Financial Analyst Job Trends 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 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 384 393
Rank change year-on-year -90 +9 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 208 157 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.45% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.51% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 144 96 73
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £27,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,125 £53,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,125 £60,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 80,470 31,061 49,429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.52% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55,562 17,295 27,523
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies 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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026. 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
Midlands -19 48 £67,500 +68.75% 17
North of England -59 48 £62,500 +13.64% 23
South West -47 40 £44,000 +10.00% 6
North West -32 36 £70,000 +27.27% 17
South East -77 34 £65,000 +18.18% 46
West Midlands -16 28 £50,000 +25.00% 10
East of England -31 22 £45,000 -14.29% 8
East Midlands -11 20 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Scotland +3 12 - - 21
Yorkshire -26 11 £62,500 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £45,000 - 8
North East - 1 £80,000 - 2
Financial Analyst
UK

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Financial Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 54 (25.96%) Decision-Making
2 43 (20.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (19.71%) Business Intelligence
4 36 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (16.83%) ACCA
5 35 (16.83%) CIMA
5 35 (16.83%) ERP
6 33 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (14.90%) Power BI
7 31 (14.90%) Power Platform
8 28 (13.46%) Analytics
9 26 (12.50%) SQL
10 25 (12.02%) Financial Analysis
11 21 (10.10%) AAT
11 21 (10.10%) Actionable Insight
12 18 (8.65%) Dashboard Development
12 18 (8.65%) Data Quality
12 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
13 17 (8.17%) IBM
13 17 (8.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
14 16 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (6.73%) Planning and Forecasting
16 13 (6.25%) Workday
17 12 (5.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 12 (5.77%) Cognos
17 12 (5.77%) Data Cleansing
17 12 (5.77%) Data Modelling
18 11 (5.29%) Oracle
18 11 (5.29%) Validation
19 10 (4.81%) Budgeting

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (20.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (8.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (2.88%) Elite 3E
3 5 (2.40%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.48%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.90%) Power Platform
2 16 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (4.33%) Intacct
4 5 (2.40%) Power Automate
4 5 (2.40%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.92%) OCI
6 2 (0.96%) Azure
6 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.90%) Power BI
2 10 (4.81%) Power Query
3 7 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.40%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.92%) Tableau
6 3 (1.44%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 208 (100.00%) Finance
2 62 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 48 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.21%) Legal
5 14 (6.73%) Law
6 12 (5.77%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.29%) Aerospace
8 10 (4.81%) General Ledger
8 10 (4.81%) Marketing
9 7 (3.37%) Retail
10 6 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.96%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Aviation
13 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.96%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.48%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.96%) Decision-Making
2 41 (19.71%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (16.83%) ERP
5 33 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (13.46%) Analytics
7 25 (12.02%) Financial Analysis
8 21 (10.10%) Actionable Insight
9 18 (8.65%) Dashboard Development
9 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
10 14 (6.73%) Planning and Forecasting
11 12 (5.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 12 (5.77%) Data Cleansing
11 12 (5.77%) Data Modelling
12 11 (5.29%) Validation
13 10 (4.81%) Budgeting
13 10 (4.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (4.81%) Visualisation
14 9 (4.33%) Data Extraction
14 9 (4.33%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.50%) SQL
2 8 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (1.92%) VBA
4 1 (0.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (16.83%) ACCA
1 35 (16.83%) CIMA
2 21 (10.10%) AAT
3 7 (3.37%) Degree
4 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.33%) IFRS
3 3 (1.44%) PMO
Vendors
1 17 (8.17%) IBM
2 13 (6.25%) Workday
3 12 (5.77%) Cognos
4 11 (5.29%) Oracle
5 9 (4.33%) Sage
6 5 (2.40%) Aderant
6 5 (2.40%) IFS
6 5 (2.40%) SAP
7 2 (0.96%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.48%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.48%) Hyperion