Portfolio Analyst Jobs

Portfolio Analyst
UK

The median Portfolio Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 892 933
Rank change year-on-year +195 +41 +188
Permanent jobs requiring a Portfolio Analyst 9 6 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.006% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.006% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 44
10th Percentile £40,650 £48,800 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,688 £54,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -1.26% -0.42%
75th Percentile £65,625 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,875 £80,000 £72,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £59,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -26.27% -5.60% +4.17%

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 49,511 93,886 92,389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,626 67,255 58,266
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

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 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Analyst in the UK

Portfolio Analyst
Top 8 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 11 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 +161 7 £54,000 -8.47% 13
Work from Home +155 4 £50,000 -20.95% 3
London +111 4 £65,000 - 10
UK excluding London +187 3 £43,500 -26.27% 6
North of England - 2 £40,000 - 1
North West - 2 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £48,000 -
Midlands - 1 £48,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 6 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
1 6 (66.67%) PMO
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Power BI
3 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
4 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Fintech
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) SaaS
5 2 (22.22%) Tableau
5 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) JIRA
5 2 (22.22%) Planview
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Smartsheet
6 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery

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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) SaaS
3 2 (22.22%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Fintech
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Dependency Management
5 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Planview