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 £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 429 476
Rank change year-on-year +62 +47 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 142 137 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.38% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.41% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 73 55 60
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,175 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -7.61% -8.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £45,875 £56,824
90th Percentile £63,250 £56,250 £62,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £53,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.98% -17.31% +8.33%

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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
South East +41 59 £52,500 +29.55% 18
Midlands +38 25 £36,250 -30.95%
East of England +43 22 £55,000 +35.20% 2
East Midlands +12 21 £35,000 -12.50%
North of England -21 20 £51,250 +20.59% 3
North West -3 18 £55,000 +30.95% 2
South West +16 10 £41,750 +4.38%
Scotland 0 7 £30,000 -
West Midlands +17 3 £40,000 -23.81%
Wales +11 2 £35,000 -
Yorkshire -18 2 £30,000 -36.84% 1
Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 85 (59.86%) ACCA
2 84 (59.15%) CIMA
3 78 (54.93%) Decision-Making
4 54 (38.03%) ERP
5 44 (30.99%) Business Intelligence
5 44 (30.99%) Microsoft
6 41 (28.87%) Financial Analysis
6 41 (28.87%) Microsoft Excel
7 40 (28.17%) Power BI
7 40 (28.17%) Power Platform
8 38 (26.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 33 (23.24%) Microsoft Office
10 30 (21.13%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (16.20%) Logistics
11 23 (16.20%) SAP
12 20 (14.08%) Budgeting
13 18 (12.68%) Inventory Management
13 18 (12.68%) SQL
14 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (10.56%) Degree
16 14 (9.86%) AAT
16 14 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (9.86%) Power Query
17 13 (9.15%) VBA
18 12 (8.45%) Agile
19 11 (7.75%) Business Case
19 11 (7.75%) Flash
20 10 (7.04%) Data Analysis
20 10 (7.04%) Financial Modelling
21 9 (6.34%) Business Analysis

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 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (28.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (23.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.93%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Elite 3E
1 2 (1.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (1.41%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.70%) Global One
2 1 (0.70%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (0.70%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.70%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 40 (28.17%) Power Platform
2 30 (21.13%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (6.34%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (28.17%) Power BI
2 14 (9.86%) Power Query
3 9 (6.34%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.41%) Tableau
5 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) ER Studio
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 142 (100.00%) Finance
2 73 (51.41%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (37.32%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.34%) Advertising
4 9 (6.34%) Marketing
5 7 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (4.93%) Retail
6 6 (4.23%) Legal
6 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Aviation
7 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.41%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.70%) Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.75%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.04%) Social Media
2 9 (6.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.41%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.70%) FMCG
6 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (54.93%) Decision-Making
2 54 (38.03%) ERP
3 44 (30.99%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (28.87%) Financial Analysis
5 38 (26.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 23 (16.20%) Logistics
7 20 (14.08%) Budgeting
8 18 (12.68%) Inventory Management
9 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.45%) Agile
12 11 (7.75%) Business Case
13 10 (7.04%) Data Analysis
13 10 (7.04%) Financial Modelling
14 9 (6.34%) Business Analysis
14 9 (6.34%) Business Forecasting
14 9 (6.34%) Planning and Forecasting
15 8 (5.63%) Analytics
15 8 (5.63%) Performance Analysis
15 8 (5.63%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.68%) SQL
2 13 (9.15%) VBA
3 9 (6.34%) Python
4 7 (4.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (59.86%) ACCA
2 84 (59.15%) CIMA
3 15 (10.56%) Degree
4 14 (9.86%) AAT
5 9 (6.34%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.41%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.11%) IFRS
2 2 (1.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.70%) GAAP
3 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 44 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.20%) SAP
3 3 (2.11%) Oracle
4 2 (1.41%) IBM
4 2 (1.41%) Intapp
4 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.41%) Workday
5 1 (0.70%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (0.70%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.70%) Google
5 1 (0.70%) PeopleSoft