Portfolio Manager Jobs

Portfolio Manager
UK

The median Portfolio Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 759 900
Rank change year-on-year +89 +141 +177
Permanent jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 39 153 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.15% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.16% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 17 128 55
10th Percentile £44,800 £42,147 £45,836
25th Percentile £54,625 £42,962 £47,295
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,080 £69,378
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -7.64% -7.50%
75th Percentile £118,750 £84,964 £83,750
90th Percentile £126,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £69,378
% change year-on-year +30.00% -27.93% +37.94%

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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £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 £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +49 35 £66,250 +3.39% 29
UK excluding London +114 19 £65,000 +30.00% 27
London +88 19 £118,750 +13.10% 11
Work from Home +22 8 £63,625 -0.71% 3
North of England +9 7 £92,500 +44.35% 9
Midlands +80 6 £47,250 -26.26%
North West +1 5 £116,250 +81.41% 8
East Midlands - 5 £47,000 -
Scotland - 4 £110,000 - 3
South East +77 2 £85,000 +88.89% 14
Yorkshire +38 2 £63,625 +4.66%
West Midlands +47 1 £60,000 -6.37%

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Portfolio Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 29 (74.36%) Finance
2 24 (61.54%) Portfolio Management
3 17 (43.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (41.03%) Decision-Making
5 15 (38.46%) Agile
6 12 (30.77%) PRINCE2
7 11 (28.21%) Project Management
7 11 (28.21%) Innovative Thinking
8 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
8 9 (23.08%) Business Strategy
9 8 (20.51%) Technology Strategy
9 8 (20.51%) FinOps
9 8 (20.51%) Cost Management
9 8 (20.51%) Cost Control
9 8 (20.51%) Performance Measurement
9 8 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 8 (20.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 8 (20.51%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (20.51%) Resource Allocation
9 8 (20.51%) Strategic Management
9 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (20.51%) Demand Management
10 7 (17.95%) Business Case
11 6 (15.38%) Project Delivery
11 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
12 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
12 5 (12.82%) Change Management
13 4 (10.26%) Programme Management
13 4 (10.26%) Wealth Management
13 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership

Portfolio Manager 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 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Azure
1 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
General
1 29 (74.36%) Finance
2 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Credit Risk
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Android
1 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) Portfolio Management
2 17 (43.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (41.03%) Decision-Making
4 15 (38.46%) Agile
5 12 (30.77%) PRINCE2
6 11 (28.21%) Innovative Thinking
6 11 (28.21%) Project Management
7 9 (23.08%) Business Strategy
7 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
8 8 (20.51%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (20.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (20.51%) Cost Control
8 8 (20.51%) Cost Management
8 8 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (20.51%) Demand Management
8 8 (20.51%) FinOps
8 8 (20.51%) Performance Measurement
8 8 (20.51%) Resource Allocation
8 8 (20.51%) Strategic Management
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow