Finance Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Project Manager - Finance
England > North of England

The median Project Manager - Finance daily rate in the North of England is £304, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 162 173
Rank change year-on-year -59 +11 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Project Manager 14 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.23% 0.062% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.067% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £460 -
25th Percentile - £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.63% -4.05% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £490 £550
90th Percentile - £494 -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 5,533 2,993 4,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 93.36% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,438 2,003 2,795
10th Percentile £275 £230 £256
25th Percentile £386 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £480
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -2.60% -4.00%
75th Percentile £565 £563 £576
90th Percentile £650 £649 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 158 387
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.68 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £16.50 £12.53
Median hourly rate £45.46 £24.54 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.23% +22.71% -34.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £45.87
90th Percentile £77.73 £79.30 £58.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.53
% change year-on-year +38.46% -5.88% -21.17%

Finance Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Finance Project Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Finance Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Project Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Finance Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
North West -23 14 £304 -36.63% 1
Finance Project Manager
England

Finance Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, Finance Project 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 North of England region featuring Finance Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Change Management
1 14 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (92.86%) Business Transformation
2 13 (92.86%) Data Migration
2 13 (92.86%) ERP
2 13 (92.86%) Migration
2 13 (92.86%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (92.86%) Project Management
2 13 (92.86%) SAP
2 13 (92.86%) SAP Implementation
2 13 (92.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (92.86%) Use Case
2 13 (92.86%) Validation
2 13 (92.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (7.14%) Agile
3 1 (7.14%) Basel III
3 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Confluence
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Fintech
3 1 (7.14%) JIRA
3 1 (7.14%) Kanban
3 1 (7.14%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) MBA
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification

Finance Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (92.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 13 (92.86%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) PMI
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Change Management
1 14 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (92.86%) Business Transformation
2 13 (92.86%) Data Migration
2 13 (92.86%) ERP
2 13 (92.86%) Migration
2 13 (92.86%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (92.86%) Project Management
2 13 (92.86%) SAP Implementation
2 13 (92.86%) Use Case
2 13 (92.86%) Validation
2 13 (92.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (7.14%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Fintech
3 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
1 1 (7.14%) MBA
1 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.14%) PMP
1 1 (7.14%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Basel III
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) SAP