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 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 600 700
Rank change year-on-year +183 +100 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 604 414 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.41% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.45% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 313 247 454
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £88,500 £97,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +18.75%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 May 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 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
England +198 564 £60,000 - 74
Work from Home +180 358 £62,500 +13.64% 25
London +149 304 £75,000 +15.38% 39
UK excluding London +96 279 £47,500 - 33
South East +26 95 £50,000 +8.11% 9
North of England +80 83 £36,000 -28.00% 11
North West +52 59 £40,000 -20.00% 7
Midlands +5 31 £47,500 +43.93% 4
Scotland -50 26 £51,500 -23.22% 3
South West -8 22 £50,000 +21.21% 3
Yorkshire +78 21 £30,250 -42.38% 1
West Midlands +22 19 £47,500 +13.77% 2
East of England +30 14 £51,750 +6.15% 5
East Midlands -11 12 £50,500 +60.32% 2
Wales +11 8 - - 1
North East -4 3 £30,500 -32.22% 3

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

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

1 604 (100.00%) Finance
2 249 (41.23%) Social Skills
3 232 (38.41%) Analytical Skills
4 231 (38.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 192 (31.79%) Agile
6 185 (30.63%) Decision-Making
7 183 (30.30%) Microsoft
8 166 (27.48%) ACCA
8 166 (27.48%) CIMA
9 160 (26.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 149 (24.67%) SQL
11 143 (23.68%) Budgeting
12 142 (23.51%) Mentoring
13 132 (21.85%) Actionable Insight
14 129 (21.36%) Broadband
15 128 (21.19%) Business Case
16 117 (19.37%) Python
17 114 (18.87%) Influencing Skills
18 101 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
19 95 (15.73%) Legal
20 90 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
21 88 (14.57%) Degree
22 80 (13.25%) Oracle
22 80 (13.25%) Banking
23 79 (13.08%) Asset Management
24 74 (12.25%) Investment Management
25 71 (11.75%) Hedge funds
26 70 (11.59%) Derivative
27 69 (11.42%) Front Office
28 68 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement

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 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.16%) SAS
3 6 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.33%) Apache
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 231 (38.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (3.48%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.32%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.15%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.15%) iTrent
4 11 (1.82%) Fidessa
4 11 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
5 10 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.99%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.99%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.99%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.66%) Lawson
8 4 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle AGIS
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.33%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 64 (10.60%) Power Platform
2 45 (7.45%) AWS
3 9 (1.49%) Azure
3 9 (1.49%) OCI
4 7 (1.16%) Snowflake
5 6 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.83%) SaaS
7 3 (0.50%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.33%) dbt
8 2 (0.33%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.17%) Asana
9 1 (0.17%) FinancialForce
9 1 (0.17%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.17%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.17%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 129 (21.36%) Broadband
2 11 (1.82%) DHCP
2 11 (1.82%) DNS
2 11 (1.82%) Firewall
2 11 (1.82%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.50%) Intranet
3 3 (0.50%) VPN
3 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) LAN
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.60%) Power BI
2 28 (4.64%) Tableau
3 27 (4.47%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (2.98%) Data Mining
5 13 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
5 13 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.82%) Power Query
8 10 (1.66%) MS Access
9 8 (1.32%) Big Data
9 8 (1.32%) Essbase
10 7 (1.16%) QlikView
11 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.33%) Apache Arrow
13 2 (0.33%) Apache Ignite
13 2 (0.33%) Dremio
14 1 (0.17%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.83%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 604 (100.00%) Finance
2 249 (41.23%) Social Skills
3 232 (38.41%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (18.87%) Influencing Skills
5 95 (15.73%) Legal
6 80 (13.25%) Banking
7 69 (11.42%) Front Office
8 64 (10.60%) Law
9 31 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (4.80%) Back Office
11 20 (3.31%) Retail
12 18 (2.98%) Investment Banking
12 18 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 18 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.48%) General Ledger
13 15 (2.48%) Marketing
14 12 (1.99%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.99%) Local Government
16 5 (0.83%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (1.32%) Pandas
4 6 (0.99%) Middleware
5 2 (0.33%) Flash
6 1 (0.17%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.17%) NumPy
6 1 (0.17%) REST
6 1 (0.17%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.75%) Hedge funds
2 70 (11.59%) Derivative
3 44 (7.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 44 (7.28%) Product Ownership
4 43 (7.12%) Fixed Income
5 42 (6.95%) Equities
6 32 (5.30%) Onboarding
7 31 (5.13%) Management Information System
8 16 (2.65%) Social Media
9 11 (1.82%) Eurex
9 11 (1.82%) Life Science
10 7 (1.16%) Pricing Data
11 6 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.66%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.50%) CMDB
13 3 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.97%) Windows
2 12 (1.99%) Linux
2 12 (1.99%) Unix
3 11 (1.82%) CentOS
3 11 (1.82%) Solaris
3 11 (1.82%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.32%) Windows Vista
5 4 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (31.79%) Agile
2 185 (30.63%) Decision-Making
3 160 (26.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 143 (23.68%) Budgeting
5 142 (23.51%) Mentoring
6 132 (21.85%) Actionable Insight
7 128 (21.19%) Business Case
8 101 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (13.08%) Asset Management
11 74 (12.25%) Investment Management
12 68 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (10.10%) ERP
14 51 (8.44%) Analytics
15 49 (8.11%) Financial Analysis
15 49 (8.11%) Machine Learning
16 48 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence
17 42 (6.95%) ITIL
18 35 (5.79%) Financial Modelling
19 33 (5.46%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 149 (24.67%) SQL
2 117 (19.37%) Python
3 27 (4.47%) C#
4 20 (3.31%) T-SQL
5 11 (1.82%) Bash
5 11 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.82%) Perl
5 11 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.82%) Ruby
6 8 (1.32%) R
7 2 (0.33%) C++
8 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 166 (27.48%) ACCA
1 166 (27.48%) CIMA
2 88 (14.57%) Degree
3 8 (1.32%) AAT
4 7 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.16%) MBA
5 5 (0.83%) CFA
6 3 (0.50%) ISEB
7 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.17%) CCAB
8 1 (0.17%) CISA
8 1 (0.17%) CISM
8 1 (0.17%) CISSP
8 1 (0.17%) GCFA
8 1 (0.17%) GCIA
8 1 (0.17%) GCIH
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.17%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.32%) IFRS
2 13 (2.15%) SLA
3 9 (1.49%) QA
4 8 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.33%) COBIT
7 2 (0.33%) PMO
7 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.17%) ITGC
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.17%) XenApp
3 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 183 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.25%) Oracle
3 43 (7.12%) SAP
4 27 (4.47%) Bloomberg
5 17 (2.81%) CA
6 16 (2.65%) Alteryx
7 15 (2.48%) Sage
8 14 (2.32%) BISAM
8 14 (2.32%) Concur
9 13 (2.15%) Hyperion
9 13 (2.15%) Infor
10 12 (1.99%) PeopleSoft
10 12 (1.99%) Workday
11 11 (1.82%) Aderant
11 11 (1.82%) CQG
11 11 (1.82%) ION Trading
11 11 (1.82%) Patsystems
11 11 (1.82%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.82%) Reuters
11 11 (1.82%) Trayport