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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 588 659
Rank change year-on-year +107 +71 -94
Contract jobs citing General Ledger 95 96 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.29% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 52 148
10th Percentile £402 £420 £360
25th Percentile £519 £467 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +9.95%
75th Percentile £645 £619 £625
90th Percentile £700 £873 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +8.02%

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 24,698 33,384 49,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.04% 58.60% 56.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,587 23,140 34,251
10th Percentile £275 £313 £321
25th Percentile £413 £441 £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 £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,923 1,018 1,412
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.44 £17.73 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -
75th Percentile £52.64 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.74 £72.64 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.45%

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 16 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 16 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 +116 79 £600 +20.00% 51
London +110 59 £600 +23.08% 13
Work from Home +138 49 £600 +9.34% 17
UK excluding London +39 16 £525 - 36
North of England +19 6 £588 +4.44% 12
South East +12 4 £385 -7.23% 7
South West +12 3 - - 2
East of England +9 3 £525 +13.21% 7
Yorkshire +4 3 £588 +4.44% 3
North West - 2 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £775 - 2
Midlands - 1 £775 - 6
North East - 1 - - 3

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 (2.11%) SAS
1 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (28.42%) Dynamics AX
2 24 (25.26%) Oracle General Ledger
2 24 (25.26%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (21.05%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (16.84%) Oracle AGIS
5 15 (15.79%) Oracle EBS
6 13 (13.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (8.42%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (5.26%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (5.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (4.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (4.21%) SAP CO
10 3 (3.16%) SAP FI
10 3 (3.16%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Internet Expenses
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 36 (37.89%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (30.53%) Power Platform
3 28 (29.47%) Azure
4 27 (28.42%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (28.42%) Power Automate
4 27 (28.42%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.26%) OCI
6 2 (2.11%) SaaS
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (31.58%) Data Lake
2 28 (29.47%) Power BI
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.05%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.05%) Metadata
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) JIRA
General
1 93 (97.89%) Finance
2 59 (62.11%) Social Skills
3 47 (49.47%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (28.42%) Retail
5 17 (17.89%) Public Sector
6 14 (14.74%) Banking
7 5 (5.26%) Billing
7 5 (5.26%) Legal
8 4 (4.21%) Back Office
9 3 (3.16%) Local Government
9 3 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (2.11%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.05%) German Language
11 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.05%) Law
11 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (38.95%) Consultant
2 19 (20.00%) Architect
2 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 18 (18.95%) Analyst
4 16 (16.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 14 (14.74%) Oracle Architect
5 14 (14.74%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (11.58%) Financial Analyst
6 11 (11.58%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 9 (9.47%) Functional Consultant
7 9 (9.47%) Lead
8 7 (7.37%) Banking Analyst
9 5 (5.26%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) E-Business Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (3.16%) Operations Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Oracle Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Oracle Consultant
10 3 (3.16%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (29.47%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.11%) Derivative
5 2 (2.11%) Equities
5 2 (2.11%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.05%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (65.26%) Accounts Payable
2 50 (52.63%) Accounts Receivable
3 33 (34.74%) Requirements Gathering
4 31 (32.63%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (30.53%) Requirements Workshops
6 27 (28.42%) DevOps
7 16 (16.84%) Test Scripting
8 15 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
9 13 (13.68%) Cash Management
9 13 (13.68%) Migration
10 10 (10.53%) ERP
11 8 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (8.42%) Project Management
12 7 (7.37%) Budgeting
12 7 (7.37%) Data Migration
13 6 (6.32%) Data Modelling
14 5 (5.26%) Analytics
14 5 (5.26%) Record to Report
14 5 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 4 (4.21%) Data Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.05%) X++
Qualifications
1 28 (29.47%) Degree
2 3 (3.16%) ACCA
2 3 (3.16%) CIMA
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.16%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.11%) CCA
3 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) ICAEW
4 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (22.11%) GAAP
2 3 (3.16%) IFRS
3 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.05%) CRD IV
3 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.05%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (1.05%) GDPR
3 1 (1.05%) IFRS 17
3 1 (1.05%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.05%) PMO
3 1 (1.05%) QA
3 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.05%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (34.74%) Oracle
3 12 (12.63%) SAP
4 4 (4.21%) Ariba
5 3 (3.16%) Workday
6 2 (2.11%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.05%) Concur
7 1 (1.05%) Databricks
7 1 (1.05%) HP
7 1 (1.05%) iManage
7 1 (1.05%) Informatica
7 1 (1.05%) Intapp