CFA Jobs in England

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 852 789
Rank change year-on-year +421 -63 +377
Permanent jobs citing CFA 275 17 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.018% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 0.067% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 7
10th Percentile £94,000 - £60,000
25th Percentile - £60,000 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% +4.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £132,500 £71,875 £95,625
90th Percentile - £82,000 £124,750
UK median annual salary £105,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +61.54% +4.00% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,318 25,321 26,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.90% 26.91% 33.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,525 15,459 12,771
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,583 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,629 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.50% -12.28% +9.09%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CFA in England

CFA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CFA in England

CFA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CFA in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for CFA in England

CFA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CFA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. 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
London +317 248 £105,000 +50.00% 189
East of England - 26 - - 1
South East +79 1 £90,000 - 11
CFA
UK

CFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.36%) Confluence
1 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 257 (93.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Stata
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.36%) Alation
1 1 (0.36%) AWS
1 1 (0.36%) Azure
1 1 (0.36%) Collibra
1 1 (0.36%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.36%) Metadata
1 1 (0.36%) Star Schema
1 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 275 (100.00%) Finance
2 272 (98.91%) Social Skills
3 270 (98.18%) Banking
4 259 (94.18%) Analytical Skills
5 258 (93.82%) Financial Institution
6 257 (93.45%) French Language
6 257 (93.45%) German Language
6 257 (93.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.73%) Legal
8 1 (0.36%) Back Office
8 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.36%) Marketing
8 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 265 (96.36%) Analyst
2 260 (94.55%) Credit Analyst
3 257 (93.45%) Research Analyst
4 7 (2.55%) Business Analyst
4 7 (2.55%) Head of IT
5 6 (2.18%) Lead
5 6 (2.18%) Lead Business Analyst
5 6 (2.18%) Risk Analyst
5 6 (2.18%) Risk Business Analyst
6 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
6 3 (1.09%) Market Analyst
6 3 (1.09%) Market Risk Analyst
6 3 (1.09%) Market Risk Business Analyst
7 1 (0.36%) Architect
7 1 (0.36%) Data Architect
7 1 (0.36%) Quantitative Risk Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 266 (96.73%) Credit Risk
2 257 (93.45%) Fixed Income
3 10 (3.64%) Market Risk
4 2 (0.73%) Derivative
5 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (98.91%) Risk Management
2 267 (97.09%) Risk Assessment
3 263 (95.64%) Decision-Making
4 258 (93.82%) Asset Management
4 258 (93.82%) Financial Modelling
4 258 (93.82%) Portfolio Management
5 257 (93.45%) Business Strategy
5 257 (93.45%) Credit Risk Analysis
6 16 (5.82%) Analytics
7 14 (5.09%) Data Management
7 14 (5.09%) Project Management
8 13 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (4.73%) ITIL
8 13 (4.73%) Machine Learning
8 13 (4.73%) Regulatory Change
8 13 (4.73%) Strategic Planning
9 8 (2.91%) Credit Risk Modelling
10 7 (2.55%) Credit Risk Management
10 7 (2.55%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (2.55%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.55%) Java
2 2 (0.73%) Python
2 2 (0.73%) SQL
3 1 (0.36%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.36%) R
3 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 261 (94.91%) Degree
2 260 (94.55%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.73%) PMI Certification
3 13 (4.73%) PMP
4 7 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.36%) MBA
5 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.36%) MiFID
1 1 (0.36%) QA
1 1 (0.36%) UCITS
Vendors
1 259 (94.18%) Bloomberg
2 13 (4.73%) Murex
3 7 (2.55%) FIS
4 1 (0.36%) FactSet
4 1 (0.36%) Informatica