General Ledger Contracts

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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 476 584
Rank change year-on-year +98 +108 +58
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 143 96 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.77% 0.39% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 46 57
10th Percentile £404 £413 £414
25th Percentile £414 £526 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £630 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +26.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £652 £645 £600
90th Percentile £769 £713 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -18.75% +17.07% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.45 - -
Median hourly rate £22.04 - -
75th Percentile £23.63 - -
90th Percentile £55.95 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 - -

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,479 24,712 32,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.36% 57.60% 58.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 15,544 22,797
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £756 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 1,977 985
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.45 £72.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.34 £28.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -13.84% +2.73% +41.03%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing General Ledger.

Daily rate trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing General Ledger.

Hourly rate trend for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing General Ledger over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for General Ledger in the UK

General Ledger
Top 14 Contract 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 31 May 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 +59 88 £475 -20.83% 63
Work from Home +79 86 £500 -14.89% 40
UK excluding London +106 68 £488 -18.75% 31
London +53 63 £463 -22.92% 41
Scotland - 41 £210 - 2
South East +47 6 - - 5
North of England +18 6 £447 -40.40% 2
South West +46 4 £625 - 4
East of England +25 4 £600 +14.29% 4
Midlands +16 4 £500 -35.48% 6
North West +12 4 £447 - 1
East Midlands +12 4 £500 -35.48% 2
Wales - 3 - - 2
Yorkshire +13 2 £650 -13.33% 1

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.80%) CMS
1 4 (2.80%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (2.80%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.40%) CICS
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.40%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.20%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 31 (21.68%) Oracle Payables
2 28 (19.58%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (19.58%) Oracle General Ledger
3 22 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (10.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 15 (10.49%) SAP CO
4 15 (10.49%) SAP FI
4 15 (10.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 14 (9.79%) SAP S/4HANA
6 13 (9.09%) Oracle EBS R12
7 12 (8.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (5.59%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (4.20%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (2.80%) Avolution ABACUS
10 4 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (2.80%) Sage X3
11 3 (2.10%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (2.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 2 (1.40%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.99%) OCI
2 9 (6.29%) Azure
3 7 (4.90%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.50%) AWS
6 4 (2.80%) SaaS
7 3 (2.10%) IaaS
7 3 (2.10%) PaaS
8 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.70%) GCP
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.70%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (30.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.99%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (6.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.80%) Big Data
4 4 (2.80%) Power BI
5 3 (2.10%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.40%) DB2
6 2 (1.40%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.40%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.40%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.40%) Tableau
7 1 (0.70%) OLTP
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.70%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.40%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (1.40%) Selenium
2 2 (1.40%) SOAtest
3 1 (0.70%) Hudson
3 1 (0.70%) LSMW
3 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 134 (93.71%) Finance
2 80 (55.94%) Social Skills
3 34 (23.78%) Banking
4 15 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.99%) Retail
6 7 (4.90%) Financial Institution
6 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.80%) Local Government
9 3 (2.10%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.40%) Back Office
10 2 (1.40%) Billing
10 2 (1.40%) Legal
10 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.70%) International Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (34.27%) Analyst
1 49 (34.27%) Senior
2 45 (31.47%) Financial Analyst
3 44 (30.77%) Senior Analyst
3 44 (30.77%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 35 (24.48%) Consultant
5 14 (9.79%) SAP Consultant
6 13 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
7 11 (7.69%) Architect
8 10 (6.99%) SAP CO Consultant
8 10 (6.99%) SAP FI Consultant
8 10 (6.99%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 8 (5.59%) Developer
9 8 (5.59%) Functional Consultant
9 8 (5.59%) Oracle Developer
10 7 (4.90%) Lead
11 6 (4.20%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 6 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 5 (3.50%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (6.99%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (6.29%) XML
4 4 (2.80%) Middleware
4 4 (2.80%) XSLT
5 2 (1.40%) J2EE
5 2 (1.40%) JSON
5 2 (1.40%) Web Services
5 2 (1.40%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.70%) EDI
6 1 (0.70%) Flash
6 1 (0.70%) REST
6 1 (0.70%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (30.77%) Social Media
2 6 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.50%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.80%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.40%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (1.40%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.40%) VSAM
7 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.70%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.70%) Life Science
7 1 (0.70%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Linux
1 6 (4.20%) Unix
1 6 (4.20%) Windows
2 4 (2.80%) AIX
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (68.53%) Accounts Payable
2 57 (39.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (33.57%) Procure-to-Pay
4 45 (31.47%) Root Cause Analysis
5 28 (19.58%) Accounts Receivable
6 25 (17.48%) Migration
7 16 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.19%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (10.49%) Agile
9 14 (9.79%) Analytics
9 14 (9.79%) Cash Management
10 11 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (7.69%) Data Migration
11 10 (6.99%) ERP
11 10 (6.99%) Test Scripting
11 10 (6.99%) Validation
12 9 (6.29%) ETL
12 9 (6.29%) Scenario Testing
13 8 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (5.59%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.98%) SQL
2 13 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.80%) Java
4 2 (1.40%) COBOL
4 2 (1.40%) JCL
4 2 (1.40%) REXX
5 1 (0.70%) ABAP
5 1 (0.70%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 49 (34.27%) ACCA
2 47 (32.87%) CIMA
3 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.59%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.99%) Degree
6 1 (0.70%) AAT
6 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.70%) MBA
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) IFRS
2 6 (4.20%) GAAP
3 5 (3.50%) QA
4 3 (2.10%) IFRS 17
4 3 (2.10%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.70%) Basel III
6 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.40%) Control-M
Vendors
1 66 (46.15%) SAP
2 48 (33.57%) Oracle
3 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.80%) Informatica
4 4 (2.80%) Sage
5 2 (1.40%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.40%) IBM
5 2 (1.40%) Parasoft
5 2 (1.40%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.40%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.40%) Workday
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe
6 1 (0.70%) Ariba
6 1 (0.70%) Cognos
6 1 (0.70%) Concur
6 1 (0.70%) Google
6 1 (0.70%) IFS
6 1 (0.70%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.70%) Zuora