Finance Manager Contracts

Finance Manager
UK

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 564 626
Rank change year-on-year +126 +62 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 154 142 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 104 164
10th Percentile £463 £466 £458
25th Percentile £561 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £605 £625
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -3.20% +19.62%
75th Percentile £800 £763 £738
90th Percentile £815 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -12.08% +14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £28.62 -
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% - -
75th Percentile £27.50 £32.89 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 -
% change year-on-year -12.21% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance Manager in the UK

Finance Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +121 137 £725 +18.85% 37
London +113 99 £725 +11.54% 14
Work from Home +134 62 £725 +20.83% 17
UK excluding London +48 49 £528 -12.08% 24
South East +19 13 £700 +16.67% 6
North of England +26 11 £500 -20.00% 7
Scotland +50 10 £650 +116.67% 2
Yorkshire +19 8 £515 -28.97% 2
Midlands +39 7 £425 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +24 5 £425 -16.67% 2
South West +15 5 £619 +7.61% 3
East of England +2 4 £563 -16.67% 3
North West +12 2 £385 -38.40% 5
East Midlands - 2 £439 - 1
North East +13 1 £525 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Finance Manager contract 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 contract job ads featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 154 (100.00%) Finance
2 68 (44.16%) Asset Management
3 66 (42.86%) Agile
4 63 (40.91%) Front Office
5 59 (38.31%) Fixed Income
5 59 (38.31%) Equities
5 59 (38.31%) AWS
6 57 (37.01%) Hedge funds
6 57 (37.01%) Derivative
7 54 (35.06%) Investment Management
8 50 (32.47%) Azure
9 49 (31.82%) GCP
10 48 (31.17%) Software Engineering
11 42 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 37 (24.03%) C#
13 36 (23.38%) Project Management
14 34 (22.08%) Python
15 33 (21.43%) JavaScript
15 33 (21.43%) .NET
15 33 (21.43%) React
16 27 (17.53%) TDD
16 27 (17.53%) TypeScript
16 27 (17.53%) Redux
17 26 (16.88%) QA
18 25 (16.23%) DevOps
18 25 (16.23%) Fintech
19 24 (15.58%) Full Stack Development
20 22 (14.29%) Analytics
21 21 (13.64%) ERP
21 21 (13.64%) Social Skills

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 3 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.30%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.25%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.95%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.95%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.95%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.95%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.95%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.95%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.65%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.65%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.65%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.65%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 59 (38.31%) AWS
2 50 (32.47%) Azure
3 49 (31.82%) GCP
4 6 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.95%) dbt
5 3 (1.95%) SaaS
6 2 (1.30%) Asana
6 2 (1.30%) OCI
7 1 (0.65%) Miro
7 1 (0.65%) Yammer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.95%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (1.95%) Apache Arrow
1 3 (1.95%) Dremio
2 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.65%) Metadata
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
General
1 154 (100.00%) Finance
2 63 (40.91%) Front Office
3 21 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.09%) Banking
5 6 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.25%) Back Office
7 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.60%) Retail
8 3 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.30%) Local Government
10 1 (0.65%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.65%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Legal
10 1 (0.65%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (21.43%) .NET
1 33 (21.43%) React
2 27 (17.53%) Redux
3 21 (13.64%) .NET Core
4 12 (7.79%) ASP.NET
4 12 (7.79%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (5.84%) AngularJS
5 9 (5.84%) Vue
6 4 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.95%) gRPC
7 3 (1.95%) Protocol Buffers
8 1 (0.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 59 (38.31%) Equities
1 59 (38.31%) Fixed Income
2 57 (37.01%) Derivative
2 57 (37.01%) Hedge funds
3 42 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (8.44%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.30%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.65%) NHS
8 1 (0.65%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (44.16%) Asset Management
2 66 (42.86%) Agile
3 54 (35.06%) Investment Management
4 48 (31.17%) Software Engineering
5 36 (23.38%) Project Management
6 27 (17.53%) TDD
7 25 (16.23%) DevOps
7 25 (16.23%) Fintech
8 24 (15.58%) Full Stack Development
9 22 (14.29%) Analytics
10 21 (13.64%) ERP
11 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (9.09%) Product Management
12 14 (9.09%) Quantitative Research
13 12 (7.79%) Artificial Intelligence
13 12 (7.79%) Machine Learning
14 11 (7.14%) Business Case
14 11 (7.14%) Migration
15 10 (6.49%) Business Strategy
16 9 (5.84%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.03%) C#
2 34 (22.08%) Python
3 33 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 27 (17.53%) TypeScript
5 16 (10.39%) SQL
6 14 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (3.90%) ACCA
1 6 (3.90%) Degree
2 2 (1.30%) CIMA
2 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.30%) PMP
2 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (1.30%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.65%) APMP
3 1 (0.65%) CISA
3 1 (0.65%) ICAEW
3 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.88%) QA
2 6 (3.90%) IFRS
3 5 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.60%) IFRS 17
4 4 (2.60%) PMO
5 2 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.65%) Basel III
6 1 (0.65%) COSO
6 1 (0.65%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) PSD2
6 1 (0.65%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 17 (11.04%) SAP
2 14 (9.09%) Bloomberg
3 12 (7.79%) Oracle
4 9 (5.84%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.30%) Google
5 2 (1.30%) Informatica
5 2 (1.30%) Workday
6 1 (0.65%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.65%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.65%) Sage