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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 418 538
Rank change year-on-year -38 +120 +26
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 118 133 96
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.36% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.62% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 79 56
10th Percentile £415 £431 £409
25th Percentile £512 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £656
90th Percentile £752 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £615
% change year-on-year +1.85% -12.20% +36.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £53.38 - £18.15
25th Percentile £54.69 £41.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £58.75 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% +117.95% -
75th Percentile £62.19 £43.75 £20.13
90th Percentile £63.13 - £20.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +117.95% -

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,792 21,474 27,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.94% 58.79% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,628 12,654 18,461
10th Percentile £275 £285 £293
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £643 £662
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,377 811 1,093
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.85 £16.70
Median hourly rate £25.00 £29.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £44.09 £55.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.35 £70.00 £71.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.94 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -19.13% -1.36% +23.37%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 -7 107 £600 +7.38% 82
London 0 68 £613 +3.64% 52
Work from Home +13 44 £600 +9.09% 42
UK excluding London -57 35 £550 +1.85% 62
South East +4 14 £515 +3.00% 41
Midlands -26 13 £533 - 2
East Midlands - 8 £450 - 2
West Midlands -26 5 £575 +6.48%
East of England -14 4 £600 +541.71% 5
North of England -48 3 £513 -10.87% 3
South West +6 2 £475 -
Yorkshire -29 2 £500 -41.18%
Scotland - 2 £625 - 6
North West -23 1 £525 -8.70% 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 10 (8.47%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (2.54%) Confluence
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (38.98%) Oracle General Ledger
2 45 (38.14%) Oracle Payables
3 37 (31.36%) Oracle Assets
4 36 (30.51%) Oracle EBS
5 26 (22.03%) Oracle EBS R12
6 21 (17.80%) Oracle Receivables
7 18 (15.25%) Oracle Financials
8 14 (11.86%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 11 (9.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 9 (7.63%) Oracle Cash Management
11 6 (5.08%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (5.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (3.39%) Oracle FAH
12 4 (3.39%) SAP ERP
12 4 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
13 3 (2.54%) Avolution ABACUS
13 3 (2.54%) Oracle Applications
13 3 (2.54%) SAP FI
14 2 (1.69%) SAP CO
14 2 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.02%) SaaS
2 12 (10.17%) Azure
3 9 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (6.78%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.93%) OCI
6 6 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.54%) AWS
7 3 (2.54%) IaaS
7 3 (2.54%) PaaS
8 2 (1.69%) Slack
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.85%) dbt
9 1 (0.85%) GitHub
9 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.78%) Power BI
2 7 (5.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (5.93%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (5.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.39%) SAP BW
5 3 (2.54%) Big Data
6 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.24%) JIRA
1 5 (4.24%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.39%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.54%) Hudson
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle APEX
General
1 107 (90.68%) Finance
2 51 (43.22%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.64%) Banking
4 20 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (12.71%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.63%) Billing
6 9 (7.63%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.93%) Law
7 7 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.08%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.39%) Publishing
9 4 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.54%) Retail
11 2 (1.69%) Back Office
11 2 (1.69%) Legal
12 1 (0.85%) Advertising
12 1 (0.85%) International Banking
12 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (33.05%) Consultant
2 26 (22.03%) Oracle Consultant
3 18 (15.25%) Analyst
4 13 (11.02%) Developer
5 12 (10.17%) Business Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) Functional Consultant
5 12 (10.17%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 11 (9.32%) Architect
7 10 (8.47%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 10 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.63%) Lead
8 9 (7.63%) Oracle Developer
8 9 (7.63%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 8 (6.78%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (5.93%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (5.93%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Senior
12 4 (3.39%) Data Consultant
12 4 (3.39%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 4 (3.39%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.39%) Middleware
3 3 (2.54%) XML
3 3 (2.54%) XML Messaging
4 2 (1.69%) ADO
5 1 (0.85%) EDI
5 1 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.24%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.69%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.85%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) Social Media
6 1 (0.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Unix
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.22%) Accounts Payable
2 36 (30.51%) ERP
3 32 (27.12%) Accounts Receivable
4 30 (25.42%) Migration
5 22 (18.64%) Data Migration
6 21 (17.80%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (11.02%) Agile
9 13 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (11.02%) Validation
10 12 (10.17%) Change Management
10 12 (10.17%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (10.17%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (9.32%) Cash Management
12 10 (8.47%) Test Scripting
12 10 (8.47%) Workflow
13 9 (7.63%) System Integration Testing
14 8 (6.78%) Analytics
14 8 (6.78%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.27%) SQL
2 14 (11.86%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.39%) ABAP
3 4 (3.39%) X++
4 2 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (17.80%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) ACCA
3 12 (10.17%) CIMA
4 10 (8.47%) Degree
5 4 (3.39%) CCA
6 2 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.39%) GAAP
1 4 (3.39%) IFRS
1 4 (3.39%) PMO
1 4 (3.39%) QA
1 4 (3.39%) SLA
2 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Control-M
Vendors
1 65 (55.08%) Oracle
2 13 (11.02%) SAP
3 12 (10.17%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.39%) Workday
4 4 (3.39%) Xero
5 3 (2.54%) IFS
5 3 (2.54%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.69%) Databricks
6 2 (1.69%) IBM
6 2 (1.69%) Informatica
6 2 (1.69%) Murex
7 1 (0.85%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.85%) Aderant
7 1 (0.85%) Adobe
7 1 (0.85%) eFront
7 1 (0.85%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.85%) Tagetik