Portfolio Analyst Contracts

Portfolio Analyst
UK

The median Portfolio Analyst daily rate in the UK is £461 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 680 834
Rank change year-on-year +122 +154 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Analyst 24 32 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.053% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.056% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 18
10th Percentile £325 £343 £243
25th Percentile £425 £350 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -1.10% +23.39%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £514
90th Percentile £635 £584 £609
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £317
% change year-on-year -10.00% +57.80% -7.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Portfolio Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Portfolio Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Analyst over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +119 23 £460 +18.71% 13
UK excluding London +61 17 £450 -10.00% 3
North of England +44 7 £600 +42.01%
London +90 6 £464 +19.67% 11
South East +16 6 £350 - 1
North East - 6 £600 -
Work from Home +120 5 £350 -17.65% 3
Midlands - 3 £450 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £450 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £600 -
South West - 1 £300 -

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Portfolio Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Portfolio Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) PMO
2 11 (45.83%) Project Management
3 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 8 (33.33%) Finance
5 7 (29.17%) Data Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Agile
6 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
7 5 (20.83%) Quality Management
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
8 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 4 (16.67%) Order Management
8 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
8 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
8 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (16.67%) Power BI
8 4 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) Degree
9 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
9 3 (12.50%) Analytics
9 3 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
9 3 (12.50%) Bloomberg
9 3 (12.50%) VBA
9 3 (12.50%) Python

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Law
4 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Project Management
2 9 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 7 (29.17%) Data Analysis
4 6 (25.00%) Agile
5 5 (20.83%) Quality Management
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
6 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 4 (16.67%) Order Management
6 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
7 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Data Management
7 3 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Python
1 3 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (58.33%) PMO
2 2 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.17%) SAP