Financial Analyst Jobs in England

Finance Analyst
UK > England

The median Finance Analyst salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 582 657
Rank change year-on-year +193 +75 -130
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 569 374 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.46% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 304 218 427
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £88,250 £111,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,581 81,069 129,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,773 51,486 74,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +163 307 £75,000 +15.38% 28
South East +38 95 £50,000 +5.26% 10
North of England +72 84 £36,000 -28.00% 6
North West +42 61 £40,000 -20.00% 4
Midlands +12 31 £47,500 +43.93% 4
South West -12 23 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Yorkshire +65 20 £27,500 -47.62% 1
West Midlands +22 19 £47,500 +13.77% 2
East of England +16 15 £45,000 -7.69% 5
East Midlands -2 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
North East -5 3 £30,500 -32.22% 1
Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Financial Analyst 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 across the England region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 569 (100.00%) Finance
2 231 (40.60%) Social Skills
3 230 (40.42%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (36.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 183 (32.16%) Decision-Making
6 178 (31.28%) Agile
7 176 (30.93%) Microsoft
8 156 (27.42%) SQL
9 151 (26.54%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 150 (26.36%) CIMA
11 148 (26.01%) ACCA
12 142 (24.96%) Budgeting
12 142 (24.96%) Mentoring
13 128 (22.50%) Business Case
14 126 (22.14%) Actionable Insight
15 121 (21.27%) Python
16 113 (19.86%) Broadband
16 113 (19.86%) Influencing Skills
17 99 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
18 94 (16.52%) Legal
19 92 (16.17%) Business Intelligence
20 83 (14.59%) Asset Management
21 81 (14.24%) Banking
22 78 (13.71%) Investment Management
23 77 (13.53%) Degree
24 75 (13.18%) Hedge funds
25 74 (13.01%) Derivative
26 73 (12.83%) Front Office
27 72 (12.65%) Oracle
28 67 (11.78%) Power BI

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.23%) SAS
3 6 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.70%) Apache
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 206 (36.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (3.87%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.46%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.28%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.28%) iTrent
4 11 (1.93%) Fidessa
5 10 (1.76%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (1.76%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.05%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (1.05%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.70%) Lawson
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.35%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 67 (11.78%) Power Platform
2 48 (8.44%) AWS
3 9 (1.58%) Azure
4 8 (1.41%) OCI
5 7 (1.23%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.88%) SaaS
8 4 (0.70%) dbt
8 4 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.53%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.35%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.18%) Asana
11 1 (0.18%) FinancialForce
11 1 (0.18%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.18%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.18%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.18%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 113 (19.86%) Broadband
2 11 (1.93%) DHCP
2 11 (1.93%) DNS
2 11 (1.93%) Firewall
2 11 (1.93%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (1.93%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.53%) Intranet
3 3 (0.53%) VPN
3 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.35%) LAN
4 2 (0.35%) SSL
4 2 (0.35%) WAN
4 2 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.78%) Power BI
2 30 (5.27%) Tableau
3 26 (4.57%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (3.34%) Data Mining
5 14 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.28%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.11%) Power Query
8 10 (1.76%) Big Data
8 10 (1.76%) MS Access
9 8 (1.41%) Essbase
10 7 (1.23%) QlikView
11 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.70%) Apache Arrow
12 4 (0.70%) Dremio
13 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.35%) Apache Ignite
14 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 569 (100.00%) Finance
2 231 (40.60%) Social Skills
3 230 (40.42%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (19.86%) Influencing Skills
5 94 (16.52%) Legal
6 81 (14.24%) Banking
7 73 (12.83%) Front Office
8 61 (10.72%) Law
9 29 (5.10%) Back Office
10 21 (3.69%) Retail
11 20 (3.51%) Investment Banking
12 18 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.11%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.41%) Marketing
16 6 (1.05%) Local Government
17 5 (0.88%) General Ledger
18 4 (0.70%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.93%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.41%) Pandas
4 6 (1.05%) Middleware
5 2 (0.35%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.18%) NumPy
6 1 (0.18%) REST
6 1 (0.18%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 75 (13.18%) Hedge funds
2 74 (13.01%) Derivative
3 47 (8.26%) Fixed Income
3 47 (8.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 47 (8.26%) Product Ownership
4 46 (8.08%) Equities
5 33 (5.80%) Onboarding
6 28 (4.92%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.93%) Eurex
7 11 (1.93%) Life Science
8 7 (1.23%) Pricing Data
9 6 (1.05%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.53%) CMDB
11 3 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.35%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.39%) Windows
2 13 (2.28%) Linux
2 13 (2.28%) Unix
3 11 (1.93%) CentOS
3 11 (1.93%) Solaris
3 11 (1.93%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.41%) Windows Vista
5 4 (0.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (32.16%) Decision-Making
2 178 (31.28%) Agile
3 151 (26.54%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 142 (24.96%) Budgeting
4 142 (24.96%) Mentoring
5 128 (22.50%) Business Case
6 126 (22.14%) Actionable Insight
7 99 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (16.17%) Business Intelligence
9 83 (14.59%) Asset Management
10 78 (13.71%) Investment Management
11 55 (9.67%) ERP
12 54 (9.49%) Analytics
13 53 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (8.96%) Machine Learning
15 50 (8.79%) Artificial Intelligence
15 50 (8.79%) Financial Analysis
16 41 (7.21%) ITIL
17 36 (6.33%) Financial Modelling
18 33 (5.80%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 156 (27.42%) SQL
2 121 (21.27%) Python
3 27 (4.75%) C#
4 20 (3.51%) T-SQL
5 12 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (1.93%) Bash
6 11 (1.93%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.93%) Perl
6 11 (1.93%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.93%) Ruby
7 8 (1.41%) R
8 2 (0.35%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (26.36%) CIMA
2 148 (26.01%) ACCA
3 77 (13.53%) Degree
4 9 (1.58%) AAT
5 8 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.41%) MBA
6 5 (0.88%) CFA
7 3 (0.53%) ISEB
8 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.35%) GCFA
8 2 (0.35%) GCIA
8 2 (0.35%) GCIH
9 1 (0.18%) CCAB
9 1 (0.18%) CISA
9 1 (0.18%) CISM
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.28%) SLA
2 9 (1.58%) QA
3 8 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.05%) IFRS
5 5 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.53%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) NIST
7 2 (0.35%) PMO
7 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) ITGC
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) XenApp
3 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 176 (30.93%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.65%) Oracle
3 27 (4.75%) Bloomberg
3 27 (4.75%) SAP
4 16 (2.81%) Alteryx
5 14 (2.46%) BISAM
5 14 (2.46%) Concur
6 13 (2.28%) Infor
6 13 (2.28%) Sage
7 12 (2.11%) Workday
8 11 (1.93%) Aderant
8 11 (1.93%) CQG
8 11 (1.93%) ION Trading
8 11 (1.93%) Patsystems
8 11 (1.93%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.93%) Reuters
8 11 (1.93%) Trayport
9 9 (1.58%) BT
10 8 (1.41%) CA
10 8 (1.41%) Cognos