Finance Manager
UK

The median Finance Manager salary in the UK is £105,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 862 958
Rank change year-on-year +120 +96 -192
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Manager 169 137 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 154 114 242
10th Percentile £53,250 £60,184 £57,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £87,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -30.00% +72.41%
75th Percentile £142,500 £122,500 £139,063
90th Percentile £146,250 £150,000 £171,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.85% +13.04% +9.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Top 13 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 4 May 2024. 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 +124 168 £105,000 +18.31% 41
London +152 130 £112,500 +20.97% 17
Work from Home +105 71 £117,500 +67.86% 18
UK excluding London -9 38 £56,000 -13.85% 24
East of England +31 12 £56,000 - 4
North of England +37 11 £51,498 -25.09% 7
Yorkshire +95 9 £48,249 -35.67% 3
Midlands +10 7 £55,000 -15.38% 1
South East +12 6 £77,500 +19.23% 8
East Midlands -8 6 £55,000 -15.38% 1
North West +8 2 £85,000 +25.93% 4
South West - 2 £87,500 - 3
West Midlands +5 1 £63,000 +0.80%

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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.

1 169 (100.00%) Finance
2 114 (67.46%) Front Office
3 107 (63.31%) Asset Management
4 104 (61.54%) Agile
5 103 (60.95%) AWS
5 103 (60.95%) Fixed Income
5 103 (60.95%) Equities
6 95 (56.21%) Hedge funds
6 95 (56.21%) Derivative
7 86 (50.89%) Investment Management
8 77 (45.56%) Azure
8 77 (45.56%) Software Engineering
8 77 (45.56%) GCP
9 70 (41.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 63 (37.28%) Python
11 57 (33.73%) C#
12 53 (31.36%) JavaScript
12 53 (31.36%) .NET
12 53 (31.36%) React
13 42 (24.85%) .NET Core
14 41 (24.26%) Redux
14 41 (24.26%) TypeScript
14 41 (24.26%) TDD
15 40 (23.67%) Analytics
16 32 (18.93%) AngularJS
16 32 (18.93%) DevOps
16 32 (18.93%) Vue
16 32 (18.93%) Fintech
16 32 (18.93%) Full Stack Development
16 32 (18.93%) QA

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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.33%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle EBS
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle EBS R12
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle Payables
1 16 (9.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (4.73%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (2.96%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.18%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.59%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.59%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 103 (60.95%) AWS
2 77 (45.56%) Azure
2 77 (45.56%) GCP
3 9 (5.33%) dbt
4 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.33%) Amazon Athena
1 9 (5.33%) Apache Arrow
1 9 (5.33%) Dremio
2 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 169 (100.00%) Finance
2 114 (67.46%) Front Office
3 20 (11.83%) Law
4 15 (8.88%) Banking
4 15 (8.88%) Social Skills
5 8 (4.73%) Billing
6 4 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.37%) Back Office
6 4 (2.37%) Legal
7 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.59%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (31.36%) .NET
1 53 (31.36%) React
2 42 (24.85%) .NET Core
3 41 (24.26%) Redux
4 32 (18.93%) AngularJS
4 32 (18.93%) Vue
5 11 (6.51%) ASP.NET
5 11 (6.51%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (5.33%) gRPC
6 9 (5.33%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 103 (60.95%) Equities
1 103 (60.95%) Fixed Income
2 95 (56.21%) Derivative
2 95 (56.21%) Hedge funds
3 70 (41.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 27 (15.98%) Product Ownership
5 12 (7.10%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (63.31%) Asset Management
2 104 (61.54%) Agile
3 86 (50.89%) Investment Management
4 77 (45.56%) Software Engineering
5 41 (24.26%) TDD
6 40 (23.67%) Analytics
7 32 (18.93%) DevOps
7 32 (18.93%) Fintech
7 32 (18.93%) Full Stack Development
8 28 (16.57%) Artificial Intelligence
9 26 (15.38%) Machine Learning
9 26 (15.38%) Product Management
10 24 (14.20%) Quantitative Research
11 13 (7.69%) Project Management
12 11 (6.51%) Roadmaps
13 10 (5.92%) ERP
14 9 (5.33%) Waterfall
15 8 (4.73%) Due Diligence
15 8 (4.73%) Financial Analysis
15 8 (4.73%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 63 (37.28%) Python
2 57 (33.73%) C#
3 53 (31.36%) JavaScript
4 41 (24.26%) TypeScript
5 30 (17.75%) SQL
6 24 (14.20%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (8.28%) ACCA
2 13 (7.69%) CIMA
3 9 (5.33%) Degree
4 6 (3.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.59%) PMP
5 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.93%) QA
2 3 (1.78%) PMO
3 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.18%) IFRS
3 2 (1.18%) IFRS 17
Vendors
1 24 (14.20%) Bloomberg
2 19 (11.24%) Oracle
3 8 (4.73%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.96%) SAP
5 4 (2.37%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.59%) Ariba
6 1 (0.59%) Concur
6 1 (0.59%) Genesys
6 1 (0.59%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.59%) iManage
6 1 (0.59%) Sage
6 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.59%) Tagetik
6 1 (0.59%) Workday