Finance Systems Manager Job Trends in Manchester

Finance System Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Finance System Manager salary in Manchester is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 185 168
Rank change year-on-year +35 -17 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Systems Manager 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.085% 0.025% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.026% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £100,250 - -
25th Percentile £100,625 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +70.83% - -
75th Percentile £105,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £106,750 - -
North West median annual salary £102,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.13% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,137 3,849 2,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.50% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 2,194 2,135
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £34,572
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,850 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Finance Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Systems Manager in Manchester

Finance Systems Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Finance Systems Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Finance Systems Manager job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Finance Systems 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 Manchester region featuring Finance Systems Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Concur
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) SLA

Finance Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Concur
1 1 (50.00%) SAP