CFA Job Trends in Manchester

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 - 208
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CFA 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.017% - 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% - 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
North West median annual salary - - £60,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 994 791 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.64% 35.92% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 507 391 819
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £33,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -13.04%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CFA job vacancy trend in Manchester

CFA
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CFA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CFA

CFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Economics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft