Skills
What skills do financial analyst jobs ask for?
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Short answer
SQL comes first. Of 262 live financial analyst roles on realanalystjobs.com on 11 October 2026, 149 name the tools they want, and the most common are SQL (35%), Power BI (21%) and Tableau (20%). Power BI and Tableau: Power BI leads (21% against 20% for Tableau).
What financial analyst postings ask for
Every role on the board whose title contains financial analyst was counted, worldwide. A tool counts when the listing names it; the table also shows the share for all 5,737 analyst roles, so you can see what is specific to this job.
| Tool | Roles | Share | All analyst roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQL | 52 | 35% | 74% |
| Power BI | 32 | 21% | 27% |
| Tableau | 30 | 20% | 31% |
| Python | 24 | 16% | 56% |
| Looker | 15 | 10% | 16% |
| R | 6 | 4% | 14% |
| dbt | 4 | 3% | 10% |
Tools named in financial analyst roles (149 roles that list tools). Shares are of roles whose listing names at least one tool. Excel is left out because the board's Excel tag overcounted until October 2026.
How financial analyst jobs differ from other analyst jobs
Python shows up less often: 16% of financial analyst roles against 56% of analyst roles overall.
SQL shows up less often: 35% of financial analyst roles against 74% of analyst roles overall.
Tableau shows up less often: 20% of financial analyst roles against 31% of analyst roles overall.
What to learn first
Financial analyst roles center on budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, usually in spreadsheets.
SQL and a BI tool set you apart, especially in FP&A roles at tech companies.
ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle and NetSuite are where much of the data lives; they are not in our tool counts.
Where these jobs are
The countries with the most financial analyst roles are United States (119), India (24), United Kingdom (13) and Canada (12). Employers with the most open: Anduril Industries (13), Syneos Health (8), Intuitive (6), Mindlance2 (5) and NBCUniversal3 (5).
11% are entry level and 11% are remote.
Where the numbers come from
Every number on this page is computed from the live analyst roles on realanalystjobs.com on 11 October 2026, read from the employers' own career pages and re-checked daily, and it updates as roles open and close. H-1B figures come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-06-30). Nothing is estimated or projected.
Frequently asked
Do financial analysts need Python?
Python is named in 16% of financial analyst listings that name tools, against 56% across all analyst roles. SQL is named in 35%.
Is Power BI or Tableau more common in financial analyst jobs?
Power BI leads (21% against 20% for Tableau), counted across 149 financial analyst roles that name tools.
How many financial analyst jobs are open?
262 live roles at 165 companies on realanalystjobs.com on 11 October 2026, 52 of them first seen in the last 7 days.
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