Portfolio Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Portfolio Analyst
England > London

The median Portfolio Analyst daily rate in London is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 380 451
Rank change year-on-year +12 +71 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Analyst 7 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.061% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.065% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £281 - -
25th Percentile £328 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £456 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% +30.36% -46.15%
75th Percentile £503 £488 £431
90th Percentile £554 £534 £473
England median daily rate £550 £430 £402
% change year-on-year +27.91% +6.97% -29.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,474 15,321 20,870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.00% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,348 10,224 15,217
10th Percentile £331 £341 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 179 231
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.45 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.27
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.21% +13.30%
75th Percentile £51.13 £55.50 £63.13
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Portfolio Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Analyst in London

Portfolio Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Portfolio Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Portfolio Analyst job vacancies in London

Portfolio Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Analyst in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Analyst in London

Portfolio Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Portfolio Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Portfolio Analyst job vacancies in London

Portfolio Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Central London +1 1 £575 +21.05%
Portfolio Analyst
England

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Portfolio Analyst 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 London region featuring Portfolio Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
1 3 (42.86%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
1 3 (42.86%) RIBA
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) PDA
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Kanban

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Aligne
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) PowerPivot
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Hedge funds
1 1 (14.29%) PDA
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Product Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) RIBA
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CBAP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Anaplan
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle