CFA Contracts in England

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 536 633
Rank change year-on-year +61 +97 +130
Contract jobs citing CFA 10 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.016% 0.040%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.052% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile £508 £450 -
25th Percentile £519 £460 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £480 £725
Median % change year-on-year +22.40% -33.79% +3.57%
75th Percentile £756 £500 £838
90th Percentile £948 £730 £925
UK median daily rate £588 £460 £725
% change year-on-year +27.72% -36.55% +3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CFA in England

CFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CFA in England.

Daily rate trend for CFA in England

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CFA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CFA in England

CFA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 10 £588 +22.40% 58
CFA
UK

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Tableau
2 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Front Office
5 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Front Office Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Report Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Equities
1 4 (40.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Economics
2 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 4 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (30.00%) Investment Management
4 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Fund Management
5 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) MBA
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Basel III
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) MiFID
2 1 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Calypso
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Murex
2 1 (10.00%) Advent
2 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (10.00%) eFront
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) SimCorp