Financial Analyst Jobs in England

Finance Analyst
UK > England

The median Finance Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 383 582
Rank change year-on-year -73 +199 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 231 590 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.66% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.69% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 129 314 211
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £112,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in England

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London -76 86 £65,000 -13.33% 74
South East +35 62 £35,000 -30.00% 15
North of England +8 54 £55,000 +52.78% 10
North West -7 53 £55,000 +37.50% 6
West Midlands +50 14 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Midlands +45 14 £45,000 -5.26% 5
South West +92 4 £57,500 +15.00% 2
East of England +38 4 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Yorkshire +37 1 - - 2
Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 England region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 231 (100.00%) Finance
2 129 (55.84%) Social Skills
3 98 (42.42%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (34.20%) Decision-Making
6 76 (32.90%) Microsoft Excel
7 75 (32.47%) Business Intelligence
8 70 (30.30%) Process Improvement
9 66 (28.57%) Microsoft
10 60 (25.97%) Power BI
10 60 (25.97%) Power Platform
11 54 (23.38%) ERP
12 46 (19.91%) CIMA
12 46 (19.91%) ACCA
13 45 (19.48%) SAP
13 45 (19.48%) Agile
14 42 (18.18%) Project Management
15 38 (16.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (16.02%) Law
16 37 (16.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 36 (15.58%) SQL
18 35 (15.15%) Budgeting
19 34 (14.72%) Data Analysis
20 33 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
21 31 (13.42%) Degree
22 30 (12.99%) Visualisation
23 29 (12.55%) Financial Analysis
24 26 (11.26%) Business Analysis
25 24 (10.39%) Data Quality
26 23 (9.96%) Financial Modelling

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (8.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.73%) Confluence
3 2 (0.87%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 76 (32.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.03%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Sketch
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (7.79%) SAP FI
1 18 (7.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (6.93%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 14 (6.06%) NetSuite
4 6 (2.60%) Aladdin
4 6 (2.60%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (2.16%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 5 (2.16%) SAP BPC
6 4 (1.73%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (1.30%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.87%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.97%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.63%) Azure
4 7 (3.03%) AWS
5 6 (2.60%) Snowflake
6 5 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.30%) SaaS
8 2 (0.87%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.43%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.73%) Intranet
2 2 (0.87%) Skype
2 2 (0.87%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (25.97%) Power BI
2 14 (6.06%) Tableau
3 13 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.73%) Power Query
6 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.87%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.43%) KDB
8 1 (0.43%) MySQL
8 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (2.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Git
2 3 (1.30%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 231 (100.00%) Finance
2 129 (55.84%) Social Skills
3 98 (42.42%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (16.02%) Law
5 23 (9.96%) Legal
6 16 (6.93%) Billing
7 15 (6.49%) Banking
8 9 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.03%) Retail
11 6 (2.60%) Front Office
11 6 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.16%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.16%) Marketing
13 4 (1.73%) Publishing
14 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.43%) Advertising
15 1 (0.43%) Local Government
15 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.43%) IDoc
3 1 (0.43%) LDAP
3 1 (0.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.96%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (5.19%) Taxonomies
3 10 (4.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.90%) Derivative
4 9 (3.90%) Fixed Income
5 7 (3.03%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.60%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.60%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.73%) Social Media
8 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.87%) Equities
9 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.87%) Pricing Data
9 2 (0.87%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.43%) FMCG
10 1 (0.43%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.43%) PMI
10 1 (0.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.03%) Linux
2 6 (2.60%) Unix
3 3 (1.30%) Windows
4 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Rocky
4 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.43%) CentOS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (34.20%) Decision-Making
3 75 (32.47%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (30.30%) Process Improvement
5 54 (23.38%) ERP
6 45 (19.48%) Agile
7 42 (18.18%) Project Management
8 38 (16.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (16.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 35 (15.15%) Budgeting
11 34 (14.72%) Data Analysis
12 30 (12.99%) Visualisation
13 29 (12.55%) Financial Analysis
14 26 (11.26%) Business Analysis
15 23 (9.96%) Change Management
15 23 (9.96%) Financial Modelling
15 23 (9.96%) Roadmaps
15 23 (9.96%) Service Management
16 22 (9.52%) Analytics
16 22 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.58%) SQL
2 20 (8.66%) Python
3 11 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 6 (2.60%) VBA
5 3 (1.30%) Bash
6 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.87%) R
7 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.43%) Java
7 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (19.91%) ACCA
1 46 (19.91%) CIMA
2 33 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (13.42%) Degree
4 6 (2.60%) CCAB
5 5 (2.16%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.87%) CFA
6 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.87%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.43%) CBAP
7 1 (0.43%) MBA
7 1 (0.43%) MOS
7 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.39%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.87%) GRC
3 2 (0.87%) IFRS
3 2 (0.87%) SLA
4 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) Grafana
Vendors
1 66 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 45 (19.48%) SAP
3 16 (6.93%) Oracle
4 13 (5.63%) Aderant
5 12 (5.19%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.33%) Anaplan
6 10 (4.33%) Workday
7 9 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.60%) BISAM
8 6 (2.60%) Concur
9 5 (2.16%) Intapp
9 5 (2.16%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (1.73%) Hyperion
11 3 (1.30%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (1.30%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.30%) IBM
11 3 (1.30%) Infor
11 3 (1.30%) Sun
12 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.87%) Wallstreet Suite