Finance Manager Contracts in the South East

Finance Manager
England > South East

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the South East is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 181 197
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 6 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £645 £419 £513
25th Percentile £713 £421 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +88.89% -25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £875 £600 £738
90th Percentile - £675 £790
England median daily rate £650 £725 £650
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,169 4,590 5,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.06% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,055 2,807 3,686
10th Percentile £213 £255 £225
25th Percentile £376 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 381 242
10th Percentile £13.93 £15.96 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +138.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.33 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in the South East

Finance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Finance Manager in the South East

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Manager in the South East

Finance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Manager in the South East

Finance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Thames Valley +11 4 £850 +88.89% 5
Berkshire +14 3 £850 +88.89% 1
Hampshire +22 1 - - 5
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 4
Finance Manager
England

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 South East region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Order to Cash
3 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Life Science
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) PMP

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) OCI
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Life Science
1 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Order to Cash
2 2 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ACCA
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Workday