Portfolio Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 307 344
Rank change year-on-year +36 +37 +65
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 59 88 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.43% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.52% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 57
10th Percentile £363 £321 £311
25th Percentile £449 £436 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £775 £790 £700
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - £20.84 -
25th Percentile - £26.95 -
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -18.57% -
75th Percentile - £29.25 £70.00
90th Percentile - £43.63 -
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.82% -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,596 17,041 20,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.69% 84.15% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,235 10,189 14,096
10th Percentile £231 £250 £259
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,063 1,256
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.73
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East +32 20 £650 +22.35% 199
North of England +14 18 £534 -7.22% 126
Yorkshire +9 11 £488 -15.22% 50
West Midlands +8 7 £613 -7.55% 60
Midlands +6 7 £613 -5.77% 106
North West +10 6 £550 +2.37% 63
Scotland +2 6 £375 -18.48% 23
East of England +27 5 £800 +14.29% 79
Wales - 2 £438 - 13
South West +34 1 £675 +125.00% 57
North East -3 1 £465 -19.13% 13
Portfolio Management
UK

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (15.25%) SAS
2 8 (13.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.08%) Mendix
4 2 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Teamcenter
2 2 (3.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.08%) AWS
1 3 (5.08%) Azure
1 3 (5.08%) Serverless
2 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
2 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.69%) Asana
3 1 (1.69%) GCP
3 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) JIRA
General
1 25 (42.37%) Finance
2 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.56%) Banking
4 8 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (13.56%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.08%) Legal
7 3 (5.08%) Military
8 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Retail
8 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.69%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (15.25%) Analyst
1 9 (15.25%) Portfolio Manager
2 8 (13.56%) Lead
3 6 (10.17%) Architect
3 6 (10.17%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.47%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.78%) PMO Lead
5 4 (6.78%) PMO Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Credit Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Portfolio Test Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Senior
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Test Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Data Modeller
7 2 (3.39%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Credit Risk
2 5 (8.47%) PMI
3 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (28.81%) Agile
2 17 (28.81%) Project Delivery
2 17 (28.81%) Project Management
3 16 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (22.03%) PRINCE2
5 12 (20.34%) Risk Management
6 10 (16.95%) Analytics
7 9 (15.25%) Change Management
7 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (15.25%) Stress Testing
7 9 (15.25%) Validation
8 8 (13.56%) Decision-Making
9 7 (11.86%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (10.17%) Business Case
10 6 (10.17%) Credit Risk Management
10 6 (10.17%) Data Analysis
10 6 (10.17%) Strategic Planning
11 5 (8.47%) Internal Audit
11 5 (8.47%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) PMI Certification
3 4 (6.78%) APMP
4 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.39%) PMP
5 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) CISA
6 1 (1.69%) CISM
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (28.81%) PMO
2 9 (15.25%) IFRS
2 9 (15.25%) IFRS 9
3 7 (11.86%) P3O
4 4 (6.78%) QA
5 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (3.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.69%) GDPR
7 1 (1.69%) NIST
7 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) ServiceNow
2 4 (6.78%) IFS
3 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.39%) BMC
4 2 (3.39%) Remedy
4 2 (3.39%) Workday
5 1 (1.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.69%) Spotify
5 1 (1.69%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) Zscaler