Financial Analysis Jobs

Financial Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Financial Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 674 805
Rank change year-on-year +44 +131 +298
Permanent jobs citing Financial Analysis 100 229 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.27% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48 81 48
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,000 £38,275
25th Percentile £47,325 £39,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +31.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,200 £95,000 £77,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis 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 52,380 85,029 95,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.31% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,821 55,996
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.62% -9.09% +4.76%

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 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Top 13 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 17 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 +33 89 £50,000 -33.33% 166
UK excluding London +121 68 £50,000 +25.00% 65
North of England +32 45 £50,000 +17.65% 17
North West +6 45 £50,000 +42.86% 12
Work from Home +59 40 £47,500 -16.67% 71
London +42 25 £70,000 -17.65% 118
South East +83 12 £30,000 -29.41% 29
Scotland +109 3 - - 1
South West +108 3 £59,250 +74.26% 5
West Midlands +43 2 £60,362 +27.08% 5
East of England +43 2 - - 8
Midlands +41 2 £60,362 +27.08% 7
Wales +35 1 - -

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 18 (18.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (26.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (16.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.00%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (4.00%) Infor LN
4 3 (3.00%) NetSuite
5 2 (2.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (2.00%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.00%) Azure
3 2 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.00%) AWS
4 1 (1.00%) GCP
4 1 (1.00%) Intacct
4 1 (1.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (3.00%) WAN
2 2 (2.00%) LAN
2 2 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.00%) Firewall
3 1 (1.00%) Network Security
3 1 (1.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (19.00%) Power BI
2 8 (8.00%) Power Query
3 5 (5.00%) Tableau
4 1 (1.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) JIRA
General
1 100 (100.00%) Finance
2 60 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (55.00%) Social Skills
4 15 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (13.00%) Legal
5 13 (13.00%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (8.00%) Marketing
7 7 (7.00%) Publishing
8 5 (5.00%) Banking
9 1 (1.00%) Advertising
9 1 (1.00%) Back Office
9 1 (1.00%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.00%) Law
9 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.00%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 51 (51.00%) Analyst
2 35 (35.00%) Financial Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Systems Analyst
4 14 (14.00%) Commercial Analyst
4 14 (14.00%) Vendor Manager
5 9 (9.00%) Senior
6 6 (6.00%) Accountant
6 6 (6.00%) Project Analyst
7 5 (5.00%) Head of Finance
7 5 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.00%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (3.00%) Financial Controller
9 3 (3.00%) Risk Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
10 2 (2.00%) Network Manager
10 2 (2.00%) Product Analyst
10 2 (2.00%) TM1 Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Management Information System
1 19 (19.00%) Social Media
2 17 (17.00%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (13.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (5.00%) Derivative
4 5 (5.00%) NHS
5 4 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.00%) Market Risk
7 2 (2.00%) Podcast
7 2 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.00%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.00%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.00%) Windows
2 17 (17.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.00%) Linux
3 1 (1.00%) VMS
3 1 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (64.00%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (54.00%) Decision-Making
3 47 (47.00%) Budgeting
4 30 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 23 (23.00%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (23.00%) ERP
6 22 (22.00%) Collaborative Working
6 22 (22.00%) Process Improvement
7 17 (17.00%) Time Management
8 16 (16.00%) Financial Modelling
9 15 (15.00%) Contract Negotiation
9 15 (15.00%) Service Delivery
10 14 (14.00%) Business Case
10 14 (14.00%) Contingency Planning
10 14 (14.00%) Cost Control
11 13 (13.00%) Contract Management
11 13 (13.00%) Market Research
11 13 (13.00%) Order Management
11 13 (13.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.00%) Python
1 3 (3.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (50.00%) Degree
2 39 (39.00%) ACCA
2 39 (39.00%) CIMA
3 20 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (17.00%) DBS Check
4 17 (17.00%) Master's Degree
5 7 (7.00%) AAT
6 4 (4.00%) ICAEW
6 4 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.00%) PMP
6 4 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (3.00%) CIPFA
8 2 (2.00%) CCNP
8 2 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.00%) CCNA
9 1 (1.00%) CFA
9 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.00%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.00%) IFRS
3 2 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.00%) QA
4 1 (1.00%) GDPR
4 1 (1.00%) PSD2
4 1 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (23.00%) SAP
2 17 (17.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.00%) Hyperion
3 4 (4.00%) Infor
4 2 (2.00%) Cisco
4 2 (2.00%) IBM
5 1 (1.00%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.00%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.00%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.00%) Canon
5 1 (1.00%) FactSet
5 1 (1.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.00%) Instagram
5 1 (1.00%) Meraki
5 1 (1.00%) Sage
5 1 (1.00%) ScienceLogic
5 1 (1.00%) Twitter