Finance Business Analyst Jobs

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 833 882
Rank change year-on-year +182 +49 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 60 62 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.063% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.066% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 46 59 90
10th Percentile £39,625 £55,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £76,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +25.93% -0.37%
75th Percentile £98,750 £103,750 £85,938
90th Percentile £128,750 £118,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £66,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.08% +39.47% -9.52%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 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 16 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 +150 59 £72,500 -14.71% 30
Work from Home +120 34 £90,000 - 11
London +78 28 £90,000 +5.88% 25
UK excluding London +209 25 £45,000 -32.08% 10
South East +111 12 £35,000 -44.00% 6
Midlands +72 10 £45,000 -23.40% 1
West Midlands +66 10 £45,000 -5.26% 1
North of England +52 2 £52,500 -36.36% 2
North West +7 2 £52,500 -36.36% 1
South West - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 60 (100.00%) Finance
2 34 (56.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (55.00%) Agile
4 31 (51.67%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (45.00%) Roadmaps
6 25 (41.67%) Decision-Making
7 22 (36.67%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (35.00%) Process Improvement
8 21 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 18 (30.00%) User Stories
10 18 (30.00%) Business Analysis
11 17 (28.33%) Project Management
12 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
13 15 (25.00%) Business Transformation
14 14 (23.33%) Hedge funds
14 14 (23.33%) Derivative
14 14 (23.33%) Investment Management
14 14 (23.33%) Change Management
14 14 (23.33%) Fixed Income
14 14 (23.33%) Front Office
14 14 (23.33%) Power Platform
14 14 (23.33%) Power BI
15 13 (21.67%) Analytical Thinking
15 13 (21.67%) Thought Leadership
15 13 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Excel
16 12 (20.00%) CRM
16 12 (20.00%) Salesforce
16 12 (20.00%) Taxonomies

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 1 (1.67%) Confluence
1 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (21.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.67%) Sketch
4 1 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (20.00%) NetSuite
2 6 (10.00%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
3 1 (1.67%) Azure
3 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.67%) Figma
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (23.33%) Power BI
2 8 (13.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.67%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 60 (100.00%) Finance
2 34 (56.67%) Social Skills
3 21 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (23.33%) Front Office
5 6 (10.00%) Banking
6 4 (6.67%) Law
7 2 (3.33%) Advertising
7 2 (3.33%) Billing
8 1 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.67%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.67%) Local Government
8 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.67%) LDAP
1 1 (1.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.33%) Derivative
1 14 (23.33%) Fixed Income
1 14 (23.33%) Hedge funds
2 12 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (20.00%) Taxonomies
3 9 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (13.33%) Equities
4 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.67%) PMI
5 1 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.00%) Agile
2 31 (51.67%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (45.00%) Roadmaps
4 25 (41.67%) Decision-Making
5 22 (36.67%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (35.00%) Process Improvement
7 20 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
8 18 (30.00%) Business Analysis
8 18 (30.00%) User Stories
9 17 (28.33%) Project Management
10 15 (25.00%) Business Transformation
11 14 (23.33%) Change Management
11 14 (23.33%) Investment Management
12 13 (21.67%) Analytical Thinking
12 13 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (21.67%) Thought Leadership
13 12 (20.00%) Order to Cash
13 12 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
13 12 (20.00%) Record to Report
13 12 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (11.67%) ACCA
1 7 (11.67%) CIMA
2 4 (6.67%) Degree
3 2 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.67%) CBAP
4 1 (1.67%) CFA
4 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.67%) MBA
4 1 (1.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) MiFID
2 1 (1.67%) GAAP
2 1 (1.67%) IFRS
2 1 (1.67%) IFRS 17
2 1 (1.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 7 (11.67%) Anaplan
4 6 (10.00%) BISAM
5 1 (1.67%) Atlassian