Financial Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 593 592
Rank change year-on-year +93 -1 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 282 163 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.30% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 129 66 163
10th Percentile £30,337 £30,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,650 £63,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +39 95 £50,000 +8.11% 12
North of England +81 85 £36,000 -28.00% 8
North West +44 61 £40,000 -20.00% 5
Midlands +11 31 £47,500 +43.93% 5
Scotland -36 26 £51,500 -23.22% 3
South West -10 22 £50,000 +21.21% 2
Yorkshire +69 21 £30,250 -42.38% 1
West Midlands +34 19 £47,500 +13.77% 3
East of England +24 14 £51,750 +6.15% 5
East Midlands -5 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
Wales +23 9 - - 1
North East -3 3 £30,500 -32.22% 2
Financial Analyst
UK

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 282 (100.00%) Finance
2 129 (45.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 111 (39.36%) Social Skills
4 100 (35.46%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (35.11%) Decision-Making
5 99 (35.11%) CIMA
6 97 (34.40%) Microsoft
7 92 (32.62%) ACCA
8 78 (27.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 70 (24.82%) Agile
10 69 (24.47%) Budgeting
11 64 (22.70%) Broadband
12 60 (21.28%) Actionable Insight
12 60 (21.28%) Business Case
13 57 (20.21%) Legal
14 53 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
15 50 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (17.38%) Mentoring
16 49 (17.38%) ERP
16 49 (17.38%) Influencing Skills
17 44 (15.60%) Business Intelligence
17 44 (15.60%) Degree
18 35 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
18 35 (12.41%) SAP
19 31 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 31 (10.99%) Oracle
20 30 (10.64%) Power BI
20 30 (10.64%) Power Platform
21 27 (9.57%) Data Analysis
21 27 (9.57%) ITIL

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (2.48%) SAS
2 6 (2.13%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 129 (45.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.61%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (4.61%) iTrent
2 9 (3.19%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (2.84%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (2.13%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.64%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.77%) OCI
2 5 (1.77%) SaaS
3 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.64%) Power BI
2 13 (4.61%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (4.26%) Tableau
4 11 (3.90%) Power Query
5 9 (3.19%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (2.48%) QlikView
7 6 (2.13%) MS Access
8 4 (1.42%) Data Mining
8 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 282 (100.00%) Finance
2 111 (39.36%) Social Skills
3 100 (35.46%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (20.21%) Legal
5 49 (17.38%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (8.51%) Law
8 15 (5.32%) Marketing
9 13 (4.61%) Retail
10 12 (4.26%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.55%) General Ledger
11 10 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (2.13%) Banking
14 4 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.71%) Billing
16 1 (0.35%) Arabic Language
16 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.35%) Urdu Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.48%) Pandas
3 6 (2.13%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.67%) Social Media
3 7 (2.48%) Pricing Data
4 6 (2.13%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.84%) Windows
1 8 (2.84%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.11%) Decision-Making
2 78 (27.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 70 (24.82%) Agile
4 69 (24.47%) Budgeting
5 60 (21.28%) Actionable Insight
5 60 (21.28%) Business Case
6 53 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (17.38%) ERP
8 49 (17.38%) Mentoring
9 44 (15.60%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (9.57%) Data Analysis
10 27 (9.57%) ITIL
11 25 (8.87%) Customer Service
12 23 (8.16%) Business Analysis
13 21 (7.45%) Financial Analysis
14 20 (7.09%) Analytics
15 18 (6.38%) Migration
16 16 (5.67%) Financial Modelling
16 16 (5.67%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.45%) SQL
2 11 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 11 (3.90%) Python
3 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (35.11%) CIMA
2 92 (32.62%) ACCA
3 44 (15.60%) Degree
4 9 (3.19%) AAT
5 5 (1.77%) CFA
6 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.42%) MBA
7 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) ISEB
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.61%) SLA
2 9 (3.19%) IFRS
3 5 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.71%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.35%) PMO
5 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 97 (34.40%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.41%) SAP
3 31 (10.99%) Oracle
4 14 (4.96%) CA
5 13 (4.61%) Infor
6 9 (3.19%) BT
6 9 (3.19%) Hyperion
6 9 (3.19%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (2.84%) Workday
8 7 (2.48%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.48%) Concur
8 7 (2.48%) IBM
8 7 (2.48%) Sage
9 5 (1.77%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.42%) Epicor
11 3 (1.06%) Anaplan
11 3 (1.06%) Sun
12 1 (0.35%) Aderant
12 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.35%) Intapp