Portfolio Management Contracts in the Midlands

Portfolio Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Portfolio Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Portfolio Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 118 154
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 +35
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 8 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.66% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile £402 £363 £449
25th Percentile £425 £569 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £693 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +42.05% +13.37%
75th Percentile £638 £768 £678
90th Percentile £641 £948 £688
England median daily rate £650 £575 £610
% change year-on-year +13.04% -5.74% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
England median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Portfolio Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +9 8 £600 -13.36% 7
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Portfolio Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Chief Operating Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Architect
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Lead
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PMO
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Portfolio Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Design
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) BMC
2 2 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Planview
3 1 (12.50%) VMware