Financial Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Finance Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Finance Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 597 611
Rank change year-on-year +118 +14 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 303 131 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.24% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.26% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 138 50 159
10th Percentile £29,550 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £35,313 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,125 £67,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analyst in the UK excluding London

Financial Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +51 105 £50,000 +5.26% 9
North of England +51 88 £37,500 -25.00% 2
North West +44 66 £47,000 -6.00% 1
Midlands -17 35 £48,750 +47.72% 3
Scotland -34 26 £51,500 -0.96% 4
South West -14 24 £50,000 +32.45%
Yorkshire +55 20 £27,500 -47.62% 1
West Midlands +8 20 £47,500 - 2
East of England -1 16 £45,000 -10.00% 5
East Midlands -24 15 £50,000 +58.73% 1
Wales +16 9 - -
North East -16 2 £30,500 -18.67%
Financial Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 UK excluding London region featuring Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 303 (100.00%) Finance
2 136 (44.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 112 (36.96%) Social Skills
4 107 (35.31%) CIMA
4 107 (35.31%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (33.99%) Microsoft
6 100 (33.00%) ACCA
7 99 (32.67%) Decision-Making
8 78 (25.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 77 (25.41%) Budgeting
10 68 (22.44%) Agile
11 64 (21.12%) Broadband
12 60 (19.80%) Actionable Insight
12 60 (19.80%) Business Case
13 58 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
14 57 (18.81%) Legal
15 55 (18.15%) Business Intelligence
16 53 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 52 (17.16%) Degree
18 51 (16.83%) ERP
19 49 (16.17%) Mentoring
19 49 (16.17%) Influencing Skills
20 41 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
21 35 (11.55%) SAP
22 33 (10.89%) Power Platform
22 33 (10.89%) Power BI
23 32 (10.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
24 31 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 28 (9.24%) Oracle
26 27 (8.91%) Data Analysis

Financial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (2.31%) SAS
2 6 (1.98%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 136 (44.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (10.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.29%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (4.29%) iTrent
2 9 (2.97%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (2.31%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.98%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.66%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 33 (10.89%) Power Platform
2 4 (1.32%) SaaS
3 3 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.66%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.12%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.89%) Power BI
2 13 (4.29%) BusinessObjects
2 13 (4.29%) Power Query
2 13 (4.29%) Tableau
3 9 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.31%) QlikView
5 6 (1.98%) MS Access
5 6 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.65%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 303 (100.00%) Finance
2 112 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 107 (35.31%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (18.81%) Legal
5 49 (16.17%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (7.26%) Law
8 18 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (4.95%) Marketing
10 13 (4.29%) Retail
11 12 (3.96%) Manufacturing
12 10 (3.30%) General Ledger
13 9 (2.97%) Fire and Rescue
14 7 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.65%) Banking
16 4 (1.32%) Billing
16 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.33%) Arabic Language
17 1 (0.33%) Public Sector
17 1 (0.33%) Urdu Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.31%) Pandas
3 6 (1.98%) Middleware
4 2 (0.66%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.60%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.28%) Social Media
3 7 (2.31%) Pricing Data
4 6 (1.98%) Client/Server
4 6 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.66%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.62%) Windows
1 14 (4.62%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.67%) Decision-Making
2 78 (25.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 77 (25.41%) Budgeting
4 68 (22.44%) Agile
5 60 (19.80%) Actionable Insight
5 60 (19.80%) Business Case
6 58 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (18.15%) Business Intelligence
8 53 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (16.83%) ERP
10 49 (16.17%) Mentoring
11 27 (8.91%) Data Analysis
12 26 (8.58%) Customer Service
12 26 (8.58%) ITIL
13 24 (7.92%) Financial Analysis
14 23 (7.59%) Business Analysis
15 22 (7.26%) Analytics
16 18 (5.94%) Migration
17 17 (5.61%) Financial Modelling
18 16 (5.28%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.58%) SQL
2 13 (4.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 12 (3.96%) Python
4 3 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (35.31%) CIMA
2 100 (33.00%) ACCA
3 52 (17.16%) Degree
4 9 (2.97%) AAT
4 9 (2.97%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.97%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.65%) CFA
5 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.65%) MBA
6 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.33%) ISEB
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.29%) SLA
2 9 (2.97%) IFRS
3 5 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.66%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 103 (33.99%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.55%) SAP
3 28 (9.24%) Oracle
4 15 (4.95%) CA
5 13 (4.29%) Infor
6 9 (2.97%) BT
6 9 (2.97%) Hyperion
6 9 (2.97%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (2.64%) Workday
8 7 (2.31%) Alteryx
8 7 (2.31%) Concur
8 7 (2.31%) IBM
9 6 (1.98%) Sage
10 5 (1.65%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.32%) Epicor
12 3 (0.99%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.99%) Cognos
12 3 (0.99%) Sun
13 1 (0.33%) Aderant
13 1 (0.33%) Intapp