Financial Analyst Jobs in the North West

Finance Analyst
England > North West

The median Finance Analyst salary in the North West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 234 278
Rank change year-on-year 0 +44 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 55 61 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.69% 0.62% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.66% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 29 35 13
10th Percentile £39,350 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
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 7,314 9,309 7,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.56% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 7,154 4,104
10th Percentile £26,955 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,345 £81,250
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 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 14 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 14 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 +42 32 £52,500 +45.83% 1
Cumbria - 16 £55,000 -
Lancashire -60 4 £47,500 - 3
Merseyside +30 2 £39,250 -16.49% 1
Cheshire -2 1 - - 13
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 55 (100.00%) Finance
2 31 (56.36%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (52.73%) CIMA
3 29 (52.73%) ACCA
4 28 (50.91%) Process Improvement
5 27 (49.09%) Decision-Making
6 26 (47.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 23 (41.82%) ERP
8 22 (40.00%) Degree
8 22 (40.00%) Budgeting
9 21 (38.18%) SAP
10 20 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (36.36%) Data Quality
11 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (30.91%) Social Skills
13 16 (29.09%) SAP S/4HANA
13 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (29.09%) SharePoint
13 16 (29.09%) Management Information System
13 16 (29.09%) Financial Analysis
14 14 (25.45%) Microsoft Excel
15 11 (20.00%) Power BI
15 11 (20.00%) Power Platform
16 10 (18.18%) DBS Check
16 10 (18.18%) Oracle
16 10 (18.18%) Social Media
16 10 (18.18%) Financial Modelling
17 8 (14.55%) Data Analysis
17 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
18 7 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing

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 (29.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (25.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (29.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.64%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.45%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.64%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.00%) Power BI
2 5 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (7.27%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (7.27%) Tableau
4 1 (1.82%) MySQL
4 1 (1.82%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.82%) QlikView
4 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Git
1 1 (1.82%) Subversion
General
1 55 (100.00%) Finance
2 31 (56.36%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (30.91%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Retail
6 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Law
6 2 (3.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Management Information System
2 10 (18.18%) Social Media
3 6 (10.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.64%) FMCG
5 1 (1.82%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.82%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
1 6 (10.91%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Process Improvement
2 27 (49.09%) Decision-Making
3 26 (47.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 23 (41.82%) ERP
5 22 (40.00%) Budgeting
6 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (29.09%) Financial Analysis
8 10 (18.18%) Financial Modelling
9 8 (14.55%) Data Analysis
10 7 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (10.91%) Agile
11 6 (10.91%) Business Development
11 6 (10.91%) Customer Service
11 6 (10.91%) Mathematics
11 6 (10.91%) Scorecard
12 4 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (7.27%) Commercial Awareness
12 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (7.27%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Python
1 4 (7.27%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) VBA
3 1 (1.82%) R
3 1 (1.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) ACCA
1 29 (52.73%) CIMA
2 22 (40.00%) Degree
3 20 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (18.18%) DBS Check
5 6 (10.91%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (36.36%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 21 (38.18%) SAP
2 10 (18.18%) Oracle
3 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
4 5 (9.09%) Concur
5 3 (5.45%) IBM
6 2 (3.64%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.82%) Alteryx