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 £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 119 142
Rank change year-on-year +5 +23 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 2 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £450 £477
25th Percentile £606 £469 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £500 £638
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -21.57% +15.91%
75th Percentile £619 - £678
90th Percentile - - £729
Central London median daily rate £575 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,593 1,973 2,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.64% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,217 1,871
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 14
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £18.06
Median hourly rate £26.57 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +55.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £64.48 £137.50 £63.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -11.11%

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
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 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 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 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) NetSuite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle