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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 424 482
Rank change year-on-year -57 +58 +104
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 154 102 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.36% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.56% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 57 44
10th Percentile £317 £404 £413
25th Percentile £472 £415 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £475 £615
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% -22.76% +23.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £645
90th Percentile £859 £730 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £488 £563
% change year-on-year +3.59% -13.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £15.45 £20.45 -
Median hourly rate £16.72 £22.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% - -
75th Percentile £17.48 £23.63 -
90th Percentile £17.63 £55.95 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.72 £21.00 -
% change year-on-year -20.40% - -

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 26,031 18,083 24,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.62% 63.22% 57.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,818 11,497 15,556
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £772
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,703 775 1,958
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.56 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.84 £15.47
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.40 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% -8.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £24.28 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.46% -13.30% -0.25%

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 26 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
Top 16 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 26 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 -77 134 £590 +24.21% 43
UK excluding London -66 72 £505 +3.59% 31
London -65 67 £600 +29.73% 21
Work from Home -39 49 £550 +10.00% 29
South West -9 25 £500 -20.00% 3
South East -47 19 £540 - 11
Midlands -56 11 £488 -2.50% 3
East Midlands -25 8 £550 +10.00% 1
Scotland +2 6 £450 +114.29% 1
North of England -73 5 - - 7
North West -36 3 - - 4
East of England -37 3 £613 +2.08% 2
West Midlands -59 3 £268 - 2
Yorkshire -56 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 8 (5.19%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (2.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.95%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 49 (31.82%) Oracle Payables
2 38 (24.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 27 (17.53%) Oracle General Ledger
4 26 (16.88%) Oracle Assets
5 25 (16.23%) Oracle EBS
6 23 (14.94%) SAP S/4HANA
7 22 (14.29%) Oracle Cash Management
8 19 (12.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (8.44%) Oracle EBS R12
10 12 (7.79%) NetSuite
11 11 (7.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 8 (5.19%) SAP FI
13 7 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (3.90%) Oracle FAH
14 6 (3.90%) SAP Business One
15 5 (3.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
16 4 (2.60%) Oracle AGIS
16 4 (2.60%) SAP CO
16 4 (2.60%) SAP FI/CO
17 3 (1.95%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.79%) OCI
2 10 (6.49%) SaaS
3 9 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (5.19%) Azure
5 5 (3.25%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.60%) PaaS
7 3 (1.95%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.30%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.30%) IaaS
8 2 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.65%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.65%) dbt
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub
9 1 (0.65%) Intacct
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.60%) Power BI
4 3 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.30%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.30%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.30%) JDeveloper
2 2 (1.30%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Hudson
3 1 (0.65%) Toad
3 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 146 (94.81%) Finance
2 40 (25.97%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (16.23%) Banking
5 13 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.90%) Military
7 5 (3.25%) Legal
7 5 (3.25%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.95%) Billing
9 3 (1.95%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.30%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.30%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.30%) Local Government
10 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.65%) French Language
Job Titles
1 53 (34.42%) Consultant
2 30 (19.48%) Lead
3 24 (15.58%) Oracle Consultant
4 23 (14.94%) Analyst
5 20 (12.99%) Functional Consultant
6 15 (9.74%) Business Analyst
7 14 (9.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 11 (7.14%) Accountant
9 10 (6.49%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (5.84%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 8 (5.19%) Lead Consultant
11 8 (5.19%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (5.19%) Senior
12 6 (3.90%) Architect
12 6 (3.90%) Implementation Consultant
12 6 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.90%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (3.25%) Developer
13 5 (3.25%) Functional Analyst
13 5 (3.25%) Implementation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (20.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (5.84%) Middleware
3 7 (4.55%) XML
4 3 (1.95%) Web Services
5 2 (1.30%) Express.js
5 2 (1.30%) MERN Stack
5 2 (1.30%) Node.js
5 2 (1.30%) React
5 2 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.30%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.65%) ADO
6 1 (0.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.25%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.60%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.95%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.95%) Derivative
5 3 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.30%) Equities
6 2 (1.30%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.65%) AI Agents
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 (1.30%) Linux
1 2 (1.30%) Windows
2 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.61%) Accounts Payable
2 50 (32.47%) Accounts Receivable
2 50 (32.47%) ERP
3 41 (26.62%) Migration
4 40 (25.97%) User Acceptance Testing
5 37 (24.03%) Validation
6 30 (19.48%) Data Migration
7 29 (18.83%) Budgeting
8 24 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (15.58%) Procure-to-Pay
9 23 (14.94%) Cash Management
9 23 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (10.39%) Process Improvement
11 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (9.74%) System Integration Testing
13 14 (9.09%) AI
13 14 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
13 14 (9.09%) Workflow
14 13 (8.44%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.88%) SQL
2 10 (6.49%) 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 33 (21.43%) ACCA
1 33 (21.43%) CIMA
2 13 (8.44%) Degree
3 11 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.84%) PMP
4 9 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.95%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.95%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.30%) CISM
7 2 (1.30%) CISSP
7 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.30%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.65%) CCA
8 1 (0.65%) MBA
8 1 (0.65%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.84%) IFRS
2 6 (3.90%) GAAP
2 6 (3.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.25%) Basel III
3 5 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.60%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.95%) QA
6 2 (1.30%) GDPR
6 2 (1.30%) GRC
6 2 (1.30%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.65%) PSD2
7 1 (0.65%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Control-M
2 1 (0.65%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 70 (45.45%) Oracle
2 46 (29.87%) SAP
3 28 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.39%) Workday
5 5 (3.25%) Infor
6 4 (2.60%) Ariba
6 4 (2.60%) Sage
6 4 (2.60%) Talend
7 3 (1.95%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (1.95%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.95%) Epicor
7 3 (1.95%) IFS
7 3 (1.95%) Informatica
7 3 (1.95%) QAD
7 3 (1.95%) Zuora
8 2 (1.30%) CODA
8 2 (1.30%) Databricks
8 2 (1.30%) Google
8 2 (1.30%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.65%) SimCorp