Senior Financial Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 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
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 384 431
Rank change year-on-year +60 +47 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 46 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.030% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.033% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £495 £470
25th Percentile £481 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £532
90th Percentile - - £551
UK median daily rate £471 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -14.41% -4.35% +9.52%

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 13,529 18,225 21,810
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.26% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 11,121 14,882
10th Percentile £216 £215 £232
25th Percentile £363 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,158 2,055 1,196
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.23 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.71 £16.81 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £39.80
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +6.78% +89.52%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £43.69
% change year-on-year -37.63% -7.70% +70.13%

Senior Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Financial Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Financial Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 July 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 +33 40 - - 3
Wales - 3 - -
North of England - 2 £488 - 1
South East +32 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £488 -
North West - 1 - - 1
Senior Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 2025, Senior 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 Senior Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (100.00%) Finance
2 45 (97.83%) CIMA
2 45 (97.83%) ACCA
3 44 (95.65%) SAP
3 44 (95.65%) Broadband
3 44 (95.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (95.65%) General Ledger
3 44 (95.65%) Root Cause Analysis
3 44 (95.65%) Social Media
3 44 (95.65%) Procure-to-Pay
3 44 (95.65%) Accounts Payable
3 44 (95.65%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.17%) Roadmaps
4 1 (2.17%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.17%) IFS
4 1 (2.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (2.17%) Contract Management
4 1 (2.17%) R
4 1 (2.17%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (2.17%) Process Improvement
4 1 (2.17%) Business Analysis
4 1 (2.17%) Legal
4 1 (2.17%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (2.17%) Visualisation
4 1 (2.17%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.17%) Budget Management

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 44 (95.65%) Broadband
General
1 46 (100.00%) Finance
2 44 (95.65%) General Ledger
2 44 (95.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.17%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 44 (95.65%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (95.65%) Accounts Payable
1 44 (95.65%) Procure-to-Pay
1 44 (95.65%) Root Cause Analysis
1 44 (95.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (2.17%) Budget Management
2 1 (2.17%) Budgeting
2 1 (2.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (2.17%) Business Analysis
2 1 (2.17%) Contract Management
2 1 (2.17%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (2.17%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (2.17%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (2.17%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (2.17%) Process Improvement
2 1 (2.17%) Roadmaps
2 1 (2.17%) Service Delivery
2 1 (2.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Python
1 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (97.83%) ACCA
1 45 (97.83%) CIMA
Vendors
1 44 (95.65%) SAP
2 1 (2.17%) IFS