CFA Contracts in England

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 639 748
Rank change year-on-year +100 +109 -137
Contract jobs citing CFA 6 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.039% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.052% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 8
10th Percentile £450 - £470
25th Percentile £460 £650 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -33.79% +3.57% -0.88%
75th Percentile £500 £838 £800
90th Percentile £730 £925 £815
UK median daily rate £460 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -36.55% +3.57% +5.66%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,649 14,062 15,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.34% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,156 9,406 10,043
10th Percentile £300 £325 £314
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £632
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 764 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.03 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -2.60%
75th Percentile £62.49 £68.56 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.45 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +7.21%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CFA in England

CFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CFA in England.

Daily rate trend for CFA in England

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CFA in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CFA in England

CFA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +99 6 £480 -33.79% 26
CFA
UK

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Implementation Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Credit Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Research Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Research Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (33.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Management
1 3 (50.00%) Order Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
1 5 (83.33%) VBA
2 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MBA
2 2 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Bloomberg
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft