Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Portfolio Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 73 81
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 +36
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 8 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.29% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.46% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £249 - -
25th Percentile £322 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £522 £538 -
90th Percentile £546 - -
Scotland median daily rate £494 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -14.13% +9.52% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 590 652 895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.01% 85.68% 91.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 339 552
10th Percentile £272 £223 £205
25th Percentile £413 £353 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.94%
75th Percentile £549 £521 £538
90th Percentile £609 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £479
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.05% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 6
10th Percentile £17.34 £13.25 £12.47
25th Percentile - £18.05 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.84 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -52.52% +154.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £68.00 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.80 £19.18
% change year-on-year -8.24% +13.63% +2.29%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Trello
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) PMO Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Life Science
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Entry
3 2 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) KYC
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (12.50%) P3O
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Salesforce
2 3 (37.50%) Hitachi
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle