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 to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 403 583
Rank change year-on-year +156 +180 -233
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 299 239 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.27% 0.68% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.71% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 167 175 264
10th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £91,250 £120,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,176 33,447 64,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 24,574 34,911
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 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
West London +11 40 £75,000 +36.36%
Central London +59 34 £60,000 -11.11% 4
South London +13 17 - -
North London - 5 £32,500 -
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 299 (100.00%) Finance
2 128 (42.81%) Analytical Skills
3 127 (42.47%) SQL
4 126 (42.14%) Social Skills
5 118 (39.46%) Agile
6 106 (35.45%) Python
7 101 (33.78%) Microsoft Excel
8 91 (30.43%) Mentoring
9 84 (28.09%) Microsoft
10 79 (26.42%) Asset Management
11 76 (25.42%) Decision-Making
12 74 (24.75%) Investment Management
13 72 (24.08%) Banking
13 72 (24.08%) ACCA
13 72 (24.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 72 (24.08%) Budgeting
14 70 (23.41%) Derivative
14 70 (23.41%) Hedge funds
15 69 (23.08%) Front Office
16 67 (22.41%) CIMA
17 66 (22.07%) Business Case
18 63 (21.07%) Influencing Skills
18 63 (21.07%) Actionable Insight
18 63 (21.07%) Broadband
19 47 (15.72%) Degree
20 46 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
20 46 (15.38%) Oracle
20 46 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
21 44 (14.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 44 (14.72%) AWS

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 11 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.67%) Apache
2 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 101 (33.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (7.02%) Elite 3E
2 14 (4.68%) Aladdin
3 10 (3.34%) Fidessa
4 6 (2.01%) Sage 50
5 4 (1.34%) Lawson
5 4 (1.34%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle AGIS
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.67%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.72%) AWS
2 34 (11.37%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.68%) Azure
4 7 (2.34%) Snowflake
5 4 (1.34%) OCI
6 3 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.67%) dbt
7 2 (0.67%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.33%) Asana
8 1 (0.33%) FinancialForce
8 1 (0.33%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 63 (21.07%) Broadband
2 10 (3.34%) DHCP
2 10 (3.34%) DNS
2 10 (3.34%) Firewall
2 10 (3.34%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (3.34%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.00%) Intranet
3 3 (1.00%) VPN
3 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.37%) Power BI
2 19 (6.35%) Oracle Reports
3 17 (5.69%) Tableau
4 16 (5.35%) Data Mining
5 11 (3.68%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.68%) Big Data
6 8 (2.68%) Essbase
7 5 (1.67%) MS Access
8 3 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.67%) Apache Arrow
9 2 (0.67%) Apache Ignite
9 2 (0.67%) Dremio
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.33%) Power Query
10 1 (0.33%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 5 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 299 (100.00%) Finance
2 128 (42.81%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (42.14%) Social Skills
4 72 (24.08%) Banking
5 69 (23.08%) Front Office
6 63 (21.07%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (12.71%) Law
8 29 (9.70%) Back Office
9 28 (9.36%) Legal
10 18 (6.02%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.68%) Retail
14 6 (2.01%) General Ledger
14 6 (2.01%) Local Government
15 4 (1.34%) Billing
16 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
17 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.34%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.33%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.33%) NumPy
3 1 (0.33%) Pandas
3 1 (0.33%) REST
3 1 (0.33%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 70 (23.41%) Derivative
1 70 (23.41%) Hedge funds
2 44 (14.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 43 (14.38%) Fixed Income
4 42 (14.05%) Equities
4 42 (14.05%) Product Ownership
5 29 (9.70%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.68%) Life Science
8 10 (3.34%) Eurex
9 3 (1.00%) CMDB
9 3 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.67%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.33%) Bitcoin
11 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.68%) Windows
2 10 (3.34%) CentOS
2 10 (3.34%) Linux
2 10 (3.34%) Solaris
2 10 (3.34%) Ubuntu
2 10 (3.34%) Unix
3 4 (1.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (39.46%) Agile
2 91 (30.43%) Mentoring
3 79 (26.42%) Asset Management
4 76 (25.42%) Decision-Making
5 74 (24.75%) Investment Management
6 72 (24.08%) Budgeting
6 72 (24.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 66 (22.07%) Business Case
8 63 (21.07%) Actionable Insight
9 46 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (14.05%) Artificial Intelligence
10 42 (14.05%) Machine Learning
11 31 (10.37%) Analytics
12 29 (9.70%) Financial Analysis
13 26 (8.70%) Product Management
13 26 (8.70%) Roadmaps
14 21 (7.02%) Business Strategy
15 20 (6.69%) Financial Modelling
15 20 (6.69%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 127 (42.47%) SQL
2 106 (35.45%) Python
3 27 (9.03%) C#
4 18 (6.02%) T-SQL
5 10 (3.34%) Bash
5 10 (3.34%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.34%) Perl
5 10 (3.34%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.34%) Ruby
6 8 (2.68%) R
7 1 (0.33%) C++
7 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (24.08%) ACCA
2 67 (22.41%) CIMA
3 47 (15.72%) Degree
4 4 (1.34%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.34%) MBA
5 1 (0.33%) CCAB
5 1 (0.33%) CISA
5 1 (0.33%) CISM
5 1 (0.33%) CISSP
5 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.33%) ISEB
5 1 (0.33%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.34%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.01%) QA
3 5 (1.67%) IFRS
4 3 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) COBIT
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) ITGC
5 1 (0.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) XenApp
3 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.38%) Oracle
3 26 (8.70%) Bloomberg
4 14 (4.68%) BISAM
5 10 (3.34%) CQG
5 10 (3.34%) ION Trading
5 10 (3.34%) Patsystems
5 10 (3.34%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.34%) Reuters
5 10 (3.34%) Trayport
6 9 (3.01%) Alteryx
7 8 (2.68%) Aderant
7 8 (2.68%) Sage
8 7 (2.34%) Cognos
8 7 (2.34%) Concur
8 7 (2.34%) SAP
9 6 (2.01%) Intapp
10 5 (1.67%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.34%) CA
11 4 (1.34%) JD Edwards