The first table below looks at the demand for the Portfolio Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Portfolio Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portfolio Manager
Rank 359 360 415
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 18 50 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.083% 0.186% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.201% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 46 16
Average daily rate £635 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.68% -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £405 £459
10% offered a daily rate of more than £701 £850 £663
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £463 £450
% change year-on-year
+18.91% +2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-21.87% -8.57%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 620 684
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Portfolio Manager
England

Portfolio Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Portfolio Manager across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Portfolio Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Portfolio Manager across the London region.

London Portfolio Manager Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Portfolio Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Portfolio Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Portfolio Manager across the London region.

London Portfolio Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Portfolio Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +15 2 £575 -32.35%
Canary Wharf - 2 £602 -
Portfolio Manager
England

Portfolio Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Portfolio Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Portfolio Manager in their job title.

1 18 (50.00%) Project Management
1 18 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 17 (47.22%) Performance Management
3 15 (41.67%) Programme Management
4 14 (38.89%) Risk Management
4 14 (38.89%) Finance
5 13 (36.11%) MS Project
5 13 (36.11%) PRINCE2
6 12 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 11 (30.56%) ITIL
8 10 (27.78%) PMI Certification
8 10 (27.78%) Six Sigma
8 10 (27.78%) QA
9 9 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 9 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
9 9 (25.00%) Test Management
9 9 (25.00%) Project Governance
9 9 (25.00%) Process Improvement
9 9 (25.00%) Niku
9 9 (25.00%) Configuration Management
9 9 (25.00%) PMI
9 9 (25.00%) Regression Testing
9 9 (25.00%) CMMI
9 9 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
9 9 (25.00%) UML
9 9 (25.00%) RUP
9 9 (25.00%) MS Visio
9 9 (25.00%) SOA
9 9 (25.00%) Scrum

Portfolio Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Portfolio Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Portfolio Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 13 (36.11%) MS Project
2 12 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 9 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 14 (38.89%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Banking
3 3 (8.333%) Front Office
3 3 (8.333%) Retail
3 3 (8.333%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.556%) Marketing
5 1 (2.778%) Law
5 1 (2.778%) Legal
5 1 (2.778%) Danish Language
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) PMI
1 9 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 9 (25.00%) Equities
2 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.778%) SWIFT
3 1 (2.778%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Project Management
1 18 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 17 (47.22%) Performance Management
3 15 (41.67%) Programme Management
4 14 (38.89%) Risk Management
5 13 (36.11%) PRINCE2
6 11 (30.56%) ITIL
7 10 (27.78%) Six Sigma
8 9 (25.00%) Test Management
8 9 (25.00%) Project Governance
8 9 (25.00%) Process Improvement
8 9 (25.00%) Configuration Management
8 9 (25.00%) Regression Testing
8 9 (25.00%) CMMI
8 9 (25.00%) UML
8 9 (25.00%) RUP
8 9 (25.00%) SOA
8 9 (25.00%) Scrum
8 9 (25.00%) IT Governance
9 7 (19.44%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) PMI Certification
2 9 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.778%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.78%) QA
2 9 (25.00%) COBIT
3 4 (11.11%) SLA
4 1 (2.778%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Niku
3 3 (8.333%) Sun
4 1 (2.778%) Planview
4 1 (2.778%) IBM
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