CFA Job Trends in the City of London

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - +89
Permanent jobs citing CFA 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.13% - 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £95,500 - -
25th Percentile £107,500 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile £132,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £130,000 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 496 833 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.23% 31.30% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 368 464 544
10th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £37,150
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,200 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +9.54% -8.45%
75th Percentile £86,563 £92,688 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CFA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CFA job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CFA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CFA

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CFA in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CFA in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adaptiv
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (33.33%) Sales Executive
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Sales Executive
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) ASIC
2 1 (33.33%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) DTCC
2 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) OTC Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) B2B Sales
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Regtech
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) EMIR
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) FIS
1 2 (66.67%) Murex
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft