Portfolio Manager Contracts in England

Portfolio Manager
UK > England

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in England is £642, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 507 624
Rank change year-on-year +39 +117 +98
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 17 35 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.094% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.10% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 19
10th Percentile £527 £500 £378
25th Percentile £550 £531 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £642 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +9.52% -3.67%
75th Percentile £684 £644 £675
90th Percentile £775 £685 £750
UK median daily rate £635 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +8.00% +6.82% +0.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Portfolio Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
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 Manager 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 +30 8 £650 +15.56% 26
North of England +9 5 £550 -8.29% 2
North West +19 4 £540 -22.86%
Midlands +24 3 - - 2
West Midlands +16 3 - - 2
Yorkshire +4 1 £642 +7.00% 2
Portfolio Manager
UK

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Portfolio Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Portfolio Management
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
4 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
4 5 (29.41%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 3 (17.65%) CAD
6 3 (17.65%) Project Management
6 3 (17.65%) Military
6 3 (17.65%) PLM
6 3 (17.65%) Teamcenter
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
6 3 (17.65%) Mendix
7 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
7 2 (11.76%) Dependency Management
7 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
7 2 (11.76%) JIRA
7 2 (11.76%) Project Governance
7 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (5.88%) CRM

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
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 3 (17.65%) Mendix
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Military
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Retail Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Portfolio Management
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Business Case
3 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) CAD
4 3 (17.65%) PLM
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Dependency Management
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Project Governance
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.88%) Benchmarking
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) CRM
6 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Workday