Senior Financial Analyst Jobs

Senior Finance Analyst
UK

The median Senior Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 817 925 1160
Rank change year-on-year +108 +235 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 84 34 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.034% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.037% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 27
10th Percentile £34,383 £39,675 £50,350
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £79,375 £73,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +118 67 £50,000 -20.00% 7
London +148 44 £77,500 +5.08% 5
UK excluding London +17 33 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Work from Home +105 27 £40,000 -36.00% 2
Wales - 9 - - 1
Scotland - 8 - -
North of England +54 7 £30,500 -39.60%
South East +11 7 £50,000 +20.48%
North West +6 4 - -
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
North East - 2 £30,500 -
Yorkshire +80 1 £45,000 -10.89%

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 84 (100.00%) Finance
2 51 (60.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (54.76%) Degree
4 38 (45.24%) Social Skills
5 33 (39.29%) Onboarding
6 27 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (30.95%) Financial Analysis
7 26 (30.95%) ACCA
8 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
9 23 (27.38%) Legal
10 20 (23.81%) CIMA
10 20 (23.81%) SQL
10 20 (23.81%) Business Strategy
11 19 (22.62%) Data Mining
11 19 (22.62%) Economics
11 19 (22.62%) Tableau
12 18 (21.43%) Financial Modelling
13 16 (19.05%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 16 (19.05%) Oracle
14 15 (17.86%) Python
14 15 (17.86%) CA
14 15 (17.86%) Actionable Insight
14 15 (17.86%) Performance Metrics
14 15 (17.86%) IFRS
14 15 (17.86%) Decision-Making
14 15 (17.86%) Mathematics
14 15 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (15.48%) Hyperion
15 13 (15.48%) Microsoft Office
15 13 (15.48%) Agile

Senior 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 6 (7.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (60.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (15.48%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (4.76%) Lawson
3 1 (1.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.10%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.90%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (22.62%) Data Mining
1 19 (22.62%) Tableau
2 11 (13.10%) Power BI
3 10 (11.90%) MS Access
4 8 (9.52%) Big Data
4 8 (9.52%) Essbase
5 6 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 84 (100.00%) Finance
2 38 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 27 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (27.38%) Legal
5 8 (9.52%) General Ledger
5 8 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (8.33%) Retail
7 6 (7.14%) Banking
8 5 (5.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (39.29%) Onboarding
2 12 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.52%) Social Media
4 7 (8.33%) Pricing Data
5 5 (5.95%) Life Science
6 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.19%) Derivative
7 1 (1.19%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.95%) Financial Analysis
2 20 (23.81%) Business Strategy
3 19 (22.62%) Economics
4 18 (21.43%) Financial Modelling
5 16 (19.05%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 15 (17.86%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.86%) Decision-Making
6 15 (17.86%) Mathematics
6 15 (17.86%) Performance Metrics
7 13 (15.48%) Agile
8 12 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (14.29%) Contract Management
9 11 (13.10%) Process Improvement
10 10 (11.90%) Line Management
11 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
11 8 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (8.33%) ERP
12 7 (8.33%) Migration
13 6 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.81%) SQL
2 15 (17.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (54.76%) Degree
2 26 (30.95%) ACCA
3 20 (23.81%) CIMA
4 7 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 7 (8.33%) MBA
5 1 (1.19%) CCAB
5 1 (1.19%) CISA
5 1 (1.19%) CISM
5 1 (1.19%) CISSP
5 1 (1.19%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.86%) IFRS
2 4 (4.76%) QA
3 1 (1.19%) COBIT
3 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) ITGC
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) Oracle
3 15 (17.86%) CA
4 13 (15.48%) Hyperion
5 12 (14.29%) SAP
6 9 (10.71%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (4.76%) Cognos
7 4 (4.76%) JD Edwards