Portfolio Analyst Jobs

Portfolio Analyst
UK

The median Portfolio Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 906 916
Rank change year-on-year +211 +10 +234
Permanent jobs requiring a Portfolio Analyst 16 4 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.004% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.004% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 43
10th Percentile £39,645 - £52,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £54,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,700 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,710 £59,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -29.31% +84.38% -46.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Portfolio Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +169 14 £62,500 +5.93% 22
Work from Home +128 11 £60,000 +1.69% 8
London +126 8 £65,000 -23.53% 12
UK excluding London +198 6 £41,710 -29.31% 13
South East +90 2 - - 7
Midlands - 2 £43,960 -
North West - 2 £40,000 - 2
North of England - 2 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £48,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £39,919 -

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Portfolio Analyst 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 featuring Portfolio Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) PMO
2 11 (68.75%) Finance
3 10 (62.50%) Portfolio Management
4 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (43.75%) Project Management
6 6 (37.50%) Project Governance
7 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (31.25%) Power BI
7 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
8 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 3 (18.75%) Azure
9 3 (18.75%) Tableau
9 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (18.75%) Fintech
9 3 (18.75%) DevOps
9 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
10 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 2 (12.50%) Smartsheet
10 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
10 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
10 2 (12.50%) IFS
10 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
10 2 (12.50%) Snow
10 2 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (12.50%) Visualisation

Portfolio Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 2 (12.50%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Power BI
2 3 (18.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Portfolio Management
2 7 (43.75%) Project Management
3 6 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 3 (18.75%) Fintech
5 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (12.50%) Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) Demand Management
6 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
7 1 (6.25%) Agile
7 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (75.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) IFS
2 2 (12.50%) Planview
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (12.50%) Snow