Senior Financial Analyst Jobs

Senior Finance Analyst
UK

The median Senior Finance Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 825 930 1163
Rank change year-on-year +105 +233 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Financial Analyst 82 30 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.030% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.033% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 23 8 28
10th Percentile £34,383 £44,600 £50,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £71,250 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -29.82% +16.33% -2.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £80,625 £70,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -19.17% -9.43%

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
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 £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Senior Financial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst.

Salary trend for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Financial Analyst in the UK

Senior Financial Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Financial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +109 65 £50,000 -29.82% 11
London +119 42 £77,500 +3.33% 8
UK excluding London +24 33 £50,000 +3.09% 7
Work from Home +85 27 £40,000 -36.00% 4
Wales - 9 - -
Scotland - 8 - - 1
North of England +49 7 £30,500 -39.60%
South East -1 7 £50,000 +20.48% 2
North West +5 4 - -
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
Midlands - 2 £70,000 - 1
North East - 2 £30,500 -
Yorkshire +81 1 £45,000 -10.89%

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Financial Analyst in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) Finance
2 51 (62.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (56.10%) Degree
4 38 (46.34%) Social Skills
5 31 (37.80%) Onboarding
6 26 (31.71%) Financial Analysis
6 26 (31.71%) ACCA
7 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (29.27%) Microsoft
9 23 (28.05%) Legal
10 20 (24.39%) CIMA
10 20 (24.39%) SQL
11 19 (23.17%) Data Mining
11 19 (23.17%) Economics
12 18 (21.95%) Financial Modelling
12 18 (21.95%) Business Strategy
13 17 (20.73%) Tableau
14 16 (19.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 16 (19.51%) Oracle
15 15 (18.29%) Python
15 15 (18.29%) CA
15 15 (18.29%) Actionable Insight
15 15 (18.29%) Performance Metrics
15 15 (18.29%) IFRS
15 15 (18.29%) Decision-Making
15 15 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (18.29%) Mathematics
16 13 (15.85%) Hyperion
16 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
16 13 (15.85%) Agile

Senior 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 6 (7.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (62.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (7.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (4.88%) Lawson
3 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.17%) Data Mining
2 17 (20.73%) Tableau
3 11 (13.41%) Power BI
4 10 (12.20%) MS Access
5 8 (9.76%) Big Data
5 8 (9.76%) Essbase
6 6 (7.32%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 82 (100.00%) Finance
2 38 (46.34%) Social Skills
3 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (28.05%) Legal
5 8 (9.76%) General Ledger
5 8 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (8.54%) Retail
7 6 (7.32%) Banking
8 5 (6.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (37.80%) Onboarding
2 12 (14.63%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.76%) Social Media
4 7 (8.54%) Pricing Data
5 5 (6.10%) Life Science
6 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.22%) Derivative
7 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Financial Analysis
2 19 (23.17%) Economics
3 18 (21.95%) Business Strategy
3 18 (21.95%) Financial Modelling
4 16 (19.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 15 (18.29%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (18.29%) Decision-Making
5 15 (18.29%) Mathematics
5 15 (18.29%) Performance Metrics
6 13 (15.85%) Agile
7 12 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (14.63%) Contract Management
8 11 (13.41%) Process Improvement
9 10 (12.20%) Line Management
10 8 (9.76%) Data Analysis
10 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (8.54%) ERP
11 7 (8.54%) Migration
12 6 (7.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (24.39%) SQL
2 15 (18.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (56.10%) Degree
2 26 (31.71%) ACCA
3 20 (24.39%) CIMA
4 7 (8.54%) Master's Degree
4 7 (8.54%) MBA
5 1 (1.22%) CCAB
5 1 (1.22%) CISA
5 1 (1.22%) CISM
5 1 (1.22%) CISSP
5 1 (1.22%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.29%) IFRS
2 4 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (1.22%) COBIT
3 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.22%) ITGC
Vendors
1 24 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.51%) Oracle
3 15 (18.29%) CA
4 13 (15.85%) Hyperion
5 12 (14.63%) SAP
6 9 (10.98%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (4.88%) Cognos
7 4 (4.88%) JD Edwards