Finance Manager Contracts in Bedfordshire

Finance Manager
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Finance Manager daily rate in Bedfordshire is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
East of England median daily rate £713 £550 £750
% change year-on-year +29.55% -26.67% +50.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 200 189 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 94.03% 97.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 94 80
10th Percentile £185 £261 £180
25th Percentile £425 £366 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £571 £550
90th Percentile £650 £625 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £478
% change year-on-year +13.12% -7.43% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 32 3
10th Percentile £36.54 £42.13 £27.00
25th Percentile £61.81 £55.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £84.75 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.99% +15.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £91.60 £67.50 £61.40
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -7.78% +47.66% +53.84%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Finance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in Bedfordshire

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Finance Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 2 £750 -
Finance Manager
East of England

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Finance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
3 1 (33.33%) CIMA
3 1 (33.33%) Ariba
3 1 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ACCA
1 1 (33.33%) CIMA
1 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle