Financial Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Financial Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 797 1087
Rank change year-on-year +72 +290 -242
Permanent jobs citing Financial Analysis 190 169 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.16% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.17% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 80 50 58
10th Percentile £31,000 £39,925 £44,025
25th Percentile £38,750 £48,500 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,750 £75,999
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,750 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
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 Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +106 168 £75,000 +36.36% 137
UK excluding London +17 101 £40,000 -11.11% 63
London +123 83 £85,000 +54.55% 77
Work from Home +87 83 £57,000 -0.87% 63
North of England +73 42 £42,500 -5.56% 19
North West +27 27 £35,000 -22.22% 16
Midlands +26 20 £47,500 +50.79% 8
Yorkshire +99 15 £90,000 - 2
West Midlands +30 15 £47,500 - 4
South East +4 13 £42,500 -39.29% 17
Scotland -57 8 £27,500 - 3
East of England +14 6 £32,000 - 6
East Midlands -12 5 - - 4
Wales - 5 - - 3
South West -25 4 £34,000 - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1

Financial Analysis
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 1 (0.53%) Confluence
1 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 40 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.58%) Primavera
2 3 (1.58%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.21%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.68%) Azure
4 5 (2.63%) SaaS
5 2 (1.05%) AWS
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.53%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.63%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.58%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.21%) Power BI
2 17 (8.95%) Tableau
3 15 (7.89%) Data Mining
4 9 (4.74%) Big Data
5 4 (2.11%) Essbase
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) Looker
6 1 (0.53%) OLTP
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 190 (100.00%) Finance
2 103 (54.21%) Social Skills
3 45 (23.68%) Marketing
4 43 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (18.42%) Legal
6 13 (6.84%) Retail
7 7 (3.68%) Law
8 6 (3.16%) Games
8 6 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.63%) Advertising
9 5 (2.63%) Banking
9 5 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.58%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.58%) Local Government
11 3 (1.58%) Public Speaking
12 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.53%) Digital Economy
12 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (42.11%) Analyst
2 42 (22.11%) Financial Analyst
3 36 (18.95%) Senior
4 35 (18.42%) Consultant
4 35 (18.42%) Senior Analyst
5 24 (12.63%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 13 (6.84%) Lead
7 10 (5.26%) Forensic Manager
7 10 (5.26%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.74%) Commercial Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Customer Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Finance Manager
9 8 (4.21%) Finance Project Manager
9 8 (4.21%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Architect
10 6 (3.16%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 6 (3.16%) Development Manager
10 6 (3.16%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) .NET
2 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.53%) EDI
2 1 (0.53%) JSON
2 1 (0.53%) REST
2 1 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.21%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.74%) Reinsurance
3 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.63%) Digital Signage
4 5 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.58%) Acoustics
5 3 (1.58%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.58%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.58%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.58%) Social Media
6 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.05%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.05%) FMCG
7 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (25.26%) Financial Modelling
2 46 (24.21%) Actionable Insight
3 42 (22.11%) Roadmaps
4 41 (21.58%) Decision-Making
5 36 (18.95%) Impact Assessments
6 35 (18.42%) Data Architecture
6 35 (18.42%) Enterprise Architecture
6 35 (18.42%) Service Delivery
6 35 (18.42%) Strategic Roadmap
7 34 (17.89%) Budgeting
7 34 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (16.84%) Agile
8 32 (16.84%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 31 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (13.16%) Economics
11 24 (12.63%) Performance Metrics
11 24 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (11.05%) Business Strategy
12 21 (11.05%) Project Management
13 20 (10.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.47%) SQL
2 18 (9.47%) Python
3 6 (3.16%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.05%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.53%) C#
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (29.47%) Degree
2 35 (18.42%) ACCA
3 20 (10.53%) CIMA
4 14 (7.37%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.21%) MBA
6 3 (1.58%) HNC
6 3 (1.58%) HND
7 1 (0.53%) AAT
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) IIBA
7 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.74%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.63%) IFRS
4 4 (2.11%) PMO
5 3 (1.58%) COSO
5 3 (1.58%) ISO 31000
5 3 (1.58%) NIST
5 3 (1.58%) QA
6 1 (0.53%) GAAP
6 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 30 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.16%) CA
3 5 (2.63%) Cisco
3 5 (2.63%) Dell
4 4 (2.11%) Hyperion
4 4 (2.11%) Oracle
5 2 (1.05%) Facebook
5 2 (1.05%) Workday
6 1 (0.53%) Cadence
6 1 (0.53%) Concur
6 1 (0.53%) Google
6 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.53%) SAP