Portfolio Manager Job Trends in London

Portfolio Manager
England > London

The median Portfolio Manager salary in London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 413 413
Rank change year-on-year +44 0 +244
Permanent jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 5 17 39
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.036% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 32
10th Percentile £67,500 £55,725 £69,875
25th Percentile £78,750 £60,375 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £63,750 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -42.05% +66.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,313 £120,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,742 £105,000
% change year-on-year -9.45% -42.15% +59.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Portfolio Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Portfolio Manager job vacancy trend in London

Portfolio Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Portfolio Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Portfolio Manager job vacancies in London

Portfolio Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Manager in London

Portfolio Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
South London - 1 £60,000 -
Portfolio Manager
England

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Portfolio Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) PMO
2 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (20.00%) Peregrine
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Peregrine