Portfolio Manager Contracts

Portfolio Manager
UK

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 676 791
Rank change year-on-year +135 +115 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 41 36 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.060% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.063% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 41
10th Percentile £500 £401 £413
25th Percentile £544 £468 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.27%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £625
90th Percentile £680 £733 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +11.63% - +26.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +126 33 £575 +9.52% 36
UK excluding London +72 22 £600 +11.63% 8
London +95 15 £563 +12.50% 27
North of England +54 15 £600 -
Work from Home +116 10 £563 -2.17% 10
North East - 10 £600 -
Yorkshire +30 5 £600 -
Scotland - 4 £638 -
South West +19 2 £550 +19.57% 1
North West - 2 £700 -
East of England +15 1 £475 -9.52% 1

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
1 15 (36.59%) Agile
1 15 (36.59%) Portfolio Management
2 13 (31.71%) Public Sector
3 12 (29.27%) Finance
4 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
4 10 (24.39%) Waterfall
4 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (21.95%) Project Delivery
5 9 (21.95%) Quality Management
6 8 (19.51%) Coaching
7 7 (17.07%) PMO
8 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
8 6 (14.63%) Business Strategy
9 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
9 5 (12.20%) Resource Allocation
9 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
9 5 (12.20%) Banking
9 5 (12.20%) Degree
9 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (9.76%) ITIL
10 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
10 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.76%) Resource Management
10 4 (9.76%) Business Case
10 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (7.32%) Scaled Agile Framework

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) LAN
1 1 (2.44%) SAN
1 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
General
1 13 (31.71%) Public Sector
2 12 (29.27%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
5 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
1 2 (4.88%) PMI
2 1 (2.44%) Life Science
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Agile
1 15 (36.59%) Portfolio Management
1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
2 10 (24.39%) Waterfall
3 9 (21.95%) Project Delivery
3 9 (21.95%) Quality Management
4 8 (19.51%) Coaching
5 6 (14.63%) Business Strategy
5 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
6 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
6 5 (12.20%) Resource Allocation
6 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
7 4 (9.76%) Business Case
7 4 (9.76%) ITIL
7 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
7 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.76%) Resource Management
7 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
1 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.32%) PMP
3 2 (4.88%) APMG
4 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) CISA
4 1 (2.44%) CISM
4 1 (2.44%) CISSP
4 1 (2.44%) FFIEC
4 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) MBA
4 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) PMO
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Cisco
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) VMware