Financial Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 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 488 607 589
Rank change year-on-year +119 -18 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 284 148 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.25% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.28% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 131 61 167
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.85%
75th Percentile £56,875 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,650 £65,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +35 96 £50,000 +5.26% 17
North of England +77 84 £36,000 -28.00% 5
North West +46 61 £40,000 -20.00% 4
Midlands +16 31 £47,500 +43.93% 3
Scotland -52 26 £51,500 -23.22% 5
South West +6 23 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Yorkshire +69 20 £27,500 -47.62%
West Midlands +24 19 £47,500 +13.77% 3
East of England +13 15 £45,000 -10.00% 5
East Midlands -6 12 £50,500 +60.32%
Wales +13 9 - - 1
North East -1 3 £30,500 -18.67% 1
Financial Analyst
UK

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 284 (100.00%) Finance
2 130 (45.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 111 (39.08%) Social Skills
4 101 (35.56%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (34.86%) Decision-Making
5 99 (34.86%) CIMA
6 97 (34.15%) Microsoft
7 92 (32.39%) ACCA
8 78 (27.46%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 69 (24.30%) Agile
9 69 (24.30%) Budgeting
10 64 (22.54%) Broadband
11 60 (21.13%) Actionable Insight
11 60 (21.13%) Business Case
12 57 (20.07%) Legal
13 53 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
14 50 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (17.61%) ERP
15 49 (17.25%) Mentoring
15 49 (17.25%) Influencing Skills
16 45 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
16 45 (15.85%) Degree
17 35 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
17 35 (12.32%) SAP
18 31 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 31 (10.92%) Power Platform
18 31 (10.92%) Power BI
19 30 (10.56%) Oracle
20 27 (9.51%) Data Analysis
20 27 (9.51%) ITIL

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (2.46%) SAS
2 6 (2.11%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 130 (45.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (8.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.58%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (4.58%) iTrent
2 9 (3.17%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.70%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 31 (10.92%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.76%) SaaS
3 4 (1.41%) OCI
4 3 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.92%) Power BI
2 13 (4.58%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (4.23%) Power Query
3 12 (4.23%) Tableau
4 9 (3.17%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (2.46%) QlikView
6 6 (2.11%) MS Access
7 5 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.41%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 284 (100.00%) Finance
2 111 (39.08%) Social Skills
3 101 (35.56%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (20.07%) Legal
5 49 (17.25%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (8.10%) Law
8 15 (5.28%) Marketing
9 13 (4.58%) Retail
10 12 (4.23%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (3.52%) General Ledger
13 7 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (2.11%) Banking
15 4 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.70%) Billing
17 1 (0.35%) Arabic Language
17 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
17 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.35%) Urdu Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.46%) Pandas
3 6 (2.11%) Middleware
4 2 (0.70%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.34%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.63%) Social Media
3 7 (2.46%) Pricing Data
4 6 (2.11%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.82%) Windows
1 8 (2.82%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (34.86%) Decision-Making
2 78 (27.46%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 69 (24.30%) Agile
3 69 (24.30%) Budgeting
4 60 (21.13%) Actionable Insight
4 60 (21.13%) Business Case
5 53 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (17.61%) ERP
7 49 (17.25%) Mentoring
8 45 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (9.51%) Data Analysis
9 27 (9.51%) ITIL
10 25 (8.80%) Customer Service
11 23 (8.10%) Business Analysis
12 21 (7.39%) Analytics
12 21 (7.39%) Financial Analysis
13 18 (6.34%) Migration
14 16 (5.63%) Financial Modelling
14 16 (5.63%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.75%) SQL
2 12 (4.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 11 (3.87%) Python
4 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (34.86%) CIMA
2 92 (32.39%) ACCA
3 45 (15.85%) Degree
4 9 (3.17%) AAT
5 5 (1.76%) CFA
6 4 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.41%) MBA
7 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) ISEB
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.58%) SLA
2 9 (3.17%) IFRS
3 5 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.70%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.35%) PMO
5 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 97 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.32%) SAP
3 30 (10.56%) Oracle
4 14 (4.93%) CA
5 13 (4.58%) Infor
6 9 (3.17%) BT
6 9 (3.17%) Hyperion
6 9 (3.17%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (2.82%) Workday
8 7 (2.46%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.46%) Concur
8 7 (2.46%) IBM
8 7 (2.46%) Sage
9 5 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.41%) Epicor
11 3 (1.06%) Anaplan
11 3 (1.06%) Sun
12 1 (0.35%) Aderant
12 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.35%) Intapp