Finance Manager Job Trends in Kent

Finance Manager
South East > Kent

The median Finance Manager salary in Kent is £101,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Manager 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £62,250 - -
25th Percentile £76,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £101,250 - -
75th Percentile £125,000 - -
90th Percentile £136,250 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year -12.00% -12.28% +9.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,161 433 1,193
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 75.70% 92.27%
Number of salaries quoted 652 241 934
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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 Kent.

Finance Manager job vacancy trend in Kent

Finance Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Finance Manager job vacancies in Kent

Finance Manager
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance Manager in Kent

Finance Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Tunbridge Wells - 3 £112,500 - 1
Tonbridge - 1 £55,000 -
Finance Manager
South East

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 21 March 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 Kent region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Line Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Development
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Databricks
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (40.00%) ACCA
3 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) CIMA
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Line Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Development
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ACCA
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) CIMA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft