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 13 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
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 773 882
Rank change year-on-year +140 +109 +316
Permanent jobs requiring a Finance Systems Analyst 78 131 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 51 109 31
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -23.08%

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 50,341 104,123 84,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 94.77% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26,498 73,470 54,978
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,850 £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% +6.37%

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 13 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 13 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 +130 78 £55,000 - 36
UK excluding London +176 46 £52,500 +5.00% 19
London +73 27 £65,000 - 24
North of England +76 26 £55,000 +54.93% 4
North West +29 25 £55,000 +54.93% 3
Work from Home +109 22 £65,000 +8.33% 5
South East +87 10 £61,250 +22.50% 14
Midlands +81 10 £45,000 -10.45%
West Midlands +68 10 £45,000 -30.77%
Yorkshire +61 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 78 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (55.13%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (44.87%) Process Improvement
5 32 (41.03%) Decision-Making
6 29 (37.18%) Social Skills
7 20 (25.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (25.64%) Agile
7 20 (25.64%) SAP
8 19 (24.36%) ERP
8 19 (24.36%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (24.36%) Budgeting
9 18 (23.08%) Project Management
9 18 (23.08%) Business Transformation
9 18 (23.08%) Degree
10 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
10 17 (21.79%) Workflow
10 17 (21.79%) ACCA
10 17 (21.79%) CIMA
10 17 (21.79%) Change Management
11 16 (20.51%) Management Information System
11 16 (20.51%) Law
11 16 (20.51%) Legal
11 16 (20.51%) Billing
11 16 (20.51%) SQL
11 16 (20.51%) SharePoint
11 16 (20.51%) Procure-to-Pay
11 16 (20.51%) Data Quality
11 16 (20.51%) Financial Analysis
11 16 (20.51%) 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 (20.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (20.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (16.67%) NetSuite
3 6 (7.69%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 4 (5.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.28%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 11 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.82%) Azure
4 3 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.67%) Power BI
1 13 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (5.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (100.00%) Finance
2 43 (55.13%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (37.18%) Social Skills
4 16 (20.51%) Billing
4 16 (20.51%) Law
4 16 (20.51%) Legal
5 6 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Banking
7 4 (5.13%) General Ledger
8 3 (3.85%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.51%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (15.38%) Taxonomies
3 8 (10.26%) Data Structures
4 6 (7.69%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.28%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.28%) FMCG
5 1 (1.28%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (44.87%) Process Improvement
3 32 (41.03%) Decision-Making
4 20 (25.64%) Agile
5 19 (24.36%) Budgeting
5 19 (24.36%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (24.36%) ERP
6 18 (23.08%) Business Transformation
6 18 (23.08%) Project Management
7 17 (21.79%) Change Management
7 17 (21.79%) Workflow
8 16 (20.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 16 (20.51%) Financial Analysis
8 16 (20.51%) Procure-to-Pay
9 15 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
9 15 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (17.95%) CRM
10 14 (17.95%) User Stories
11 13 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
12 12 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) SQL
2 10 (12.82%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.85%) Python
4 1 (1.28%) R
4 1 (1.28%) VB
4 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (25.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (23.08%) Degree
3 17 (21.79%) ACCA
3 17 (21.79%) CIMA
4 6 (7.69%) CCAB
5 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.28%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.51%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) SAP
2 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
3 13 (16.67%) Aderant
4 12 (15.38%) Salesforce
5 10 (12.82%) Oracle
6 9 (11.54%) Workday
7 6 (7.69%) Concur
7 6 (7.69%) Intapp
7 6 (7.69%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 4 (5.13%) Hyperion
9 3 (3.85%) IBM
10 1 (1.28%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (1.28%) Sage