CFA Contracts in the City of London

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - 172
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs citing CFA 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% - 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.40% - 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.46%
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £500 - £725
% change year-on-year - - +41.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CFA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 430 446 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.49% 20.35% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 292 416
10th Percentile £404 £376 £363
25th Percentile £459 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £713
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £23.62 - £18.06
25th Percentile £26.04 £20.22 £20.22
Median hourly rate £45.33 £20.82 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -59.58% +9.57%
75th Percentile £72.81 £24.20 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £25.88 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
% change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +9.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing CFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for CFA in the City of London

CFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CFA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for CFA in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Equities
1 4 (66.67%) Fixed Income
2 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Economics
2 3 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Fund Management
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) MiFID
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) UCITS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Advent
1 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) SimCorp