Senior Financial Analyst Contracts

Senior Finance Analyst
UK

The median Senior Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 686 818
Rank change year-on-year +126 +132 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 30 17 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.029% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.030% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 33
10th Percentile £475 £439 £400
25th Percentile £525 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £583
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -18.52% +17.90%
75th Percentile £663 £554 £633
90th Percentile - £630 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £507 £583
% change year-on-year +8.48% -13.04% +19.22%

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 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Senior Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +135 26 £625 +31.58% 9
London +100 20 £625 +31.58% 6
Work from Home +131 15 £625 +15.96% 4
UK excluding London +62 10 £550 +8.48% 3
Scotland +40 4 £525 -2.60%
Midlands - 3 £550 -
South East - 3 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £550 -
East Midlands - 1 - -

Senior Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior Financial Analyst 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 Senior Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (46.67%) SQL
3 13 (43.33%) Back Office
4 11 (36.67%) Front Office
4 11 (36.67%) Banking
4 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
4 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 10 (33.33%) Hedge funds
5 10 (33.33%) Asset Management
5 10 (33.33%) Investment Management
5 10 (33.33%) Derivative
5 10 (33.33%) C#
5 10 (33.33%) Python
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (23.33%) Agile
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (16.67%) ERP
7 5 (16.67%) SAP
8 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (13.33%) Migration
8 4 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
8 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
9 3 (10.00%) Budget Management
9 3 (10.00%) Miro
9 3 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.00%) Public Sector

Senior Financial Analyst 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 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Miro
2 1 (3.33%) dbt
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
2 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 3 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 30 (100.00%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) Back Office
3 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (36.67%) Banking
3 11 (36.67%) Front Office
3 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.67%) Legal
7 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Derivative
1 10 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 10 (33.33%) Investment Management
1 10 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 5 (16.67%) ERP
3 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 3 (10.00%) Change Management
5 3 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.00%) User Stories
5 3 (10.00%) Validation
6 2 (6.67%) Analytical Modelling
6 2 (6.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (6.67%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) SQL
2 10 (33.33%) C#
2 10 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) ACCA
1 2 (6.67%) CIMA
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) ISEB
2 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO 20022
1 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) CyberSource
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle