Portfolio Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 368 425
Rank change year-on-year +15 +57 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 11 19 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.074% 0.093% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.10% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 10
10th Percentile £445 £464 £410
25th Percentile £481 £470 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -3.16% +10.47%
75th Percentile £561 £675 £684
90th Percentile £586 £686 £741
UK median daily rate £638 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +11.00% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.80 -
UK median hourly rate - £61.80 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,465 18,815 21,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.23% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,290 11,399 14,989
10th Percentile £220 £213 £233
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,134 2,218 1,185
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.88 £13.80
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £38.35
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +5.15% +82.62%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Portfolio Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK excluding London

Portfolio Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
North of England +3 6 £534 -11.08% 5
North West +6 3 £540 -16.92% 5
Scotland +1 3 £529 +11.32%
Yorkshire -6 3 £475 -20.83%
South East +30 1 - - 5
Midlands +3 1 - - 1
West Midlands -1 1 - - 1
Portfolio Manager
UK

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Portfolio Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Portfolio Management
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) PLM
4 3 (27.27%) Teamcenter
4 3 (27.27%) CAD
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Mendix
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) PMO
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) JIRA
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
6 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) BT
6 1 (9.09%) Validation

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
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 3 (27.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Credit Risk
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) PMI
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Business Case
3 3 (27.27%) CAD
3 3 (27.27%) PLM
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) BT
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft