Portfolio Manager Contracts in England

Portfolio Manager
UK > England

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in England is £646, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 523 604
Rank change year-on-year +40 +81 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 20 37 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.10% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.11% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 20
10th Percentile £482 £470 £383
25th Percentile £545 £525 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £646 £600 £644
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -6.80% +7.29%
75th Percentile £769 £675 £700
90th Percentile £945 £723 £778
UK median daily rate £638 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +11.00% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.80 -
UK median hourly rate - £61.80 -

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 25,004 33,616 44,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.94% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,265 22,076 31,771
10th Percentile £293 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,327 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.72 £19.40
Median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +23 10 £750 +20.00% 22
North of England +3 6 £534 -11.08% 5
North West +6 3 £540 -16.92% 5
Yorkshire -6 3 £475 -20.83%
South East +30 1 - - 5
Midlands +3 1 - - 1
West Midlands -1 1 - - 1
Portfolio Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 12 (60.00%) Finance
1 12 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Business Case
5 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
6 3 (15.00%) CAD
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (15.00%) PLM
6 3 (15.00%) Teamcenter
6 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (15.00%) PMP
6 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (15.00%) Mendix
6 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.00%) Power BI
7 2 (10.00%) Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) DevOps
7 2 (10.00%) Line Management
7 2 (10.00%) Coaching

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 (15.00%) Mendix
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.00%) Aladdin
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Retail Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Business Case
4 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (15.00%) CAD
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) PLM
5 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Fund Management
6 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (15.00%) PMP
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) Workday