Portfolio Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Portfolio Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 172 170
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +79
Permanent jobs citing Portfolio Management 9 27 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.17% 0.65% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.71% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 4
10th Percentile - £56,775 £32,750
25th Percentile - £61,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £83,750 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% +63.41% -27.56%
75th Percentile £72,500 £150,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £79,250 £200,000 £90,249
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £72,750
% change year-on-year -17.65% +16.84% +0.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Portfolio Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Portfolio Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Portfolio Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Portfolio Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Portfolio Management in the West Midlands

Portfolio Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Coventry +4 3 £60,000 +0.84%
Staffordshire - 3 £82,500 -
Birmingham +6 2 £70,000 -48.62% 3
Shropshire - 1 - - 2
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Smartsheet
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) German Language
5 1 (11.11%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) IT Manager
2 3 (33.33%) IT Assistant
3 2 (22.22%) Head of Applications
3 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
3 2 (22.22%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Assistant IT Manager
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Business Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Workload Management
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Pricing Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Pricing Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) BMC
2 2 (22.22%) Remedy
2 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow