Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Portfolio Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 80 104
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +38
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.19% 0.52% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.63% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £470 £445 -
25th Percentile £500 £505 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £603 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% +34.00% -6.74%
75th Percentile £600 £702 -
90th Percentile £630 £761 -
England median daily rate £535 £675 £570
% change year-on-year -20.74% +18.42% -10.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,350 958 1,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.38% 83.74% 88.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 408 788
10th Percentile £187 £237 £243
25th Percentile £361 £338 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £577 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 188 355
10th Percentile £14.11 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.40 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.88 £28.34 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.33% +28.80% -2.22%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the East of England

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -23 2 £550 - 3
Cambridgeshire -4 1 - -
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Finance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Strategy Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) PMO