Finance Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Finance Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 105 111
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 8 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.35% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.25% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £555 £578 -
25th Percentile £575 £600 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £775 £675
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +14.81% -6.90%
75th Percentile £750 £963 £688
90th Percentile £875 - -
England median daily rate £600 £725 £688
% change year-on-year -17.24% +5.45% +5.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,007 1,569 1,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.65% 93.84% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 1,008 1,157
10th Percentile £258 £204 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £682 £708 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 60 59
10th Percentile £13.01 £13.95 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.19 £17.00 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.00 £32.26 £36.00
90th Percentile £44.28 £50.25 £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 West 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 West Midlands.

Finance Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Manager in the West Midlands

Finance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Finance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
Birmingham -3 4 £600 +4.35% 1
Warwickshire -2 3 £850 -8.11% 2
Staffordshire - 1 - - 2
Finance Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 West Midlands region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (25.00%) Workday
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Cash Management
3 1 (12.50%) CCAB
3 1 (12.50%) CIPFA
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Culture Change
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (12.50%) OCI
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (12.50%) Order to Cash
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management

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

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Cash Management
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Culture Change
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (12.50%) Order to Cash
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCAB
1 1 (12.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Workday
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft