Portfolio Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Portfolio Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 283 375
Rank change year-on-year +58 +92 +77
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 79 62 102
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.46% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 43 75
10th Percentile £449 £359 £438
25th Percentile £538 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £788 £694 £734
90th Percentile - £783 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £555 £610
% change year-on-year +17.22% -9.10% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -18.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Portfolio Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Portfolio Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Portfolio Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Portfolio Management.

Portfolio Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Portfolio Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Portfolio Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Portfolio Management.

Portfolio Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Portfolio Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.53%) Confluence
1 2 (2.53%) MQSeries
2 1 (1.27%) CMS
2 1 (1.27%) Mendix
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 36 (45.57%) Aladdin
2 14 (17.72%) thinkFolio
3 4 (5.06%) CA PPM
4 3 (3.80%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (2.53%) Misys Midas
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (1.27%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (1.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.27%) Asana
1 1 (1.27%) Nutanix
1 1 (1.27%) OCI
1 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Snowflake Schema
1 3 (3.80%) Star Schema
2 1 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) JIRA
General
1 55 (69.62%) Finance
2 35 (44.30%) Front Office
3 18 (22.78%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.86%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.06%) Arabic Language
6 4 (5.06%) Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Czech Language
6 4 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Military
8 2 (2.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.53%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.53%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Back Office
9 1 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (58.23%) Analyst
2 36 (45.57%) Business Analyst
3 34 (43.04%) Business Manager
3 34 (43.04%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 7 (8.86%) Lead
4 7 (8.86%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.59%) Finance Business Analyst
5 6 (7.59%) Finance Manager
5 6 (7.59%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Developer
7 4 (5.06%) Consultant
7 4 (5.06%) Portfolio Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Remote Support Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Solutions Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Asset Management Consultant
8 3 (3.80%) Senior
8 3 (3.80%) Snowflake Developer
9 2 (2.53%) Support Officer
9 2 (2.53%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) XML
2 1 (1.27%) Ajax
2 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.27%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.27%) LDAP
2 1 (1.27%) Node.js
2 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (48.10%) Derivative
1 38 (48.10%) Fixed Income
2 34 (43.04%) Hedge funds
3 17 (21.52%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Clustering
4 3 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.80%) Equities
4 3 (3.80%) PMI
5 2 (2.53%) AS400
5 2 (2.53%) iSeries
5 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.27%) CMDB
6 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.27%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (56.96%) Agile
2 43 (54.43%) Asset Management
3 42 (53.16%) Investment Management
4 34 (43.04%) Business Analysis
5 31 (39.24%) Business Intelligence
6 24 (30.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (24.05%) Analytics
8 17 (21.52%) Data Mapping
8 17 (21.52%) Performance Attribution
8 17 (21.52%) Quantitative Research
9 15 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (16.46%) Project Management
11 11 (13.92%) Project Delivery
12 10 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (8.86%) Change Management
14 6 (7.59%) PRINCE2
14 6 (7.59%) Roadmaps
15 5 (6.33%) Change Control
15 5 (6.33%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 41 (51.90%) SQL
2 34 (43.04%) Python
3 3 (3.80%) Java
4 2 (2.53%) RPG
5 1 (1.27%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) PMI Certification
2 4 (5.06%) Degree
2 4 (5.06%) PMP
3 3 (3.80%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) CFA
4 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) APMP
5 1 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) PMO
2 3 (3.80%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Control-M
1 2 (2.53%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 31 (39.24%) BISAM
2 19 (24.05%) Charles River
3 17 (21.52%) SimCorp
4 14 (17.72%) Calypso
5 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.06%) Broadcom
6 4 (5.06%) SAP
6 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.53%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.53%) HP
7 2 (2.53%) IBM
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle
8 1 (1.27%) Ariba
8 1 (1.27%) Cerner
8 1 (1.27%) IFS
8 1 (1.27%) Informatica
8 1 (1.27%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.27%) VMware