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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 430 497
Rank change year-on-year -52 +67 +107
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 149 89 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.48% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 51 48
10th Percentile £313 £397 £413
25th Percentile £425 £415 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £630
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -16.67% +26.00%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £650
90th Percentile £824 £800 £733
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year +149.55% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +120.00% - -

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 25,486 18,638 25,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.85% 63.10% 58.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,770 11,909 16,090
10th Percentile £305 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,614 789 1,927
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.20 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.13 £15.41
Median hourly rate £29.00 £28.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -1.75% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £79.70 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.45 £25.29 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.04% -13.07%

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 24 April 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 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 24 April 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 -50 128 £590 +12.38% 32
UK excluding London -39 68 £500 -4.76% 25
London -59 64 £644 +33.77% 16
Work from Home -17 52 £550 +4.76% 15
South East -35 22 £585 - 8
South West -17 18 £400 -36.00% 3
Midlands -53 11 £450 -14.29% 2
Scotland +15 7 £450 +114.29%
East Midlands -30 7 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England -63 7 £500 -19.03% 5
Yorkshire -47 5 £500 -23.08% 1
West Midlands -57 4 £347 -34.00%
East of England -35 2 £606 +1.04% 4
North West -37 2 - - 4
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 6 (4.03%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.01%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.34%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 48 (32.21%) Oracle Payables
2 37 (24.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 35 (23.49%) Oracle General Ledger
4 29 (19.46%) Oracle Assets
5 24 (16.11%) Oracle Cash Management
5 24 (16.11%) Oracle EBS
6 21 (14.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 18 (12.08%) SAP S/4HANA
8 13 (8.72%) Oracle EBS R12
9 11 (7.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 9 (6.04%) Oracle Financials
11 8 (5.37%) Oracle AGIS
12 7 (4.70%) NetSuite
12 7 (4.70%) Oracle FAH
12 7 (4.70%) SAP FI
13 6 (4.03%) SAP Business One
14 5 (3.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 3 (2.01%) Infor CloudSuite
15 3 (2.01%) Sage X3
15 3 (2.01%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.40%) OCI
2 11 (7.38%) SaaS
3 10 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.70%) Azure
6 5 (3.36%) PaaS
7 4 (2.68%) Lucidchart
7 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.34%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.34%) IaaS
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.67%) Intacct
9 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (4.70%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (4.70%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.34%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.67%) Metadata
5 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.01%) JIRA
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.67%) Hudson
3 1 (0.67%) Toad
General
1 141 (94.63%) Finance
2 43 (28.86%) Social Skills
3 28 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (16.78%) Banking
5 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.03%) Legal
7 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.68%) Military
7 4 (2.68%) Retail
8 3 (2.01%) Billing
8 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.34%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.34%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.34%) Law
9 2 (1.34%) Local Government
10 1 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (30.20%) Consultant
2 27 (18.12%) Analyst
3 23 (15.44%) Lead
3 23 (15.44%) Oracle Consultant
4 21 (14.09%) Functional Consultant
5 17 (11.41%) Business Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 15 (10.07%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 14 (9.40%) Accountant
9 11 (7.38%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (6.71%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
10 10 (6.71%) Senior
11 8 (5.37%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (5.37%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (4.03%) Architect
12 6 (4.03%) Developer
12 6 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
13 5 (3.36%) Functional Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Implementation Analyst
13 5 (3.36%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (23.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.36%) Middleware
2 5 (3.36%) XML
3 2 (1.34%) REST
3 2 (1.34%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.34%) SOAP
3 2 (1.34%) Web Services
3 2 (1.34%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.67%) ADO
4 1 (0.67%) EDI
4 1 (0.67%) Express.js
4 1 (0.67%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.67%) Node.js
4 1 (0.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.08%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.04%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.68%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.01%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.34%) Derivative
5 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.67%) AS400
6 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.67%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.67%) Equities
6 1 (0.67%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.67%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.67%) Replication
6 1 (0.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.34%) Linux
1 2 (1.34%) Windows
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (43.62%) Accounts Payable
2 55 (36.91%) Accounts Receivable
3 47 (31.54%) ERP
4 39 (26.17%) Migration
5 37 (24.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 31 (20.81%) Validation
7 29 (19.46%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (17.45%) Cash Management
8 26 (17.45%) Procure-to-Pay
9 25 (16.78%) Budgeting
10 24 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (14.77%) Data Migration
12 16 (10.74%) Agile
12 16 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (10.07%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.72%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 13 (8.72%) Financial Modelling
14 13 (8.72%) Record to Report
15 12 (8.05%) AI
15 12 (8.05%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.44%) SQL
2 9 (6.04%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.34%) X++
4 1 (0.67%) ABAP
4 1 (0.67%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) ACCA
1 29 (19.46%) CIMA
2 17 (11.41%) Degree
3 11 (7.38%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.03%) PMP
6 5 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.68%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.01%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (1.34%) CISM
9 2 (1.34%) CISSP
9 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.67%) CCA
10 1 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.67%) MBA
10 1 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.70%) GAAP
2 7 (4.70%) IFRS
2 7 (4.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.03%) Basel III
4 5 (3.36%) IFRS 9
4 5 (3.36%) QA
5 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) GRC
5 2 (1.34%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.67%) PSD2
6 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Control-M
2 1 (0.67%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 70 (46.98%) Oracle
2 43 (28.86%) SAP
3 18 (12.08%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.74%) Workday
5 4 (2.68%) Ariba
5 4 (2.68%) IFS
5 4 (2.68%) Infor
5 4 (2.68%) Sage
6 3 (2.01%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (2.01%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.01%) Epicor
6 3 (2.01%) Informatica
6 3 (2.01%) QAD
6 3 (2.01%) Zuora
7 2 (1.34%) CODA
7 2 (1.34%) Google
7 2 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.67%) IBM
8 1 (0.67%) Misys
8 1 (0.67%) Temenos