Financial Analyst Jobs in England

Finance Analyst
UK > England

The median Finance Analyst salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 561 644
Rank change year-on-year +174 +83 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 551 410 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.44% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.48% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 295 240 426
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £112,500 £90,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +159 299 £75,000 +15.38% 40
South East +24 93 £50,000 +5.26% 13
North of England +68 77 £36,000 -28.00% 10
North West +37 53 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Midlands +28 31 £47,500 +43.93% 4
South West -9 22 £50,000 +21.21% 3
Yorkshire +66 21 £30,250 -42.38% 1
West Midlands +26 19 £47,500 - 2
East of England +26 14 £51,750 +6.15% 5
East Midlands 0 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
North East -4 3 £30,500 -32.22% 3
Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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.

1 551 (100.00%) Finance
2 231 (41.92%) Analytical Skills
3 230 (41.74%) Social Skills
4 196 (35.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 186 (33.76%) Decision-Making
6 174 (31.58%) Agile
7 167 (30.31%) Microsoft
8 151 (27.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 147 (26.68%) SQL
10 145 (26.32%) ACCA
11 142 (25.77%) Mentoring
12 141 (25.59%) Budgeting
12 141 (25.59%) CIMA
13 127 (23.05%) Business Case
14 126 (22.87%) Actionable Insight
15 116 (21.05%) Python
16 113 (20.51%) Broadband
16 113 (20.51%) Influencing Skills
17 101 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
18 90 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
19 86 (15.61%) Legal
20 79 (14.34%) Asset Management
21 78 (14.16%) Degree
22 77 (13.97%) Banking
23 74 (13.43%) Investment Management
23 74 (13.43%) Oracle
24 70 (12.70%) Derivative
24 70 (12.70%) Hedge funds
25 69 (12.52%) Front Office
26 63 (11.43%) Power Platform

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 11 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.27%) SAS
3 6 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.36%) Apache
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 196 (35.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.81%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.54%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.36%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.36%) iTrent
4 12 (2.18%) Oracle Financials
5 10 (1.81%) Fidessa
5 10 (1.81%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (1.09%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (1.09%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.73%) Lawson
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle AGIS
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.43%) Power Platform
2 44 (7.99%) AWS
3 9 (1.63%) OCI
4 8 (1.45%) Azure
5 7 (1.27%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.91%) SaaS
8 4 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.54%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.36%) dbt
10 2 (0.36%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.36%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.18%) Asana
11 1 (0.18%) FinancialForce
11 1 (0.18%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.18%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.18%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 113 (20.51%) Broadband
2 10 (1.81%) DHCP
2 10 (1.81%) DNS
2 10 (1.81%) Firewall
2 10 (1.81%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.54%) Intranet
3 3 (0.54%) VPN
3 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.43%) Power BI
2 28 (5.08%) Oracle Reports
2 28 (5.08%) Tableau
3 19 (3.45%) Data Mining
4 13 (2.36%) BusinessObjects
5 12 (2.18%) Power Query
6 11 (2.00%) MS Access
6 11 (2.00%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.45%) Big Data
7 8 (1.45%) Essbase
8 7 (1.27%) QlikView
9 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.36%) Apache Arrow
11 2 (0.36%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.36%) Dremio
12 1 (0.18%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.91%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 551 (100.00%) Finance
2 231 (41.92%) Analytical Skills
3 230 (41.74%) Social Skills
4 113 (20.51%) Influencing Skills
5 86 (15.61%) Legal
6 77 (13.97%) Banking
7 69 (12.52%) Front Office
8 59 (10.71%) Law
9 29 (5.26%) Back Office
10 18 (3.27%) Investment Banking
10 18 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.54%) Retail
12 13 (2.36%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.45%) Marketing
15 7 (1.27%) General Ledger
16 6 (1.09%) Billing
16 6 (1.09%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.45%) Pandas
4 6 (1.09%) Middleware
5 2 (0.36%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.18%) NumPy
6 1 (0.18%) REST
6 1 (0.18%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.70%) Derivative
1 70 (12.70%) Hedge funds
2 44 (7.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 43 (7.80%) Fixed Income
3 43 (7.80%) Product Ownership
4 42 (7.62%) Equities
5 32 (5.81%) Onboarding
6 28 (5.08%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.00%) Life Science
8 10 (1.81%) Eurex
9 7 (1.27%) Pricing Data
10 6 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.54%) CMDB
12 3 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (0.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.99%) Windows
2 10 (1.81%) CentOS
2 10 (1.81%) Linux
2 10 (1.81%) Solaris
2 10 (1.81%) Ubuntu
2 10 (1.81%) Unix
3 8 (1.45%) Windows Vista
4 4 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (33.76%) Decision-Making
2 174 (31.58%) Agile
3 151 (27.40%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 142 (25.77%) Mentoring
5 141 (25.59%) Budgeting
6 127 (23.05%) Business Case
7 126 (22.87%) Actionable Insight
8 101 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (14.34%) Asset Management
11 74 (13.43%) Investment Management
12 56 (10.16%) ERP
13 53 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (9.07%) Analytics
15 49 (8.89%) Machine Learning
16 48 (8.71%) Artificial Intelligence
17 42 (7.62%) Financial Analysis
18 40 (7.26%) ITIL
19 33 (5.99%) Financial Modelling
20 32 (5.81%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 147 (26.68%) SQL
2 116 (21.05%) Python
3 27 (4.90%) C#
4 18 (3.27%) T-SQL
5 11 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.81%) Bash
6 10 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.81%) Perl
6 10 (1.81%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.81%) Ruby
7 8 (1.45%) R
8 2 (0.36%) VBA
9 1 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 145 (26.32%) ACCA
2 141 (25.59%) CIMA
3 78 (14.16%) Degree
4 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.27%) MBA
5 5 (0.91%) CFA
6 2 (0.36%) AAT
6 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.36%) ISEB
7 1 (0.18%) CCAB
7 1 (0.18%) CISA
7 1 (0.18%) CISM
7 1 (0.18%) CISSP
7 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.18%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.36%) SLA
2 8 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.45%) QA
3 5 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (0.91%) IFRS
4 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) COBIT
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) ITGC
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) XenApp
3 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 167 (30.31%) Microsoft
2 74 (13.43%) Oracle
3 26 (4.72%) Bloomberg
3 26 (4.72%) SAP
4 16 (2.90%) Alteryx
5 15 (2.72%) Sage
6 14 (2.54%) BISAM
6 14 (2.54%) Concur
7 13 (2.36%) Infor
8 12 (2.18%) Workday
9 10 (1.81%) CQG
9 10 (1.81%) ION Trading
9 10 (1.81%) Patsystems
9 10 (1.81%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.81%) Reuters
9 10 (1.81%) Trayport
10 9 (1.63%) Aderant
10 9 (1.63%) BT
11 8 (1.45%) Cognos
12 7 (1.27%) IBM