Finance Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Finance
UK

The median Project Manager - Finance daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 531 595
Rank change year-on-year +36 +64 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Project Manager 26 47 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 64
10th Percentile £482 £413 £463
25th Percentile £503 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £734 £775 £719
90th Percentile £749 £793 £799
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £528 £600
% change year-on-year -5.45% -12.08% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.50 £28.62
Median hourly rate - £27.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year - -12.21% -
75th Percentile - £27.50 £32.89
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £27.00 £30.76
% change year-on-year - -12.21% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 26,451 39,382 53,564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.83% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,196 25,664 37,382
10th Percentile £289 £280 £313
25th Percentile £405 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,005 2,685 1,500
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.81 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £19.39
Median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.42 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.96% -5.88% +112.50%

Finance Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Project Manager in the UK

Finance Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Finance Project Manager in the UK

Finance Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Project Manager over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Project Manager in the UK

Finance Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Project Manager in the UK

Finance Project Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
England +43 25 £600 +9.09% 6
London +47 14 £650 -5.45% 2
UK excluding London +39 11 £499 -5.45% 4
Work from Home +43 7 £550 -8.29% 3
South East +50 3 £600 -1.23% 1
South West +38 2 £501 -
East of England +29 2 £569 +1.11%
Midlands +18 2 £605 - 3
North of England +11 2 £480 -4.05%
North West +9 2 £480 -4.05%
West Midlands +12 1 £725 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £485 - 1

Finance Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Finance Project 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 featuring Finance Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Migration
3 7 (26.92%) Banking
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 6 (23.08%) ERP
4 6 (23.08%) Agile
4 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) PMP
6 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
6 4 (15.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (15.38%) Oracle
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) Local Government
7 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 2 (7.69%) Legal
8 2 (7.69%) Change Management
8 2 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (7.69%) SAP
8 2 (7.69%) ITIL
8 2 (7.69%) Data Integration
8 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.69%) Business Analysis
8 2 (7.69%) Validation
8 2 (7.69%) Retail

Finance Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (15.38%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) OCI
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 26 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Banking
4 4 (15.38%) Local Government
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Retail
6 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Back Office
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Migration
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) ERP
2 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
2 6 (23.08%) Project Management
2 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.69%) Budget Management
5 2 (7.69%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Change Management
5 2 (7.69%) Data Integration
5 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.69%) ITIL
5 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.69%) System Testing
5 2 (7.69%) Validation
6 1 (3.85%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) PMP
2 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Anaplan
3 1 (3.85%) Tagetik