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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 381 419
Rank change year-on-year +50 +38 +99
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 208 210 276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.57% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 130 209
10th Percentile £409 £399 £374
25th Percentile £488 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £778 £702 £688
90th Percentile £788 £789 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -6.43% +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £20.84 -
25th Percentile £36.00 £26.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.59 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.11% -47.45% -
75th Percentile £38.00 £29.25 £70.00
90th Percentile - £45.97 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £28.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -45.71% -

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 27,864 36,803 49,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 85.25% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,568 23,445 34,342
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,367 2,552 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.91 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

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 June 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 16 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 June 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 +57 185 £640 +16.32% 698
London +76 122 £725 +26.09% 509
Work from Home +73 98 £725 +38.10% 245
UK excluding London +23 76 £491 -6.43% 239
North of England +11 24 £491 -9.66% 45
South East +33 20 £650 +20.48% 79
Yorkshire +5 17 £481 -12.50% 13
Scotland +6 13 £375 -11.50% 19
Midlands +7 9 £428 -28.75% 31
West Midlands +6 8 £450 -30.77% 19
North West +14 6 £540 +0.47% 31
East of England +27 5 £500 -28.57% 22
Wales - 4 £450 - 14
East Midlands +3 1 £350 -61.11% 12
North East -2 1 £465 -9.27% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £560 -

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 17 (8.17%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.81%) SAS
3 4 (1.92%) Confluence
4 3 (1.44%) Mendix
5 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.96%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.92%) Trello
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (24.04%) Aladdin
2 20 (9.62%) thinkFolio
3 4 (1.92%) CA PPM
4 3 (1.44%) Endur
4 3 (1.44%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (1.44%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.96%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.48%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.48%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.77%) AWS
2 10 (4.81%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.85%) Azure
4 4 (1.92%) Asana
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.96%) OCI
6 2 (0.96%) OpenShift
6 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.96%) SaaS
6 2 (0.96%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.48%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Einstein
7 1 (0.48%) Serverless
7 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.96%) Internet
2 1 (0.48%) 5G
2 1 (0.48%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.81%) Power BI
2 3 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (1.44%) Star Schema
3 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.96%) Power Query
3 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 145 (69.71%) Finance
2 76 (36.54%) Social Skills
3 58 (27.88%) Front Office
4 24 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
5 22 (10.58%) Banking
6 20 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.37%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.37%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.88%) Back Office
11 5 (2.40%) Automotive
12 4 (1.92%) Arabic Language
12 4 (1.92%) Czech Language
12 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.92%) Legal
12 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.44%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (43.75%) Analyst
2 55 (26.44%) Business Analyst
3 42 (20.19%) Business Manager
4 41 (19.71%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 28 (13.46%) Lead
6 19 (9.13%) Project Manager
7 15 (7.21%) Consultant
8 13 (6.25%) Developer
8 13 (6.25%) Portfolio Manager
9 10 (4.81%) PMO Analyst
10 9 (4.33%) Senior
11 8 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.85%) Lead Consultant
11 8 (3.85%) PMO Lead
11 8 (3.85%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.37%) Finance Business Analyst
12 7 (3.37%) Lead Business Analyst
13 6 (2.88%) Business Consultant
13 6 (2.88%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) React
2 7 (3.37%) Node.js
3 6 (2.88%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.88%) Kafka
3 6 (2.88%) Redux
4 2 (0.96%) JSON
4 2 (0.96%) Middleware
4 2 (0.96%) Swagger
4 2 (0.96%) XML
5 1 (0.48%) .NET
5 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.48%) Ajax
5 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.48%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.48%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (24.52%) Fixed Income
2 43 (20.67%) Derivative
3 42 (20.19%) Hedge funds
4 25 (12.02%) Onboarding
5 13 (6.25%) Credit Risk
6 7 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.40%) PMI
7 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.92%) Life Science
9 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.44%) Clustering
9 3 (1.44%) CMDB
9 3 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.44%) Equities
10 2 (0.96%) AS400
10 2 (0.96%) Grid Computing
10 2 (0.96%) iSeries
10 2 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Linux
1 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.35%) Agile
2 62 (29.81%) Asset Management
3 56 (26.92%) Investment Management
4 53 (25.48%) Business Analysis
5 49 (23.56%) Project Management
6 48 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (22.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (20.19%) Project Delivery
9 36 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (16.83%) Analytics
10 35 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
12 26 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 26 (12.50%) Validation
13 25 (12.02%) Business Case
14 23 (11.06%) Data Mapping
14 23 (11.06%) Risk Management
14 23 (11.06%) Roadmaps
15 21 (10.10%) Change Management
16 20 (9.62%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.77%) SQL
2 48 (23.08%) Python
3 11 (5.29%) Java
4 6 (2.88%) Go
4 6 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.88%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.44%) C#
6 2 (0.96%) RPG
7 1 (0.48%) PeopleCode
7 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (8.17%) Degree
2 14 (6.73%) PMI Certification
3 11 (5.29%) PMP
3 11 (5.29%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.40%) APMP
6 3 (1.44%) CFA
6 3 (1.44%) CISM
6 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.96%) CRISC
7 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.48%) CISA
8 1 (0.48%) CISSP
8 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) PgMP
8 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.48%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.31%) PMO
2 10 (4.81%) IFRS
2 10 (4.81%) IFRS 9
3 9 (4.33%) MiFID
3 9 (4.33%) P3O
4 8 (3.85%) EMIR
5 6 (2.88%) QA
6 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.48%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Ansible
1 2 (0.96%) Control-M
1 2 (0.96%) HP ALM
1 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (18.27%) BISAM
2 27 (12.98%) Microsoft
3 26 (12.50%) Charles River
4 24 (11.54%) SimCorp
5 19 (9.13%) Calypso
6 10 (4.81%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.37%) IFS
7 7 (3.37%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.88%) Oracle
9 5 (2.40%) Hitachi
9 5 (2.40%) SAP
10 4 (1.92%) Broadcom
11 3 (1.44%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.96%) BMC
12 2 (0.96%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.96%) FactSet
12 2 (0.96%) HP
12 2 (0.96%) IBM
12 2 (0.96%) Remedy
13 1 (0.48%) Tradeweb