Financial Modelling Job Trends

Financial Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Financial Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 354 489
Rank change year-on-year -66 +135 +301
Permanent jobs citing Financial Modelling 229 398 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.73% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.81% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 89 78 194
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +66.30% -54.02%
75th Percentile £87,500 £116,250 £57,813
90th Percentile £95,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £42,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year +64.71% +8.74% -32.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,581 48,989 48,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.32% 90.25% 90.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28,539 24,001 36,978
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Financial Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Financial Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Financial Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK

Financial Modelling
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Modelling over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Financial Modelling in the UK

Financial Modelling
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. 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 -56 196 £67,500 +4.01% 54
UK excluding London +36 124 £70,000 +64.71% 33
London -78 95 £67,500 -32.50% 31
Work from Home +90 78 £75,000 +30.55% 22
South East +57 52 £75,000 +3.09% 13
North of England +6 31 £55,000 +30.95% 7
North West +6 22 £55,000 +30.95% 3
Scotland -2 17 - -
South West +14 8 £85,000 +55.26% 3
Midlands -9 6 £85,000 - 7
North East - 6 £95,000 - 1
West Midlands +12 5 £85,000 - 7
East of England 0 4 £80,000 +25.49%
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £57,500 - 3
Wales - 2 - - 3
East Midlands -15 1 - -

Financial Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 40 (17.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.11%) Oracle Smart View
3 11 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 43 (18.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (6.55%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (6.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 14 (6.11%) Hyperion Planning
3 14 (6.11%) Oracle Assets
3 14 (6.11%) Oracle Financials
3 14 (6.11%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (5.68%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.87%) Lawson
7 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.40%) SaaS
2 24 (10.48%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.75%) Snowflake
4 3 (1.31%) AWS
4 3 (1.31%) Azure
4 3 (1.31%) PaaS
5 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.44%) GCP
5 1 (0.44%) IaaS
5 1 (0.44%) Slack
5 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) ATM
2 1 (0.44%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.48%) Power BI
2 16 (6.99%) Essbase
3 13 (5.68%) Tableau
4 6 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.31%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.87%) MS Access
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.44%) Power Query
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.11%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 229 (100.00%) Finance
2 117 (51.09%) Social Skills
3 104 (45.41%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (21.83%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (13.54%) Marketing
6 25 (10.92%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.68%) Billing
8 10 (4.37%) Retail
9 8 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.49%) Law
10 7 (3.06%) Banking
10 7 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.18%) Publishing
12 4 (1.75%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.31%) Front Office
13 3 (1.31%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.31%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.31%) Military
14 2 (0.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 56 (24.45%) Senior
2 48 (20.96%) Analyst
3 29 (12.66%) Architect
4 27 (11.79%) Senior Manager
5 26 (11.35%) Finance Manager
6 25 (10.92%) Senior Analyst
6 25 (10.92%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (6.99%) Financial Analyst
8 14 (6.11%) Oracle Analyst
8 14 (6.11%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 11 (4.80%) Accountant
10 9 (3.93%) Associate Director
10 9 (3.93%) Commercial Analyst
11 8 (3.49%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.49%) Head of Finance
12 7 (3.06%) Commercial Manager
12 7 (3.06%) Lead
12 7 (3.06%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 6 (2.62%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.62%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.87%) .NET
1 2 (0.87%) Middleware
1 2 (0.87%) REST
2 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.44%) Pandas
2 1 (0.44%) React
2 1 (0.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.72%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (10.92%) Virtual Team
3 9 (3.93%) Social Media
4 7 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.06%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.18%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.18%) FMCG
5 5 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.75%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.31%) Derivative
8 2 (0.87%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.87%) PMI
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (51.53%) Decision-Making
2 78 (34.06%) ERP
3 66 (28.82%) Budgeting
4 61 (26.64%) Business Case
5 60 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (24.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 54 (23.58%) Business Development
8 48 (20.96%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 48 (20.96%) Financial Analysis
9 45 (19.65%) Analytics
10 41 (17.90%) AI
10 41 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (17.47%) Project Management
12 39 (17.03%) Resource Allocation
12 39 (17.03%) Trade-off Analysis
13 38 (16.59%) Agile
14 34 (14.85%) Planning and Forecasting
15 33 (14.41%) Strategic Thinking
16 31 (13.54%) Business Strategy
17 30 (13.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.03%) SQL
2 14 (6.11%) Groovy
2 14 (6.11%) Python
3 7 (3.06%) VBA
4 3 (1.31%) Java
5 2 (0.87%) C#
6 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.44%) R
6 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (36.68%) Degree
2 77 (33.62%) ACCA
3 68 (29.69%) CIMA
4 56 (24.45%) Master's Degree
5 47 (20.52%) MBA
6 11 (4.80%) CFA
7 9 (3.93%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.31%) ICAEW
9 2 (0.87%) CBAP
9 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.87%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) AAT
10 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (0.87%) IFRS
1 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.44%) GAAP
2 1 (0.44%) GRC
2 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 9 (3.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (24.02%) SAP
2 23 (10.04%) Oracle
3 14 (6.11%) Hyperion
4 10 (4.37%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 8 (3.49%) Workday
6 7 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.31%) Anaplan
8 2 (0.87%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.87%) Ariba
8 2 (0.87%) Cognos
8 2 (0.87%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.87%) VocaLink
9 1 (0.44%) TikTok