The first table below looks at the demand for CFA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CFA over the 3 months to 20 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 currently tracked.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Rank 529 556 575
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +19
Contract jobs citing CFA 4 17 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.029% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.048% 0.168% 0.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
Average daily rate £575 £575 £575
90% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £450 £538
10% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £700 £800
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £950
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8421 10091 9517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 17.30% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4511 5263 4536
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 547 656
Average hourly rate £23.20 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% -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 £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%

CFA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

CFA Daily Rate Trend

CFA
Top 3 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +50 4 £575 -
London +8 4 £575 -
City of London +15 2 £550 +10.00%

CFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 9 (56.25%) MBA
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%) Eagle PACE
4 5 (31.25%) Eagle STAR
4 5 (31.25%) Front Office
4 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 5 (31.25%) Investment Banking
4 5 (31.25%) Derivative
5 4 (25.00%) Back Office
5 4 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 2 (12.50%) SQL
7 2 (12.50%) MS Office
7 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
7 2 (12.50%) Basel III
7 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Market Risk
8 1 (6.250%) Release Management
8 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
8 1 (6.250%) CMDB
8 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
8 1 (6.250%) Monte Carlo Method

CFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 4 (25.00%) 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 5 (31.25%) Banking
2 5 (31.25%) Front Office
2 5 (31.25%) Investment Banking
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 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Market Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Market Data Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Credit Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Market Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Credit Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Credit Risk
2 5 (31.25%) Derivative
3 4 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
4 2 (12.50%) Market Risk
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%) Business Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Change Control
4 1 (6.250%) Release Management
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
4 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
4 1 (6.250%) Monte Carlo Method
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%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) MBA
2 6 (37.50%) PMP
2 6 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.250%) APMP
4 1 (6.250%) OCP
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Basel III
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.250%) StatPro
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