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 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 426 502
Rank change year-on-year -48 +76 +124
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 136 102 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.55% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 60 62
10th Percentile £360 £446 £414
25th Percentile £434 £497 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £580 £628
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -7.57% +19.52%
75th Percentile £670 £641 £645
90th Percentile £821 £713 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £615
% change year-on-year +4.76% -14.63% +23.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +149.55% - -
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 24,434 18,456 26,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.22% 62.71% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,267 11,659 16,703
10th Percentile £300 £290 £263
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,499 645 1,815
10th Percentile £13.57 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.12 £15.35
Median hourly rate £24.09 £30.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.70% +16.69% -20.89%
75th Percentile £56.13 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.79 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.83 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.98% +10.00% -7.63%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -58 120 £595 +3.48% 36
London -44 61 £638 +8.05% 25
UK excluding London -56 58 £550 +4.76% 28
Work from Home -23 44 £600 +1.69% 19
South East -28 21 £600 +16.50% 16
South West -11 12 £475 - 2
Midlands -60 11 £423 -19.52% 3
East Midlands -27 8 £450 -10.00%
North of England -60 7 £500 -14.35% 2
Yorkshire -59 5 £500 -9.09% 1
Scotland - 5 £450 - 2
West Midlands -65 3 £268 -48.95% 3
East of England -27 2 £600 - 2
North West -35 2 - - 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 4 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.47%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (1.47%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 54 (39.71%) Oracle Payables
2 42 (30.88%) Oracle General Ledger
2 42 (30.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 35 (25.74%) Oracle Assets
4 27 (19.85%) Oracle Cash Management
5 23 (16.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 22 (16.18%) Oracle EBS
7 16 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
8 15 (11.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 11 (8.09%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (8.09%) SAP S/4HANA
10 10 (7.35%) Oracle AGIS
11 8 (5.88%) Oracle FAH
12 5 (3.68%) Oracle E-Business Tax
12 5 (3.68%) SAP FI
13 4 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
14 2 (1.47%) SAP CO
14 2 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
14 2 (1.47%) SAP R/3
15 1 (0.74%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.76%) OCI
1 16 (11.76%) SaaS
2 11 (8.09%) Azure
2 11 (8.09%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (7.35%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.68%) PaaS
6 4 (2.94%) Lucidchart
6 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.74%) dbt
8 1 (0.74%) GitHub
8 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) Power BI
2 7 (5.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 6 (4.41%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.21%) JIRA
2 3 (2.21%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.74%) Hudson
3 1 (0.74%) Toad
General
1 129 (94.85%) Finance
2 50 (36.76%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.71%) Banking
5 16 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.41%) Law
7 4 (2.94%) Billing
7 4 (2.94%) Legal
7 4 (2.94%) Publishing
8 3 (2.21%) Military
8 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.47%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.47%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.74%) French Language
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (33.09%) Consultant
2 27 (19.85%) Oracle Consultant
3 24 (17.65%) Analyst
4 23 (16.91%) Functional Consultant
5 18 (13.24%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 18 (13.24%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 15 (11.03%) Lead
7 14 (10.29%) Business Analyst
7 14 (10.29%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 11 (8.09%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (7.35%) Senior
10 8 (5.88%) Accountant
10 8 (5.88%) Architect
10 8 (5.88%) Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (4.41%) Oracle Architect
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.68%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.68%) Middleware
3 4 (2.94%) XML
4 2 (1.47%) ADO
4 2 (1.47%) REST
4 2 (1.47%) SOAP
4 2 (1.47%) Web Services
4 2 (1.47%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.74%) EDI
5 1 (0.74%) Express.js
5 1 (0.74%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.74%) Node.js
5 1 (0.74%) React
5 1 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.68%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.47%) Derivative
6 2 (1.47%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) AS400
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.74%) Equities
7 1 (0.74%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.47%) Linux
1 2 (1.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (46.32%) Accounts Payable
2 53 (38.97%) Accounts Receivable
3 42 (30.88%) ERP
4 34 (25.00%) Migration
4 34 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (22.79%) Cash Management
6 28 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (20.59%) Procure-to-Pay
7 22 (16.18%) Validation
8 18 (13.24%) Agile
8 18 (13.24%) Budgeting
8 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (12.50%) Data Migration
10 16 (11.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (9.56%) Decision-Making
13 12 (8.82%) Financial Modelling
13 12 (8.82%) Project Management
13 12 (8.82%) Record to Report
14 11 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.91%) SQL
2 11 (8.09%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.94%) X++
4 1 (0.74%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 25 (18.38%) ACCA
1 25 (18.38%) CIMA
2 18 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.03%) Degree
4 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.68%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.68%) PMP
6 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.21%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.21%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.74%) CISM
7 1 (0.74%) CISSP
7 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.74%) MBA
7 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.41%) Basel III
2 6 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.41%) GAAP
2 6 (4.41%) IFRS
3 5 (3.68%) IFRS 9
4 4 (2.94%) QA
4 4 (2.94%) SLA
5 2 (1.47%) GDPR
5 2 (1.47%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.74%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) Control-M
2 1 (0.74%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 68 (50.00%) Oracle
2 32 (23.53%) SAP
3 15 (11.03%) Workday
4 10 (7.35%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.94%) Xero
6 3 (2.21%) Ariba
6 3 (2.21%) Informatica
7 2 (1.47%) CODA
7 2 (1.47%) IFS
7 2 (1.47%) Infor
8 1 (0.74%) Adobe
8 1 (0.74%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.74%) Charles River
8 1 (0.74%) Concur
8 1 (0.74%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.74%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.74%) QAD
8 1 (0.74%) Sage
8 1 (0.74%) SimCorp
8 1 (0.74%) Zuora