CFA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 342 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs citing CFA 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.029% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.061% 0.084% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £234 -
25th Percentile £513 £247 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £282 -
Median % change year-on-year +86.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £304 -
90th Percentile - £309 -
UK median daily rate £650 £282 £500
% change year-on-year +130.91% -43.70% -28.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,586 4,753 7,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.68% 34.52% 36.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,150 2,815 4,330
10th Percentile £257 £225 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £649
90th Percentile £706 £700 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 368 629
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.68 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.03% -17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £51.77 £67.31 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.01 £75.08 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.51% -22.00% +11.11%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CFA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CFA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CFA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CFA

CFA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
East of England - 3 £525 - 1
South East - 1 - - 5
CFA
UK

CFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Pricing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Pricing Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CIMA
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Ariba
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) SAP