Financial Analyst Jobs in London

Finance Analyst
England > London

The median Finance Analyst salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 400 598
Rank change year-on-year +154 +198 -233
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 307 228 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.30% 0.68% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.71% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 178 160 274
10th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £94,375
90th Percentile £118,750 £91,250 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,313 32,109 66,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,649 23,746 34,560
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,449 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
West London +11 40 £75,000 +36.36%
Central London +73 36 £62,500 -7.41% 3
South London +5 16 - -
North London - 5 £32,500 -
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 across the London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 307 (100.00%) Finance
2 135 (43.97%) SQL
3 126 (41.04%) Social Skills
4 124 (40.39%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (40.07%) Agile
6 110 (35.83%) Python
7 102 (33.22%) Microsoft Excel
8 91 (29.64%) Mentoring
9 86 (28.01%) Microsoft
10 83 (27.04%) Asset Management
11 78 (25.41%) Investment Management
12 77 (25.08%) Banking
13 75 (24.43%) Hedge funds
14 74 (24.10%) Derivative
15 73 (23.78%) Front Office
15 73 (23.78%) ACCA
15 73 (23.78%) Decision-Making
16 71 (23.13%) Budgeting
17 70 (22.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 67 (21.82%) CIMA
19 66 (21.50%) Business Case
20 63 (20.52%) Influencing Skills
20 63 (20.52%) Actionable Insight
20 63 (20.52%) Broadband
21 48 (15.64%) AWS
22 47 (15.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 47 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
22 47 (15.31%) Fixed Income
23 46 (14.98%) Equities
23 46 (14.98%) Product Ownership

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.30%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 102 (33.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (7.17%) Elite 3E
2 14 (4.56%) Aladdin
3 11 (3.58%) Fidessa
4 6 (1.95%) Sage 50
5 4 (1.30%) Lawson
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.65%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.64%) AWS
2 36 (11.73%) Power Platform
3 9 (2.93%) Azure
4 7 (2.28%) Snowflake
5 4 (1.30%) dbt
5 4 (1.30%) OCI
6 3 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.33%) Asana
8 1 (0.33%) FinancialForce
8 1 (0.33%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 63 (20.52%) Broadband
2 11 (3.58%) DHCP
2 11 (3.58%) DNS
2 11 (3.58%) Firewall
2 11 (3.58%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (3.58%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.98%) Intranet
3 3 (0.98%) VPN
3 3 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.65%) LAN
4 2 (0.65%) SSL
4 2 (0.65%) WAN
4 2 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.73%) Power BI
2 17 (5.54%) Oracle Reports
3 16 (5.21%) Tableau
4 15 (4.89%) Data Mining
5 14 (4.56%) SQL Server
6 13 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (3.26%) Big Data
8 8 (2.61%) Essbase
9 4 (1.30%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (1.30%) Dremio
9 4 (1.30%) MS Access
10 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.65%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 307 (100.00%) Finance
2 126 (41.04%) Social Skills
3 124 (40.39%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (25.08%) Banking
5 73 (23.78%) Front Office
6 63 (20.52%) Influencing Skills
7 41 (13.36%) Law
8 29 (9.45%) Back Office
9 28 (9.12%) Legal
10 20 (6.51%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.61%) Retail
13 6 (1.95%) Local Government
14 4 (1.30%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.65%) Billing
15 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.33%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.58%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.33%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.33%) NumPy
3 1 (0.33%) Pandas
3 1 (0.33%) REST
3 1 (0.33%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 75 (24.43%) Hedge funds
2 74 (24.10%) Derivative
3 47 (15.31%) Fixed Income
3 47 (15.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 46 (14.98%) Equities
4 46 (14.98%) Product Ownership
5 27 (8.79%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.23%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.58%) Eurex
7 11 (3.58%) Life Science
8 4 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (0.98%) CMDB
9 3 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.65%) Bitcoin
10 2 (0.65%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.33%) iPad
11 1 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.54%) Windows
2 13 (4.23%) Linux
2 13 (4.23%) Unix
3 11 (3.58%) CentOS
3 11 (3.58%) Solaris
3 11 (3.58%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (40.07%) Agile
2 91 (29.64%) Mentoring
3 83 (27.04%) Asset Management
4 78 (25.41%) Investment Management
5 73 (23.78%) Decision-Making
6 71 (23.13%) Budgeting
7 70 (22.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 66 (21.50%) Business Case
9 63 (20.52%) Actionable Insight
10 47 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
11 44 (14.33%) Artificial Intelligence
11 44 (14.33%) Machine Learning
11 44 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (11.07%) Analytics
13 29 (9.45%) Financial Analysis
14 28 (9.12%) Product Management
15 26 (8.47%) Roadmaps
16 20 (6.51%) Business Strategy
16 20 (6.51%) Financial Modelling
16 20 (6.51%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 135 (43.97%) SQL
2 110 (35.83%) Python
3 27 (8.79%) C#
4 20 (6.51%) T-SQL
5 11 (3.58%) Bash
5 11 (3.58%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.58%) Perl
5 11 (3.58%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.58%) Ruby
6 8 (2.61%) R
7 2 (0.65%) C++
8 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (23.78%) ACCA
2 67 (21.82%) CIMA
3 44 (14.33%) Degree
4 4 (1.30%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.30%) MBA
5 2 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.65%) GCFA
5 2 (0.65%) GCIA
5 2 (0.65%) GCIH
5 2 (0.65%) ISEB
6 1 (0.33%) CCAB
6 1 (0.33%) CISA
6 1 (0.33%) CISM
6 1 (0.33%) CISSP
6 1 (0.33%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.28%) Data Quality
1 7 (2.28%) QA
2 6 (1.95%) IFRS
3 3 (0.98%) COBIT
4 2 (0.65%) NIST
4 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) ITGC
5 1 (0.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) XenApp
3 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 86 (28.01%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.66%) Oracle
3 27 (8.79%) Bloomberg
4 14 (4.56%) BISAM
5 11 (3.58%) CQG
5 11 (3.58%) ION Trading
5 11 (3.58%) Patsystems
5 11 (3.58%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.58%) Reuters
5 11 (3.58%) Trayport
6 10 (3.26%) Aderant
7 9 (2.93%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.28%) Cognos
8 7 (2.28%) Concur
8 7 (2.28%) SAP
9 6 (1.95%) Intapp
9 6 (1.95%) Sage
10 4 (1.30%) CA
10 4 (1.30%) JD Edwards
10 4 (1.30%) Workday