Financial Analyst Jobs in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst salary in London is £65,000 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 310 234 394
Rank change year-on-year -76 +160 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 86 313 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.67% 1.30% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.38% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 62 182 159
10th Percentile £35,500 £43,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,040 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £99,500 £118,750 £90,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,537 22,689 30,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 16,827 22,863
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +13 20 £82,500 +26.92% 1
South London -13 2 £72,500 -
West London -18 1 £65,000 -13.33% 5
Financial Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 35 (40.70%) Business Intelligence
4 31 (36.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 29 (33.72%) SQL
6 28 (32.56%) Power BI
6 28 (32.56%) Power Platform
7 24 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (22.09%) Workflow
9 18 (20.93%) Microsoft
10 17 (19.77%) Law
10 17 (19.77%) Visualisation
11 16 (18.60%) Python
12 15 (17.44%) Legal
12 15 (17.44%) Data Analysis
13 14 (16.28%) Agile
13 14 (16.28%) Process Improvement
13 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (16.28%) Decision-Making
14 13 (15.12%) Aderant
14 13 (15.12%) Budgeting
14 13 (15.12%) Analytics
14 13 (15.12%) Azure
14 13 (15.12%) Billing
14 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
16 11 (12.79%) Data Visualisation
16 11 (12.79%) T-SQL
16 11 (12.79%) ERP

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (4.65%) Confluence
2 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.33%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (36.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (10.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Aladdin
2 2 (2.33%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (2.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.16%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.56%) Power Platform
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (15.12%) Azure
4 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.33%) AWS
6 2 (2.33%) OCI
6 2 (2.33%) SaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.16%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Skype
1 2 (2.33%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (32.56%) Power BI
2 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.65%) Power Query
5 3 (3.49%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.33%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.33%) Tableau
7 1 (1.16%) KDB
7 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) JIRA
2 3 (3.49%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.33%) Git
General
1 86 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (19.77%) Law
4 15 (17.44%) Legal
5 13 (15.12%) Billing
6 10 (11.63%) Banking
7 9 (10.47%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (6.98%) Front Office
10 4 (4.65%) Publishing
11 3 (3.49%) General Ledger
12 2 (2.33%) Retail
13 1 (1.16%) Advertising
13 1 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.16%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.16%) LDAP
2 1 (1.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Derivative
1 9 (10.47%) Fixed Income
2 6 (6.98%) Hedge funds
2 6 (6.98%) Housing Association
3 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.33%) Equities
6 2 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.33%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.14%) Linux
2 6 (6.98%) Unix
3 3 (3.49%) Windows
4 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.33%) Rocky
4 2 (2.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.16%) CentOS
5 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (40.70%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (22.09%) Workflow
4 17 (19.77%) Visualisation
5 15 (17.44%) Data Analysis
6 14 (16.28%) Agile
6 14 (16.28%) Decision-Making
6 14 (16.28%) Process Improvement
7 13 (15.12%) Analytics
7 13 (15.12%) Budgeting
8 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (12.79%) Business Analysis
9 11 (12.79%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (12.79%) ERP
10 9 (10.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 9 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (10.47%) Financial Modelling
10 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (9.30%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (33.72%) SQL
2 16 (18.60%) Python
3 11 (12.79%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.49%) Bash
4 3 (3.49%) VBA
5 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.16%) Java
6 1 (1.16%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) ACCA
1 10 (11.63%) CIMA
2 7 (8.14%) Degree
3 6 (6.98%) CCAB
4 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.16%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.16%) CFA
5 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.16%) MBA
5 1 (1.16%) MOS
5 1 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMP
5 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.16%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.33%) IFRS
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) PMO
3 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.12%) Aderant
3 6 (6.98%) BISAM
4 5 (5.81%) Workday
5 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.49%) Adaptive Insights
6 3 (3.49%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.49%) Oracle
6 3 (3.49%) SAP
7 2 (2.33%) Concur
7 2 (2.33%) Infor
7 2 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.33%) Sun
7 2 (2.33%) Wallstreet Suite
8 1 (1.16%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.16%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.16%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.16%) Sage