Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Portfolio Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 64 65
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 8 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.06% 0.59% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.67% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £318 - £456
25th Percentile £361 - £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.26%
75th Percentile £470 - £728
90th Percentile £528 - £779
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £452 £500
% change year-on-year +16.15% -9.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.75
Median hourly rate - - £28.50
75th Percentile - - £29.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £28.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Portfolio Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 666 597 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 88.33% 87.92% 83.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 396 392
10th Percentile £249 £200 £275
25th Percentile £383 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £595
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 16 21
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.62 £21.63 £14.54
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -45.05% +257.03%
75th Percentile £23.50 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £56.25 £68.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £21.59 £24.60
% change year-on-year -12.60% -12.24% +38.98%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Portfolio Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Portfolio Management

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Portfolio Management

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Chief Technology Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Chief Operating Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Business Case
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (37.50%) Fintech
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) PMO
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Planview