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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 604 694
Rank change year-on-year +195 +90 -137
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 615 384 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.43% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 322 229 462
10th Percentile £32,100 £40,100 £36,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £88,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -2.06% +15.48%

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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
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 £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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 23 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 23 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 +203 573 £60,000 - 54
Work from Home +179 364 £65,000 +18.18% 27
London +168 308 £77,500 +19.23% 25
UK excluding London +127 286 £47,500 - 28
South East +51 97 £50,000 +5.26% 11
North of England +70 83 £36,000 -28.00% 5
North West +45 61 £40,000 -20.00% 4
Midlands +6 31 £47,500 +43.93% 5
Scotland -38 26 £51,500 -23.22% 2
South West +2 24 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Yorkshire +68 20 £27,500 -47.62%
West Midlands +18 19 £47,500 +13.77% 4
East of England +21 16 £45,000 -10.00% 5
East Midlands -1 12 £50,500 +60.32% 1
Wales +17 9 - -
North East -6 2 £30,500 -18.67% 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 615 (100.00%) Finance
2 247 (40.16%) Social Skills
3 234 (38.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 228 (37.07%) Analytical Skills
5 197 (32.03%) Agile
6 187 (30.41%) Microsoft
7 183 (29.76%) Decision-Making
8 168 (27.32%) CIMA
9 167 (27.15%) ACCA
10 161 (26.18%) SQL
11 159 (25.85%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 142 (23.09%) Budgeting
12 142 (23.09%) Mentoring
13 132 (21.46%) Actionable Insight
14 129 (20.98%) Broadband
15 128 (20.81%) Business Case
16 123 (20.00%) Python
17 114 (18.54%) Influencing Skills
18 97 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
19 95 (15.45%) Legal
20 94 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
21 89 (14.47%) Degree
22 85 (13.82%) Banking
22 85 (13.82%) Asset Management
23 80 (13.01%) Investment Management
24 77 (12.52%) Oracle
24 77 (12.52%) Hedge funds
25 76 (12.36%) Derivative
26 75 (12.20%) Front Office
27 70 (11.38%) 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 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.14%) SAS
3 6 (0.98%) Apache
3 6 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) Confluence
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 234 (38.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (3.90%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.28%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.11%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (2.11%) iTrent
4 12 (1.95%) Fidessa
5 10 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.98%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
7 6 (0.98%) Sage 50
8 5 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.65%) Lawson
10 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.33%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.33%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.33%) SAP R/3
12 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
12 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 69 (11.22%) Power Platform
2 51 (8.29%) AWS
3 10 (1.63%) Azure
4 8 (1.30%) OCI
5 7 (1.14%) Snowflake
6 6 (0.98%) dbt
6 6 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (0.81%) SaaS
8 3 (0.49%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.33%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.16%) Asana
10 1 (0.16%) FinancialForce
10 1 (0.16%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.16%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.16%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.16%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 129 (20.98%) Broadband
2 12 (1.95%) DHCP
2 12 (1.95%) DNS
2 12 (1.95%) Firewall
2 12 (1.95%) FIX Connectivity
2 12 (1.95%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.49%) Intranet
3 3 (0.49%) LAN
3 3 (0.49%) SSL
3 3 (0.49%) VPN
3 3 (0.49%) WAN
3 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.22%) Power BI
2 30 (4.88%) Tableau
3 25 (4.07%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (3.09%) Data Mining
5 16 (2.60%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (2.11%) Power Query
6 13 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (1.95%) Big Data
8 10 (1.63%) MS Access
9 8 (1.30%) Essbase
10 7 (1.14%) QlikView
11 6 (0.98%) Apache Arrow
11 6 (0.98%) Dremio
11 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.33%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 615 (100.00%) Finance
2 247 (40.16%) Social Skills
3 228 (37.07%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (18.54%) Influencing Skills
5 95 (15.45%) Legal
6 85 (13.82%) Banking
7 75 (12.20%) Front Office
8 65 (10.57%) Law
9 31 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (4.72%) Back Office
11 22 (3.58%) Investment Banking
12 20 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.25%) Retail
13 18 (2.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (2.44%) Marketing
15 13 (2.11%) General Ledger
16 12 (1.95%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.98%) Local Government
18 5 (0.81%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (1.14%) Pandas
4 6 (0.98%) Middleware
5 2 (0.33%) Flash
6 1 (0.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.52%) Hedge funds
2 76 (12.36%) Derivative
3 50 (8.13%) Product Ownership
4 49 (7.97%) Fixed Income
4 49 (7.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 48 (7.80%) Equities
6 31 (5.04%) Management Information System
6 31 (5.04%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.60%) Social Media
8 12 (1.95%) Eurex
9 11 (1.79%) Life Science
10 7 (1.14%) Pricing Data
11 6 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.49%) CMDB
14 3 (0.49%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.39%) Windows
2 15 (2.44%) Linux
2 15 (2.44%) Unix
3 12 (1.95%) CentOS
3 12 (1.95%) Solaris
3 12 (1.95%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.30%) Windows Vista
5 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (32.03%) Agile
2 183 (29.76%) Decision-Making
3 159 (25.85%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 142 (23.09%) Budgeting
4 142 (23.09%) Mentoring
5 132 (21.46%) Actionable Insight
6 128 (20.81%) Business Case
7 97 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
9 85 (13.82%) Asset Management
10 80 (13.01%) Investment Management
11 70 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (9.76%) ERP
13 57 (9.27%) Analytics
14 51 (8.29%) Machine Learning
15 50 (8.13%) Artificial Intelligence
15 50 (8.13%) Financial Analysis
16 43 (6.99%) ITIL
17 37 (6.02%) Financial Modelling
18 35 (5.69%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 161 (26.18%) SQL
2 123 (20.00%) Python
3 27 (4.39%) C#
4 20 (3.25%) T-SQL
5 13 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (1.95%) Bash
6 12 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.95%) Perl
6 12 (1.95%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.95%) Ruby
7 8 (1.30%) R
8 2 (0.33%) C++
8 2 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 168 (27.32%) CIMA
2 167 (27.15%) ACCA
3 89 (14.47%) Degree
4 9 (1.46%) AAT
5 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.30%) MBA
6 5 (0.81%) CFA
7 3 (0.49%) GCFA
7 3 (0.49%) GCIA
7 3 (0.49%) GCIH
7 3 (0.49%) ISEB
8 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.16%) CCAB
9 1 (0.16%) CISA
9 1 (0.16%) CISM
9 1 (0.16%) CISSP
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.16%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.44%) IFRS
2 13 (2.11%) SLA
3 9 (1.46%) QA
4 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.65%) COBIT
7 3 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) PMO
8 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.16%) ITGC
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.16%) XenApp
3 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 187 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 77 (12.52%) Oracle
3 43 (6.99%) SAP
4 28 (4.55%) Bloomberg
5 18 (2.93%) CA
6 16 (2.60%) Alteryx
7 14 (2.28%) BISAM
7 14 (2.28%) Concur
7 14 (2.28%) PeopleSoft
8 13 (2.11%) Hyperion
8 13 (2.11%) Infor
8 13 (2.11%) Sage
9 12 (1.95%) Aderant
9 12 (1.95%) CQG
9 12 (1.95%) ION Trading
9 12 (1.95%) Patsystems
9 12 (1.95%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.95%) Reuters
9 12 (1.95%) Trayport
9 12 (1.95%) Workday