Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 592 698
Rank change year-on-year +170 +106 -156
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 590 436 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.46% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 308 257 454
10th Percentile £32,700 £36,250 £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 £84,063 £75,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £112,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +174 551 £60,000 - 78
Work from Home +191 354 £62,500 +16.28% 29
London +159 299 £75,000 +15.38% 41
UK excluding London +89 270 £47,500 - 35
South East +24 93 £50,000 +5.26% 13
North of England +68 77 £36,000 -28.00% 9
North West +37 53 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Midlands +28 31 £47,500 +43.93% 4
Scotland -48 26 £51,500 -23.22% 3
South West -9 22 £50,000 +21.21% 3
Yorkshire +66 21 £30,250 -42.38% 1
West Midlands +26 19 £47,500 - 2
East of England +26 14 £51,750 +6.15% 5
East Midlands 0 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
Wales +13 7 - - 1
North East -4 3 £30,500 -32.22% 2

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 590 (100.00%) Finance
2 246 (41.69%) Social Skills
3 233 (39.49%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (37.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 191 (32.37%) Agile
6 187 (31.69%) Decision-Making
7 174 (29.49%) Microsoft
8 162 (27.46%) ACCA
9 158 (26.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 157 (26.61%) CIMA
11 147 (24.92%) SQL
12 142 (24.07%) Mentoring
13 141 (23.90%) Budgeting
14 132 (22.37%) Actionable Insight
15 129 (21.86%) Broadband
16 127 (21.53%) Business Case
17 116 (19.66%) Python
18 114 (19.32%) Influencing Skills
19 102 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
20 90 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
21 88 (14.92%) Degree
22 87 (14.75%) Legal
23 80 (13.56%) Oracle
24 79 (13.39%) Asset Management
25 78 (13.22%) Banking
26 74 (12.54%) Investment Management
27 70 (11.86%) Derivative
27 70 (11.86%) Hedge funds
28 69 (11.69%) Front Office
29 67 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement

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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.19%) SAS
3 6 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 222 (37.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.56%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.37%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.20%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.20%) iTrent
4 12 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
5 10 (1.69%) Fidessa
5 10 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (1.02%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (1.02%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.68%) Lawson
8 4 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle AGIS
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (10.68%) Power Platform
2 44 (7.46%) AWS
3 9 (1.53%) OCI
4 8 (1.36%) Azure
5 7 (1.19%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (0.85%) SaaS
8 3 (0.51%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.34%) dbt
9 2 (0.34%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.34%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.17%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.17%) Asana
10 1 (0.17%) FinancialForce
10 1 (0.17%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.17%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.17%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 129 (21.86%) Broadband
2 10 (1.69%) DHCP
2 10 (1.69%) DNS
2 10 (1.69%) Firewall
2 10 (1.69%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.51%) Intranet
3 3 (0.51%) VPN
3 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (10.68%) Power BI
2 28 (4.75%) Oracle Reports
2 28 (4.75%) Tableau
3 19 (3.22%) Data Mining
4 13 (2.20%) BusinessObjects
5 12 (2.03%) Power Query
6 11 (1.86%) MS Access
6 11 (1.86%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.36%) Big Data
7 8 (1.36%) Essbase
8 7 (1.19%) QlikView
9 4 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.34%) Apache Arrow
11 2 (0.34%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.34%) Dremio
12 1 (0.17%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.85%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 590 (100.00%) Finance
2 246 (41.69%) Social Skills
3 233 (39.49%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (19.32%) Influencing Skills
5 87 (14.75%) Legal
6 78 (13.22%) Banking
7 69 (11.69%) Front Office
8 62 (10.51%) Law
9 30 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (4.92%) Back Office
11 19 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (3.05%) Investment Banking
12 18 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (2.71%) General Ledger
14 15 (2.54%) Marketing
15 14 (2.37%) Retail
16 13 (2.20%) Manufacturing
17 12 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (1.02%) Billing
18 6 (1.02%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (1.69%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.36%) Pandas
4 6 (1.02%) Middleware
5 2 (0.34%) Flash
6 1 (0.17%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.17%) NumPy
6 1 (0.17%) REST
6 1 (0.17%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.86%) Derivative
1 70 (11.86%) Hedge funds
2 44 (7.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 44 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.29%) Fixed Income
4 42 (7.12%) Equities
5 32 (5.42%) Onboarding
6 31 (5.25%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.71%) Social Media
8 11 (1.86%) Life Science
9 10 (1.69%) Eurex
10 7 (1.19%) Pricing Data
11 6 (1.02%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.51%) CMDB
13 3 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.73%) Windows
2 10 (1.69%) CentOS
2 10 (1.69%) Linux
2 10 (1.69%) Solaris
2 10 (1.69%) Ubuntu
2 10 (1.69%) Unix
3 8 (1.36%) Windows Vista
4 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (32.37%) Agile
2 187 (31.69%) Decision-Making
3 158 (26.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 142 (24.07%) Mentoring
5 141 (23.90%) Budgeting
6 132 (22.37%) Actionable Insight
7 127 (21.53%) Business Case
8 102 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (13.39%) Asset Management
11 74 (12.54%) Investment Management
12 67 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (10.34%) ERP
14 51 (8.64%) Analytics
15 49 (8.31%) Machine Learning
16 48 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence
17 42 (7.12%) Financial Analysis
18 41 (6.95%) ITIL
19 33 (5.59%) Data Analysis
19 33 (5.59%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 147 (24.92%) SQL
2 116 (19.66%) Python
3 27 (4.58%) C#
4 18 (3.05%) T-SQL
5 11 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.69%) Bash
6 10 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.69%) Perl
6 10 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.69%) Ruby
7 8 (1.36%) R
8 2 (0.34%) VBA
9 1 (0.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 162 (27.46%) ACCA
2 157 (26.61%) CIMA
3 88 (14.92%) Degree
4 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.19%) MBA
5 5 (0.85%) CFA
6 2 (0.34%) AAT
6 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.34%) ISEB
7 1 (0.17%) CCAB
7 1 (0.17%) CISA
7 1 (0.17%) CISM
7 1 (0.17%) CISSP
7 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.17%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.20%) SLA
2 12 (2.03%) IFRS
3 8 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.36%) QA
4 5 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) COBIT
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.17%) ITGC
7 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.17%) XenApp
3 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 174 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.56%) Oracle
3 42 (7.12%) SAP
4 26 (4.41%) Bloomberg
5 17 (2.88%) CA
6 16 (2.71%) Alteryx
7 15 (2.54%) Sage
8 14 (2.37%) BISAM
8 14 (2.37%) Concur
9 13 (2.20%) Infor
10 12 (2.03%) Hyperion
10 12 (2.03%) Workday
11 10 (1.69%) CQG
11 10 (1.69%) ION Trading
11 10 (1.69%) Patsystems
11 10 (1.69%) PeopleSoft
11 10 (1.69%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.69%) Reuters
11 10 (1.69%) Trayport
12 9 (1.53%) BT