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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 403 605
Rank change year-on-year +173 +202 -227
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 316 225 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.31% 0.71% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.74% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 185 157 281
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 £75,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £90,000 £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 22,824 30,324 70,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,907 22,700 34,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 June 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 1 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
West London +18 40 £75,000 +36.36%
Central London +57 35 £65,000 - 4
South London +11 16 - -
North London - 5 £32,500 - 1
Financial Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 316 (100.00%) Finance
2 142 (44.94%) SQL
3 129 (40.82%) Agile
4 127 (40.19%) Social Skills
5 125 (39.56%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (35.76%) Python
7 103 (32.59%) Microsoft Excel
8 89 (28.16%) Mentoring
9 88 (27.85%) Microsoft
10 87 (27.53%) Asset Management
11 82 (25.95%) Investment Management
12 80 (25.32%) Banking
13 79 (25.00%) Hedge funds
14 78 (24.68%) Derivative
15 77 (24.37%) Front Office
16 73 (23.10%) Decision-Making
17 72 (22.78%) ACCA
18 71 (22.47%) Budgeting
19 70 (22.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
20 66 (20.89%) Business Case
20 66 (20.89%) CIMA
21 63 (19.94%) Actionable Insight
21 63 (19.94%) Influencing Skills
21 63 (19.94%) Broadband
22 55 (17.41%) AWS
23 53 (16.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 52 (16.46%) Fixed Income
24 52 (16.46%) Equities
24 52 (16.46%) Product Ownership
25 49 (15.51%) Business Intelligence

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 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 103 (32.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (7.28%) Elite 3E
2 14 (4.43%) Aladdin
3 12 (3.80%) Fidessa
4 6 (1.90%) Sage 50
5 5 (1.58%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.27%) Lawson
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.63%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (17.41%) AWS
2 41 (12.97%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.16%) Azure
4 8 (2.53%) dbt
5 7 (2.22%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.27%) OCI
7 3 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.95%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.32%) Asana
9 1 (0.32%) FinancialForce
9 1 (0.32%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.32%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 63 (19.94%) Broadband
2 12 (3.80%) DHCP
2 12 (3.80%) DNS
2 12 (3.80%) Firewall
2 12 (3.80%) FIX Connectivity
2 12 (3.80%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.27%) LAN
3 4 (1.27%) SSL
3 4 (1.27%) WAN
3 4 (1.27%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.95%) Intranet
4 3 (0.95%) VPN
4 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.97%) Power BI
2 21 (6.65%) Tableau
3 17 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.06%) Oracle Reports
5 15 (4.75%) Data Mining
6 14 (4.43%) Big Data
7 13 (4.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.53%) Apache Arrow
8 8 (2.53%) Dremio
8 8 (2.53%) Essbase
9 6 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.27%) MS Access
11 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.63%) Apache Ignite
13 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 316 (100.00%) Finance
2 127 (40.19%) Social Skills
3 125 (39.56%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (25.32%) Banking
5 77 (24.37%) Front Office
6 63 (19.94%) Influencing Skills
7 42 (13.29%) Law
8 28 (8.86%) Legal
9 27 (8.54%) Back Office
10 24 (7.59%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.22%) Retail
14 6 (1.90%) Local Government
15 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
16 1 (0.32%) Billing
16 1 (0.32%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (3.80%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (25.00%) Hedge funds
2 78 (24.68%) Derivative
3 53 (16.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 52 (16.46%) Equities
4 52 (16.46%) Fixed Income
4 52 (16.46%) Product Ownership
5 28 (8.86%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.80%) Eurex
8 11 (3.48%) Life Science
9 5 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (0.95%) CMDB
10 3 (0.95%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.63%) Bitcoin
12 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.32%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.32%) iPad
12 1 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.33%) Windows
2 16 (5.06%) Linux
2 16 (5.06%) Unix
3 12 (3.80%) CentOS
3 12 (3.80%) Solaris
3 12 (3.80%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (40.82%) Agile
2 89 (28.16%) Mentoring
3 87 (27.53%) Asset Management
4 82 (25.95%) Investment Management
5 73 (23.10%) Decision-Making
6 71 (22.47%) Budgeting
7 70 (22.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 66 (20.89%) Business Case
9 63 (19.94%) Actionable Insight
10 49 (15.51%) Business Intelligence
11 46 (14.56%) Artificial Intelligence
11 46 (14.56%) Machine Learning
12 43 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (12.34%) Analytics
14 30 (9.49%) Financial Analysis
14 30 (9.49%) Product Management
15 26 (8.23%) Roadmaps
16 24 (7.59%) Financial Modelling
17 23 (7.28%) Business Strategy
18 21 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 142 (44.94%) SQL
2 113 (35.76%) Python
3 25 (7.91%) C#
4 20 (6.33%) T-SQL
5 12 (3.80%) Bash
5 12 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.80%) Perl
5 12 (3.80%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.80%) Ruby
6 7 (2.22%) R
7 2 (0.63%) C++
8 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (22.78%) ACCA
2 66 (20.89%) CIMA
3 45 (14.24%) Degree
4 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.58%) MBA
5 4 (1.27%) GCFA
5 4 (1.27%) GCIA
5 4 (1.27%) GCIH
6 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.63%) ISEB
7 1 (0.32%) CCAB
7 1 (0.32%) CISA
7 1 (0.32%) CISM
7 1 (0.32%) CISSP
7 1 (0.32%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) Data Quality
1 7 (2.22%) QA
2 6 (1.90%) IFRS
3 5 (1.58%) COBIT
4 4 (1.27%) NIST
5 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) ITGC
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) XenApp
3 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 88 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 44 (13.92%) Oracle
3 28 (8.86%) Bloomberg
4 14 (4.43%) BISAM
5 12 (3.80%) CQG
5 12 (3.80%) ION Trading
5 12 (3.80%) Patsystems
5 12 (3.80%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.80%) Reuters
5 12 (3.80%) Trayport
6 10 (3.16%) Aderant
7 9 (2.85%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.22%) Cognos
8 7 (2.22%) Concur
8 7 (2.22%) SAP
9 6 (1.90%) Intapp
9 6 (1.90%) Sage
10 5 (1.58%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (1.27%) CA
11 4 (1.27%) JD Edwards