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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 439 420 529
Rank change year-on-year -19 +109 +49
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 118 137 101
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.63% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 81 59
10th Percentile £408 £438 £413
25th Percentile £446 £513 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +17.02%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £738 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £545 £603
% change year-on-year -3.67% -9.54% +33.89%
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 21,079 21,775 28,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.00% 58.77% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,131 12,834 19,122
10th Percentile £275 £288 £300
25th Percentile £400 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £649 £664
90th Percentile £738 £763 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,272 874 1,088
10th Percentile £13.57 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £16.35
Median hourly rate £24.34 £31.06 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +12.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £58.49 £57.33
90th Percentile £67.23 £70.25 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.05 £29.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -27.41% +11.54% +21.81%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 -6 108 £590 +5.59% 59
London +9 66 £600 +1.61% 38
Work from Home +16 41 £600 +9.09% 33
UK excluding London -19 38 £525 -3.67% 39
South East +10 16 £515 +3.00% 28
Midlands -15 13 £533 -1.39% 2
East Midlands - 8 £450 - 2
West Midlands -20 5 £575 +6.48% 1
East of England -1 4 £600 +541.71% 1
North of England -41 4 £447 -22.26% 6
South West +6 3 £475 -
North West -24 3 £447 -22.26% 6
Yorkshire -30 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 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 11 (9.32%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.69%) CICS
2 2 (1.69%) Confluence
2 2 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.69%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.54%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 50 (42.37%) Oracle Payables
2 49 (41.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 43 (36.44%) Oracle Assets
4 40 (33.90%) Oracle EBS
5 29 (24.58%) Oracle EBS R12
6 21 (17.80%) Oracle Receivables
7 18 (15.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 18 (15.25%) Oracle Financials
8 10 (8.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 8 (6.78%) Oracle Cash Management
10 7 (5.93%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (5.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (4.24%) Avolution ABACUS
12 5 (4.24%) SAP S/4HANA
13 4 (3.39%) Oracle FAH
13 4 (3.39%) SAP ERP
13 4 (3.39%) SAP FI
14 3 (2.54%) Oracle Applications
14 3 (2.54%) SAP CO
14 3 (2.54%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.86%) Azure
2 9 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (6.78%) SaaS
4 7 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.08%) AWS
5 6 (5.08%) OCI
6 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
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%) GCP
9 1 (0.85%) GitHub
9 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 9 (7.63%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (5.93%) Power BI
3 6 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (4.24%) Big Data
4 5 (4.24%) SAP BW
5 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.69%) DB2
6 2 (1.69%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.39%) JIRA
3 3 (2.54%) Hudson
3 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.69%) Selenium
4 2 (1.69%) SOAtest
General
1 107 (90.68%) Finance
2 54 (45.76%) Social Skills
3 27 (22.88%) Banking
4 20 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.17%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.47%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.78%) Billing
7 8 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (6.78%) Financial Institution
7 8 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.24%) Law
9 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 4 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.54%) Publishing
11 2 (1.69%) Back Office
11 2 (1.69%) Legal
11 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.85%) Advertising
12 1 (0.85%) International Banking
12 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (36.44%) Consultant
2 28 (23.73%) Oracle Consultant
3 17 (14.41%) Analyst
4 13 (11.02%) Developer
4 13 (11.02%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 12 (10.17%) Functional Consultant
6 11 (9.32%) Architect
6 11 (9.32%) Business Analyst
7 10 (8.47%) Oracle Developer
7 10 (8.47%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 9 (7.63%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
9 8 (6.78%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.93%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (5.93%) Lead
10 7 (5.93%) Oracle Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Senior
12 4 (3.39%) Cloud Consultant
12 4 (3.39%) Data Consultant
12 4 (3.39%) E-Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.24%) XML
3 4 (3.39%) Middleware
4 3 (2.54%) XML Messaging
5 2 (1.69%) ADO
5 2 (1.69%) J2EE
5 2 (1.69%) JSON
5 2 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.69%) Web Services
6 1 (0.85%) EDI
6 1 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.08%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.69%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.69%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (1.69%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.69%) VSAM
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
6 1 (0.85%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Unix
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (47.46%) Accounts Payable
2 34 (28.81%) Migration
3 32 (27.12%) Accounts Receivable
3 32 (27.12%) ERP
4 25 (21.19%) User Acceptance Testing
5 23 (19.49%) Data Migration
6 18 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (12.71%) Validation
9 14 (11.86%) Agile
9 14 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (11.02%) Workshop Facilitation
11 12 (10.17%) Test Scripting
12 11 (9.32%) Change Management
12 11 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (9.32%) Workflow
13 10 (8.47%) Analytics
13 10 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (7.63%) System Integration Testing
14 9 (7.63%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 38 (32.20%) SQL
2 15 (12.71%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.39%) ABAP
3 4 (3.39%) Java
4 3 (2.54%) X++
5 2 (1.69%) COBOL
5 2 (1.69%) JCL
5 2 (1.69%) REXX
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.32%) Degree
4 10 (8.47%) ACCA
4 10 (8.47%) CIMA
5 4 (3.39%) CCA
6 2 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) IFRS
1 5 (4.24%) QA
2 4 (3.39%) GAAP
2 4 (3.39%) PMO
2 4 (3.39%) SLA
3 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.69%) GDPR
4 2 (1.69%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.85%) Basel III
5 1 (0.85%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Control-M
Vendors
1 66 (55.93%) Oracle
2 14 (11.86%) SAP
3 12 (10.17%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.24%) Workday
5 4 (3.39%) Informatica
6 3 (2.54%) IFS
6 3 (2.54%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.54%) Xero
7 2 (1.69%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.69%) Databricks
7 2 (1.69%) IBM
7 2 (1.69%) Murex
7 2 (1.69%) Parasoft
7 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.85%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.85%) Adobe
8 1 (0.85%) eFront
8 1 (0.85%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.85%) Tagetik