Senior Financial Analyst Contracts

Senior Finance Analyst
UK

The median Senior Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 674 804
Rank change year-on-year +134 +130 -100
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 31 13 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.023% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.024% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 31
10th Percentile £475 £350 £400
25th Percentile £525 £485 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +4.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £615 £625
90th Percentile - £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £539 £583
% change year-on-year +2.04% -7.55% +19.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +124 27 £625 +2.46% 10
London +109 21 £625 +2.46% 8
Work from Home +115 14 £625 -3.77% 3
UK excluding London +68 10 £550 +2.04% 4
Scotland +44 4 £525 -2.60%
Midlands - 3 £550 -
South East - 3 £500 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £550 -
East Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior Financial Analyst contract 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 contract job ads featuring Senior Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (48.39%) SQL
3 14 (45.16%) Back Office
4 11 (35.48%) Front Office
4 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
4 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
5 10 (32.26%) Hedge funds
5 10 (32.26%) Python
5 10 (32.26%) C#
5 10 (32.26%) Banking
5 10 (32.26%) Asset Management
5 10 (32.26%) Derivative
5 10 (32.26%) Investment Management
6 8 (25.81%) Agile
7 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (19.35%) SAP
8 6 (19.35%) ERP
8 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (16.13%) Migration
10 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
10 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (12.90%) Financial Modelling
10 4 (12.90%) SAP PI
10 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
10 4 (12.90%) CyberSource
10 4 (12.90%) SAP HANA
10 4 (12.90%) User Stories
10 4 (12.90%) Azure
10 4 (12.90%) NoSQL

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:

Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.23%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.23%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
1 4 (12.90%) Miro
2 1 (3.23%) dbt
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
2 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) NoSQL
1 4 (12.90%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 31 (100.00%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Back Office
3 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (35.48%) Front Office
3 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
4 10 (32.26%) Banking
5 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.23%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Derivative
1 10 (32.26%) Hedge funds
2 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Asset Management
1 10 (32.26%) Investment Management
1 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
2 8 (25.81%) Agile
3 6 (19.35%) ERP
3 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.13%) Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Modelling
5 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (12.90%) User Stories
6 3 (9.68%) Budget Management
6 3 (9.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 3 (9.68%) Change Management
6 3 (9.68%) CRM
6 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.68%) Requirements Management
6 3 (9.68%) Validation
7 2 (6.45%) Budgeting
7 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) SQL
2 10 (32.26%) C#
2 10 (32.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) ACCA
1 2 (6.45%) CIMA
2 1 (3.23%) ISEB
2 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO 20022
1 3 (9.68%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.23%) IFRS
2 1 (3.23%) IFRS 17
2 1 (3.23%) IFRS 9
2 1 (3.23%) PMO
2 1 (3.23%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) SAP
2 4 (12.90%) CyberSource
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle