Portfolio Management Contracts in Wales

Portfolio Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.13% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.92%
75th Percentile £478 - -
90th Percentile £495 - -
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 328 468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 86.40% 73.21% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 206 352
10th Percentile £190 £143 £180
25th Percentile £285 £244 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £488 £551 £586
90th Percentile £611 £625 £649
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 49 27
10th Percentile £13.19 £11.75 £16.13
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.76 £23.66 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +21.40% -2.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £25.50
90th Percentile £27.91 £76.00 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +53.85%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in Wales

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in Wales

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
South Wales - 3 £450 - 4
Portfolio Management
UK

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Asana
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planner
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow