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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 919 1210
Rank change year-on-year +85 +291 -287
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 88 26 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.028% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.031% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 28 10 30
10th Percentile £34,769 £45,700 £51,775
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,313 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +16.00% -
75th Percentile £70,625 £75,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £79,375 £71,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -19.17% -9.43%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +72 71 £50,000 -31.03% 8
London +90 47 £70,000 -3.45% 5
UK excluding London -31 34 £50,000 +3.09% 4
Work from Home +80 31 £40,000 -44.83% 2
Wales - 9 - -
North of England +31 8 £30,500 -39.60%
Scotland - 8 - -
South East 0 7 £50,000 +20.48% 1
North West - 5 - -
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
North East - 2 £30,500 -
Yorkshire +63 1 £45,000 -10.89%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 88 (100.00%) Finance
2 55 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (54.55%) Degree
4 42 (47.73%) Social Skills
5 32 (36.36%) Onboarding
6 28 (31.82%) Financial Analysis
6 28 (31.82%) Microsoft
7 27 (30.68%) ACCA
8 25 (28.41%) SQL
9 24 (27.27%) Legal
9 24 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
11 21 (23.86%) Business Strategy
12 20 (22.73%) Economics
12 20 (22.73%) CIMA
12 20 (22.73%) Data Mining
13 17 (19.32%) Tableau
14 16 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
14 16 (18.18%) Mathematics
14 16 (18.18%) Python
14 16 (18.18%) Oracle
14 16 (18.18%) CA
14 16 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 16 (18.18%) IFRS
15 15 (17.05%) Actionable Insight
15 15 (17.05%) Decision-Making
15 15 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (15.91%) Power BI
16 14 (15.91%) Power Platform

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 (6.82%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (14.77%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (4.55%) Lawson
3 1 (1.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.91%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.36%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (22.73%) Data Mining
2 17 (19.32%) Tableau
3 14 (15.91%) Power BI
4 10 (11.36%) MS Access
5 8 (9.09%) Big Data
5 8 (9.09%) Essbase
6 6 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Oracle Forms
General
1 88 (100.00%) Finance
2 42 (47.73%) Social Skills
3 24 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (27.27%) Legal
4 8 (9.09%) General Ledger
4 8 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.95%) Banking
5 7 (7.95%) Retail
6 5 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (1.14%) .NET
2 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.14%) HTML
2 1 (1.14%) JSON
2 1 (1.14%) JSP
2 1 (1.14%) Servlets
2 1 (1.14%) SOAP
2 1 (1.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 12 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.09%) Social Media
4 7 (7.95%) Pricing Data
5 5 (5.68%) Life Science
6 2 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.14%) Derivative
7 1 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (31.82%) Financial Analysis
2 22 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
3 21 (23.86%) Business Strategy
4 20 (22.73%) Economics
5 16 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 16 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 16 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
6 15 (17.05%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.05%) Decision-Making
7 13 (14.77%) Agile
8 12 (13.64%) Contract Management
9 11 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 11 (12.50%) Process Improvement
10 10 (11.36%) Line Management
11 9 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (7.95%) ERP
12 7 (7.95%) Migration
13 6 (6.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.41%) SQL
2 16 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (1.14%) C#
3 1 (1.14%) Java
3 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 48 (54.55%) Degree
2 27 (30.68%) ACCA
3 20 (22.73%) CIMA
4 8 (9.09%) Master's Degree
4 8 (9.09%) MBA
5 1 (1.14%) CCAB
5 1 (1.14%) CISA
5 1 (1.14%) CISM
5 1 (1.14%) CISSP
5 1 (1.14%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.18%) IFRS
2 4 (4.55%) QA
3 1 (1.14%) COBIT
3 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.14%) ITGC
3 1 (1.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 28 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 16 (18.18%) CA
2 16 (18.18%) Oracle
3 13 (14.77%) Hyperion
3 13 (14.77%) SAP
4 9 (10.23%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (4.55%) Cognos
5 4 (4.55%) JD Edwards