Portfolio Planning Manager Contracts

Portfolio Planning Manager
UK

The median Portfolio Planning Manager daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 562 660
Rank change year-on-year +10 +98 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Portfolio Planning Manager 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.006% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,134 36,051 48,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.97% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,011 23,015 33,428
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.57%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,572 1,954 1,495
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.52 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.89 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.58
% change year-on-year -41.51% +8.65% +86.24%

Portfolio Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Planning Manager in the UK

Portfolio Planning Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Portfolio Planning Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Portfolio Planning Manager job vacancies in the UK

Portfolio Planning Manager
Top 4 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Planning Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 1 £475 -
UK excluding London 0 1 £475 -
North of England - 1 £475 -
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -

Portfolio Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Portfolio Planning 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 Planning Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Portfolio Planning 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft