Portfolio Management Contracts

Portfolio Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 405 433
Rank change year-on-year +61 +28 +69
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 180 197 294
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.45% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 126 213
10th Percentile £419 £408 £370
25th Percentile £536 £469 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £555 £610
Median % change year-on-year +17.22% -9.10% +1.67%
75th Percentile £788 £688 £700
90th Percentile £821 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £575 £534
% change year-on-year -6.96% +7.73% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £27.75 -
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -18.57% -
75th Percentile - £36.44 £54.69
90th Percentile - £49.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +54 167 £650 +13.04% 235
London +63 113 £675 +22.73% 169
Work from Home +64 76 £600 +4.35% 108
UK excluding London +15 58 £535 -6.96% 72
North of England +24 21 £517 -10.09% 24
South East +24 16 £650 +8.33% 18
Yorkshire +15 13 £497 -13.52% 8
Midlands +16 8 £600 -13.36% 8
West Midlands +10 8 £600 -13.36% 7
North West +8 6 £550 +2.37% 13
Scotland 0 6 £375 -14.77% 4
East of England +33 4 £650 -7.14% 8
North East -5 2 £458 -20.43% 3
Wales - 2 £438 - 1
South West +44 1 £675 +67.91% 9

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (5.56%) SAS
2 6 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.22%) Confluence
4 3 (1.67%) Mendix
5 2 (1.11%) CMS
5 2 (1.11%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (20.56%) Aladdin
2 14 (7.78%) thinkFolio
3 4 (2.22%) CA PPM
4 3 (1.67%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (1.67%) Teamcenter
4 3 (1.67%) Workday HCM
5 2 (1.11%) Misys Midas
5 2 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.56%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.56%) Endur
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.56%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.89%) AWS
1 7 (3.89%) Power Platform
2 4 (2.22%) Azure
2 4 (2.22%) Serverless
3 2 (1.11%) Power Automate
3 2 (1.11%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Asana
4 1 (0.56%) GCP
4 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
4 1 (0.56%) OCI
4 1 (0.56%) SaaS
4 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Einstein
4 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.11%) Internet
1 2 (1.11%) Wireless
2 1 (0.56%) 5G
2 1 (0.56%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.89%) Power BI
2 3 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (1.67%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.11%) Metadata
3 2 (1.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.56%) Essbase
4 1 (0.56%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (9.44%) JIRA
General
1 117 (65.00%) Finance
2 56 (31.11%) Front Office
3 53 (29.44%) Social Skills
4 20 (11.11%) Banking
5 19 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.11%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.89%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.22%) Arabic Language
9 4 (2.22%) Back Office
9 4 (2.22%) Czech Language
9 4 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.22%) Legal
10 3 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.67%) Military
10 3 (1.67%) Private Banking
11 2 (1.11%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.11%) Local Government
11 2 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 81 (45.00%) Analyst
2 58 (32.22%) Business Analyst
3 52 (28.89%) Business Manager
4 33 (18.33%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 19 (10.56%) Product Manager
6 18 (10.00%) Product Analyst
6 18 (10.00%) Product Business Analyst
7 16 (8.89%) Project Manager
8 15 (8.33%) Lead
9 11 (6.11%) Portfolio Manager
10 10 (5.56%) Architect
10 10 (5.56%) Senior
11 8 (4.44%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.44%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.89%) Consultant
12 7 (3.89%) Finance Business Analyst
12 7 (3.89%) PMO Analyst
13 6 (3.33%) Finance Manager
13 6 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (3.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.11%) Ajax
1 2 (1.11%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.11%) Bootstrap
1 2 (1.11%) LDAP
1 2 (1.11%) Node.js
1 2 (1.11%) Web Services
1 2 (1.11%) XML
2 1 (0.56%) .NET
2 1 (0.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (31.11%) Derivative
2 55 (30.56%) Fixed Income
3 51 (28.33%) Hedge funds
4 21 (11.67%) Equities
5 20 (11.11%) Onboarding
6 19 (10.56%) Product Ownership
7 18 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (6.67%) Credit Risk
9 9 (5.00%) PMI
10 5 (2.78%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (2.22%) CMDB
11 4 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.67%) Clustering
12 3 (1.67%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.67%) Data Structures
13 2 (1.11%) AS400
13 2 (1.11%) iSeries
14 1 (0.56%) Life Science
14 1 (0.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (48.89%) Agile
2 64 (35.56%) Asset Management
3 62 (34.44%) Investment Management
4 50 (27.78%) Analytics
5 45 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (21.67%) Business Analysis
7 38 (21.11%) Project Management
8 36 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (19.44%) Roadmaps
10 28 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 25 (13.89%) Project Delivery
12 25 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (13.33%) Order Management
14 22 (12.22%) Change Management
14 22 (12.22%) Risk Management
15 21 (11.67%) Machine Learning
16 18 (10.00%) Front End Development
16 18 (10.00%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.67%) SQL
2 35 (19.44%) Python
3 4 (2.22%) Java
4 2 (1.11%) RPG
5 1 (0.56%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 34 (18.89%) Degree
2 18 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 11 (6.11%) PMP
4 9 (5.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.11%) CFA
8 2 (1.11%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) APMP
9 1 (0.56%) CISA
9 1 (0.56%) CISM
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.56%) PMO
2 10 (5.56%) IFRS
2 10 (5.56%) IFRS 9
2 10 (5.56%) QA
3 4 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.67%) P3O
5 2 (1.11%) GRC
6 1 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.56%) MiFID
6 1 (0.56%) NIST
6 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.56%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.11%) Control-M
1 2 (1.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 30 (16.67%) BISAM
2 19 (10.56%) Charles River
3 18 (10.00%) SimCorp
4 14 (7.78%) Calypso
5 13 (7.22%) ServiceNow
6 11 (6.11%) Microsoft
7 5 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.78%) SAP
8 4 (2.22%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.22%) Planview
8 4 (2.22%) Workday
9 3 (1.67%) Remedy
10 2 (1.11%) BMC
10 2 (1.11%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.11%) eFront
10 2 (1.11%) HP
10 2 (1.11%) IBM
10 2 (1.11%) Oracle
10 2 (1.11%) UiPath
11 1 (0.56%) Zscaler