Portfolio Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Portfolio Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.37% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £436 - £473
25th Percentile £453 - £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.79%
75th Percentile £634 - £544
90th Percentile £719 - £545
North West median daily rate £517 - £530
% change year-on-year - - -9.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 963 1,041 1,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.08% 87.26% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 602 1,049
10th Percentile £300 £313 £270
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £583
90th Percentile £678 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 35 57
10th Percentile £17.02 £15.94 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £28.75 £16.29
Median hourly rate £22.57 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.57% +71.05% -45.71%
75th Percentile £32.04 £59.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.88 £70.80 £69.25
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.71% +47.71%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Manchester

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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Case Management
3 1 (25.00%) Demand Management
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Zscaler