Financial Analyst Jobs

Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 616 718
Rank change year-on-year +222 +102 -86
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 564 284 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.38% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 277 180 434
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,813 £85,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -7.22% +3.74%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Financial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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 +194 526 £60,000 -4.00% 25
Work from Home +178 308 £65,000 +13.04% 14
London +132 279 £78,750 +21.15% 12
UK excluding London +148 264 £45,000 - 20
South East +72 90 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North of England +66 83 £40,000 -18.78% 4
North West +46 71 £41,250 -17.50% 3
Midlands -3 27 £47,500 +50.79% 3
Scotland - 23 £50,500 - 5
South West +15 21 £49,500 +52.31% 2
East Midlands -16 16 £50,000 +58.73% 1
West Midlands +3 11 £38,500 -18.95% 2
East of England -5 11 £32,211 -35.58% 3
Yorkshire +62 10 £36,500 -27.72% 1
Wales - 9 - - 1
North East -12 2 £30,500 -28.24%

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Financial 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 Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 564 (100.00%) Finance
2 240 (42.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 229 (40.60%) Social Skills
4 219 (38.83%) Analytical Skills
5 194 (34.40%) Agile
6 192 (34.04%) Microsoft
7 184 (32.62%) ACCA
8 183 (32.45%) CIMA
9 179 (31.74%) Decision-Making
10 159 (28.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 157 (27.84%) Budgeting
12 145 (25.71%) SQL
13 132 (23.40%) Actionable Insight
14 129 (22.87%) Broadband
15 124 (21.99%) Business Case
16 115 (20.39%) Mentoring
17 113 (20.04%) Influencing Skills
18 107 (18.97%) Degree
19 106 (18.79%) Business Intelligence
20 97 (17.20%) Python
21 82 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
22 80 (14.18%) Legal
23 79 (14.01%) Banking
24 72 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
25 71 (12.59%) Power Platform
26 70 (12.41%) Power BI
27 63 (11.17%) Asset Management
28 61 (10.82%) AWS
29 58 (10.28%) Analytics
30 57 (10.11%) Financial Analysis

Financial 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 (2.84%) Apache
2 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (1.24%) SAS
4 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) TPMS
Applications
1 240 (42.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (6.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.72%) Elite 3E
2 17 (3.01%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.30%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.30%) iTrent
4 9 (1.60%) Fidessa
4 9 (1.60%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (1.06%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.89%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 5 (0.89%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.71%) Lawson
7 4 (0.71%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.71%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 2 (0.35%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.59%) Power Platform
2 61 (10.82%) AWS
3 16 (2.84%) dbt
4 12 (2.13%) Azure
5 8 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.53%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.35%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.35%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.35%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.18%) Asana
9 1 (0.18%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.18%) OCI
9 1 (0.18%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.18%) SaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 129 (22.87%) Broadband
2 9 (1.60%) DHCP
2 9 (1.60%) DNS
2 9 (1.60%) Firewall
2 9 (1.60%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.89%) LAN
3 5 (0.89%) SSL
3 5 (0.89%) WAN
3 5 (0.89%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.53%) Intranet
4 3 (0.53%) VPN
4 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.41%) Power BI
2 44 (7.80%) Tableau
3 21 (3.72%) Big Data
3 21 (3.72%) Data Mining
4 16 (2.84%) Apache Arrow
4 16 (2.84%) Dremio
4 16 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
7 10 (1.77%) MS Access
7 10 (1.77%) Power Query
8 9 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (1.42%) Essbase
10 7 (1.24%) QlikView
10 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.89%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 564 (100.00%) Finance
2 229 (40.60%) Social Skills
3 219 (38.83%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (20.04%) Influencing Skills
5 80 (14.18%) Legal
6 79 (14.01%) Banking
7 55 (9.75%) Front Office
8 37 (6.56%) Law
9 36 (6.38%) Investment Banking
10 32 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (3.37%) Retail
13 15 (2.66%) Marketing
14 13 (2.30%) General Ledger
15 12 (2.13%) Billing
16 9 (1.60%) Fire and Rescue
17 5 (0.89%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.53%) Back Office
18 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.77%) FIX Protocol
1 10 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.24%) Pandas
3 2 (0.35%) Flash
3 2 (0.35%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.18%) HTML
4 1 (0.18%) JSON
4 1 (0.18%) JSP
4 1 (0.18%) Middleware
4 1 (0.18%) Playwright
4 1 (0.18%) Servlets
4 1 (0.18%) SOAP
4 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.11%) Derivative
1 57 (10.11%) Hedge funds
1 57 (10.11%) Product Ownership
2 56 (9.93%) Equities
2 56 (9.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (9.75%) Fixed Income
4 37 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.08%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.37%) Social Media
7 9 (1.60%) Eurex
8 6 (1.06%) Pricing Data
8 6 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.53%) CMDB
10 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.35%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.35%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.27%) Windows
2 17 (3.01%) Windows Vista
3 15 (2.66%) Linux
3 15 (2.66%) Unix
4 9 (1.60%) CentOS
4 9 (1.60%) Solaris
4 9 (1.60%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.71%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (34.40%) Agile
2 179 (31.74%) Decision-Making
3 159 (28.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 157 (27.84%) Budgeting
5 132 (23.40%) Actionable Insight
6 124 (21.99%) Business Case
7 115 (20.39%) Mentoring
8 106 (18.79%) Business Intelligence
9 82 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (11.17%) Asset Management
12 58 (10.28%) Analytics
13 57 (10.11%) Financial Analysis
13 57 (10.11%) Investment Management
14 50 (8.87%) Financial Modelling
15 48 (8.51%) Machine Learning
16 44 (7.80%) Artificial Intelligence
17 37 (6.56%) Business Strategy
18 34 (6.03%) Customer Service
18 34 (6.03%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 145 (25.71%) SQL
2 97 (17.20%) Python
3 12 (2.13%) T-SQL
4 11 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.60%) Bash
5 9 (1.60%) Perl
5 9 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.60%) Ruby
6 8 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.42%) VBA
7 2 (0.35%) C++
7 2 (0.35%) R
8 1 (0.18%) C#
8 1 (0.18%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 184 (32.62%) ACCA
2 183 (32.45%) CIMA
3 107 (18.97%) Degree
4 20 (3.55%) Master's Degree
5 16 (2.84%) MBA
6 9 (1.60%) AAT
6 9 (1.60%) CFA
6 9 (1.60%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.60%) Security Cleared
7 5 (0.89%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.89%) GCFA
7 5 (0.89%) GCIA
7 5 (0.89%) GCIH
8 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.53%) ISEB
10 1 (0.18%) CISA
10 1 (0.18%) CISM
10 1 (0.18%) CISSP
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.18%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.19%) IFRS
2 14 (2.48%) SLA
3 10 (1.77%) QA
4 8 (1.42%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.06%) COBIT
6 5 (0.89%) NIST
7 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.53%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) XenApp
3 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 192 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.51%) SAP
3 46 (8.16%) Oracle
4 28 (4.96%) Bloomberg
5 24 (4.26%) CA
6 17 (3.01%) BISAM
7 15 (2.66%) PeopleSoft
8 14 (2.48%) Aderant
8 14 (2.48%) Concur
8 14 (2.48%) Hyperion
9 13 (2.30%) Infor
10 12 (2.13%) Cognos
11 11 (1.95%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.95%) Intapp
12 9 (1.60%) CQG
12 9 (1.60%) ION Trading
12 9 (1.60%) Patsystems
12 9 (1.60%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.60%) Reuters
12 9 (1.60%) Trayport