Financial Analyst Jobs in the North West

Finance Analyst
England > North West

The median Finance Analyst salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 237 282
Rank change year-on-year 0 +45 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 53 62 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.68% 0.60% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.63% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 12
10th Percentile £35,875 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £34,875 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £57,063 £58,750 £60,938
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,184 9,803 6,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.75% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,825 7,500 4,002
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,014
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,370
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,500 £80,725
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the North West

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the North West

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the North West

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester +41 27 £53,750 +49.31% 13
Cumbria - 17 £55,000 -
Lancashire -58 6 £35,000 - 3
Merseyside +29 3 £40,000 -14.89% 4
Financial Analyst
England

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 30 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 North West region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) Finance
2 30 (56.60%) Process Improvement
3 25 (47.17%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (45.28%) SAP
5 23 (43.40%) ERP
5 23 (43.40%) Decision-Making
6 22 (41.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 22 (41.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (41.51%) CIMA
6 22 (41.51%) ACCA
7 20 (37.74%) Data Quality
8 18 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (32.08%) SAP S/4HANA
9 17 (32.08%) Degree
10 16 (30.19%) Management Information System
10 16 (30.19%) SharePoint
10 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
10 16 (30.19%) Budgeting
10 16 (30.19%) Financial Analysis
11 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
11 11 (20.75%) Oracle
11 11 (20.75%) Data Analysis
12 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (15.09%) Business Development
14 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
15 6 (11.32%) Agile
15 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
16 5 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (9.43%) Power Platform

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (30.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (32.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.55%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.89%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.89%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.89%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.89%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.66%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.77%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (7.55%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (7.55%) Tableau
3 1 (1.89%) MySQL
3 1 (1.89%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (1.89%) QlikView
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
1 1 (1.89%) Subversion
General
1 53 (100.00%) Finance
2 25 (47.17%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.43%) Retail
5 4 (7.55%) Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.19%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.55%) Social Media
4 1 (1.89%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.89%) FMCG
4 1 (1.89%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (56.60%) Process Improvement
2 23 (43.40%) Decision-Making
2 23 (43.40%) ERP
3 22 (41.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 18 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (30.19%) Budgeting
5 16 (30.19%) Financial Analysis
6 11 (20.75%) Data Analysis
7 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (15.09%) Business Development
9 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (11.32%) Agile
11 4 (7.55%) Change Management
11 4 (7.55%) Financial Modelling
11 4 (7.55%) Migration
11 4 (7.55%) Pricing Strategy
11 4 (7.55%) Project Management
11 4 (7.55%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) Python
1 4 (7.55%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) VBA
3 1 (1.89%) R
3 1 (1.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (41.51%) ACCA
1 22 (41.51%) BPSS Clearance
1 22 (41.51%) CIMA
2 17 (32.08%) Degree
3 4 (7.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (37.74%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) SAP
2 11 (20.75%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) Concur
3 4 (7.55%) Hyperion
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.66%) IBM
5 1 (1.89%) Alteryx