CFA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 298 343 471
Rank change year-on-year +45 +128 +157
Contract jobs citing CFA 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.013% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.047% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £678 £510 -
25th Percentile £719 £585 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £710 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% - -
75th Percentile £969 £835 -
90th Percentile £1,033 £910 -
UK median daily rate £588 £460 £725
% change year-on-year +27.72% -36.55% +3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CFA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CFA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CFA.

CFA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CFA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CFA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Front Office Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Monitoring Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Report Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Equities
1 4 (66.67%) Fixed Income
2 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Economics
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Management
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Fund Management
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MBA
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Calypso
1 1 (16.67%) eFront
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Murex