Hybrid/Remote CFA Contract Job Trends

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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 328 384
Rank change year-on-year +11 +56 +184
Contract jobs citing CFA 6 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.058% 0.024% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.095% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £688 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £313 £450
% change year-on-year +83.71% -30.44% -35.71%

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 3,460 3,149 4,820
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.49% 25.61% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,349 1,956 3,137
10th Percentile £345 £331 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £723 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 94 195
10th Percentile £27.09 £17.80 £21.29
25th Percentile £34.61 £21.50 £34.10
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.39 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.58% -36.63% -9.23%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £94.38 £75.00 £84.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £53.68
% change year-on-year -41.43% -20.01% +19.29%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CFA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CFA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CFA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CFA

CFA
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CFA over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

CFA daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Back Office
4 2 (33.33%) Front Office
4 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Functional Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Transformation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Credit Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Cash Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) R
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) ACCA
3 2 (33.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) IFRS
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) IFRS 17
2 1 (16.67%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
2 1 (16.67%) Alteryx