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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 529 594
Rank change year-on-year +36 +65 +152
Contract jobs citing CFA 10 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.012% 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.039% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £425 - £291
25th Percentile £442 £460 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £568 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +6.07% -23.57%
75th Percentile £688 £774 £693
90th Percentile £713 £886 £780
UK median daily rate £573 £460 £535
% change year-on-year +24.46% -14.02% -23.57%

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 8,660 10,218 12,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.18% 30.48% 27.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,459 6,522 8,160
10th Percentile £290 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.23%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 647 771 600
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.88 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £24.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -16.04% +24.84%
75th Percentile £58.42 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £78.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.41
% change year-on-year -41.51% -22.40% +23.13%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +16 9 £650 +14.54% 78
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Transformation Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Report Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Development Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Equities
1 2 (20.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (10.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) iSeries
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (20.00%) Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Coaching
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Economics
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Fund Management
2 2 (20.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) VBA
3 1 (10.00%) COBOL
3 1 (10.00%) R
3 1 (10.00%) RPG
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) ACCA
3 2 (20.00%) CIMA
4 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Basel III
1 2 (20.00%) IFRS
2 1 (10.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (10.00%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Calypso
1 2 (20.00%) Hyperion
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Murex
2 1 (10.00%) Alteryx
2 1 (10.00%) Avaloq
2 1 (10.00%) FNZ
2 1 (10.00%) IBM