Finance Business Analyst Jobs

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 648 838 877
Rank change year-on-year +190 +39 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 54 69 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.067% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.070% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 40 66 85
10th Percentile £35,000 £54,375 £45,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £77,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% +25.93% -0.74%
75th Percentile £84,063 £116,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year -28.00% +35.14% -11.90%

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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +156 53 £52,500 -38.24% 16
Work from Home +104 28 £72,500 -19.44% 11
UK excluding London +207 27 £45,000 -28.00% 6
London +61 20 £90,000 +5.88% 12
South East +92 15 £35,000 -44.00% 1
Midlands +73 10 £45,000 -23.40% 2
West Midlands +65 10 £45,000 -5.26% 2
South West - 1 £57,500 -
North West - 1 £52,500 -
North of England - 1 £52,500 - 1

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Finance Business 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 Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) Finance
2 37 (68.52%) Social Skills
3 33 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (51.85%) Decision-Making
5 25 (46.30%) Agile
5 25 (46.30%) Business Intelligence
6 24 (44.44%) Process Improvement
7 22 (40.74%) Roadmaps
8 21 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
8 21 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (38.89%) Business Analysis
9 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
10 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Excel
10 17 (31.48%) Project Management
10 17 (31.48%) User Stories
10 17 (31.48%) Power Platform
10 17 (31.48%) Power BI
11 15 (27.78%) Business Transformation
11 15 (27.78%) Change Management
12 13 (24.07%) Thought Leadership
12 13 (24.07%) Analytical Thinking
12 13 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (22.22%) Salesforce
13 12 (22.22%) CRM
13 12 (22.22%) Procure-to-Pay
13 12 (22.22%) Taxonomies
13 12 (22.22%) NetSuite
13 12 (22.22%) Test Scripting
13 12 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
13 12 (22.22%) Product Roadmap

Finance Business 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 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.70%) Skype for Business
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Sketch
4 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (22.22%) NetSuite
2 6 (11.11%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.85%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (31.48%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.85%) Figma
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (31.48%) Power BI
2 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 54 (100.00%) Finance
2 37 (68.52%) Social Skills
3 21 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Banking
4 6 (11.11%) Front Office
5 4 (7.41%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Advertising
6 2 (3.70%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.85%) LDAP
1 1 (1.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
1 12 (22.22%) Taxonomies
2 6 (11.11%) Derivative
2 6 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 6 (11.11%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) PMI
4 1 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (51.85%) Decision-Making
3 25 (46.30%) Agile
3 25 (46.30%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (44.44%) Process Improvement
5 22 (40.74%) Roadmaps
6 21 (38.89%) Business Analysis
6 21 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 17 (31.48%) Project Management
7 17 (31.48%) User Stories
8 15 (27.78%) Business Transformation
8 15 (27.78%) Change Management
9 13 (24.07%) Analytical Thinking
9 13 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (24.07%) Thought Leadership
10 12 (22.22%) Backlog Management
10 12 (22.22%) Order to Cash
10 12 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
10 12 (22.22%) Record to Report
10 12 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.52%) SQL
2 6 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) ACCA
1 6 (11.11%) CIMA
2 4 (7.41%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) CBAP
4 1 (1.85%) CFA
4 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.85%) MBA
4 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.22%) Salesforce
3 10 (18.52%) Anaplan
4 6 (11.11%) BISAM
5 1 (1.85%) Atlassian