Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Portfolio Management
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 70 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +27
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 12 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.88% 0.26% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.30% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 6
10th Percentile £334 - £415
25th Percentile £340 - £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £521
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.27%
75th Percentile £535 - £549
90th Percentile £553 - £619
South East median daily rate £535 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -17.69% +26.83% -12.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,133 660 1,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.43% 86.16% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 463 645
10th Percentile £311 £356 £378
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £618 £667
90th Percentile £725 £685 £727
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 38 109
10th Percentile £15.62 £19.53 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £27.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -37.94% +44.71%
75th Percentile £27.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £66.88 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.88 £48.15
% change year-on-year -45.02% -10.94% +8.81%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Portfolio Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Hampshire

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Portfolio Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
Havant - 3 £535 -
Southampton - 3 £340 -
Portsmouth -3 1 £500 - 3
Basingstoke - 1 £600 -
Portfolio Management
South East

Portfolio Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Apple Pay
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (16.67%) Google Pay
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) OpenShift
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Lead
2 6 (50.00%) PMO Lead
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Migration Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Service Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Wallet
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (50.00%) Project Management
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 5 (41.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 4 (33.33%) Dependency Management
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (33.33%) Time Management
6 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
7 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
7 2 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) PMP
2 5 (41.67%) PMI Certification
3 2 (16.67%) OCP
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (16.67%) PgMP
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) Samsung