Financial Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Finance Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Finance Analyst salary in Manchester is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 183 228
Rank change year-on-year +48 +45 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 27 42 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.23% 0.78% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.82% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10 27 12
10th Percentile £50,125 £34,050 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £34,750 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £36,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.31% -28.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £60,125 - £63,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% -12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,995 5,115 4,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.58% 92.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,148 3,925 2,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £53,159 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -7.55% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,758 £81,150 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in Manchester

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in Manchester

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Manchester region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (51.85%) Process Improvement
3 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
4 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (25.93%) Oracle
5 7 (25.93%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (22.22%) Agile
6 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
6 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 5 (18.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (14.81%) CIMA
8 4 (14.81%) ERP
8 4 (14.81%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (14.81%) Banking
8 4 (14.81%) ACCA
8 4 (14.81%) Power BI
8 4 (14.81%) Concur
8 4 (14.81%) Pricing Strategy
8 4 (14.81%) DBS Check
8 4 (14.81%) Tableau
8 4 (14.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
8 4 (14.81%) Business Development
8 4 (14.81%) Social Media
8 4 (14.81%) Financial Modelling
8 4 (14.81%) Oracle Fusion

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.70%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
2 2 (7.41%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
1 4 (14.81%) Tableau
General
1 27 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Banking
5 3 (11.11%) Retail
6 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Legal
7 1 (3.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (14.81%) Social Media
3 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.70%) FMCG
3 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Process Improvement
2 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (25.93%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
5 4 (14.81%) Business Case
5 4 (14.81%) Business Development
5 4 (14.81%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (14.81%) ERP
5 4 (14.81%) Financial Modelling
5 4 (14.81%) Pricing Strategy
6 3 (11.11%) Analytics
7 2 (7.41%) Contract Management
7 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
7 2 (7.41%) Migration
7 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) R
2 1 (3.70%) VB
2 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) ACCA
1 4 (14.81%) CIMA
1 4 (14.81%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle
2 4 (14.81%) Concur
3 3 (11.11%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP