Portfolio Management Contracts in England

Portfolio Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Portfolio Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Portfolio Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 371 397
Rank change year-on-year +53 +26 +79
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 170 173 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.70% 0.47% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.54% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 112 196
10th Percentile £434 £414 £381
25th Percentile £538 £500 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -5.74% +1.67%
75th Percentile £788 £691 £700
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £555 £610
% change year-on-year +17.22% -9.10% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £27.75 -
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -18.57% -
75th Percentile - £36.44 £54.69
90th Percentile - £49.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Portfolio Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in England

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in England

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in England

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in England

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +68 115 £675 +22.73% 199
North of England +15 21 £517 -10.09% 28
South East +28 17 £650 +8.33% 48
Yorkshire +8 13 £497 -13.52% 9
Midlands +15 8 £600 -13.36% 9
West Midlands +9 8 £600 -13.36% 7
North West +14 6 £550 +2.37% 15
East of England +30 4 £650 -7.14% 10
North East -5 2 £458 -20.43% 4
South West +45 1 £675 +67.91% 9
Portfolio Management
UK

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (5.88%) SAS
2 4 (2.35%) Confluence
3 3 (1.76%) Mendix
3 3 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.18%) CMS
4 2 (1.18%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 38 (22.35%) Aladdin
2 14 (8.24%) thinkFolio
3 4 (2.35%) CA PPM
4 3 (1.76%) Teamcenter
4 3 (1.76%) Workday HCM
5 2 (1.18%) Misys Midas
5 2 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (1.18%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.59%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.59%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.12%) AWS
2 5 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.35%) Azure
3 4 (2.35%) Serverless
4 2 (1.18%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.59%) GCP
5 1 (0.59%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.59%) Salesforce Einstein
5 1 (0.59%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.18%) Wireless
2 1 (0.59%) 5G
2 1 (0.59%) Internet
2 1 (0.59%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.94%) Power BI
2 3 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (1.76%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.18%) Metadata
3 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.59%) Essbase
4 1 (0.59%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.82%) JIRA
General
1 114 (67.06%) Finance
2 57 (33.53%) Front Office
3 42 (24.71%) Social Skills
4 19 (11.18%) Banking
5 18 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.65%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.53%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.35%) Arabic Language
10 4 (2.35%) Czech Language
10 4 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.35%) Legal
11 3 (1.76%) Back Office
11 3 (1.76%) Military
11 3 (1.76%) Private Banking
12 2 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.18%) Italian Language
12 2 (1.18%) Local Government
12 2 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 81 (47.65%) Analyst
2 59 (34.71%) Business Analyst
3 53 (31.18%) Business Manager
4 34 (20.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 19 (11.18%) Product Manager
6 18 (10.59%) Product Analyst
6 18 (10.59%) Product Business Analyst
7 15 (8.82%) Project Manager
8 11 (6.47%) Lead
8 11 (6.47%) Senior
9 10 (5.88%) Portfolio Manager
10 9 (5.29%) Architect
11 8 (4.71%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.71%) Senior Manager
12 7 (4.12%) Finance Business Analyst
13 6 (3.53%) Consultant
13 6 (3.53%) Developer
13 6 (3.53%) Finance Manager
13 6 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) Ajax
1 2 (1.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.18%) Bootstrap
1 2 (1.18%) LDAP
1 2 (1.18%) Node.js
1 2 (1.18%) Web Services
1 2 (1.18%) XML
2 1 (0.59%) .NET
2 1 (0.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (33.53%) Derivative
1 57 (33.53%) Fixed Income
2 52 (30.59%) Hedge funds
3 22 (12.94%) Equities
4 20 (11.76%) Onboarding
5 19 (11.18%) Product Ownership
6 18 (10.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (7.06%) Credit Risk
8 8 (4.71%) PMI
9 4 (2.35%) CMDB
9 4 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.76%) Clustering
10 3 (1.76%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.76%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.18%) AS400
11 2 (1.18%) iSeries
12 1 (0.59%) Life Science
12 1 (0.59%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.59%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (48.82%) Agile
2 65 (38.24%) Asset Management
3 64 (37.65%) Investment Management
4 51 (30.00%) Analytics
5 41 (24.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (23.53%) Business Analysis
7 35 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (19.41%) Project Management
9 32 (18.82%) Roadmaps
10 27 (15.88%) Artificial Intelligence
11 26 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (14.12%) Order Management
14 22 (12.94%) Change Management
15 21 (12.35%) Machine Learning
16 19 (11.18%) Project Delivery
17 18 (10.59%) Front End Development
17 18 (10.59%) Quantitative Analysis
17 18 (10.59%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 48 (28.24%) SQL
2 36 (21.18%) Python
3 4 (2.35%) Java
4 2 (1.18%) RPG
Qualifications
1 30 (17.65%) Degree
2 17 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 11 (6.47%) PMP
4 8 (4.71%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.76%) CFA
8 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.59%) APMP
9 1 (0.59%) CISA
9 1 (0.59%) CISM
9 1 (0.59%) CISSP
9 1 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.94%) PMO
2 10 (5.88%) IFRS
2 10 (5.88%) IFRS 9
2 10 (5.88%) QA
3 4 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.59%) GDPR
6 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.59%) MiFID
6 1 (0.59%) NIST
6 1 (0.59%) P3O
6 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.59%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Control-M
1 2 (1.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 31 (18.24%) BISAM
2 19 (11.18%) Charles River
3 17 (10.00%) SimCorp
4 14 (8.24%) Calypso
5 13 (7.65%) ServiceNow
6 10 (5.88%) Microsoft
7 5 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.35%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.35%) Planview
8 4 (2.35%) Workday
9 3 (1.76%) Remedy
9 3 (1.76%) SAP
10 2 (1.18%) BMC
10 2 (1.18%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.18%) eFront
10 2 (1.18%) HP
10 2 (1.18%) IBM
10 2 (1.18%) UiPath
11 1 (0.59%) IFS
11 1 (0.59%) Zscaler