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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 360 394
Rank change year-on-year +42 +34 +89
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 184 187 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.50% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.59% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 121 195
10th Percentile £419 £406 £383
25th Percentile £538 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.32% -4.35% -4.56%
75th Percentile £788 £703 £688
90th Percentile - £800 £754
UK median daily rate £608 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +10.45% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £20.84 -
25th Percentile £36.00 £26.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.59 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.11% -47.45% -
75th Percentile £38.00 £29.25 £70.00
90th Percentile - £45.97 -
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.59 £52.50
% change year-on-year +34.11% -47.45% -

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 23,206 31,905 42,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.51% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,965 20,680 29,662
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 2,329 1,534
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.79 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.87% +45.72%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.59
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.35 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +69 122 £725 +23.40% 209
North of England +17 24 £491 -9.66% 20
South East +28 19 £650 +20.48% 45
Yorkshire +9 17 £481 -12.50% 4
Midlands +5 9 £428 -28.75% 8
West Midlands +3 8 £450 -30.77% 7
North West +17 6 £540 +0.47% 15
East of England +30 5 £500 -28.57% 5
East Midlands +5 1 £350 -61.11% 1
North East -1 1 £465 -9.27% 1
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 (5.43%) SAS
2 9 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.63%) Mendix
4 2 (1.09%) Confluence
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.09%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (26.63%) Aladdin
2 20 (10.87%) thinkFolio
3 4 (2.17%) CA PPM
4 3 (1.63%) Endur
4 3 (1.63%) Teamcenter
5 2 (1.09%) Misys Midas
5 2 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.09%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.54%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.54%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.98%) AWS
2 7 (3.80%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.17%) Azure
4 3 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.09%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.09%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.54%) Asana
6 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.54%) GCP
6 1 (0.54%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.54%) OCI
6 1 (0.54%) SaaS
6 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (0.54%) Serverless
6 1 (0.54%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) 5G
1 1 (0.54%) Internet
1 1 (0.54%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.80%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (1.63%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.09%) Power Query
4 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (5.43%) JIRA
General
1 131 (71.20%) Finance
2 59 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 57 (30.98%) Front Office
4 21 (11.41%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (10.87%) Banking
6 18 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.80%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.26%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.72%) Back Office
10 5 (2.72%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.17%) Arabic Language
11 4 (2.17%) Czech Language
11 4 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.17%) Legal
12 3 (1.63%) Private Banking
13 2 (1.09%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (1.09%) Local Government
13 2 (1.09%) Marketing
13 2 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 86 (46.74%) Analyst
2 55 (29.89%) Business Analyst
3 42 (22.83%) Business Manager
4 41 (22.28%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 21 (11.41%) Lead
6 15 (8.15%) Project Manager
7 14 (7.61%) Consultant
8 12 (6.52%) Developer
9 11 (5.98%) Portfolio Manager
10 9 (4.89%) Senior
11 8 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.35%) Lead Consultant
11 8 (4.35%) PMO Analyst
12 7 (3.80%) Finance Business Analyst
12 7 (3.80%) Lead Business Analyst
12 7 (3.80%) Support Analyst
13 6 (3.26%) Architect
13 6 (3.26%) Business Consultant
13 6 (3.26%) Finance Manager
13 6 (3.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) React
2 7 (3.80%) Node.js
3 6 (3.26%) GraphQL
3 6 (3.26%) Kafka
3 6 (3.26%) Redux
4 2 (1.09%) JSON
4 2 (1.09%) Swagger
4 2 (1.09%) XML
5 1 (0.54%) Ajax
5 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.54%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.54%) LDAP
5 1 (0.54%) Middleware
5 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (27.72%) Fixed Income
2 43 (23.37%) Derivative
3 41 (22.28%) Hedge funds
4 24 (13.04%) Onboarding
5 13 (7.07%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.17%) PMI
6 4 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.63%) Clustering
7 3 (1.63%) CMDB
7 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.63%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.63%) Equities
8 2 (1.09%) AS400
8 2 (1.09%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.09%) iSeries
8 2 (1.09%) NHS
8 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Linux
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (41.85%) Agile
2 60 (32.61%) Asset Management
3 56 (30.43%) Investment Management
4 53 (28.80%) Business Analysis
5 45 (24.46%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (22.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (21.74%) Project Management
8 34 (18.48%) Analytics
8 34 (18.48%) Project Delivery
9 32 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (14.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 26 (14.13%) Validation
13 23 (12.50%) Business Case
13 23 (12.50%) Data Mapping
14 22 (11.96%) Decision-Making
15 21 (11.41%) Roadmaps
16 20 (10.87%) Strategic Planning
17 19 (10.33%) Change Management
17 19 (10.33%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 62 (33.70%) SQL
2 48 (26.09%) Python
3 11 (5.98%) Java
4 6 (3.26%) Go
4 6 (3.26%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.26%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.09%) C#
5 2 (1.09%) RPG
6 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (7.07%) PMI Certification
2 11 (5.98%) Degree
2 11 (5.98%) PMP
3 10 (5.43%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.72%) APMP
6 3 (1.63%) CFA
6 3 (1.63%) CISM
7 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.09%) CRISC
7 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.54%) CISA
8 1 (0.54%) CISSP
8 1 (0.54%) PgMP
8 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.54%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.59%) PMO
2 10 (5.43%) IFRS
2 10 (5.43%) IFRS 9
3 9 (4.89%) MiFID
4 8 (4.35%) EMIR
5 7 (3.80%) P3O
6 6 (3.26%) QA
7 1 (0.54%) GDPR
7 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.54%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.54%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.09%) Ansible
1 2 (1.09%) Control-M
1 2 (1.09%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (20.65%) BISAM
2 26 (14.13%) Charles River
3 24 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 23 (12.50%) SimCorp
5 19 (10.33%) Calypso
6 9 (4.89%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.26%) IFS
8 4 (2.17%) Broadcom
9 3 (1.63%) SAP
10 2 (1.09%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.09%) BMC
10 2 (1.09%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.09%) Hitachi
10 2 (1.09%) HP
10 2 (1.09%) IBM
10 2 (1.09%) Oracle
10 2 (1.09%) Remedy
10 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.54%) Cerner
11 1 (0.54%) Informatica