Which popular qualification is most likely to get you a job in financial services now? And more pointedly – which one will get you a job that pays well?
We looked at the number of candidates with a selection of accounting and other qualifications who’ve uploaded CVs to our global database over the past three months. And we compared this to the number of jobs requiring those qualifications on the jobs section of the site.
Conclusion: You might want to study the ACA accounting qualification run by the UK’s ICAEW. Globally, there are ‘just’ four candidates with an ACA chasing each accounting job right now….
Unfortunately, however, the ACA doesn’t really play in New York – or much in Asia – most of the ACA jobs are (unsurprisingly) focused in London.
If you want to work internationally, it still helps to do a CFA or an MBA, although our analysis suggests demand for each qualification varies substantially across top global finance cities, as follows…
And the same applies to the MBA…
Meanwhile, based upon the average pay for jobs requiring each qualification in London, the CFA looks the most lucrative. This may be deceptive however: jobs advertised for MBAs are likely to be entry-level, whereas those demanding other qualifications are also likely to require experience.
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