Financial Analyst Jobs in Essex

Finance Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median Finance Analyst salary in Essex is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 54 61
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 3 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.41% 0.63% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.68% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £30,178 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £33,445 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,681 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.34% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £42,472 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £32,106 £50,000
% change year-on-year +71.31% -35.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 684 586 519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 92.87% 80.97%
Number of salaries quoted 389 424 331
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,375 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +0.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £79,625 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in Essex

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in Essex

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Chelmsford - 2 £57,500 - 1
Southend-on-Sea -3 1 - -
Financial Analyst
East of England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 6 August 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 Essex region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (33.33%) KYC
3 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality