Portfolio Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 99 132
Rank change year-on-year +10 +33 +25
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 8 13 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.59% 0.67% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.79% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile £402 £450 £538
25th Percentile £425 £634 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £693 £663
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +4.53% +54.07%
75th Percentile £638 £715 £688
90th Percentile £641 £858 -
England median daily rate £650 £575 £610
% change year-on-year +13.04% -5.74% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
England median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,637 2,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 83.91% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 1,085 1,445
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £24.10 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.67 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Portfolio Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Management in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Management in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Management in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Birmingham +13 6 £600 -7.69% 5
Warwickshire -2 2 £509 -28.31%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Portfolio Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Chief Operating Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Architect
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Lead
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PMO
3 1 (12.50%) Senior PMO Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Portfolio Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Design
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Fintech
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) BMC
2 2 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Planview
3 1 (12.50%) VMware