Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 696 845
Rank change year-on-year +125 +149 -158
Contract jobs citing CFA 7 20 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.034% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile £452 £608 £487
25th Percentile - £650 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -36.55% +3.57% +5.66%
75th Percentile £500 £881 £800
90th Percentile £684 £925 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £399

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CFA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,248 16,120 19,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.29% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,185 10,751 12,592
10th Percentile £300 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £627
90th Percentile £745 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.19% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 840 769
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.75
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.17 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.43%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.33 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year -17.91% +53.49% -5.92%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CFA in the UK

CFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CFA in the UK

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CFA over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CFA in the UK

CFA
Top 3 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +100 6 £480 -33.79% 36
England +94 6 £480 -33.79% 50
Work from Home +126 2 £710 - 18

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Credit Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Implementation Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Research Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Research Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Credit Risk
1 3 (42.86%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Data Science
1 3 (42.86%) Financial Modelling
1 3 (42.86%) Investment Management
1 3 (42.86%) Order Management
1 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
1 6 (85.71%) VBA
2 3 (42.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) MBA
2 3 (42.86%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Bloomberg
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft