CFA Job Trends 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 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 673 365 820
Rank change year-on-year -308 +455 -12
Permanent jobs citing CFA 14 293 25
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.017% 0.75% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.074% 1.83% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 11
10th Percentile £71,750 £85,425 -
25th Percentile £74,375 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £105,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +61.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £94,375 £132,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £99,250 - £82,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £105,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +61.54% -13.33%

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 18,882 16,042 23,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.71% 41.12% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,679 6,693 15,714
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%

CFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CFA job vacancy trend in England

CFA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CFA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CFA

CFA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CFA in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

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 31 May 2026. 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 -241 11 £95,000 -19.15% 21
South East -8 2 £70,000 +3.32% 3
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
CFA
UK

CFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Aladdin
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) OCI
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
3 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Billing
3 6 (42.86%) Marketing
4 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (14.29%) Front Office
6 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Banking
6 1 (7.14%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
6 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
6 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (7.14%) Retail Finance
6 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Associate Director
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.14%) ERP Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Sales Executive
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Insight Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Sales Executive
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) ASIC
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) Derivative
3 1 (7.14%) DTCC
3 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
3 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (7.14%) OTC Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Business Development
1 7 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
1 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (42.86%) Coaching
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Line Management
3 4 (28.57%) Proactive Management
3 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) AI
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) Economics
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) ACCA
3 2 (14.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) EMIR
2 1 (7.14%) IFRS
2 1 (7.14%) IFRS 9
2 1 (7.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg