Finance Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Finance Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Finance Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 112 101
Rank change year-on-year +22 -11 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 5 10 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.43% 0.50% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.54% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £610 £463 £473
25th Percentile £625 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £838 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +39.58% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £950 £610
90th Percentile £690 - -
South East median daily rate £650 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,863 1,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.04% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 994 1,094
10th Percentile £308 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £385 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.03%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 115 55
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.70 £17.90
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.38 £23.75
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.00 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +3.72% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.44 £73.80
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.46 £79.83
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in Berkshire

Finance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Manager in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Finance Manager in Berkshire

Finance Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Reading +35 3 - - 1
Bracknell +16 1 £600 -33.33%
Slough -6 1 £700 +40.00% 1
Finance Manager
South East

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Berkshire region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) ACCA
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) IFRS
3 2 (40.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
4 1 (20.00%) CIMA
4 1 (20.00%) CCAB
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) People Management
4 1 (20.00%) Order to Cash

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) CCAB
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP