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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 566 667
Rank change year-on-year +178 +101 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 560 394 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.44% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.48% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 297 233 427
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £87,500 £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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
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 £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 7 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 7 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 +163 300 £75,000 +15.38% 48
South East +47 95 £50,000 +8.11% 13
North of England +69 83 £36,000 -28.00% 13
North West +52 59 £40,000 -20.00% 9
Midlands +17 31 £47,500 +43.93% 4
South West -17 22 £50,000 +21.21% 3
Yorkshire +68 21 £30,250 -42.38% 1
West Midlands +27 19 £47,500 +13.77% 2
East of England +26 14 £51,750 +6.15% 7
East Midlands -10 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
North East -3 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 7 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.

1 560 (100.00%) Finance
2 232 (41.43%) Social Skills
3 231 (41.25%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (36.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 185 (33.04%) Decision-Making
6 175 (31.25%) Agile
7 173 (30.89%) Microsoft
8 152 (27.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 149 (26.61%) CIMA
10 147 (26.25%) ACCA
11 146 (26.07%) SQL
12 142 (25.36%) Budgeting
12 142 (25.36%) Mentoring
13 128 (22.86%) Business Case
14 126 (22.50%) Actionable Insight
15 116 (20.71%) Python
16 113 (20.18%) Broadband
16 113 (20.18%) Influencing Skills
17 101 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
18 93 (16.61%) Legal
19 89 (15.89%) Business Intelligence
20 79 (14.11%) Asset Management
21 78 (13.93%) Banking
21 78 (13.93%) Degree
22 74 (13.21%) Investment Management
22 74 (13.21%) Oracle
23 71 (12.68%) Hedge funds
24 70 (12.50%) Derivative
25 69 (12.32%) Front Office
26 63 (11.25%) 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 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.25%) SAS
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.36%) Apache
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 202 (36.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.75%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.50%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.32%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.32%) iTrent
4 12 (2.14%) Oracle Financials
5 10 (1.79%) Fidessa
5 10 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (1.07%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (1.07%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.71%) Lawson
8 4 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.71%) 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 (11.25%) Power Platform
2 44 (7.86%) AWS
3 9 (1.61%) OCI
4 8 (1.43%) Azure
5 7 (1.25%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.89%) SaaS
8 4 (0.71%) 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 (20.18%) Broadband
2 10 (1.79%) DHCP
2 10 (1.79%) DNS
2 10 (1.79%) Firewall
2 10 (1.79%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.54%) Intranet
3 3 (0.54%) VPN
3 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.25%) Power BI
2 28 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
2 28 (5.00%) Tableau
3 18 (3.21%) Data Mining
4 13 (2.32%) BusinessObjects
5 11 (1.96%) Power Query
5 11 (1.96%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.79%) MS Access
7 8 (1.43%) Big Data
7 8 (1.43%) Essbase
8 7 (1.25%) QlikView
9 4 (0.71%) 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 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.89%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 560 (100.00%) Finance
2 232 (41.43%) Social Skills
3 231 (41.25%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (20.18%) Influencing Skills
5 93 (16.61%) Legal
6 78 (13.93%) Banking
7 69 (12.32%) Front Office
8 59 (10.54%) Law
9 29 (5.18%) Back Office
10 20 (3.57%) Retail
11 18 (3.21%) Investment Banking
11 18 (3.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 17 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.14%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.43%) Marketing
16 7 (1.25%) General Ledger
17 6 (1.07%) Billing
17 6 (1.07%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (1.79%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.43%) Pandas
4 6 (1.07%) 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 71 (12.68%) Hedge funds
2 70 (12.50%) Derivative
3 44 (7.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 43 (7.68%) Fixed Income
4 43 (7.68%) Product Ownership
5 42 (7.50%) Equities
6 31 (5.54%) Onboarding
7 28 (5.00%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.96%) Life Science
9 10 (1.79%) Eurex
10 7 (1.25%) Pricing Data
11 6 (1.07%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.54%) CMDB
13 3 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.93%) Windows
2 10 (1.79%) CentOS
2 10 (1.79%) Linux
2 10 (1.79%) Solaris
2 10 (1.79%) Ubuntu
2 10 (1.79%) Unix
3 8 (1.43%) Windows Vista
4 4 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (33.04%) Decision-Making
2 175 (31.25%) Agile
3 152 (27.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 142 (25.36%) Budgeting
4 142 (25.36%) Mentoring
5 128 (22.86%) Business Case
6 126 (22.50%) Actionable Insight
7 101 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (15.89%) Business Intelligence
9 79 (14.11%) Asset Management
10 74 (13.21%) Investment Management
11 56 (10.00%) ERP
12 52 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (8.93%) Analytics
14 49 (8.75%) Machine Learning
15 48 (8.57%) Artificial Intelligence
15 48 (8.57%) Financial Analysis
16 40 (7.14%) ITIL
17 35 (6.25%) Financial Modelling
18 32 (5.71%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 146 (26.07%) SQL
2 116 (20.71%) Python
3 27 (4.82%) C#
4 18 (3.21%) T-SQL
5 11 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.79%) Bash
6 10 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.79%) Perl
6 10 (1.79%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.79%) Ruby
7 8 (1.43%) R
8 2 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (26.61%) CIMA
2 147 (26.25%) ACCA
3 78 (13.93%) Degree
4 8 (1.43%) AAT
5 7 (1.25%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.25%) MBA
6 5 (0.89%) CFA
7 3 (0.54%) ISEB
8 2 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.18%) CCAB
9 1 (0.18%) CISA
9 1 (0.18%) CISM
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.32%) SLA
2 9 (1.61%) QA
3 8 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.89%) IFRS
5 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.36%) PMO
6 2 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.71%) 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
1 173 (30.89%) Microsoft
2 74 (13.21%) Oracle
3 27 (4.82%) SAP
4 26 (4.64%) Bloomberg
5 16 (2.86%) Alteryx
6 15 (2.68%) Sage
7 14 (2.50%) BISAM
7 14 (2.50%) Concur
8 13 (2.32%) Infor
9 12 (2.14%) Workday
10 10 (1.79%) CQG
10 10 (1.79%) ION Trading
10 10 (1.79%) Patsystems
10 10 (1.79%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.79%) Reuters
10 10 (1.79%) Trayport
11 9 (1.61%) Aderant
11 9 (1.61%) BT
12 8 (1.43%) Cognos
13 7 (1.25%) CA