Financial Analyst Jobs in Central London

Finance Analyst
London > Central London

The median Finance Analyst salary in Central London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 150 216
Rank change year-on-year +11 +66 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 20 35 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.84% 0.93% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.97% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 22
10th Percentile £38,250 £53,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £54,500 £55,000 £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% -1.89% +26.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,375 £88,750
90th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £94,875
London median annual salary £66,250 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +15.38% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

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

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,186 3,603 4,826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 95.44% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 2,766 3,999
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in Central London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in Central London.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in Central London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in Central London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +40 12 £52,000 -30.67% 1
Financial Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (65.00%) Power BI
3 13 (65.00%) Power Platform
4 12 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (55.00%) SQL
6 9 (45.00%) Workflow
6 9 (45.00%) Law
6 9 (45.00%) T-SQL
6 9 (45.00%) Billing
6 9 (45.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (45.00%) Azure
6 9 (45.00%) Aderant
6 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (40.00%) Legal
8 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
8 7 (35.00%) Visualisation
8 7 (35.00%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (35.00%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
9 4 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
9 4 (20.00%) Degree
10 3 (15.00%) Linux
10 3 (15.00%) Python
10 3 (15.00%) Unix
10 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (15.00%) Banking
10 3 (15.00%) Atlassian
10 3 (15.00%) Client Onboarding

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (65.00%) Power BI
2 9 (45.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
1 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 20 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (45.00%) Billing
3 9 (45.00%) Law
4 8 (40.00%) Legal
5 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (15.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (5.00%) LDAP
2 1 (5.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 2 (10.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.00%) Derivative
3 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Unix
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Rocky
2 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (45.00%) Workflow
3 7 (35.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (35.00%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (35.00%) Visualisation
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) CRM
6 2 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (10.00%) Data Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Data Validation
6 2 (10.00%) Practice Management
6 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) SQL
2 9 (45.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (15.00%) Python
4 2 (10.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Aderant
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (10.00%) Red Hat