The first table below looks at the demand for CFA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CFA over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Rank 508 543 556
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +13
Contract jobs citing CFA 5 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.030% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.173% 0.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 7
Average daily rate £550 £600 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £450 £483
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £700 £725
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7438 9270 8898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.38% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3939 4900 4350
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 511 609
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CFA
UK

CFA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England CFA Daily Rate Trend

CFA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +27 5 £550 -8.33%
CFA
UK

CFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) MBA
3 6 (37.50%) Banking
3 6 (37.50%) Investment Banking
3 6 (37.50%) PMP
3 6 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 6 (37.50%) Credit Risk
3 6 (37.50%) Investment Management
4 5 (31.25%) Derivative
4 5 (31.25%) Eagle PACE
4 5 (31.25%) Eagle STAR
5 4 (25.00%) Front Office
5 4 (25.00%) Back Office
6 3 (18.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
6 3 (18.75%) Basel III
6 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Release Management
7 2 (12.50%) Market Risk
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (12.50%) Change Control
7 2 (12.50%) Monte Carlo Method
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 2 (12.50%) MS Office
7 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
8 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (6.250%) Economics

CFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Eagle PACE
1 5 (31.25%) Eagle STAR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) FTP
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Banking
2 6 (37.50%) Investment Banking
3 4 (25.00%) Front Office
3 4 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (6.250%) Retail
4 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Analyst
2 10 (62.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Credit Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Market Data Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Market Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Market Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Credit Risk
2 5 (31.25%) Derivative
3 3 (18.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (12.50%) Market Risk
4 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
5 1 (6.250%) Economics
5 1 (6.250%) Statistics
5 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.250%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Investment Management
2 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Release Management
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control
3 2 (12.50%) Monte Carlo Method
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) MBA
2 6 (37.50%) PMP
2 6 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.250%) OCP
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (6.250%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Basel III
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.250%) StatPro
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