Financial Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Financial Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 818 1036
Rank change year-on-year +99 +218 -192
Permanent jobs citing Financial Analysis 176 172 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 78 52 59
10th Percentile £31,175 £34,177 £45,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 - £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Salary trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +103 160 £75,000 +36.36% 121
UK excluding London +21 93 £40,000 -15.79% 46
London +118 79 £82,500 +50.00% 73
Work from Home +100 70 £57,000 +3.64% 40
North of England +65 38 £42,500 -5.56% 12
North West +23 24 £35,000 -22.22% 8
Midlands +16 19 £47,500 +50.79% 7
West Midlands +29 15 £47,500 - 4
South East -3 15 £42,500 -22.73% 16
Yorkshire +100 14 £90,000 - 2
East of England +23 6 £32,000 -39.05% 4
Scotland -56 6 £27,500 - 1
East Midlands -17 4 - - 3
Wales - 4 - -
South West -20 3 £34,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Financial Analysis
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 (0.57%) Confluence
1 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (22.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.70%) Primavera
2 3 (1.70%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.34%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.98%) Azure
4 5 (2.84%) SaaS
5 2 (1.14%) AWS
6 1 (0.57%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.57%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.57%) IaaS
6 1 (0.57%) PaaS
6 1 (0.57%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.84%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.70%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.34%) Power BI
2 17 (9.66%) Tableau
3 15 (8.52%) Data Mining
4 9 (5.11%) Big Data
5 4 (2.27%) Essbase
6 1 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.57%) Looker
6 1 (0.57%) OLTP
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.57%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Git
2 1 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 176 (100.00%) Finance
2 88 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 42 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (18.75%) Legal
5 32 (18.18%) Marketing
6 12 (6.82%) Retail
7 9 (5.11%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.98%) Law
9 6 (3.41%) Games
10 5 (2.84%) Advertising
10 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.27%) Banking
11 4 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.70%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (1.70%) Local Government
13 2 (1.14%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.57%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.57%) Digital Economy
14 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (46.59%) Analyst
2 41 (23.30%) Financial Analyst
3 36 (20.45%) Senior
4 35 (19.89%) Senior Analyst
5 24 (13.64%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 23 (13.07%) Consultant
7 13 (7.39%) Lead
8 11 (6.25%) Forensic Manager
9 9 (5.11%) Commercial Analyst
9 9 (5.11%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.55%) Customer Analyst
10 8 (4.55%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 8 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
11 7 (3.98%) Finance Manager
11 7 (3.98%) Finance Project Manager
12 6 (3.41%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.41%) Development Manager
12 6 (3.41%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.41%) Systems Support
12 6 (3.41%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.14%) .NET
2 1 (0.57%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.57%) EDI
2 1 (0.57%) JSON
2 1 (0.57%) REST
2 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.34%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.11%) Reinsurance
2 9 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.84%) Digital Signage
3 5 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (2.84%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (1.70%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.70%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.14%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.14%) FMCG
5 2 (1.14%) Social Media
6 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.57%) Financial Modelling
2 40 (22.73%) Decision-Making
3 38 (21.59%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (19.32%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (18.75%) Budgeting
5 33 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (18.18%) Agile
7 31 (17.61%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 30 (17.05%) Roadmaps
9 24 (13.64%) Economics
9 24 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
9 24 (13.64%) Performance Metrics
10 23 (13.07%) Data Architecture
10 23 (13.07%) Enterprise Architecture
10 23 (13.07%) Service Delivery
10 23 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (13.07%) Strategic Roadmap
11 21 (11.93%) Business Strategy
11 21 (11.93%) Project Management
12 20 (11.36%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 37 (21.02%) SQL
2 18 (10.23%) Python
3 6 (3.41%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.57%) C#
5 1 (0.57%) Java
5 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (30.68%) Degree
2 34 (19.32%) ACCA
3 17 (9.66%) CIMA
4 14 (7.95%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.55%) MBA
6 3 (1.70%) HNC
6 3 (1.70%) HND
7 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.57%) IIBA
7 1 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.84%) IFRS
4 4 (2.27%) PMO
5 3 (1.70%) COSO
5 3 (1.70%) ISO 31000
5 3 (1.70%) NIST
5 3 (1.70%) QA
6 1 (0.57%) GAAP
6 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 29 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.41%) CA
3 5 (2.84%) Cisco
3 5 (2.84%) Dell
4 4 (2.27%) Hyperion
4 4 (2.27%) Oracle
5 2 (1.14%) Facebook
5 2 (1.14%) Workday
6 1 (0.57%) Cadence
6 1 (0.57%) Concur
6 1 (0.57%) Google
6 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.57%) SAP