Finance Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Finance Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the City of London is £869, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 121 118
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 17 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.74% 0.11% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.12% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £709 £233 £535
25th Percentile £780 £281 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £869 £375 £675
Median % change year-on-year +131.67% -44.44% -8.47%
75th Percentile £956 £481 £788
90th Percentile £1,013 £538 £810
Central London median daily rate £869 £575 £675
% change year-on-year +51.09% -14.81% -8.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,179 1,635 2,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 93.06% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,456 1,029 1,469
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 15
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £48.75 £27.25
90th Percentile £62.36 £92.75 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +16.28% -28.57%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Finance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Finance Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Manager in the City of London

Finance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Finance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) PMP
1 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
2 4 (23.53%) Business Development
2 4 (23.53%) Change Control
2 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) IFRS
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
4 2 (11.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (11.76%) GAAP
4 2 (11.76%) IFRS 9
4 2 (11.76%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.88%) ACCA
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) Anaplan
5 1 (5.88%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (5.88%) FinOps
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (5.88%) PMO
5 1 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.88%) Project Management
5 1 (5.88%) SaaS
5 1 (5.88%) Workday

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) General Ledger
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
2 4 (23.53%) Business Development
2 4 (23.53%) Change Control
2 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
3 2 (11.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.88%) AI
4 1 (5.88%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (5.88%) FinOps
4 1 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) PMP
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.88%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) IFRS
2 2 (11.76%) GAAP
2 2 (11.76%) IFRS 9
3 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Anaplan
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Workday