Finance Manager Jobs

Finance Manager
UK

The median Finance Manager salary in the UK is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 743 845
Rank change year-on-year +107 +102 +135
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Manager 73 169 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 62 156 96
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £77,500 £63,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £105,000 £86,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +21.74% -28.13%
75th Percentile £122,500 £142,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £159,250 £146,250 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £56,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -13.85% +10.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +51 60 £80,000 -23.81% 164
Work from Home +83 37 £115,000 +2.22% 124
London +19 37 £115,000 +2.22% 51
UK excluding London +190 31 £62,500 +11.61% 142
North of England +55 10 £62,500 +21.37% 23
North West +14 7 £62,500 -26.47% 12
Scotland - 6 £31,000 - 3
South East +85 4 £50,000 -35.48% 58
Midlands +83 4 £52,500 -4.55% 24
West Midlands +61 4 £52,500 -16.67% 11
Yorkshire +58 3 £58,200 +20.62% 8
East of England +38 3 £75,000 +33.93% 12
South West +105 2 £80,000 -8.57% 18
Channel Islands - 2 £87,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Finance
2 30 (41.10%) Agile
3 24 (32.88%) Social Skills
4 23 (31.51%) Fixed Income
4 23 (31.51%) Derivative
4 23 (31.51%) Front Office
4 23 (31.51%) Investment Management
4 23 (31.51%) Hedge funds
5 21 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (26.03%) Roadmaps
6 19 (26.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (26.03%) Data Management
7 18 (24.66%) Migration
7 18 (24.66%) Regulatory Compliance
7 18 (24.66%) Data Governance
8 17 (23.29%) Data Lake
8 17 (23.29%) Equities
9 16 (21.92%) Microsoft
9 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (20.55%) Process Improvement
10 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Excel
11 13 (17.81%) ACCA
11 13 (17.81%) Decision-Making
12 12 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (15.07%) Analytics
14 10 (13.70%) Accounts Receivable
15 9 (12.33%) Accounts Payable
15 9 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Aladdin
2 2 (2.74%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.74%) Sage 200
3 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.48%) Azure
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (4.11%) AWS
2 3 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.29%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.11%) Amazon QuickSight
2 3 (4.11%) Tableau
3 2 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.74%) Power BI
3 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.37%) SAP HANA
General
1 73 (100.00%) Finance
2 24 (32.88%) Social Skills
3 23 (31.51%) Front Office
4 21 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Legal
6 1 (1.37%) Automotive
6 1 (1.37%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.37%) Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.51%) Derivative
1 23 (31.51%) Fixed Income
1 23 (31.51%) Hedge funds
2 19 (26.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (23.29%) Equities
4 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) Agile
2 23 (31.51%) Investment Management
3 21 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (26.03%) Data Management
4 19 (26.03%) Roadmaps
5 18 (24.66%) Data Governance
5 18 (24.66%) Migration
5 18 (24.66%) Regulatory Compliance
6 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (20.55%) Process Improvement
8 13 (17.81%) Decision-Making
9 12 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (15.07%) Analytics
10 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (13.70%) Accounts Receivable
12 9 (12.33%) Accounts Payable
12 9 (12.33%) CRM
12 9 (12.33%) ERP
12 9 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 6 (8.22%) Python
3 2 (2.74%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) ACCA
2 9 (12.33%) CIMA
3 4 (5.48%) AAT
3 4 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.74%) CFA
4 2 (2.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.74%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 16 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) BISAM
2 6 (8.22%) Sage
2 6 (8.22%) SAP
3 4 (5.48%) Xero
4 3 (4.11%) Oracle
5 2 (2.74%) Aderant
6 1 (1.37%) CODA
6 1 (1.37%) Concur
6 1 (1.37%) FIS
6 1 (1.37%) Workday