Financial Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Finance Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Finance Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 267 250
Rank change year-on-year +43 -17 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 19 7 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.10% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.11% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 33
10th Percentile - £32,315 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,736 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% -33.20% +47.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,813 £63,750
90th Percentile - £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +4.35% -6.12% +6.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,747 6,095 6,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.96% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,135 3,356 4,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the West Midlands

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the West Midlands

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the West Midlands

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Solihull - 8 £38,500 -
Staffordshire - 7 £60,000 -
Birmingham -12 1 £47,500 +31.94%
Worcestershire - 1 £27,500 -
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 West Midlands region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (73.68%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (52.63%) Power BI
3 10 (52.63%) Power Platform
4 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
5 8 (42.11%) Business Case
5 8 (42.11%) ERP
5 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
5 8 (42.11%) Business Analysis
6 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis
6 7 (36.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (36.84%) Visualisation
6 7 (36.84%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (36.84%) Data Analytics
6 7 (36.84%) Power Query
6 7 (36.84%) Data Collection
6 7 (36.84%) Analytics
6 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (15.79%) SQL
8 2 (10.53%) Financial Modelling
8 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
8 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (5.26%) Performance Metrics
9 1 (5.26%) System Integration Testing
9 1 (5.26%) Revenue Recognition
9 1 (5.26%) Fintech
9 1 (5.26%) Business Transformation
9 1 (5.26%) SaaS

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) Power BI
2 7 (36.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 19 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
3 7 (36.84%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
3 8 (42.11%) Business Analysis
3 8 (42.11%) Business Case
3 8 (42.11%) ERP
4 7 (36.84%) Analytics
4 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis
4 7 (36.84%) Data Analytics
4 7 (36.84%) Data Collection
4 7 (36.84%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (36.84%) Visualisation
5 2 (10.53%) Financial Modelling
6 1 (5.26%) Agile
6 1 (5.26%) B2B
6 1 (5.26%) Change Management
6 1 (5.26%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Product Management
6 1 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) ACCA
1 1 (5.26%) CIMA
1 1 (5.26%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
1 1 (5.26%) Quadient
1 1 (5.26%) Salesforce