Financial Analyst Jobs

Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 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 411 602 719
Rank change year-on-year +191 +117 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 649 365 644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.43% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 343 217 456
10th Percentile £33,000 £39,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £87,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +17.65%

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%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

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 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 +186 608 £60,000 - 50
Work from Home +195 383 £65,000 +18.18% 32
London +135 326 £75,000 +15.38% 28
UK excluding London +93 302 £48,750 +2.63% 23
South East +51 105 £50,000 +5.26% 9
North of England +62 88 £37,500 -25.00% 2
North West +43 66 £47,000 -6.00% 1
Midlands -11 35 £48,750 +47.72% 3
Scotland -41 25 £51,500 -0.96% 4
South West -10 24 £50,000 +32.45%
Yorkshire +50 20 £27,500 -47.62% 1
West Midlands +2 20 £47,500 - 2
East of England -1 16 £45,000 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -25 15 £50,000 +58.73% 1
Wales +21 9 - -
North East -15 2 £30,500 -18.67%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 649 (100.00%) Finance
2 253 (38.98%) Social Skills
3 243 (37.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 237 (36.52%) Analytical Skills
5 204 (31.43%) Agile
6 196 (30.20%) Microsoft
7 183 (28.20%) Decision-Making
8 176 (27.12%) CIMA
9 175 (26.96%) ACCA
10 173 (26.66%) SQL
11 160 (24.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 150 (23.11%) Budgeting
13 138 (21.26%) Mentoring
14 132 (20.34%) Actionable Insight
15 129 (19.88%) Broadband
16 128 (19.72%) Python
16 128 (19.72%) Business Case
17 113 (17.41%) Influencing Skills
18 105 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
18 105 (16.18%) Business Intelligence
19 100 (15.41%) Degree
20 95 (14.64%) Legal
21 89 (13.71%) Asset Management
22 87 (13.41%) Banking
23 84 (12.94%) Investment Management
24 81 (12.48%) Hedge funds
25 80 (12.33%) Derivative
26 79 (12.17%) Front Office
27 77 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
27 77 (11.86%) Power BI

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 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.54%) Apache
3 7 (1.08%) SAS
4 6 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 243 (37.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (5.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (3.70%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.16%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.00%) Fidessa
3 13 (2.00%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.00%) iTrent
4 9 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.92%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.92%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (0.92%) Sage 50
6 5 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.62%) Lawson
8 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.31%) SAP R/3
10 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 77 (11.86%) Power Platform
2 60 (9.24%) AWS
3 11 (1.69%) Azure
4 10 (1.54%) dbt
5 7 (1.08%) Snowflake
6 6 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (0.92%) OCI
7 4 (0.62%) SaaS
8 3 (0.46%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.31%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.15%) Asana
10 1 (0.15%) FinancialForce
10 1 (0.15%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.15%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.15%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.15%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 129 (19.88%) Broadband
2 13 (2.00%) DHCP
2 13 (2.00%) DNS
2 13 (2.00%) Firewall
2 13 (2.00%) FIX Connectivity
2 13 (2.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.77%) LAN
3 5 (0.77%) SSL
3 5 (0.77%) WAN
3 5 (0.77%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.46%) Intranet
4 3 (0.46%) VPN
4 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.86%) Power BI
2 35 (5.39%) Tableau
3 25 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (3.08%) Data Mining
5 19 (2.93%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.47%) Big Data
7 14 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
8 13 (2.00%) Power Query
9 10 (1.54%) Apache Arrow
9 10 (1.54%) Dremio
9 10 (1.54%) MS Access
10 8 (1.23%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.23%) Essbase
11 7 (1.08%) QlikView
12 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.31%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 649 (100.00%) Finance
2 253 (38.98%) Social Skills
3 237 (36.52%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (17.41%) Influencing Skills
5 95 (14.64%) Legal
6 87 (13.41%) Banking
7 79 (12.17%) Front Office
8 64 (9.86%) Law
9 31 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (4.16%) Investment Banking
11 26 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (3.85%) Back Office
13 21 (3.24%) Retail
14 18 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (2.31%) Marketing
16 13 (2.00%) General Ledger
17 12 (1.85%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
19 6 (0.92%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (2.00%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (1.08%) Pandas
4 6 (0.92%) Middleware
5 2 (0.31%) Flash
5 2 (0.31%) REST
6 1 (0.15%) .NET
6 1 (0.15%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.15%) HTML
6 1 (0.15%) JSON
6 1 (0.15%) JSP
6 1 (0.15%) Servlets
6 1 (0.15%) SOAP
6 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.48%) Hedge funds
2 80 (12.33%) Derivative
3 58 (8.94%) Product Ownership
4 57 (8.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 56 (8.63%) Equities
5 56 (8.63%) Fixed Income
6 34 (5.24%) Management Information System
6 34 (5.24%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.47%) Social Media
8 13 (2.00%) Eurex
9 11 (1.69%) Life Science
10 7 (1.08%) Pricing Data
11 6 (0.92%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.46%) CMDB
13 3 (0.46%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.46%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.70%) Windows
2 18 (2.77%) Linux
2 18 (2.77%) Unix
3 14 (2.16%) Windows Vista
4 13 (2.00%) CentOS
4 13 (2.00%) Solaris
4 13 (2.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (31.43%) Agile
2 183 (28.20%) Decision-Making
3 160 (24.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 150 (23.11%) Budgeting
5 138 (21.26%) Mentoring
6 132 (20.34%) Actionable Insight
7 128 (19.72%) Business Case
8 105 (16.18%) Business Intelligence
8 105 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (13.71%) Asset Management
10 84 (12.94%) Investment Management
11 77 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (10.02%) Analytics
13 61 (9.40%) ERP
14 55 (8.47%) Financial Analysis
14 55 (8.47%) Machine Learning
15 54 (8.32%) Artificial Intelligence
16 44 (6.78%) Financial Modelling
17 43 (6.63%) ITIL
18 36 (5.55%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 173 (26.66%) SQL
2 128 (19.72%) Python
3 24 (3.70%) C#
4 20 (3.08%) T-SQL
5 14 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.00%) Bash
6 13 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.00%) Perl
6 13 (2.00%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.00%) Ruby
7 7 (1.08%) R
8 4 (0.62%) VBA
9 2 (0.31%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 176 (27.12%) CIMA
2 175 (26.96%) ACCA
3 100 (15.41%) Degree
4 11 (1.69%) Master's Degree
4 11 (1.69%) MBA
5 9 (1.39%) AAT
5 9 (1.39%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.39%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.77%) CFA
6 5 (0.77%) GCFA
6 5 (0.77%) GCIA
6 5 (0.77%) GCIH
7 3 (0.46%) ISEB
8 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.15%) CCAB
9 1 (0.15%) CISA
9 1 (0.15%) CISM
9 1 (0.15%) CISSP
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.47%) IFRS
2 14 (2.16%) SLA
3 10 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.39%) QA
5 6 (0.92%) COBIT
6 5 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.77%) NIST
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.31%) PMO
7 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.15%) XenApp
3 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 196 (30.20%) Microsoft
2 76 (11.71%) Oracle
3 44 (6.78%) SAP
4 29 (4.47%) Bloomberg
5 18 (2.77%) CA
6 16 (2.47%) Alteryx
7 15 (2.31%) PeopleSoft
8 14 (2.16%) BISAM
8 14 (2.16%) Concur
9 13 (2.00%) CQG
9 13 (2.00%) Hyperion
9 13 (2.00%) Infor
9 13 (2.00%) ION Trading
9 13 (2.00%) Patsystems
9 13 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.00%) Reuters
9 13 (2.00%) Trayport
10 12 (1.85%) Aderant
10 12 (1.85%) Sage
10 12 (1.85%) Workday