Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CFA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 687 1069 1093
Rank change year-on-year +382 +24 -350
Permanent jobs citing CFA 40 21 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.017% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.056% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £66,500 £52,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £68,750 £53,750 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -4.92% +1.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £110,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £127,750 £128,500 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +31.82% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,523 37,320 32,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 29.53% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,978 17,212 17,882
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,102 £41,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,590
% change year-on-year +5.00% +0.83% +1.20%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CFA.

Salary trend for CFA in the UK

CFA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CFA over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for CFA in the UK

CFA
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +338 40 £75,000 +3.45% 54
London +301 39 £75,000 -4.76% 46
Work from Home +264 1 £152,500 +177.27% 29
UK excluding London +242 1 £72,500 +31.82% 11
East Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2
Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 3

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 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Sophis RISQUE
2 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
1 1 (2.50%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (2.50%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 40 (100.00%) Finance
2 19 (47.50%) Banking
3 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (45.00%) Telecoms
4 17 (42.50%) Investment Banking
4 17 (42.50%) Legal
5 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (52.50%) Analyst
2 17 (42.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (5.00%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (5.00%) Quantitative Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Developer
4 1 (2.50%) Lead
4 1 (2.50%) Python Developer
4 1 (2.50%) Python Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Report Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Senior
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Reporting Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Risk Analyst
4 1 (2.50%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (45.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (5.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (5.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.50%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.50%) Derivative
3 1 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.50%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.50%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Financial Modelling
2 17 (42.50%) Business Development
2 17 (42.50%) Decision-Making
2 17 (42.50%) Due Diligence
3 2 (5.00%) Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (5.00%) Risk Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.50%) Black-Scholes
4 1 (2.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (2.50%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 1 (2.50%) Credit Risk Analytics
4 1 (2.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (2.50%) ETRM
4 1 (2.50%) Fintech
4 1 (2.50%) Logical Data Model
4 1 (2.50%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (2.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Awareness
4 1 (2.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) Degree
2 17 (42.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) CIMA
3 1 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMP
Vendors
1 34 (85.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.50%) BMC
2 1 (2.50%) Remedy
2 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow