Portfolio Analytics Contract Job Trends

Portfolio Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Portfolio Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 558 570
Rank change year-on-year -116 +12 +76
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Analytics 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.003% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £408 - £423
25th Percentile £539 £531 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £625
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -39.02%
75th Percentile £825 £544 £744
90th Percentile £833 - £808
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Portfolio Analytics 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,367 29,590 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.58% 90.44% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,794 18,422 20,982
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,879 1,766 1,695
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Portfolio Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Portfolio Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Portfolio Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Portfolio Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Analytics over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Analytics in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Portfolio Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Portfolio Analytics

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Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 26 August 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
London -71 6 £625 +16.28% 17
England -106 6 £625 +16.28% 18
Work from Home - 2 £813 - 8

Portfolio Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Aligne
1 1 (16.67%) Endur
1 1 (16.67%) ZaiNet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Actuary
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Market Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Market Risk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Pricing Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Reinsurance Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Report Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Reinsurance
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Derivative
2 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (16.67%) Market Risk
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Catastrophe Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Stress Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft