Financial Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 330 342
Rank change year-on-year +69 +12 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 83 60 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.30% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.32% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 33 67
10th Percentile £228 £285 £181
25th Percentile £309 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £553
90th Percentile £550 £575 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £14.20 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £16.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £19.22 -
Median % change year-on-year +225.27% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £22.63 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £19.22 -
% change year-on-year +15.90% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,837 18,742 21,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 92.49% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,537 11,429 15,189
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,251 1,113
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +44 47 £388 -26.19% 2
South East +39 11 £475 +26.67% 29
North of England +18 10 £350 -39.13% 20
South West +44 5 £225 - 7
North West +8 5 £325 -43.48% 18
Midlands +7 4 £525 - 10
Yorkshire +14 3 £488 +20.00%
Wales - 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £263 - 1
East of England +26 2 £438 +2.94% 9
East Midlands +8 2 £428 - 1
West Midlands +5 2 £588 +11.90% 8
North East -1 2 £275 -53.19% 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 16 May 2025, Financial Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Finance
2 53 (63.86%) Social Skills
3 52 (62.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (61.45%) ACCA
4 51 (61.45%) CIMA
5 47 (56.63%) Accounts Payable
6 46 (55.42%) SAP
6 46 (55.42%) Procure-to-Pay
7 45 (54.22%) General Ledger
8 44 (53.01%) Broadband
8 44 (53.01%) Social Media
8 44 (53.01%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (13.25%) Agile
10 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (7.23%) Banking
11 6 (7.23%) Business Analysis
12 5 (6.02%) Oracle
12 5 (6.02%) SDLC
12 5 (6.02%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (6.02%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (6.02%) Requirements Gathering
13 4 (4.82%) Roadmaps
13 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
13 4 (4.82%) Waterfall
13 4 (4.82%) Azure
13 4 (4.82%) JIRA
13 4 (4.82%) Power BI
13 4 (4.82%) Data Analysis
14 3 (3.61%) Legal

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 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.20%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.82%) Azure
1 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.20%) Boomi
4 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (53.01%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
General
1 83 (100.00%) Finance
2 53 (63.86%) Social Skills
3 45 (54.22%) General Ledger
4 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.23%) Banking
6 3 (3.61%) Legal
7 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.41%) Law
7 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.20%) Billing
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Local Government
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 44 (53.01%) Social Media
2 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (62.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (56.63%) Accounts Payable
3 46 (55.42%) Procure-to-Pay
4 44 (53.01%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (13.25%) Agile
6 6 (7.23%) Business Analysis
7 5 (6.02%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.02%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (6.02%) SDLC
8 4 (4.82%) Data Analysis
8 4 (4.82%) Roadmaps
8 4 (4.82%) Waterfall
9 3 (3.61%) Budget Management
9 3 (3.61%) Budgeting
9 3 (3.61%) Contract Management
9 3 (3.61%) Cost Management
9 3 (3.61%) DevOps
9 3 (3.61%) Financial Analysis
9 3 (3.61%) Financial Modelling
9 3 (3.61%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) SQL
2 1 (1.20%) Python
2 1 (1.20%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (61.45%) ACCA
1 51 (61.45%) CIMA
2 2 (2.41%) AAT
2 2 (2.41%) Degree
2 2 (2.41%) ICAEW
3 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.20%) CBAP
3 1 (1.20%) CCA
3 1 (1.20%) CIPFA
3 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) PMO
2 1 (1.20%) GAAP
2 1 (1.20%) IFRS
Vendors
1 46 (55.42%) SAP
2 5 (6.02%) Oracle
3 3 (3.61%) IFS
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.20%) Adobe
5 1 (1.20%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.20%) Civica
5 1 (1.20%) Cognos
5 1 (1.20%) Databricks
5 1 (1.20%) Intapp
5 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow