The first table below looks at the demand for CFA in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CFA over the 3 months to 23 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Rank 794 813 837
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +24
Permanent jobs citing CFA 42 47 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.042% 0.041% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.152% 0.151% 0.106%
Number of salaries quoted 27 42 9
Average salary £75,000 £47,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -36.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £32,000 £54,000
10% offered a salary of more than £83,500 £95,250 £84,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £32,250 -
% change year-on-year
+47.28% -
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27697 31093 30987
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.52% 27.42% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 22566 26632 26091
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £25,894
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CFA
UK

CFA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CFA Jobs Demand Trend

CFA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CFA across the England region.

England CFA Salary Trend

CFA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CFA across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England CFA Salary Histogram

CFA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +48 38 £75,000 +7.14%
East of England - 3 - -
West Midlands - 1 £47,500 -
CFA
UK

CFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CFA.

1 60 (66.67%) Finance
2 49 (54.44%) Degree
3 46 (51.11%) SQL
4 38 (42.22%) MS Excel
5 34 (37.78%) Derivative
6 32 (35.56%) Banking
7 29 (32.22%) Equities
8 27 (30.00%) Microsoft
9 26 (28.89%) Front Office
9 26 (28.89%) Credit Risk
10 24 (26.67%) Analytics
11 22 (24.44%) MS Office
12 21 (23.33%) Fixed Income
12 21 (23.33%) Investment Banking
13 20 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
13 20 (22.22%) Business Analysis
13 20 (22.22%) Oracle
14 19 (21.11%) Asset Management
14 19 (21.11%) Risk Management
15 17 (18.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
16 16 (17.78%) Investment Management
17 15 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
17 15 (16.67%) ACCA
17 15 (16.67%) Project Management
17 15 (16.67%) CIMA
18 14 (15.56%) Mathematics
19 13 (14.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 12 (13.33%) Fund Management
20 12 (13.33%) Management Information System

CFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CFA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (10.00%) Spring
2 6 (6.667%) JDBC
2 6 (6.667%) Swing
3 3 (3.333%) .NET
3 3 (3.333%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.111%) HTML
4 1 (1.111%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.222%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (42.22%) MS Excel
2 22 (24.44%) MS Office
3 20 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 12 (13.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.111%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.222%) LatentZero
1 2 (2.222%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.111%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.111%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (8.889%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (8.889%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.556%) OLAP
3 5 (5.556%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 5 (5.556%) Essbase
4 3 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.111%) TOAD
5 1 (1.111%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.111%) ERwin
1 1 (1.111%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 60 (66.67%) Finance
2 32 (35.56%) Banking
3 26 (28.89%) Front Office
4 21 (23.33%) Investment Banking
5 11 (12.22%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.444%) Legal
7 1 (1.111%) German Language
7 1 (1.111%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 44 (48.89%) Analyst
2 23 (25.56%) Business Analyst
3 9 (10.00%) Developer
3 9 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 8 (8.889%) Risk Consultant
4 8 (8.889%) Senior Consultant
4 8 (8.889%) Consultant
5 5 (5.556%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (5.556%) Data Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Report Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Credit Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Banking Business Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Performance Analyst
6 4 (4.444%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.333%) Support Specialist
7 3 (3.333%) Applications Support
7 3 (3.333%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (3.333%) Quantitative Analyst
7 3 (3.333%) Applications Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 34 (37.78%) Derivative
2 29 (32.22%) Equities
3 26 (28.89%) Credit Risk
4 21 (23.33%) Fixed Income
5 17 (18.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (15.56%) Mathematics
7 12 (13.33%) Management Information System
8 10 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 8 (8.889%) Data Extraction
10 6 (6.667%) Market Risk
11 3 (3.333%) Economics
12 2 (2.222%) SWIFT
12 2 (2.222%) Hedge funds
12 2 (2.222%) Credit Derivative
13 1 (1.111%) Statistics
13 1 (1.111%) Learning Management System
13 1 (1.111%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (3.333%) Windows
1 3 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.67%) Analytics
2 20 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 19 (21.11%) Asset Management
3 19 (21.11%) Risk Management
4 17 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
5 16 (17.78%) Investment Management
6 15 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
6 15 (16.67%) Project Management
7 12 (13.33%) Fund Management
7 12 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (12.22%) Portfolio Management
9 9 (10.00%) PRINCE2
9 9 (10.00%) OOP
9 9 (10.00%) ERP
9 9 (10.00%) Multithreading
10 8 (8.889%) Risk Analytics
10 8 (8.889%) Business Development
10 8 (8.889%) Data Analysis
11 5 (5.556%) Knowledge Management
11 5 (5.556%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (51.11%) SQL
2 10 (11.11%) Java
3 7 (7.778%) T-SQL
3 7 (7.778%) VBA
4 3 (3.333%) C#
5 2 (2.222%) C++
5 2 (2.222%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.111%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 49 (54.44%) Degree
2 15 (16.67%) ACCA
2 15 (16.67%) CIMA
3 8 (8.889%) ICAEW
4 4 (4.444%) MBA
5 3 (3.333%) PhD
6 2 (2.222%) ISEB
6 2 (2.222%) PMP
6 2 (2.222%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.111%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.778%) Basel III
2 3 (3.333%) Basel II
3 1 (1.111%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.111%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 27 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (22.22%) Oracle
3 8 (8.889%) Tableau
3 8 (8.889%) SAP
4 5 (5.556%) Cognos
5 4 (4.444%) Vermilion
5 4 (4.444%) Sybase
5 4 (4.444%) Reuters
5 4 (4.444%) Bloomberg
6 3 (3.333%) CA
7 2 (2.222%) Tradeweb
7 2 (2.222%) MarketAxess
7 2 (2.222%) thinkFolio
7 2 (2.222%) Charles River
8 1 (1.111%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.111%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.111%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.111%) Twitter
8 1 (1.111%) iRise
West Midlands
MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio... Languages - SQL, MySQL, Java, C+, VBA, HTML, XML, Business Objects, TOAD... Scrum Master (Agile Methodology) FRM, CFA... Stakeholder Management... Business Process Improvement.
Robert Walters
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013