Portfolio Management Contracts in the North of England

Portfolio Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 164 201
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 +2
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 21 25 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.64% 0.53% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.61% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 12
10th Percentile £360 £473 £265
25th Percentile £422 £516 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £571 £600 £575
90th Percentile £640 £800 -
England median daily rate £650 £575 £610
% change year-on-year +13.04% -5.74% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
England median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,970 4,081 5,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.97% 85.83% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,907 2,497 3,663
10th Percentile £263 £300 £304
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £684
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 357 205
10th Percentile £13.70 £11.04 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.31 £12.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -36.03% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.59 £44.74 £45.05
90th Percentile £83.41 £55.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the North of England

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in the North of England

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the North of England

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in the North of England

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire +7 13 £497 -13.52% 10
North West +11 6 £550 +2.37% 18
North East -7 2 £458 -20.43% 4
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (14.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Military
6 1 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Lead
2 5 (23.81%) Portfolio Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Test Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Test Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Information Assurance Leader
6 1 (4.76%) Chief Operating Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Project Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Security Test Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Portfolio Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Support Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Workday Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) PMI
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (42.86%) Change Management
4 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (38.10%) Project Management
5 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 5 (23.81%) Agile
6 5 (23.81%) Business Case
6 5 (23.81%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
6 5 (23.81%) Fintech
6 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
6 5 (23.81%) Time Management
7 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
8 3 (14.29%) CAD
8 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
8 3 (14.29%) PLM
8 3 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (9.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) PMI Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) PMO
2 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.76%) Workday