Financial Analyst Contracts

Finance Analyst
UK

The median Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 355 408
Rank change year-on-year +3 +53 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 258 378 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.68% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.72% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 301 409
10th Percentile £313 £363 £344
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £600
90th Percentile £788 £760 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £425
% change year-on-year +6.57% +10.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £14.20 - -
25th Percentile £16.00 - -
Median hourly rate £19.22 - -
75th Percentile £22.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Analyst in the UK

Financial Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 240 £550 -8.33% 50
London +23 184 £550 -12.00% 28
Work from Home +72 118 £625 +20.19% 32
UK excluding London +11 65 £500 +6.57% 23
South East 0 26 £425 +26.87% 9
Scotland +45 12 £525 +5.00% 4
North of England +11 12 £575 +15.00% 2
Midlands +17 11 £525 - 3
West Midlands +11 8 £525 -2.33% 2
North West +16 7 £463 -15.91% 1
North East +14 3 £588 +62.07%
East Midlands +9 3 - - 1
Yorkshire -6 2 £288 -43.63% 1
South West - 2 - -
East of England -1 1 £425 -13.92% 4

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 258 (100.00%) Finance
2 83 (32.17%) Banking
3 74 (28.68%) SQL
4 62 (24.03%) Agile
5 57 (22.09%) Asset Management
6 56 (21.71%) Social Skills
7 53 (20.54%) Derivative
7 53 (20.54%) Investment Management
7 53 (20.54%) Front Office
8 51 (19.77%) Python
9 48 (18.60%) Hedge funds
10 40 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (14.73%) Product Ownership
12 37 (14.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 35 (13.57%) Business Analysis
14 33 (12.79%) AWS
15 32 (12.40%) Equities
15 32 (12.40%) Fixed Income
16 31 (12.02%) Migration
16 31 (12.02%) ERP
16 31 (12.02%) Oracle
17 29 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
17 29 (11.24%) Analytics
18 28 (10.85%) Machine Learning
18 28 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
18 28 (10.85%) Artificial Intelligence
19 27 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
20 26 (10.08%) Back Office
21 24 (9.30%) Data Migration
22 23 (8.91%) SAP

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 8 (3.10%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.33%) Apache
3 2 (0.78%) Confluence
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.39%) JBoss
4 1 (0.39%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (4.65%) Aladdin
2 7 (2.71%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (1.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (1.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.39%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.79%) AWS
2 21 (8.14%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.81%) Azure
4 11 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.33%) dbt
5 6 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.55%) Collibra
6 4 (1.55%) Miro
6 4 (1.55%) SaaS
7 3 (1.16%) OCI
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.39%) Asana
9 1 (0.39%) IaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.39%) Slack
9 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
1 2 (0.78%) Wireless
2 1 (0.39%) DNS
2 1 (0.39%) Firewall
2 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.14%) Power BI
2 8 (3.10%) Tableau
3 6 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.33%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.33%) SAP HANA
4 5 (1.94%) Apache Arrow
4 5 (1.94%) Dremio
4 5 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.55%) Big Data
5 4 (1.55%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.16%) Metadata
6 3 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.39%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (3.10%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Toad
General
1 258 (100.00%) Finance
2 83 (32.17%) Banking
3 56 (21.71%) Social Skills
4 53 (20.54%) Front Office
5 40 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (10.08%) Back Office
7 21 (8.14%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.65%) General Ledger
8 12 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.26%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.33%) Legal
11 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.94%) Billing
12 5 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.94%) Retail
13 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.94%) SAP PI
2 4 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.78%) XML
4 1 (0.39%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.39%) JSON
4 1 (0.39%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (20.54%) Derivative
2 48 (18.60%) Hedge funds
3 38 (14.73%) Product Ownership
4 37 (14.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (12.40%) Equities
5 32 (12.40%) Fixed Income
6 9 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.55%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.78%) iPad
10 2 (0.78%) iPhone
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Online Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.78%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.39%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.39%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.16%) Unix
3 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.78%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.03%) Agile
2 57 (22.09%) Asset Management
3 53 (20.54%) Investment Management
4 35 (13.57%) Business Analysis
5 31 (12.02%) ERP
5 31 (12.02%) Migration
6 29 (11.24%) Analytics
6 29 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
7 28 (10.85%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (10.85%) Machine Learning
8 27 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (9.30%) Data Migration
10 23 (8.91%) User Stories
11 20 (7.75%) Roadmaps
12 19 (7.36%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (6.98%) GAP Analysis
13 18 (6.98%) Mentoring
14 17 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
15 16 (6.20%) User Acceptance Testing
16 15 (5.81%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (28.68%) SQL
2 51 (19.77%) Python
3 16 (6.20%) C#
4 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.39%) VB
5 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (5.43%) CIMA
2 13 (5.04%) ACCA
2 13 (5.04%) Degree
2 13 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.49%) ICAEW
5 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.78%) CISA
5 2 (0.78%) CISM
5 2 (0.78%) CISSP
6 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.39%) ISEB
6 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.04%) GAAP
3 11 (4.26%) IFRS
4 8 (3.10%) PMO
4 8 (3.10%) QA
5 5 (1.94%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.94%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.55%) EMIR
6 4 (1.55%) MiFID
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.78%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (1.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (12.02%) Oracle
2 23 (8.91%) SAP
3 21 (8.14%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.81%) Bloomberg
5 12 (4.65%) BISAM
6 5 (1.94%) CyberSource
7 4 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.78%) Apple
8 2 (0.78%) Ariba
8 2 (0.78%) Cadence
8 2 (0.78%) Databricks
8 2 (0.78%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.78%) IFS
8 2 (0.78%) Microgen
8 2 (0.78%) Refinitiv
8 2 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.39%) BigPanda
9 1 (0.39%) Splunk
9 1 (0.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.39%) Zscaler