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 have cited General Ledger over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 610 669
Rank change year-on-year +115 +59 -85
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 96 95 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.28% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 52 134
10th Percentile £413 £420 £413
25th Percentile £525 £467 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £500 £574
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -12.85% +14.75%
75th Percentile £645 £619 £638
90th Percentile £705 £873 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% +13.17%

All General Skills
UK

General Ledger is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,981 33,919 49,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.02% 58.48% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,767 23,530 34,017
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £770 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,040 1,403
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £65.35 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £28.16 £18.70
% change year-on-year +0.92% +50.59% -4.10%

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 9 May 2024.

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
Top 13 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 9 May 2024. 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 +118 80 £600 +20.00% 55
London +95 58 £613 +25.64% 16
Work from Home +143 50 £588 +11.90% 22
UK excluding London +37 17 £563 +7.14% 35
North of England +22 6 £588 +4.44% 13
South East +25 5 £493 +18.67% 5
South West +17 3 - - 2
Yorkshire +9 3 £588 +4.44% 3
East of England +6 3 £525 +13.21% 7
North West - 2 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 2
Midlands - 1 £775 - 6
North East - 1 - - 4

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 2 (2.08%) SAS
1 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (28.13%) Dynamics AX
2 26 (27.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 26 (27.08%) Oracle Payables
3 22 (22.92%) Oracle Assets
4 18 (18.75%) Oracle AGIS
5 15 (15.63%) Oracle EBS
5 15 (15.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (7.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 7 (7.29%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (7.29%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (6.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (4.17%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (4.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (4.17%) SAP CO
9 2 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (2.08%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 2 (2.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (2.08%) SAP FI
9 2 (2.08%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 36 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (30.21%) Power Platform
3 28 (29.17%) Azure
4 27 (28.13%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (28.13%) Power Automate
4 27 (28.13%) PowerApps
5 7 (7.29%) OCI
6 2 (2.08%) SaaS
7 1 (1.04%) AWS
7 1 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.04%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (31.25%) Data Lake
2 28 (29.17%) Power BI
3 4 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.04%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.04%) Metadata
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 94 (97.92%) Finance
2 59 (61.46%) Social Skills
3 46 (47.92%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (28.13%) Retail
5 17 (17.71%) Public Sector
6 14 (14.58%) Banking
7 6 (6.25%) Legal
8 5 (5.21%) Billing
9 4 (4.17%) Back Office
9 4 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (3.13%) Local Government
11 2 (2.08%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.04%) German Language
12 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.04%) Law
12 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.04%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 36 (37.50%) Consultant
2 20 (20.83%) Architect
3 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Consultant
4 16 (16.67%) Analyst
4 16 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 14 (14.58%) Oracle Architect
5 14 (14.58%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (11.46%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 10 (10.42%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (10.42%) Lead
8 9 (9.38%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (7.29%) Banking Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
11 3 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
11 3 (3.13%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) E-Business Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) Operations Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) Oracle Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (29.17%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.08%) Derivative
5 2 (2.08%) Equities
5 2 (2.08%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.04%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (66.67%) Accounts Payable
2 51 (53.13%) Accounts Receivable
3 33 (34.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 31 (32.29%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (30.21%) Requirements Workshops
6 27 (28.13%) DevOps
7 16 (16.67%) Test Scripting
8 15 (15.63%) End-to-End Testing
9 14 (14.58%) Cash Management
10 13 (13.54%) Migration
11 9 (9.38%) ERP
12 8 (8.33%) Project Management
13 7 (7.29%) Budgeting
13 7 (7.29%) Data Migration
13 7 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (5.21%) Analytics
14 5 (5.21%) Data Modelling
14 5 (5.21%) Record to Report
14 5 (5.21%) Test Strategy
14 5 (5.21%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.29%) SQL
2 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.04%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (31.25%) Degree
2 3 (3.13%) ACCA
2 3 (3.13%) CCA
2 3 (3.13%) CIMA
2 3 (3.13%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.13%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.92%) GAAP
2 3 (3.13%) SLA
3 2 (2.08%) IFRS
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) PMO
4 1 (1.04%) QA
4 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 35 (36.46%) Oracle
3 13 (13.54%) SAP
4 4 (4.17%) Ariba
5 3 (3.13%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (3.13%) Workday
6 2 (2.08%) Concur
7 1 (1.04%) Databricks
7 1 (1.04%) HP
7 1 (1.04%) iManage
7 1 (1.04%) Informatica
7 1 (1.04%) Intapp
7 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow