The first table below looks at the demand for CFA in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CFA over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Rank 203 209 238
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +29
Contract jobs citing CFA 2 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.075% 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.210% 0.552% 0.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
Average daily rate £550 £500 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £681
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
953 1086 1179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.82% 13.61% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 656 748
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £251 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £574 £599 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 49 53
Average hourly rate £41.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+130.55% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CFA
London

CFA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CFA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London CFA Jobs Demand Trend

CFA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CFA across the City of London region.

City of London CFA Daily Rate Trend

CFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CFA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CFA.

1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (40.00%) MBA
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) OCP
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
3 1 (20.00%) StatPro
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Eagle PACE
3 1 (20.00%) Eagle STAR
3 1 (20.00%) APMP
3 1 (20.00%) Basel III
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) FTP

CFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CFA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CFA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eagle PACE
1 1 (20.00%) Eagle STAR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Market Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Market Data Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Market Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (20.00%) Economics
1 1 (20.00%) Statistics
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MBA
2 1 (20.00%) OCP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Basel III
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (20.00%) StatPro
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