Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Portfolio Management
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 42 69
Rank change year-on-year -19 +27 +9
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.30% 1.04% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.19% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £630 - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £603 £450
% change year-on-year -8.79% +34.00% -6.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 577 335 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.69% 86.79% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 136 312
10th Percentile £186 £263 £276
25th Percentile £403 £336 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £713 £675 £750
East of England median daily rate £484 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.89% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 83 156
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.83 £26.24
25th Percentile £18.50 £37.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £87.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.88 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -30.42% +40.78% -3.14%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Hertfordshire

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Stevenage - 1 £450 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £650 -
Portfolio Management
East of England

Portfolio Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Strategy Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) PMO