Finance Systems Analyst Jobs

Financial Systems Analyst
UK

The median Financial Systems Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 800 895
Rank change year-on-year +164 +95 +311
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Systems Analyst 79 129 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 52 107 32
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,325
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £62,188 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £86,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -22.08%

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 50,366 104,718 83,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.89% 94.79% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 26,574 73,870 54,667
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £38,603 £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 £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.47%

Finance Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Systems Analyst in the UK

Finance Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Finance Systems Analyst in the UK

Finance Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance Systems Analyst in the UK

Finance Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 June 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 +152 79 £55,000 - 45
UK excluding London +188 46 £52,500 +5.00% 24
London +88 27 £65,000 - 33
North of England +73 26 £55,000 +54.93% 4
North West +23 25 £55,000 +54.93% 3
Work from Home +108 22 £65,000 +8.33% 5
South East +86 10 £61,250 +22.50% 19
West Midlands +82 10 £45,000 -30.77%
Midlands +81 10 £45,000 -10.45%
Yorkshire +59 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, Finance Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (54.43%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (48.10%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (44.30%) Process Improvement
5 32 (40.51%) Decision-Making
6 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
7 20 (25.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (25.32%) Agile
7 20 (25.32%) SAP
8 19 (24.05%) ERP
8 19 (24.05%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (24.05%) Budgeting
9 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
9 18 (22.78%) Project Management
9 18 (22.78%) Business Transformation
9 18 (22.78%) Degree
10 17 (21.52%) Billing
10 17 (21.52%) CIMA
10 17 (21.52%) Change Management
10 17 (21.52%) Workflow
10 17 (21.52%) ACCA
10 17 (21.52%) SQL
11 16 (20.25%) SharePoint
11 16 (20.25%) Management Information System
11 16 (20.25%) Law
11 16 (20.25%) Legal
11 16 (20.25%) Procure-to-Pay
11 16 (20.25%) Data Quality
11 16 (20.25%) Financial Analysis
11 16 (20.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting

Finance Systems 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 16 (20.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (20.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (16.46%) NetSuite
3 6 (7.59%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 4 (5.06%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.46%) Power Platform
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.66%) Azure
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (16.46%) Power BI
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (5.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (54.43%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
4 17 (21.52%) Billing
5 16 (20.25%) Law
5 16 (20.25%) Legal
6 6 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.33%) Banking
8 4 (5.06%) General Ledger
9 3 (3.80%) Retail
10 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.25%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.19%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (15.19%) Taxonomies
3 8 (10.13%) Data Structures
4 6 (7.59%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
1 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.10%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (44.30%) Process Improvement
3 32 (40.51%) Decision-Making
4 20 (25.32%) Agile
5 19 (24.05%) Budgeting
5 19 (24.05%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (24.05%) ERP
6 18 (22.78%) Business Transformation
6 18 (22.78%) Project Management
7 17 (21.52%) Change Management
7 17 (21.52%) Workflow
8 16 (20.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 16 (20.25%) Financial Analysis
8 16 (20.25%) Procure-to-Pay
9 15 (18.99%) Requirements Gathering
9 15 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (17.72%) CRM
10 14 (17.72%) User Stories
11 13 (16.46%) Analytical Thinking
12 12 (15.19%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.52%) SQL
2 10 (12.66%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.80%) Python
4 1 (1.27%) R
4 1 (1.27%) VB
4 1 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (25.32%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (22.78%) Degree
3 17 (21.52%) ACCA
3 17 (21.52%) CIMA
4 6 (7.59%) CCAB
5 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.27%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.27%) SLA
Vendors
1 20 (25.32%) SAP
2 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
3 14 (17.72%) Aderant
4 12 (15.19%) Salesforce
5 10 (12.66%) Oracle
6 9 (11.39%) Workday
7 6 (7.59%) Concur
7 6 (7.59%) Intapp
7 6 (7.59%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (7.59%) ServiceNow
8 4 (5.06%) Hyperion
9 3 (3.80%) IBM
10 1 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (1.27%) Sage