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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 859 1220
Rank change year-on-year -23 +361 -295
Permanent jobs citing CFA 25 88 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.093% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.090% 0.28% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 11
10th Percentile - £60,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £78,129
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -4.00% -34.89%
75th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 £96,860
90th Percentile £82,500 £118,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

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 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CFA in the UK

CFA
Top 7 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 1 June 2024. 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 -27 25 £65,000 -13.33% 43
UK excluding London -57 17 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home +25 15 £60,000 -31.43% 7
South East -18 12 - - 2
London +78 8 £70,000 -6.67% 39
North of England +37 5 £60,000 -
North West - 5 £60,000 -

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 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) WeChat
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 23 (92.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Banking
3 2 (8.00%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.00%) Front Office
4 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) Business Development Manager
2 10 (40.00%) Business Manager
2 10 (40.00%) Development Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Data Modeller
5 2 (8.00%) Finance Modeller
6 1 (4.00%) Auditor
6 1 (4.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) IT Auditor
6 1 (4.00%) Qualitative Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Quantitative Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 10 (40.00%) Life Science
2 3 (12.00%) Fixed Income
3 2 (8.00%) Market Risk
4 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.00%) Equities
4 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (4.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 11 (44.00%) Analytics
2 11 (44.00%) Data Analytics
2 11 (44.00%) Due Diligence
3 10 (40.00%) Biotechnology
3 10 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 10 (40.00%) Business Case
3 10 (40.00%) Business Development
3 10 (40.00%) Competitive Intelligence
3 10 (40.00%) Market Research
4 7 (28.00%) Economics
4 7 (28.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Financial Modelling
6 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (8.00%) Internal Audit
8 2 (8.00%) IT Audit
9 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Python
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) VBA
3 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) Degree
2 11 (44.00%) Master's Degree
2 11 (44.00%) MBA
3 10 (40.00%) CIMA
3 10 (40.00%) PhD
4 1 (4.00%) ACCA
4 1 (4.00%) CISA
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft