Portfolio Analyst Contracts

Portfolio Analyst
UK

The median Portfolio Analyst daily rate in the UK is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 632 832
Rank change year-on-year +95 +200 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Analyst 29 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.028% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.030% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 15
10th Percentile £385 £338 £420
25th Percentile £400 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £402 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% -19.60% +43.37%
75th Percentile £488 £421 £650
90th Percentile £500 £453 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £402 £450
% change year-on-year +6.97% -10.67% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.58 - -
Median hourly rate £63.15 - -
75th Percentile £64.73 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.15 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 35,672 46,944 81,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,921 32,148 57,528
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 1,511 1,784
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.93 £13.02
25th Percentile £20.30 £19.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.90 £43.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% +98.86% +22.22%

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 20 September 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 10 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 20 September 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 +88 28 £430 +6.97% 5
UK excluding London +54 19 £430 +6.97% 4
South East +38 15 £415 -6.74%
London +76 10 £456 +30.36% 1
Work from Home +94 7 £475 +35.71%
Midlands +11 2 £450 +190.32% 3
West Midlands - 2 £450 - 3
North of England +27 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +11 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 17 (58.62%) PMO
2 16 (55.17%) Power BI
2 16 (55.17%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (55.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (55.17%) Power Platform
3 14 (48.28%) Finance
4 12 (41.38%) Project Management
5 11 (37.93%) Agile
5 11 (37.93%) Analytics
6 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
6 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
6 9 (31.03%) SharePoint
7 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
7 8 (27.59%) Predictive Analytics
8 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
9 6 (20.69%) Degree
9 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
10 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
10 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
10 5 (17.24%) WFM
10 5 (17.24%) QA
10 5 (17.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (17.24%) Marketing
10 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
11 4 (13.79%) Cost Accounting
11 4 (13.79%) Change Control
11 4 (13.79%) PMP

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 9 (31.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (55.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Marketing
2 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Billing
4 2 (6.90%) Law
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (55.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (41.38%) Project Management
3 11 (37.93%) Agile
3 11 (37.93%) Analytics
4 8 (27.59%) Predictive Analytics
4 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
5 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
6 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
7 5 (17.24%) WFM
8 4 (13.79%) Change Control
8 4 (13.79%) Cost Accounting
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
9 3 (10.34%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) DevOps
9 3 (10.34%) Kanban
9 3 (10.34%) Lean Software Development
9 3 (10.34%) Logistics
9 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.69%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (58.62%) PMO
2 5 (17.24%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Apple