Credit Analyst Jobs

Credit Analyst
UK

The median Credit Analyst salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 721 990
Rank change year-on-year +163 +269 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Credit Analyst 213 9 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.017% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.018% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 4
10th Percentile £68,750 £45,000 £55,250
25th Percentile £78,750 £50,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% -1.89% +1.92%
75th Percentile £85,625 £74,375 £75,313
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,375 £80,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -8.33% +122.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Credit Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Credit Analyst in the UK

Credit Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Credit Analyst.

Salary trend for Credit Analyst in the UK

Credit Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Credit Analyst over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Credit Analyst in the UK

Credit Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Credit Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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
England +135 202 £82,500 +26.92% 12
London +130 153 £85,000 +25.93% 11
UK excluding London -13 60 £82,500 +50.00% 1
Midlands - 19 £82,500 - 1
East Midlands - 14 £82,500 - 1
East of England - 14 - -
Work from Home +11 9 - - 2
North of England - 8 - -
Scotland - 6 - -
South East - 6 - -
West Midlands - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
North West - 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North East - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -

Credit Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, Credit 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 featuring Credit Analyst in the job title.

1 211 (99.06%) Credit Risk
2 198 (92.96%) Degree
3 188 (88.26%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (87.79%) Banking
5 181 (84.98%) Finance
6 179 (84.04%) Social Skills
7 173 (81.22%) Risk Management
8 172 (80.75%) Decision-Making
9 161 (75.59%) Business Strategy
10 159 (74.65%) Credit Risk Analysis
10 159 (74.65%) Financial Modelling
10 159 (74.65%) Portfolio Management
10 159 (74.65%) Risk Assessment
10 159 (74.65%) Financial Institution
11 158 (74.18%) Bloomberg
11 158 (74.18%) Fixed Income
11 158 (74.18%) Asset Management
11 158 (74.18%) CFA
11 158 (74.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 158 (74.18%) French Language
11 158 (74.18%) German Language
11 158 (74.18%) Master's Degree
11 158 (74.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (16.43%) SQL
13 25 (11.74%) SAS
14 22 (10.33%) Credit Risk Management
15 20 (9.39%) Microsoft
16 19 (8.92%) Legal
17 18 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
17 18 (8.45%) Customer Service

Credit Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (11.74%) SAS
Applications
1 158 (74.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.41%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.69%) Tableau
2 3 (1.41%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.41%) MySQL
2 3 (1.41%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.41%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 188 (88.26%) Analytical Skills
2 187 (87.79%) Banking
3 181 (84.98%) Finance
4 179 (84.04%) Social Skills
5 159 (74.65%) Financial Institution
6 158 (74.18%) French Language
6 158 (74.18%) German Language
6 158 (74.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (8.92%) Legal
8 14 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.41%) Billing
10 1 (0.47%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Front Office
10 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) .NET
1 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.47%) HTML
1 1 (0.47%) JSON
1 1 (0.47%) JSP
1 1 (0.47%) REST
1 1 (0.47%) Servlets
1 1 (0.47%) SOAP
1 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 211 (99.06%) Credit Risk
2 158 (74.18%) Fixed Income
3 5 (2.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.94%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.47%) Derivative
5 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (81.22%) Risk Management
2 172 (80.75%) Decision-Making
3 161 (75.59%) Business Strategy
4 159 (74.65%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 159 (74.65%) Financial Modelling
4 159 (74.65%) Portfolio Management
4 159 (74.65%) Risk Assessment
5 158 (74.18%) Asset Management
6 22 (10.33%) Credit Risk Management
7 18 (8.45%) Customer Service
8 17 (7.98%) Proactive Management
8 17 (7.98%) Regulatory Compliance
9 15 (7.04%) Analytics
10 13 (6.10%) Data Visualisation
10 13 (6.10%) Visualisation
11 12 (5.63%) Actionable Insight
11 12 (5.63%) Change Management
12 10 (4.69%) Project Management
13 9 (4.23%) Data Science
13 9 (4.23%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.43%) SQL
2 16 (7.51%) Python
3 5 (2.35%) R
4 4 (1.88%) VBA
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 198 (92.96%) Degree
2 158 (74.18%) CFA
2 158 (74.18%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.29%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.88%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (0.94%) SLA
Vendors
1 158 (74.18%) Bloomberg
2 20 (9.39%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.29%) Alteryx
4 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.41%) Oracle
6 1 (0.47%) SAP