Portfolio Manager Jobs in England

Portfolio Manager
UK > England

The median Portfolio Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 641 692 855
Rank change year-on-year +51 +163 +150
Permanent jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 34 143 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.17% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.17% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 15 120 56
10th Percentile £44,700 £42,147 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,148 £42,500 £47,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,080 £69,378
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% -7.64% -9.90%
75th Percentile £118,750 £89,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £129,000 £112,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,080 £69,378
% change year-on-year -2.47% -7.64% -10.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,182 81,825 80,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,287 60,848 51,240
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Manager in England.

Salary trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +91 19 £118,750 +10.47% 28
Midlands +51 6 £47,250 -26.26%
North of England +8 6 £70,000 +9.24% 8
East Midlands - 5 £47,000 -
North West -9 4 £117,500 +83.36% 4
South East +83 2 £85,000 +88.89% 7
Yorkshire +45 2 £63,625 +4.66% 2
West Midlands +57 1 £60,000 -6.37%
Portfolio Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Portfolio Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 24 (70.59%) Finance
2 20 (58.82%) Portfolio Management
3 15 (44.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (38.24%) Decision-Making
5 11 (32.35%) Project Management
6 10 (29.41%) Agile
7 9 (26.47%) PRINCE2
8 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
8 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (23.53%) Strategic Management
8 8 (23.53%) Demand Management
8 8 (23.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 8 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (23.53%) Resource Allocation
8 8 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (23.53%) Innovative Thinking
8 8 (23.53%) Performance Measurement
8 8 (23.53%) FinOps
8 8 (23.53%) Cost Management
8 8 (23.53%) Cost Control
8 8 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
8 8 (23.53%) Business Strategy
9 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
10 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
10 5 (14.71%) Change Management
11 4 (11.76%) PMO
11 4 (11.76%) Business Case
12 3 (8.82%) Budget Management
12 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
12 3 (8.82%) Roadmaps

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 24 (70.59%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Financial Institution
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Portfolio Management
2 15 (44.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (38.24%) Decision-Making
4 11 (32.35%) Project Management
5 10 (29.41%) Agile
6 9 (26.47%) PRINCE2
7 8 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (23.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (23.53%) Cost Control
7 8 (23.53%) Cost Management
7 8 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 8 (23.53%) Demand Management
7 8 (23.53%) FinOps
7 8 (23.53%) Innovative Thinking
7 8 (23.53%) Performance Measurement
7 8 (23.53%) Resource Allocation
7 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 8 (23.53%) Strategic Management
7 8 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow