Financial Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 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 421 490 617
Rank change year-on-year +69 +127 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 157 298 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.42% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 59 134 56
10th Percentile - £28,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -1.04%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,938
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £69,650
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London 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
South East +45 62 £35,000 -30.00% 98
North of England +22 54 £55,000 +52.78% 59
North West 0 53 £55,000 +37.50% 29
Scotland +107 15 - - 9
Midlands +66 14 £45,000 -5.26% 52
West Midlands +52 14 £45,000 -5.26% 29
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 3
South West +85 4 £57,500 +15.00% 31
East of England +34 3 £57,500 +27.78% 36
Yorkshire +41 1 - - 23
Financial Analyst
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 157 (100.00%) Finance
2 86 (54.78%) Social Skills
3 63 (40.13%) Decision-Making
4 62 (39.49%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (36.31%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (33.76%) Process Improvement
7 49 (31.21%) Microsoft
8 47 (29.94%) SAP
9 44 (28.03%) Microsoft Excel
10 42 (26.75%) ERP
11 39 (24.84%) Business Intelligence
12 36 (22.93%) CIMA
12 36 (22.93%) ACCA
13 33 (21.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 32 (20.38%) Power BI
14 32 (20.38%) Power Platform
15 30 (19.11%) Project Management
16 29 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (17.83%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 27 (17.20%) Agile
19 25 (15.92%) Data Quality
20 24 (15.29%) Degree
21 23 (14.65%) Data Analysis
21 23 (14.65%) Financial Analysis
22 22 (14.01%) Budgeting
22 22 (14.01%) Service Management
22 22 (14.01%) Law
23 18 (11.46%) Roadmaps
23 18 (11.46%) SAP S/4HANA
24 17 (10.83%) Strategic Thinking

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 16 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (28.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (11.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (10.83%) SAP FI
3 16 (10.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 8 (5.10%) NetSuite
5 5 (3.18%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (3.18%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 5 (3.18%) SAP BPC
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.38%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.10%) Snowflake
3 7 (4.46%) AWS
4 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.64%) Google Docs
5 1 (0.64%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.55%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (20.38%) Power BI
2 14 (8.92%) Tableau
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.64%) MySQL
4 1 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.64%) QlikView
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) ER Studio
1 1 (0.64%) Git
1 1 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 157 (100.00%) Finance
2 86 (54.78%) Social Skills
3 57 (36.31%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.01%) Law
5 10 (6.37%) Legal
5 10 (6.37%) Retail
6 7 (4.46%) Banking
6 7 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.18%) Marketing
9 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.91%) Billing
11 2 (1.27%) Arabic Language
11 2 (1.27%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.27%) Russian Language
12 1 (0.64%) Local Government
12 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.64%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.83%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.37%) Taxonomies
3 7 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.82%) FMCG
5 5 (3.18%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.55%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.55%) Market Risk
6 4 (2.55%) Social Media
7 2 (1.27%) Pricing Data
8 1 (0.64%) PMI
8 1 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.13%) Decision-Making
2 62 (39.49%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (33.76%) Process Improvement
4 42 (26.75%) ERP
5 39 (24.84%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (19.11%) Project Management
7 29 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (17.83%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 27 (17.20%) Agile
10 23 (14.65%) Data Analysis
10 23 (14.65%) Financial Analysis
11 22 (14.01%) Budgeting
11 22 (14.01%) Service Management
12 18 (11.46%) Roadmaps
13 17 (10.83%) Business Development
13 17 (10.83%) Customer Experience
13 17 (10.83%) Strategic Thinking
14 16 (10.19%) Cost Control
15 15 (9.55%) Business Analysis
16 14 (8.92%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.37%) SQL
2 5 (3.18%) Python
3 2 (1.27%) R
3 2 (1.27%) VBA
4 1 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (22.93%) ACCA
1 36 (22.93%) CIMA
2 33 (21.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (15.29%) Degree
4 4 (2.55%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.64%) CBAP
5 1 (0.64%) CFA
5 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.64%) PMP
5 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.64%) GRC
2 1 (0.64%) SLA
Vendors
1 49 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 47 (29.94%) SAP
3 13 (8.28%) Oracle
4 10 (6.37%) Anaplan
5 7 (4.46%) Google
5 7 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.18%) Intapp
6 5 (3.18%) PeopleSoft
6 5 (3.18%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.18%) Workday
7 4 (2.55%) Concur
7 4 (2.55%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.91%) IBM
9 2 (1.27%) Sage
10 1 (0.64%) Alteryx