CFA Contracts in London

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 387 456
Rank change year-on-year +24 +69 +125
Contract jobs citing CFA 9 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.067% 0.025% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.10% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £452 - £291
25th Percentile £493 £460 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £568 £535
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +6.07% -23.57%
75th Percentile £700 £774 £693
90th Percentile £715 £886 £780
England median daily rate £573 £568 £535
% change year-on-year +0.88% +6.07% -23.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,560 3,904 5,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.32% 24.09% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,394 2,682 3,615
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £430 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £663 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £790
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 71 80
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.88 £18.50
25th Percentile - £22.00 £34.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.62 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.46% -42.51% +35.80%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £87.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CFA in London

CFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CFA in London

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CFA in London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CFA in London

CFA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London - 5 £495 - 2
CFA
England

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Monitoring Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Report Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Equities
1 2 (22.22%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) AS400
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (11.11%) iSeries
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Economics
2 2 (22.22%) Fund Management
2 2 (22.22%) Investment Management
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (22.22%) Quantitative Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Monte Carlo Method
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
3 1 (11.11%) Stress Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VBA
3 1 (11.11%) COBOL
3 1 (11.11%) R
3 1 (11.11%) RPG
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (11.11%) CIMA
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Basel III
1 2 (22.22%) IFRS
2 1 (11.11%) IFRS 17
2 1 (11.11%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Calypso
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Murex
2 1 (11.11%) Alteryx
2 1 (11.11%) Avaloq
2 1 (11.11%) FNZ
2 1 (11.11%) Hyperion
2 1 (11.11%) IBM