Financial Analyst Jobs in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 239 400
Rank change year-on-year -50 +161 +189
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 104 305 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.81% 1.29% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.37% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 76 173 167
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £118,750 £91,250
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 11,585 22,238 32,603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 94.13% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,454 16,672 24,036
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 11 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 11 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 +20 23 £80,000 +33.33% 6
West London -3 2 £65,000 -13.33% 2
South London -7 2 £72,500 -
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 104 (100.00%) Finance
2 44 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 43 (41.35%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (34.62%) Microsoft Excel
6 32 (30.77%) Power Platform
6 32 (30.77%) Power BI
7 30 (28.85%) SQL
8 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (23.08%) Agile
10 21 (20.19%) Microsoft
11 19 (18.27%) Fixed Income
11 19 (18.27%) Visualisation
12 18 (17.31%) Azure
12 18 (17.31%) Derivative
12 18 (17.31%) Workflow
13 17 (16.35%) Data Analysis
13 17 (16.35%) Python
13 17 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (15.38%) Hedge funds
14 16 (15.38%) Investment Management
14 16 (15.38%) Banking
14 16 (15.38%) Front Office
15 15 (14.42%) Law
15 15 (14.42%) Collaborative Working
15 15 (14.42%) Budgeting
16 14 (13.46%) Legal
16 14 (13.46%) Financial Modelling
17 13 (12.50%) Migration
17 13 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services

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 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.96%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (34.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (10.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.77%) MS Visio
4 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.96%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Aladdin
2 5 (4.81%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (2.88%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.96%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.96%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.96%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.96%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (30.77%) Power Platform
2 18 (17.31%) Azure
3 17 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.85%) AWS
4 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.92%) Datadog
6 2 (1.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.96%) Figma
7 1 (0.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.77%) DNS
1 6 (5.77%) Firewall
2 3 (2.88%) DHCP
2 3 (2.88%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.92%) Telnet
4 1 (0.96%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (30.77%) Power BI
2 13 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (9.62%) Data Lake
4 7 (6.73%) Power Query
5 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.88%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.92%) Tableau
8 1 (0.96%) KDB
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) JIRA
1 3 (2.88%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.92%) Git
General
1 104 (100.00%) Finance
2 44 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 43 (41.35%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.38%) Banking
4 16 (15.38%) Front Office
5 15 (14.42%) Law
6 14 (13.46%) Legal
7 13 (12.50%) Billing
8 12 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (6.73%) Publishing
10 6 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.88%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.92%) Retail
13 1 (0.96%) Advertising
13 1 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.96%) LDAP
2 1 (0.96%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.27%) Fixed Income
2 18 (17.31%) Derivative
3 16 (15.38%) Hedge funds
4 12 (11.54%) Equities
4 12 (11.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (9.62%) Product Ownership
6 7 (6.73%) Management Information System
7 6 (5.77%) Housing Association
8 3 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (2.88%) Eurex
8 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.88%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.92%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.62%) Linux
2 9 (8.65%) Windows
3 7 (6.73%) Unix
4 4 (3.85%) CentOS
4 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.88%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.92%) Rocky
7 1 (0.96%) Solaris
7 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (23.08%) Agile
4 19 (18.27%) Visualisation
5 18 (17.31%) Workflow
6 17 (16.35%) Data Analysis
7 16 (15.38%) Investment Management
8 15 (14.42%) Budgeting
8 15 (14.42%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (13.46%) Financial Modelling
10 13 (12.50%) Migration
11 12 (11.54%) Analytics
11 12 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 11 (10.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 11 (10.58%) ERP
12 11 (10.58%) Financial Analysis
12 11 (10.58%) Process Improvement
13 10 (9.62%) Business Analysis
13 10 (9.62%) Data Governance
13 10 (9.62%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.85%) SQL
2 17 (16.35%) Python
3 11 (10.58%) T-SQL
4 6 (5.77%) VBA
5 5 (4.81%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.85%) Bash
7 3 (2.88%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.96%) Java
8 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.96%) Perl
8 1 (0.96%) R
8 1 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (11.54%) Degree
2 7 (6.73%) ACCA
2 7 (6.73%) CIMA
3 6 (5.77%) CCAB
3 6 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.88%) CISSP
4 3 (2.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.96%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.96%) CFA
5 1 (0.96%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.96%) MBA
5 1 (0.96%) MOS
5 1 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.96%) PMP
5 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.96%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) MiFID
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.92%) IFRS
3 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.96%) GAAP
3 1 (0.96%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.96%) PMO
3 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Grafana
2 2 (1.92%) Ansible
2 2 (1.92%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.92%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (20.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.50%) Aderant
3 6 (5.77%) BISAM
4 5 (4.81%) Infor
4 5 (4.81%) Oracle
4 5 (4.81%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.81%) Sun
5 4 (3.85%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.88%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.88%) CQG
6 3 (2.88%) ION Trading
6 3 (2.88%) LogRhythm
6 3 (2.88%) Qualys
6 3 (2.88%) Reuters
6 3 (2.88%) SAP
6 3 (2.88%) Tenable
6 3 (2.88%) Trayport
6 3 (2.88%) VMware
7 2 (1.92%) Workday