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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 545 469
Rank change year-on-year +320 -76 +150
Permanent jobs citing Portfolio Management 699 385 684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 0.39% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 0.46% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 187 313 487
10th Percentile £56,850 £41,000 £46,150
25th Percentile £73,750 £42,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £64,080 £67,479
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% -5.04% -20.61%
75th Percentile £122,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £111,000 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% +17.07%

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 48,105 84,479 100,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.22% 86.05% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26,550 59,789 58,948
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.71% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +294 679 £90,000 +38.46% 408
London +285 540 £100,000 +17.65% 304
UK excluding London +152 148 £72,500 +31.82% 126
Work from Home +76 98 £90,000 +46.34% 139
East of England +115 57 £27,500 -54.17% 12
South East +89 36 £85,000 +47.83% 43
North of England +32 22 £80,000 +28.00% 31
Midlands +50 16 £72,500 +48.91% 18
North West +20 15 £80,000 +28.00% 17
West Midlands +49 11 £72,500 +34.04% 15
Scotland +131 9 £85,253 +107.93% 10
East Midlands +54 5 £47,500 -2.44% 3
Yorkshire +50 4 £60,000 +10.01% 9
South West +94 3 £66,414 +48.02% 12
North East +40 3 £70,000 +9.24% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Wales +43 2 £55,750 +7.22% 2

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 26 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.43%) Confluence
4 3 (0.43%) IIS
4 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 426 (60.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 37 (5.29%) Aladdin
2 29 (4.15%) thinkFolio
3 3 (0.43%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (4.72%) AWS
2 32 (4.58%) Azure
3 27 (3.86%) dbt
4 23 (3.29%) GCP
5 18 (2.58%) Dagster
6 12 (1.72%) SaaS
7 8 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.00%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.86%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.72%) Serverless
11 4 (0.57%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.57%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.43%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (0.43%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (0.43%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.43%) GitHub
12 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.43%) DMARC
1 3 (0.43%) SSL
2 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.14%) FTP
3 1 (0.14%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) Intranet
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.72%) Amazon Athena
2 18 (2.58%) Apache Iceberg
2 18 (2.58%) Dremio
3 12 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 11 (1.57%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.14%) Apache Hive
5 8 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.86%) Power BI
7 3 (0.43%) Tableau
8 2 (0.29%) DTS
8 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.14%) Big Data
9 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (1.86%) JIRA
2 11 (1.57%) Git
3 4 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.43%) Selenium
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) Maven
General
1 631 (90.27%) Finance
2 470 (67.24%) Social Skills
3 461 (65.95%) Banking
4 449 (64.23%) Analytical Skills
5 434 (62.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 427 (61.09%) Financial Institution
7 425 (60.80%) French Language
7 425 (60.80%) German Language
8 103 (14.74%) Front Office
9 21 (3.00%) Law
10 9 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.14%) Electronics
11 8 (1.14%) Legal
12 7 (1.00%) Czech Language
12 7 (1.00%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.86%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.57%) Brand Awareness
15 3 (0.43%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 520 (74.39%) Analyst
2 432 (61.80%) Credit Analyst
3 425 (60.80%) Research Analyst
4 75 (10.73%) Business Analyst
5 73 (10.44%) Business Manager
6 41 (5.87%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
7 35 (5.01%) Lead
8 30 (4.29%) Product Analyst
8 30 (4.29%) Product Business Analyst
8 30 (4.29%) Product Manager
9 23 (3.29%) Senior
10 22 (3.15%) Developer
11 21 (3.00%) Portfolio Manager
12 18 (2.58%) Data Engineer
12 18 (2.58%) Python Data Engineer
12 18 (2.58%) Python Engineer
13 13 (1.86%) Architect
13 13 (1.86%) IT Manager
14 8 (1.14%) Managed Services Architect
14 8 (1.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.72%) NumPy
1 19 (2.72%) Pandas
1 19 (2.72%) PySpark
2 18 (2.58%) SciPy
3 13 (1.86%) REST
4 12 (1.72%) GraphQL
5 11 (1.57%) React
6 8 (1.14%) Redux
7 6 (0.86%) Angular 2
7 6 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.86%) CSS
7 6 (0.86%) HTML
7 6 (0.86%) jQuery
8 5 (0.72%) Django
8 5 (0.72%) SOAP
9 4 (0.57%) .NET
9 4 (0.57%) Flask
10 3 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.43%) Node.js
10 3 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 514 (73.53%) Fixed Income
2 434 (62.09%) Credit Risk
3 78 (11.16%) Hedge funds
4 77 (11.02%) Derivative
5 57 (8.15%) Product Ownership
6 52 (7.44%) Equities
7 42 (6.01%) Onboarding
8 31 (4.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.57%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.57%) Social Media
13 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.43%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (0.43%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.29%) NHS
14 2 (0.29%) Private Cloud
15 1 (0.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.29%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.43%) Windows
3 9 (1.29%) Linux
4 6 (0.86%) Unix
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (74.25%) Asset Management
2 463 (66.24%) Risk Management
3 460 (65.81%) Decision-Making
4 448 (64.09%) Business Strategy
5 427 (61.09%) Financial Modelling
6 426 (60.94%) Credit Risk Analysis
7 425 (60.80%) Risk Assessment
8 134 (19.17%) Agile
9 105 (15.02%) Investment Management
10 101 (14.45%) Roadmaps
11 63 (9.01%) Project Management
12 62 (8.87%) Analytics
13 47 (6.72%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (6.44%) Front End Development
14 45 (6.44%) Quantitative Analysis
14 45 (6.44%) Risk Analytics
15 44 (6.29%) Business Analysis
16 42 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
17 35 (5.01%) Artificial Intelligence
17 35 (5.01%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 88 (12.59%) Python
2 70 (10.01%) SQL
3 27 (3.86%) Java
4 14 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.43%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.29%) C#
6 9 (1.29%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.43%) R
7 3 (0.43%) VBA
8 2 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.14%) Bash
9 1 (0.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 496 (70.96%) Degree
2 428 (61.23%) Master's Degree
3 426 (60.94%) CFA
4 9 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (1.00%) PMP
7 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.57%) Security Cleared
8 3 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.43%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.14%) MAPM
10 1 (0.14%) PgMP
10 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.86%) PMO
2 10 (1.43%) SLA
3 4 (0.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.57%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.43%) GDPR
4 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.14%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.14%) GRC
6 1 (0.14%) MiFID
6 1 (0.14%) P3O
6 1 (0.14%) QA
6 1 (0.14%) UCITS
System Software
1 11 (1.57%) Docker
2 7 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.86%) Terraform
3 4 (0.57%) Ansible
3 4 (0.57%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.14%) Grafana
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 427 (61.09%) Bloomberg
2 35 (5.01%) BISAM
2 35 (5.01%) Charles River
3 31 (4.43%) SimCorp
4 28 (4.01%) Calypso
5 20 (2.86%) IBM
5 20 (2.86%) SAP
6 12 (1.72%) Microsoft
7 10 (1.43%) Oracle
8 8 (1.14%) Planview
9 4 (0.57%) EMC
9 4 (0.57%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.57%) NetApp
9 4 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.57%) VMware
10 3 (0.43%) Google
10 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.43%) Sophis
11 1 (0.14%) Avaloq
11 1 (0.14%) Remedy