Portfolio Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Portfolio Manager
England > London

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 374 443
Rank change year-on-year +22 +69 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 7 16 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.053% 0.100% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.11% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile £620 £459 £338
25th Percentile £623 £519 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% -9.62% -9.72%
75th Percentile £750 £709 £769
90th Percentile - £749 £825
England median daily rate £688 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +19.57% -11.54% -7.14%

All DemandTrendContract 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 12,260 15,098 21,180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.12% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,228 10,327 15,494
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £684 £698
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 187 230
10th Percentile £17.04 £17.73 £18.15
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £33.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% -10.48% +14.96%
75th Percentile £50.56 £55.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.54% +5.29% +66.34%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in London

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager in London over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in London

Portfolio Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Portfolio Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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 2 £650 +18.18% 4
Portfolio Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 London region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) PMP
3 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Fund Management
5 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (14.29%) Power BI
5 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Identification
5 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet

Portfolio Manager 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Fund Management
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
1 3 (42.86%) PMP
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow