General Ledger Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

General Ledger
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term General Ledger in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited General Ledger over the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 105 111
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +75
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 5 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.27% 0.32% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.43% 0.56% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - £483 £508
25th Percentile £515 £521 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £548 £663
90th Percentile £795 £644 £720
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +18.92%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,157 1,073 1,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.98% 57.29% 52.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 666 728
10th Percentile £220 £201 £246
25th Percentile £388 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £636
90th Percentile £650 £731 £738
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.28% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 52 45
10th Percentile £14.15 £13.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.44 £17.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.82 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.75% +16.20% +25.31%
75th Percentile £40.25 £32.26 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.88 £60.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% +27.12% +18.00%

General Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing General Ledger as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for General Ledger in the West Midlands

General Ledger
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing General Ledger.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing General Ledger in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for General Ledger in the West Midlands

General Ledger
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing General Ledger.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing General Ledger

General Ledger
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Shropshire -24 2 £515 -4.63%
Warwickshire - 2 £750 -
Birmingham -1 1 £575 -6.12% 2
General Ledger
England

General Ledger
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle General Ledger
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) SAP BW Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Finance Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (40.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Revenue Management
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) ABAP
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCA
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP