Portfolio Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Portfolio Manager
England > Midlands

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 113 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.052% 0.16% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £490 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £545 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,511 1,708 2,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 90.75% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,229 1,159 1,715
10th Percentile £280 £200 £202
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £666 £650 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 75 215
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.80 £14.74
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -3.01% +9.69%
75th Percentile £27.44 £26.71 £29.25
90th Percentile £47.50 £34.50 £55.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Portfolio Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Portfolio Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Portfolio Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Portfolio Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Portfolio Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Portfolio Manager
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 Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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 -56 2 £540 - 4
Portfolio Manager
England

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Portfolio Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO