Financial Analyst Job Trends

Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 441 367
Rank change year-on-year -66 -74 +131
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 330 236 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.48% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.53% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 224 161 231
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -4.76%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Financial Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Financial Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Financial Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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 -54 307 £60,000 +9.09% 218
UK excluding London -90 208 £50,000 +11.11% 120
London -25 114 £62,500 +4.17% 125
Work from Home -76 72 £45,000 - 75
Midlands -19 48 £67,500 +68.75% 19
North of England -59 48 £62,500 +13.64% 21
South West -47 40 £44,000 +10.00% 5
North West -32 36 £70,000 +27.27% 15
South East -77 34 £65,000 +18.18% 40
West Midlands -16 28 £50,000 +25.00% 12
East of England -31 22 £45,000 -14.29% 8
East Midlands -11 20 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Scotland +3 12 - - 19
Yorkshire -26 11 £62,500 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £45,000 - 7
North East - 1 £80,000 - 2

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Financial Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 65 (19.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (19.09%) Decision-Making
3 61 (18.48%) ACCA
4 59 (17.88%) CIMA
5 57 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (14.55%) SQL
7 47 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (13.33%) Power BI
8 44 (13.33%) Power Platform
9 43 (13.03%) ERP
10 38 (11.52%) Analytics
11 37 (11.21%) Process Improvement
12 33 (10.00%) Data Quality
13 32 (9.70%) Financial Analysis
14 30 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
15 27 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (7.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 26 (7.88%) Oracle
17 25 (7.58%) Budgeting
18 23 (6.97%) Data Modelling
19 21 (6.36%) AAT
20 20 (6.06%) Planning and Forecasting
21 19 (5.76%) Aderant
21 19 (5.76%) Dashboard Development
21 19 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
22 17 (5.15%) Data Analysis
22 17 (5.15%) IBM
22 17 (5.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
23 16 (4.85%) Migration

Financial Analyst Skill Set
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 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.61%) Appian
3 1 (0.30%) SAS
3 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 65 (19.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (5.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 13 (3.94%) Elite 3E
3 10 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (2.73%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (1.52%) Fidessa
6 5 (1.52%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 19 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (2.73%) Intacct
4 5 (1.52%) Azure
4 5 (1.52%) Power Automate
4 5 (1.52%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.21%) OCI
6 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.91%) SaaS
7 2 (0.61%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.82%) Broadband
2 5 (1.52%) DHCP
2 5 (1.52%) DNS
2 5 (1.52%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.33%) Power BI
2 16 (4.85%) Power Query
3 14 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.64%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.33%) Tableau
6 9 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.82%) SAP BW
9 5 (1.52%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.91%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
1 4 (1.21%) Toad
2 2 (0.61%) JIRA
2 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 330 (100.00%) Finance
2 88 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 83 (25.15%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.42%) Law
5 31 (9.39%) Legal
6 20 (6.06%) General Ledger
7 14 (4.24%) Retail
8 12 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.33%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.03%) Marketing
10 10 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.42%) Banking
12 4 (1.21%) Retail Finance
13 3 (0.91%) Billing
14 2 (0.61%) Advertising
15 1 (0.30%) Aviation
15 1 (0.30%) International Banking
15 1 (0.30%) Prime Brokerage
15 1 (0.30%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (0.91%) web3js
4 2 (0.61%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.70%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.12%) Reinsurance
6 6 (1.82%) Social Media
7 5 (1.52%) Eurex
8 4 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.91%) Blockchain
9 3 (0.91%) Web3
10 2 (0.61%) Derivative
11 1 (0.30%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.73%) Unix
2 5 (1.52%) CentOS
2 5 (1.52%) Linux
2 5 (1.52%) Rocky
2 5 (1.52%) Solaris
2 5 (1.52%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (19.09%) Decision-Making
2 57 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
3 47 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (13.03%) ERP
6 38 (11.52%) Analytics
7 37 (11.21%) Process Improvement
8 32 (9.70%) Financial Analysis
9 30 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
10 27 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (7.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 25 (7.58%) Budgeting
13 23 (6.97%) Data Modelling
14 20 (6.06%) Planning and Forecasting
15 19 (5.76%) Dashboard Development
16 17 (5.15%) Data Analysis
17 16 (4.85%) Migration
17 16 (4.85%) Validation
18 15 (4.55%) AI
18 15 (4.55%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.55%) SQL
2 10 (3.03%) Python
3 8 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.52%) Bash
4 5 (1.52%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.52%) Perl
4 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
4 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.52%) Ruby
5 4 (1.21%) VBA
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (18.48%) ACCA
2 59 (17.88%) CIMA
3 21 (6.36%) AAT
4 12 (3.64%) Degree
5 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.30%) CCAB
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.64%) IFRS
3 7 (2.12%) GAAP
4 4 (1.21%) PMO
5 2 (0.61%) QA
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 26 (7.88%) Oracle
2 19 (5.76%) Aderant
3 17 (5.15%) IBM
4 15 (4.55%) SAP
5 13 (3.94%) Workday
6 12 (3.64%) Cognos
6 12 (3.64%) Intapp
6 12 (3.64%) Microsoft
7 11 (3.33%) Concur
8 9 (2.73%) Sage
9 5 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.52%) CQG
9 5 (1.52%) IFS
9 5 (1.52%) ION Trading
9 5 (1.52%) Patsystems
9 5 (1.52%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.52%) Reuters
9 5 (1.52%) Trayport
10 4 (1.21%) Retek
11 3 (0.91%) Alteryx