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 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 437 492
Rank change year-on-year +35 +55 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 269 331 224
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.53% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.57% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 173 198 146
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% -3.41% -12.00%

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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Top 14 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 9 December 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 +52 258 £57,500 - 111
UK excluding London +126 184 £48,750 +14.71% 105
Work from Home +62 125 £45,000 -16.28% 93
South East +76 79 £55,000 +22.22% 37
London -21 75 £75,000 +3.45% 29
East of England +54 34 £55,000 +35.20% 13
North of England +10 34 £55,000 +29.41% 17
North West +27 30 £55,000 +29.41% 12
Midlands +44 25 £40,000 -20.00% 21
East Midlands +27 19 £35,000 -30.00% 10
South West +34 15 £40,000 - 8
Scotland -2 7 £30,000 - 5
West Midlands +29 5 £40,000 -11.11% 9
Yorkshire -10 4 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, 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.

1 123 (45.72%) ACCA
2 120 (44.61%) CIMA
3 118 (43.87%) Decision-Making
4 79 (29.37%) ERP
5 71 (26.39%) Microsoft
6 68 (25.28%) Power BI
6 68 (25.28%) Power Platform
7 65 (24.16%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (24.16%) Microsoft Excel
8 60 (22.30%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 47 (17.47%) Financial Analysis
10 43 (15.99%) Budgeting
11 40 (14.87%) SQL
12 36 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (11.52%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (11.15%) Microsoft Office
16 29 (10.78%) Agile
16 29 (10.78%) Degree
16 29 (10.78%) Financial Modelling
17 28 (10.41%) Business Analysis
17 28 (10.41%) SAP
18 26 (9.67%) Logistics
19 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
20 23 (8.55%) Data Analysis
20 23 (8.55%) Process Improvement
21 22 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
22 21 (7.81%) Power Query
23 18 (6.69%) Python
24 17 (6.32%) Anaplan

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 2 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 65 (24.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (11.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.23%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 4 (1.49%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.12%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.74%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.37%) Global One
5 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.28%) Power Platform
2 31 (11.52%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (4.09%) Power Automate
4 9 (3.35%) Azure
5 6 (2.23%) SaaS
6 4 (1.49%) dbt
7 3 (1.12%) AWS
7 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.12%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.12%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (25.28%) Power BI
2 21 (7.81%) Power Query
3 10 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.60%) PowerPivot
5 6 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.86%) Metabase
6 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.49%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (1.12%) Tableau
9 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.86%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.49%) Selenium
3 3 (1.12%) JIRA
4 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.74%) ER Studio
General
1 269 (100.00%) Finance
2 107 (39.78%) Social Skills
3 104 (38.66%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.43%) Retail
5 16 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.58%) Banking
7 13 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.46%) Legal
9 11 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.72%) Aviation
10 10 (3.72%) Marketing
11 9 (3.35%) Advertising
11 9 (3.35%) Front Office
12 6 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.86%) Back Office
13 5 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.86%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.12%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.09%) Flash
2 7 (2.60%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (1.49%) .NET
3 4 (1.49%) CSS
3 4 (1.49%) HTML
3 4 (1.49%) Playwright
3 4 (1.49%) React
4 2 (0.74%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.74%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.83%) Social Media
2 11 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.60%) Equities
4 7 (2.60%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.23%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.49%) Derivative
8 3 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.12%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.74%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.37%) ASIC
10 1 (0.37%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.37%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.37%) FMCG
10 1 (0.37%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.37%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.46%) Windows
2 7 (2.60%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (43.87%) Decision-Making
2 79 (29.37%) ERP
3 65 (24.16%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (22.30%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 47 (17.47%) Financial Analysis
6 43 (15.99%) Budgeting
7 36 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (10.78%) Agile
9 29 (10.78%) Financial Modelling
10 28 (10.41%) Business Analysis
11 26 (9.67%) Logistics
12 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (8.55%) Data Analysis
13 23 (8.55%) Process Improvement
14 22 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
15 16 (5.95%) Analytics
15 16 (5.95%) Data Management
16 15 (5.58%) Business Case
16 15 (5.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.87%) SQL
2 18 (6.69%) Python
3 10 (3.72%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.72%) VBA
4 8 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (2.60%) Java
6 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.12%) C++
8 2 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 123 (45.72%) ACCA
2 120 (44.61%) CIMA
3 29 (10.78%) Degree
4 15 (5.58%) AAT
5 13 (4.83%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.49%) ISEB
6 4 (1.49%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.74%) CBAP
8 2 (0.74%) CISA
8 2 (0.74%) CISM
8 2 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) CCAB
9 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (1.86%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.86%) GAAP
3 4 (1.49%) QA
4 3 (1.12%) IFRS
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.74%) NIST
5 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.37%) EMIR
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 71 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.41%) SAP
3 17 (6.32%) Anaplan
4 12 (4.46%) Oracle
5 10 (3.72%) Workday
6 8 (2.97%) PeopleSoft
7 7 (2.60%) Intapp
7 7 (2.60%) Pega
7 7 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.23%) Tagetik
9 5 (1.86%) WorldPay
10 4 (1.49%) Databricks
11 3 (1.12%) Infor
12 2 (0.74%) Adaptive Insights
12 2 (0.74%) Aderant
12 2 (0.74%) Carbon Black
12 2 (0.74%) Darktrace
12 2 (0.74%) IBM
12 2 (0.74%) Qualys
13 1 (0.37%) Sage