FP&A salary · base, bonus and package, 2026

What an FP&A manager earns, in base, bonus and package

An FP&A salary in 2026 runs from £63,500 to £84,750, with a median of £74,250, on Robert Half’s national figures for a permanent financial planning and analysis manager.

In London, Robert Half puts the median at £101,000.

Experience, sector and the size of the business move the number more than the title does.

Base is only part of the package: bonus, pension and employer’s National Insurance sit on top.

When you hire an FP&A manager through us, we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.

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How a brief runswhat we undertake

01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief

Shortlist3–5

£74,250

FP&A manager, median · range £63,500–£84,750, national

Robert Half, 2026

£101,000

FP&A manager, London median · range £86,250–£115,250

Robert Half, 2026

£90,000–£130,000

Head of FP&A, London · regional £75,000–£110,000

FD Capital, 2026

3–5

Shortlist · with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 set out

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Fractional recruiting starts with the brief, not the CV pile. Send a FP&A brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five candidates, each through five-stage vetting.

01/ the role

What an FP&A manager does, and what sets the pay

A financial planning and analysis manager runs the forward-looking side of finance: the budget, the forecasts, the long-range plan, variance analysis and the models the board uses to make decisions.

Robert Half’s description of the seat adds scenario planning and the planning and reporting timetable.

Most FP&A managers lead a small team of analysts and report to the finance director or CFO.

Most are qualified accountants.

Robert Half asks for a fully qualified accountant with the ACA, ACCA or CIMA: the ACA is the ICAEW’s chartered qualification, the ACCA qualification is ACCA’s, and the CIMA Professional Qualification is the management accounting route many FP&A people take.

Experience sets the pay first.

Morgan McKinley’s 2026 figures for an FP&A manager at a large London company run from £65,000–£75,000 with up to three years’ experience to £85,000–£100,000 with more than five.

FD Capital puts an FP&A manager with 5–10 years post-qualification at £72,000–£95,000 in London and £60,000–£80,000 in the regions.

Sector comes next.

Robert Half’s national median for an FP&A manager in financial services is £82,500, against £74,250 across all sectors.

In London the financial services median is £112,250.

02/ scope

How to set the pay when you hire an FP&A manager

1. Decide the level before the salary

An analyst runs the numbers, a manager runs the planning cycle and a head of FP&A designs the function and partners the CFO.

Write down which of the three the business needs.

The gap between them is tens of thousands of pounds a year.

2. Choose the route

A permanent appointment suits a business that runs a monthly forecast and an annual budget every year.

If the planning work fills only part of the week, hire a fractional FP&A lead instead; see fractional FP&A salary for the day rates.

If you need cover for a budget season or a model build, see interim FP&A salary.

3. Price the tools and the bonus

FD Capital says experience of a planning platform such as Anaplan or Adaptive commands a 10–20% salary premium over Excel-only candidates at the same experience.

It also says PE-backed businesses and financial services firms typically pay performance bonuses of 15–30% of base at manager level and above.

What we do on a finance brief

We recruit permanent, fractional, interim, part-time and temporary finance professionals, and non-executive directors.

We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, and every candidate goes through our five-stage vetting first.

03/ the board

What the board holds.

A read of the roles on the board on this page, counted as they stand: how each is engaged, whether the posting gives the days and the rate, and where the work happens.

On this board, last 90 days · 7 roles · finance leadership

Engagement

Fractional5
Interim2

Seat

Finance director4
CFO3

Days a week

Stated in the posting1
Not stated6

Day rate

Verified rate2
Estimated (est)3
Rate not stated2

Work arrangement (as the job feed classifies it)

Remote2
Hybrid2
On-site3

Newest posting on the board: 5 Oct 2026.

Postings per week on this board, last 90 days

7 postings on this board in the last 90 days, counted by the week each was published.

04/ rates by stage

FP&A salary by source, level and place

Permanent FP&A pay as each publisher states it, all 2026 except ONS (2025). Robert Half publishes starting salary projections (base); Morgan McKinley publishes bands by years of experience; FD Capital publishes London and regional bands. ONS has no FP&A code, so its two rows are the nearest occupation groups. Robert Half, Morgan McKinley and FD Capital are recruiters.

SeatPayBasisSource

FP&A manager, national£63,500–£84,750, median £74,250Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

FP&A manager, financial services, national£73,250–£92,000, median £82,500Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

FP&A manager, London£86,250–£115,250, median £101,000Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

FP&A manager, financial services, London£99,500–£125,000, median £112,250Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

FP&A manager, London large corporates£65,000–£75,000 · £75,000–£85,000 · £85,000–£100,0000–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A manager, London SMEs£60,000–£65,000 · £65,000–£70,000 · £70,000–£85,0000–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A manager, South East£60,000–£65,000 · £65,000–£70,000 · £70,000–£85,000Commerce & Industry; 0–3 · 3–5 · 5+ yearsMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A manager, Northern Home Counties large corporates£70,000–£80,000 · £80,000–£90,000 · £90,000–£110,0000–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A manager, South West large corporates£60,000–£70,000 · £70,000–£80,000 · £80,000–£90,0000–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A manager (5–10 years PQE)£72,000–£95,000 London · £60,000–£80,000 regionalACA, ACCA or CIMAFD Capital, 2026

Head of FP&A (8+ years PQE)£90,000–£130,000 London · £75,000–£110,000 regionalACA, ACCA or CIMAFD Capital, 2026

Head of FP&A, London large corporates£80,000–£90,000 · £90,000–£95,000 · £95,000–£130,0000–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

Head of FP&A, London banking£100,000–£120,000 · £120,000–£140,000 · £140,000+0–3 · 3–5 · 5+ years’ experienceMorgan McKinley, 2026

FP&A analyst, national£45,500–£59,000, median £51,500Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

FP&A analyst, London£62,000–£80,250, median £70,000Base, starting salary projectionsRobert Half, 2026

Finance and investment analysts and advisers (SOC 2422)Median £50,330Full-time employees, 2025 provisionalONS ASHE, 2025

Financial managers and directors (SOC 1131)Median £76,447Full-time employees, 2025 provisional; includes finance directorsONS ASHE, 2025

05/ economics

What the salary costs the business, beyond the base

A salary is not the whole cost of an employee.

For 2026 to 2027, employer’s National Insurance is 15% on earnings above £5,000 a year (HMRC rates and thresholds).

On Robert Half’s £74,250 median, that is about £10,390 a year (our arithmetic).

Under automatic enrolment the employer must also pay at least 3% into a workplace pension on qualifying earnings (GOV.UK).

Many schemes pay more.

The bonus is pay too.

HMRC treats a cash bonus as earnings, with PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance deducted through payroll, so budget employer’s National Insurance on the bonus as well as the base.

06/ vetting

How we vet FP&A managers

What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.

01
Qualification screen
Verify FP&A tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING
02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING
03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY
04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5

07/ fp&a salary uk

FP&A salary UK: the national benchmarks side by side

The national figures measure different things.

Robert Half’s FP&A salary UK range for a manager, £63,500–£84,750 with a median of £74,250, is a starting-salary projection built from its own placements and checked against job-posting data.

FD Capital’s regional band for the same seat is £60,000–£80,000.

For an official view, the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings reports earnings by occupation, but it has no FP&A code.

Finance and investment analysts and advisers (SOC 2422), the group an FP&A analyst is coded to, had a full-time median of £50,330 in 2025.

Financial managers and directors (SOC 1131), which also takes in finance directors, had £76,447.

08/ fp&a salary london

FP&A salary London, and the regions

The FP&A salary London employers pay sits at the top of every source.

Robert Half puts an FP&A manager in London at £86,250–£115,250, with a median of £101,000, and £112,250 in financial services.

FD Capital’s London band is £72,000–£95,000.

Morgan McKinley puts a London FP&A manager at £60,000–£85,000 in an SME and £65,000–£100,000 at a large company, depending on experience.

Outside London, Morgan McKinley publishes bands for the South East (£60,000–£85,000 across its experience levels), the Northern Home Counties (£70,000–£110,000 at a large company) and the South West (£60,000–£90,000 at a large company).

None of the sources we can cite publishes a band for the North or Scotland, so start there from FD Capital’s regional £60,000–£80,000.

09/ fp&a manager salary

FP&A manager salary by experience

The FP&A manager salary rises with time in the seat.

Morgan McKinley’s 2026 bands for a large London company run £65,000–£75,000 with up to three years’ experience, £75,000–£85,000 with three to five and £85,000–£100,000 with more than five.

FD Capital frames it by post-qualification experience: 5–10 years for an FP&A manager, at £72,000–£95,000 in London.

On Robert Half’s £74,250 national median, an FP&A manager earns about £6,190 a month before tax; on its £101,000 London median, about £8,420 (both £ ÷ 12, our arithmetic).

Bonus and benefits are on top.

10/ head of fp&a salary

Head of FP&A salary, the seat above the manager

A head of FP&A sets the planning method, owns the long-range plan and runs the team.

The head of FP&A salary reflects it: FD Capital puts it at £90,000–£130,000 in London and £75,000–£110,000 in the regions, for 8 or more years post-qualification.

Morgan McKinley’s 2026 bands for a head of FP&A at a large London company run from £80,000–£90,000 to £95,000–£130,000 with experience, and from £100,000–£120,000 to £140,000+ in London banking.

In the South East its band runs from £75,000–£80,000 to £90,000–£100,000.

11/ fp&a analyst salary

FP&A analyst salary, the seat below

The FP&A analyst salary is where most people enter the function.

Robert Half puts it at £45,500–£59,000 nationally, with a median of £51,500, and £62,000–£80,250 in London, with a median of £70,000.

FD Capital gives £48,000–£68,000 in London and £42,000–£58,000 in the regions, for newly qualified to three years post-qualification.

The ONS median for finance and investment analysts and advisers (SOC 2422), £50,330 for full-time employees in 2025, sits close to Robert Half’s national figure.

12/ the other routes

Salary, day rate or retainer: the other ways to pay for planning

A permanent salary buys an FP&A manager every day, with notice on both sides.

An interim is paid by the day for full-time cover over a fixed period; see interim FP&A salary for the day rates.

A fractional FP&A lead works part of the week on a day rate; see fractional FP&A salary.

The three are paid on different bases, so compare the total cost for the days you need, not the headline numbers.

13/ questions

FP&A salary FAQ

The questions people ask before bringing in a FP&A manager.

Robert Half’s 2026 median FP&A salary for a permanent FP&A manager is £74,250 nationally, in a range of £63,500–£84,750. For an FP&A analyst, Robert Half’s median is £51,500. The ONS has no FP&A code; its median for finance and investment analysts and advisers was £50,330 in 2025.

Robert Half puts the London FP&A salary for a manager at £86,250–£115,250 in 2026, with a median of £101,000, and £112,250 in financial services. FD Capital’s London band is £72,000–£95,000. See FP&A salary London, and the regions for the regional bands.

Morgan McKinley’s 2026 band for an FP&A manager with more than five years’ experience is £85,000–£100,000 at a large London company and £70,000–£85,000 at a London SME or in the South East.

FD Capital puts a head of FP&A at £90,000–£130,000 in London and £75,000–£110,000 in the regions in 2026. Morgan McKinley’s London bands run to £95,000–£130,000 at a large company and £140,000+ in banking for the most experienced.

Robert Half puts an FP&A analyst at £45,500–£59,000 nationally in 2026, with a median of £51,500, and £62,000–£80,250 in London, with a median of £70,000.

Start with base: Robert Half’s 2026 median is £74,250 nationally and £101,000 in London. Add employer’s National Insurance at 15% above £5,000 a year (about £10,390 on £74,250, our arithmetic), at least 3% pension on qualifying earnings, the bonus and any benefits. We set out pay for every candidate on the shortlist.

FD Capital says PE-backed businesses and financial services firms typically pay performance bonuses of 15–30% of base at manager level and above. HMRC treats a cash bonus as earnings, taxed through payroll.

They are paid on different bases. An interim is paid by the day for full-time cover; a fractional FP&A lead by the day for part of the week. See interim FP&A salary and fractional FP&A salary.

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