Finance Manager Jobs in London

Finance Manager
England > London

The median Finance Manager salary in London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 368 534
Rank change year-on-year +8 +166 +157
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Manager 36 133 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.55% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.59% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33 129 72
10th Percentile £45,000 £74,750 £62,000
25th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £112,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +7.14% -16.00%
75th Percentile £128,750 £142,500 £150,000
90th Percentile £160,000 £151,750 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £105,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year -23.81% +18.31% -26.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,537 22,689 30,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 16,827 22,863
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in London

Finance Manager
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance Manager in London.

Salary trend for Finance Manager in London

Finance Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance Manager in London

Finance Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +17 1 £82,500 -8.33% 5
Finance Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Finance Manager 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 permanent job ads across the London region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Finance
2 26 (72.22%) Agile
3 22 (61.11%) Front Office
3 22 (61.11%) Fixed Income
3 22 (61.11%) Derivative
3 22 (61.11%) Investment Management
3 22 (61.11%) Hedge funds
4 17 (47.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 17 (47.22%) Roadmaps
5 16 (44.44%) Data Lake
5 16 (44.44%) Data Governance
5 16 (44.44%) Equities
5 16 (44.44%) Migration
5 16 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (38.89%) Data Management
7 12 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
9 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (19.44%) ERP
12 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (16.67%) SQL
12 6 (16.67%) Python
12 6 (16.67%) CRM
12 6 (16.67%) Asset Management
12 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
12 6 (16.67%) BISAM
12 6 (16.67%) Analytics
12 6 (16.67%) Portfolio Management

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.78%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (44.44%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
General
1 36 (100.00%) Finance
2 22 (61.11%) Front Office
3 12 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 22 (61.11%) Derivative
1 22 (61.11%) Fixed Income
1 22 (61.11%) Hedge funds
2 16 (44.44%) Equities
2 16 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) Agile
2 22 (61.11%) Investment Management
3 17 (47.22%) Regulatory Compliance
3 17 (47.22%) Roadmaps
4 16 (44.44%) Data Governance
4 16 (44.44%) Migration
5 14 (38.89%) Data Management
6 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (19.44%) ERP
9 6 (16.67%) Analytics
9 6 (16.67%) Asset Management
9 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
9 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (16.67%) CRM
9 6 (16.67%) Performance Attribution
9 6 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
9 6 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
10 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) ACCA
2 1 (2.78%) CIMA
2 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) BISAM
3 3 (8.33%) Oracle
3 3 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) FIS
4 1 (2.78%) Workday