Portfolio Management Contracts in Scotland

Portfolio Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 110 114 154
Rank change year-on-year +4 +40 +3
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 6 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.68% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.76% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 7
10th Percentile £245 £293 £292
25th Percentile £313 £400 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% -16.19% +26.89%
75th Percentile £447 £500 £569
90th Percentile £516 £638 £635
UK median daily rate £650 £555 £610
% change year-on-year +17.22% -9.10% +1.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in Scotland

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in Scotland

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in Scotland

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in Scotland

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +6 4 £350 +16.67% 6
Glasgow -3 2 £447 -6.88% 1
Portfolio Management
UK

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
1 3 (50.00%) PMO Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Office Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) PMO
2 2 (33.33%) P3O
3 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Spotify