1.31%) Express.js
5 2 (1.31%) MERN Stack
5 2 (1.31%) Node.js
5 2 (1.31%) React
5 2 (1.31%) REST
5 2 (1.31%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.31%) SOAP
5 2 (1.31%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.65%) ADO
6 1 (0.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.54%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.27%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.61%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.31%) Derivative
6 2 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.65%) AS400
7 1 (0.65%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.65%) Equities
7 1 (0.65%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.65%) Replication
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.31%) Linux
1 2 (1.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (43.14%) Accounts Payable
2 55 (35.95%) Accounts Receivable
3 48 (31.37%) ERP
4 38 (24.84%) Migration
4 38 (24.84%) User Acceptance Testing
5 33 (21.57%) Validation
6 28 (18.30%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (16.99%) Budgeting
7 26 (16.99%) Cash Management
8 25 (16.34%) Procure-to-Pay
9 23 (15.03%) Data Migration
9 23 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (10.46%) Process Improvement
10 16 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (9.80%) Agile
12 14 (9.15%) AI
13 13 (8.50%) Financial Modelling
13 13 (8.50%) Record to Report
13 13 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (8.50%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.99%) SQL
2 10 (6.54%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.65%) ABAP
3 1 (0.65%) C#
3 1 (0.65%) Python
3 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.65%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (18.95%) ACCA
1 29 (18.95%) CIMA
2 17 (11.11%) Degree
3 10 (6.54%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.58%) PMP
6 5 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.96%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (1.31%) CISM
9 2 (1.31%) CISSP
9 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.65%) CCA
10 1 (0.65%) MBA
10 1 (0.65%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.58%) Data Quality
1 7 (4.58%) GAAP
1 7 (4.58%) IFRS
1 7 (4.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (3.92%) Basel III
3 5 (3.27%) IFRS 9
4 4 (2.61%) QA
5 2 (1.31%) GDPR
5 2 (1.31%) GRC
5 2 (1.31%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.65%) PSD2
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.31%) Control-M
2 1 (0.65%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 69 (45.10%) Oracle
2 46 (30.07%) SAP
3 20 (13.07%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.46%) Workday
5 5 (3.27%) Infor
6 4 (2.61%) Ariba
6 4 (2.61%) IFS
6 4 (2.61%) Sage
7 3 (1.96%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (1.96%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.96%) Epicor
7 3 (1.96%) Informatica
7 3 (1.96%) QAD
7 3 (1.96%) Zuora
8 2 (1.31%) CODA
8 2 (1.31%) Databricks
8 2 (1.31%) Google
8 2 (1.31%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (1.31%) Talend
9 1 (0.65%) Misys