Financial Analyst Contracts

Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
6 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 374 420
Rank change year-on-year +43 +46 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 260 391 526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.66% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.70% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 314 392
10th Percentile £313 £350 £321
25th Percentile £463 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% +5.50%
75th Percentile £663 £666 £619
90th Percentile £788 £738 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £413
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £14.20 - -
25th Percentile £16.00 - -
Median hourly rate £19.22 - -
75th Percentile £22.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.22 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +20 240 £550 - 80
London +62 191 £550 -8.33% 43
Work from Home +99 115 £625 +25.00% 44
UK excluding London +13 58 £500 +11.11% 36
South East -3 24 £363 +8.21% 11
Scotland +46 11 £525 +1.06% 3
Midlands +26 11 £525 -2.33% 4
West Midlands +16 8 £525 -3.45% 2
North of England +7 7 £406 -20.34% 11
North West +26 3 - - 7
East Midlands +18 3 - - 2
Yorkshire +1 3 £406 -21.88% 1
South West +23 2 - - 2
North East +17 1 - - 3
East of England +6 1 £425 -11.69% 6

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 260 (100.00%) Finance
2 84 (32.31%) Banking
3 74 (28.46%) SQL
4 64 (24.62%) Social Skills
5 55 (21.15%) Asset Management
6 54 (20.77%) Investment Management
7 51 (19.62%) Front Office
8 50 (19.23%) Agile
8 50 (19.23%) Derivative
9 48 (18.46%) Python
10 47 (18.08%) Hedge funds
11 40 (15.38%) ERP
12 37 (14.23%) Business Analysis
12 37 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
13 33 (12.69%) Oracle
14 30 (11.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 29 (11.15%) Product Ownership
15 29 (11.15%) Back Office
16 28 (10.77%) Migration
16 28 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (10.77%) SAP
17 27 (10.38%) AWS
18 26 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
18 26 (10.00%) Analytics
19 25 (9.62%) Machine Learning
19 25 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
19 25 (9.62%) Equities
19 25 (9.62%) Fixed Income
19 25 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence
20 22 (8.46%) Mentoring

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 7 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.77%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) JBoss
4 1 (0.38%) nginx
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
4 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (4.62%) Aladdin
2 10 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (3.46%) Oracle Financials
4 7 (2.69%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (2.69%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (2.69%) Oracle General Ledger
4 7 (2.69%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (2.31%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (1.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle FAH
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle iProcurement
10 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.38%) AWS
2 15 (5.77%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.23%) Azure
4 6 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.92%) SaaS
6 4 (1.54%) Collibra
7 3 (1.15%) Miro
8 2 (0.77%) Asana
8 2 (0.77%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (0.77%) dbt
8 2 (0.77%) OCI
8 2 (0.77%) Slack
9 1 (0.38%) IaaS
9 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.38%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.77%) PuTTY
1 2 (0.77%) VPN
1 2 (0.77%) Wireless
2 1 (0.38%) DNS
2 1 (0.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.77%) Power BI
2 7 (2.69%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.54%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.54%) Tableau
4 3 (1.15%) Metadata
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.77%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Arrow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Ignite
6 1 (0.38%) Dremio
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 8 (3.08%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Toad
General
1 260 (100.00%) Finance
2 84 (32.31%) Banking
3 64 (24.62%) Social Skills
4 51 (19.62%) Front Office
5 37 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (11.15%) Back Office
7 19 (7.31%) Investment Banking
8 14 (5.38%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.85%) General Ledger
11 8 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.69%) Billing
12 7 (2.69%) Legal
13 5 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.92%) Retail
14 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.15%) Marketing
16 2 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
16 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.54%) SAP PI
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.77%) Swagger
3 2 (0.77%) XML
4 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.38%) FIXML
4 1 (0.38%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.38%) JSON
4 1 (0.38%) Middleware
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.23%) Derivative
2 47 (18.08%) Hedge funds
3 30 (11.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 29 (11.15%) Product Ownership
5 25 (9.62%) Equities
5 25 (9.62%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.15%) Online Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.77%) FMCG
11 2 (0.77%) iPad
11 2 (0.77%) iPhone
11 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.77%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.31%) Windows
2 3 (1.15%) Unix
3 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.77%) Linux
3 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (21.15%) Asset Management
2 54 (20.77%) Investment Management
3 50 (19.23%) Agile
4 40 (15.38%) ERP
5 37 (14.23%) Business Analysis
6 28 (10.77%) Migration
6 28 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (10.00%) Analytics
8 25 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence
8 25 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (9.62%) Machine Learning
9 22 (8.46%) Mentoring
9 22 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (8.46%) Roadmaps
10 21 (8.08%) Data Migration
10 21 (8.08%) User Stories
11 18 (6.92%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (6.15%) Data Analysis
12 16 (6.15%) User Acceptance Testing
13 15 (5.77%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 74 (28.46%) SQL
2 48 (18.46%) Python
3 20 (7.69%) C#
4 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.77%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.38%) Java
5 1 (0.38%) Scala
5 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.38%) VB
5 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (5.77%) Degree
2 14 (5.38%) CIMA
3 13 (5.00%) ACCA
3 13 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.46%) ICAEW
6 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.77%) CISA
6 2 (0.77%) CISM
6 2 (0.77%) CISSP
6 2 (0.77%) ISEB
7 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.38%) Data Quality
1 14 (5.38%) GAAP
2 11 (4.23%) PMO
3 10 (3.85%) IFRS
4 9 (3.46%) QA
5 4 (1.54%) EMIR
5 4 (1.54%) MiFID
6 3 (1.15%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (12.69%) Oracle
2 28 (10.77%) SAP
3 20 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.77%) Bloomberg
5 12 (4.62%) BISAM
6 4 (1.54%) CyberSource
7 3 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.77%) Apple
8 2 (0.77%) Ariba
8 2 (0.77%) Cadence
8 2 (0.77%) Databricks
8 2 (0.77%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.77%) Microgen
8 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.77%) Refinitiv
8 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.77%) Workday
8 2 (0.77%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.38%) BigPanda
9 1 (0.38%) Splunk
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