Finance Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Finance Manager
England > Midlands

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 126 128
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 9 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £459 £578 £339
25th Percentile £563 £600 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £775 £648
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +19.60% -10.62%
75th Percentile £688 £963 £668
90th Percentile £875 - £680
England median daily rate £600 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -17.24% +3.57% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,813 2,158 2,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.10% 93.26% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,770 1,372 1,682
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £368 £359 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.05% -2.58%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 84 106
10th Percentile £13.71 £14.12 £14.40
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.03
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +18.55% +13.90%
75th Percentile £26.68 £30.83 £34.19
90th Percentile £35.90 £48.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 Midlands.

Finance Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Manager in the Midlands

Finance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Finance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
West Midlands -24 8 £600 -22.58% 6
East Midlands - 1 £304 - 2
Finance Manager
England

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 December 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 Midlands region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) ERP
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (22.22%) PMO
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (22.22%) Workday
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Basel III
3 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
3 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
3 1 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Cash Management
3 1 (11.11%) CCAB
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) CIPFA
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (11.11%) Confluence
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Fintech
3 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) OCI
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Local Government
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (11.11%) General Ledger
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
3 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
3 1 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (11.11%) Order to Cash
3 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCAB
1 1 (11.11%) CIPFA
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MBA
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) Basel III
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Workday
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft