The first table below looks at the demand for CFA in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Rank 819 851 846
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -5
Permanent jobs citing CFA 43 48 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.040% 0.040% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.144% 0.143% 0.108%
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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29882 33504 32557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.65% 27.76% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24050 28534 27195
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

CFA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CFA Jobs Demand Trend

CFA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CFA within the UK.

CFA Salary Trend

CFA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CFA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

CFA Salary Histogram

CFA
Top 7 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 UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +20 42 £75,000 +57.89%
London +63 38 £75,000 +7.14%
City of London +2 4 £55,000 -8.33%
Hertfordshire - 3 - -
East of England - 3 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £47,500 -

CFA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT 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 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%) Business Analysis
13 20 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
13 20 (22.22%) Oracle
14 19 (21.11%) Risk Management
15 18 (20.00%) Asset Management
16 17 (18.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 17 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
17 16 (17.78%) Investment Management
18 15 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
18 15 (16.67%) ACCA
18 15 (16.67%) Project Management
18 15 (16.67%) CIMA
19 14 (15.56%) Mathematics
20 13 (14.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 12 (13.33%) Management Information System
21 12 (13.33%) Business Intelligence

CFA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT 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 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
7 1 (1.111%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (47.78%) 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%) 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%) Credit Analyst
7 3 (3.333%) Quantitative Analyst
7 3 (3.333%) Risk Manager
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%) Hedge funds
12 2 (2.222%) SWIFT
12 2 (2.222%) Credit Derivative
13 1 (1.111%) Statistics
13 1 (1.111%) Social Media
13 1 (1.111%) Learning Management System
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%) Risk Management
4 18 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 17 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (17.78%) Investment Management
7 15 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
7 15 (16.67%) Project Management
8 12 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (13.33%) Fund Management
9 11 (12.22%) Portfolio Management
10 9 (10.00%) PRINCE2
10 9 (10.00%) OOP
10 9 (10.00%) ERP
10 9 (10.00%) Multithreading
11 8 (8.889%) Business Development
11 8 (8.889%) Risk Analytics
11 8 (8.889%) Data Analysis
12 5 (5.556%) Knowledge Management
12 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%) Solvency II
3 1 (1.111%) Data Quality
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
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Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + Exceptional Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
My client, a premium Lloyd`s Market Insurer, are looking to grow their Risk function with a Risk Analyst-The role, reporting into the Quantitative Risk Manager, will...
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP50000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
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
Scotland
Risk & Regulation/Regulatory Risk/Financial Risk/Solvency II/Basel III/ICAAP/Consultancy/Manager/Scotland/Northern Ireland/Big 4... *Graduate with degree qualification in relevant discipline. *Relevant professional qualification (...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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The successful Portfolio MI Manager will have the following: Solid experience proving MI reporting and analysis in a finance company; Advanced Excel skills; Cashflow modelling experience; Chartered Financial...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + 30% bonus, benefits
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