Finance Manager Job Trends in England

Finance Manager
UK > England

The median Finance Manager salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 561 626
Rank change year-on-year +168 +65 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Manager 410 92 142
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 371 81 112
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £76,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,750 £84,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £96,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -22.08% -8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £119,688
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £142,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £96,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% -22.08% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 88,309 39,710 68,574
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.65% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 62,028 24,061 47,017
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,700 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Finance Manager job vacancy trend in England

Finance Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in England

Finance Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance Manager in England

Finance Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +57 148 £85,000 +25.93% 48
North of England +60 113 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Midlands +20 70 £55,000 -33.33% 8
North West +52 65 £60,000 +10.09% 10
West Midlands +6 49 £55,000 -33.33% 7
Yorkshire +6 48 £65,000 +11.68% 21
South East -16 40 £90,000 +12.50% 15
East Midlands -2 21 £60,000 -1.64% 1
East of England -12 20 £65,000 -13.33% 6
South West -56 19 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Finance Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, Finance Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 79 (19.27%) ACCA
2 75 (18.29%) CIMA
3 65 (15.85%) AI
4 61 (14.88%) Roadmaps
5 58 (14.15%) Process Improvement
6 55 (13.41%) ERP
7 52 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (11.95%) SQL
9 48 (11.71%) Databricks
9 48 (11.71%) Machine Learning
9 48 (11.71%) Snowflake
10 46 (11.22%) Agile
11 45 (10.98%) Microsoft
11 45 (10.98%) Migration
12 44 (10.73%) Business Development
13 40 (9.76%) Line Management
14 39 (9.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 37 (9.02%) Accounts Receivable
16 35 (8.54%) Accounts Payable
16 35 (8.54%) Azure
16 35 (8.54%) Budgeting
17 34 (8.29%) Data Governance
18 33 (8.05%) Azure AI
18 33 (8.05%) Azure Machine Learning
18 33 (8.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 33 (8.05%) Data Architecture
18 33 (8.05%) Data Development
18 33 (8.05%) Data Engineering
18 33 (8.05%) Regulatory Compliance
18 33 (8.05%) SQL Server

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.44%) Elite 3E
2 9 (2.20%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.95%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
4 7 (1.71%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.71%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.73%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.73%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.71%) Snowflake
2 35 (8.54%) Azure
3 33 (8.05%) Azure AI
3 33 (8.05%) Azure Machine Learning
3 33 (8.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 20 (4.88%) SaaS
5 17 (4.15%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.66%) Amazon Bedrock
6 15 (3.66%) Anthropic Claude
6 15 (3.66%) AWS
7 7 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.05%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.15%) Power BI
3 5 (1.22%) Power Query
4 1 (0.24%) Looker
4 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 15 (3.66%) Claude Code
General
1 410 (100.00%) Finance
2 42 (10.24%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.10%) Law
5 23 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.88%) Billing
7 19 (4.63%) Retail
8 18 (4.39%) Banking
8 18 (4.39%) General Ledger
9 16 (3.90%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.20%) Marketing
11 6 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.73%) Legal
12 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.24%) Back Office
14 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.66%) LangChain
1 15 (3.66%) LangGraph
2 5 (1.22%) ODBC
3 1 (0.24%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.66%) AI Agents
1 15 (3.66%) Hedge funds
2 8 (1.95%) Onboarding
3 7 (1.71%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (0.98%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.49%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.24%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.24%) FMCG
7 1 (0.24%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (15.85%) AI
2 61 (14.88%) Roadmaps
3 58 (14.15%) Process Improvement
4 55 (13.41%) ERP
5 52 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (11.71%) Machine Learning
7 46 (11.22%) Agile
8 45 (10.98%) Migration
9 44 (10.73%) Business Development
10 40 (9.76%) Line Management
11 39 (9.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 37 (9.02%) Accounts Receivable
13 35 (8.54%) Accounts Payable
13 35 (8.54%) Budgeting
14 34 (8.29%) Data Governance
15 33 (8.05%) Data Architecture
15 33 (8.05%) Data Development
15 33 (8.05%) Data Engineering
15 33 (8.05%) Regulatory Compliance
16 31 (7.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.95%) SQL
2 1 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 79 (19.27%) ACCA
2 75 (18.29%) CIMA
3 8 (1.95%) Degree
4 3 (0.73%) AAT
4 3 (0.73%) CCA
5 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.49%) PMP
6 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.95%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.71%) IFRS
3 6 (1.46%) PMO
4 5 (1.22%) GAAP
5 4 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.49%) SLA
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
System Software
1 33 (8.05%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 48 (11.71%) Databricks
2 45 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 32 (7.80%) SAP
4 22 (5.37%) Aderant
4 22 (5.37%) Oracle
5 12 (2.93%) Concur
6 10 (2.44%) Yardi
7 5 (1.22%) Sage
7 5 (1.22%) Workday
8 3 (0.73%) Xero
9 2 (0.49%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (0.49%) Cognizant
9 2 (0.49%) IFS
9 2 (0.49%) UiPath
10 1 (0.24%) Cognos
10 1 (0.24%) Facebook
10 1 (0.24%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.24%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.24%) Salesforce