Financial Business Analyst Jobs

Business Analyst - Financial
UK

The median Business Analyst - Financial salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 870 931
Rank change year-on-year +175 +61 +140
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Business Analyst 17 8 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.008% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.009% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 41
10th Percentile - £48,875 -
25th Percentile - £73,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £82,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £52,250 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £84,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £82,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -45.45% +69.23% -

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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Financial Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Business Analyst in the UK

Financial Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Financial Business Analyst in the UK

Financial Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Business Analyst over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Financial Business Analyst in the UK

Financial Business Analyst
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +151 17 £45,000 -45.45% 7
UK excluding London +188 7 £45,000 -45.45% 2
Midlands +67 7 £45,000 -5.26%
West Midlands +60 7 £45,000 -5.26%
London +113 4 £72,000 -12.73% 7
Work from Home +113 1 £85,000 +3.03% 2

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Financial Business 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 16 (94.12%) Social Skills
3 14 (82.35%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (82.35%) Requirements Gathering
3 14 (82.35%) Business Transformation
3 14 (82.35%) Agile
4 13 (76.47%) Change Management
4 13 (76.47%) User Stories
4 13 (76.47%) Process Improvement
4 13 (76.47%) Decision-Making
4 13 (76.47%) Thought Leadership
4 13 (76.47%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (70.59%) Scenario Testing
5 12 (70.59%) Analytical Thinking
5 12 (70.59%) Product Roadmap
5 12 (70.59%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (70.59%) Backlog Management
5 12 (70.59%) Roadmaps
5 12 (70.59%) Procure-to-Pay
5 12 (70.59%) Order to Cash
5 12 (70.59%) Record to Report
5 12 (70.59%) Taxonomies
5 12 (70.59%) NetSuite
5 12 (70.59%) Test Scripting
5 12 (70.59%) Project Management
5 12 (70.59%) CRM
5 12 (70.59%) Salesforce
5 12 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Banking
7 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis

Financial Business 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 12 (70.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 16 (94.12%) Social Skills
3 13 (76.47%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (5.88%) LDAP
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Legacy Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Agile
1 14 (82.35%) Business Transformation
1 14 (82.35%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (82.35%) Requirements Gathering
2 13 (76.47%) Change Management
2 13 (76.47%) Decision-Making
2 13 (76.47%) Process Improvement
2 13 (76.47%) Thought Leadership
2 13 (76.47%) User Stories
3 12 (70.59%) Analytical Thinking
3 12 (70.59%) Backlog Management
3 12 (70.59%) CRM
3 12 (70.59%) Order to Cash
3 12 (70.59%) Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (70.59%) Product Roadmap
3 12 (70.59%) Project Management
3 12 (70.59%) Record to Report
3 12 (70.59%) Scenario Testing
3 12 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (70.59%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.88%) MBA
1 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.88%) PMP
1 1 (5.88%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) Atlassian