Portfolio Manager Contracts in England

Portfolio Manager
UK > England

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in England is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 619 703
Rank change year-on-year +117 +84 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 37 26 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.053% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.056% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 39
10th Percentile £500 £368 £405
25th Percentile £525 £455 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £641 £675 £650
90th Percentile £684 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,087 46,245 67,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,605 32,838 47,758
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £761 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,370 1,849
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.49 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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 +99 18 £550 -2.65% 25
North of England +48 15 £600 - 5
North East - 10 £600 -
Yorkshire +21 5 £600 - 3
South West +12 2 £550 +19.57% 2
North West - 2 £700 - 2
Midlands +29 1 £675 +58.82% 5
West Midlands - 1 £675 - 4
East of England - 1 £475 - 1
Portfolio Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 16 (43.24%) Agile
2 13 (35.14%) Project Management
3 11 (29.73%) Waterfall
3 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
4 10 (27.03%) Portfolio Management
5 9 (24.32%) Quality Management
5 9 (24.32%) Finance
5 9 (24.32%) PMO
6 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
6 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
8 5 (13.51%) Coaching
8 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
9 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.81%) Change Management
9 4 (10.81%) ITIL
9 4 (10.81%) Banking
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
10 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
10 3 (8.11%) PMI Certification
10 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.11%) Scrum
10 3 (8.11%) People Management
10 3 (8.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (8.11%) Resource Allocation
11 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
11 2 (5.41%) Budget Management
11 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
11 2 (5.41%) Case Management

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) SAN
1 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
General
1 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.41%) PMI
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Agile
2 13 (35.14%) Project Management
3 11 (29.73%) Waterfall
4 10 (27.03%) Portfolio Management
5 9 (24.32%) Quality Management
6 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
7 5 (13.51%) Coaching
7 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) ITIL
8 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (8.11%) People Management
9 3 (8.11%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
9 3 (8.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (8.11%) Scrum
9 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
10 2 (5.41%) Escalation Management
10 2 (5.41%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.41%) APMG
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) CISA
3 1 (2.70%) CISM
3 1 (2.70%) CISSP
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) MBA
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
3 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) PMO
2 2 (5.41%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) VMware