Portfolio Management Jobs

Portfolio Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Portfolio Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Portfolio Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 549 479
Rank change year-on-year +247 -70 +152
Permanent jobs citing Portfolio Management 539 389 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.38% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.45% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 165 314 418
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £47,089
25th Percentile £65,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,253 £64,080 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -8.46% -12.50%
75th Percentile £118,750 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £112,125 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,091 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.17% -8.33% +13.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Portfolio Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Portfolio Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Management in the UK

Portfolio Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +218 519 £88,750 +36.54% 253
London +242 382 £95,000 +11.76% 174
UK excluding London +118 147 £66,091 +20.17% 96
Work from Home +51 118 £90,000 +50.00% 122
East of England +97 55 £27,500 -54.17% 3
South East +54 37 £67,884 +18.06% 34
Midlands +45 19 £72,500 +48.91% 15
North of England -14 16 £70,000 +12.00% 20
West Midlands +39 14 £72,500 +13.14% 12
Scotland +121 10 £85,253 +107.93% 10
North West -18 7 £65,000 +4.00% 14
Yorkshire +36 6 £63,625 +16.66% 5
South West +91 5 £55,000 +31.74% 6
East Midlands +40 5 £47,500 -2.44% 3
North East +38 3 £70,000 +9.24% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
Wales +40 2 £55,750 +7.22% 4

Portfolio Management
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 15 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.67%) IIS
2 9 (1.67%) Tomcat
3 5 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.56%) Confluence
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 280 (51.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 49 (9.09%) Aladdin
2 40 (7.42%) thinkFolio
3 4 (0.74%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.19%) Azure
2 22 (4.08%) AWS
3 18 (3.34%) SaaS
4 15 (2.78%) dbt
5 14 (2.60%) GCP
6 12 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.04%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.86%) Dagster
8 10 (1.86%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.48%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.93%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.93%) Serverless
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Step Functions
13 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.56%) GitHub
14 2 (0.37%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.67%) DMARC
1 9 (1.67%) SSL
2 1 (0.19%) FTP
2 1 (0.19%) HTTP
2 1 (0.19%) Intranet
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.19%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.04%) Amazon Athena
2 11 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.86%) Apache Iceberg
3 10 (1.86%) Dremio
4 8 (1.48%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.48%) Power BI
5 5 (0.93%) Apache Hive
5 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.56%) Tableau
7 2 (0.37%) DTS
7 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.19%) Big Data
8 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.41%) JIRA
2 7 (1.30%) Git
3 4 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.56%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.56%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 454 (84.23%) Finance
2 336 (62.34%) Social Skills
3 310 (57.51%) Banking
4 302 (56.03%) Analytical Skills
5 290 (53.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 281 (52.13%) Financial Institution
7 279 (51.76%) French Language
7 279 (51.76%) German Language
8 75 (13.91%) Front Office
9 26 (4.82%) Law
10 17 (3.15%) Czech Language
11 16 (2.97%) Electronics
11 16 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.86%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.67%) Legal
16 7 (1.30%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.11%) Marketing
17 6 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 359 (66.60%) Analyst
2 286 (53.06%) Credit Analyst
3 279 (51.76%) Research Analyst
4 56 (10.39%) Business Analyst
5 54 (10.02%) Business Manager
6 52 (9.65%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
7 27 (5.01%) Lead
8 24 (4.45%) Portfolio Manager
9 19 (3.53%) Architect
9 19 (3.53%) Developer
10 16 (2.97%) Senior
11 14 (2.60%) Managed Services Architect
11 14 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (2.41%) IT Manager
13 12 (2.23%) Consultant
14 10 (1.86%) Data Engineer
14 10 (1.86%) IT Support
14 10 (1.86%) Portfolio Analyst
14 10 (1.86%) Python Data Engineer
14 10 (1.86%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.97%) REST
2 11 (2.04%) NumPy
2 11 (2.04%) Pandas
2 11 (2.04%) PySpark
2 11 (2.04%) SOAP
3 10 (1.86%) SciPy
4 9 (1.67%) GraphQL
4 9 (1.67%) JSON
4 9 (1.67%) XML
5 8 (1.48%) React
6 6 (1.11%) Django
7 5 (0.93%) .NET
7 5 (0.93%) Angular 2
7 5 (0.93%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.93%) CSS
7 5 (0.93%) Flask
7 5 (0.93%) HTML
7 5 (0.93%) jQuery
7 5 (0.93%) Redux
8 3 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 343 (63.64%) Fixed Income
2 288 (53.43%) Credit Risk
3 58 (10.76%) Derivative
3 58 (10.76%) Hedge funds
4 52 (9.65%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.78%) Equities
7 12 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.74%) Social Media
10 3 (0.56%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.37%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (0.37%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.37%) NHS
11 2 (0.37%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.37%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.19%) Market Risk
12 1 (0.19%) Tandem
12 1 (0.19%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.60%) Windows
2 13 (2.41%) Linux
3 11 (2.04%) Unix
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (64.38%) Asset Management
2 318 (59.00%) Risk Management
3 316 (58.63%) Decision-Making
4 308 (57.14%) Business Strategy
5 281 (52.13%) Financial Modelling
6 280 (51.95%) Credit Risk Analysis
7 279 (51.76%) Risk Assessment
8 123 (22.82%) Agile
9 77 (14.29%) Investment Management
10 75 (13.91%) Roadmaps
11 60 (11.13%) Project Management
12 56 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
13 54 (10.02%) Business Analysis
14 53 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
15 46 (8.53%) Data Mapping
16 35 (6.49%) Matrix Organization
17 31 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
18 28 (5.19%) Analytics
19 25 (4.64%) Business Transformation
19 25 (4.64%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 86 (15.96%) Python
2 82 (15.21%) SQL
3 24 (4.45%) Java
4 17 (3.15%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.60%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.67%) VBA
7 8 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.11%) C#
9 3 (0.56%) R
10 1 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 309 (57.33%) Degree
2 282 (52.32%) Master's Degree
3 280 (51.95%) CFA
4 9 (1.67%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.30%) PMP
6 6 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.74%) APMG
7 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.19%) MAPM
10 1 (0.19%) PgMP
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.57%) PMO
2 16 (2.97%) SLA
3 9 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.93%) P3O
5 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.74%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.56%) GDPR
7 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.19%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) UCITS
System Software
1 11 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 13 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.74%) Automic
4 3 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.56%) Terraform
5 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 282 (52.32%) Bloomberg
2 46 (8.53%) BISAM
2 46 (8.53%) Charles River
3 43 (7.98%) SimCorp
4 39 (7.24%) Calypso
5 22 (4.08%) Microsoft
5 22 (4.08%) SAP
6 20 (3.71%) IBM
7 13 (2.41%) Oracle
8 6 (1.11%) Planview
8 6 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.74%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.74%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.56%) Google
10 3 (0.56%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.56%) Snow
11 2 (0.37%) Cisco
11 2 (0.37%) EMC
11 2 (0.37%) NetApp
11 2 (0.37%) VMware