Portfolio Manager Contracts in England

Portfolio Manager
UK > England

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in England is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 612 695
Rank change year-on-year +118 +83 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 43 25 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.053% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.056% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 18 41
10th Percentile £491 £373 £430
25th Percentile £525 £455 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +1.77% +2.73%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £700
90th Percentile £699 £756 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.90 - -
Median hourly rate £61.80 - -
75th Percentile £62.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.80 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Portfolio Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Manager in England

Portfolio Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +91 20 £563 -13.46% 19
North of England +44 16 £600 -11.11% 8
North East - 10 £600 - 1
Yorkshire +18 6 £600 -11.11% 2
South West +8 2 £550 +19.57%
South East +3 2 £470 -14.55% 6
East of England - 2 £569 - 2
North West - 2 £675 - 5
Midlands +20 1 £675 +58.82% 2
West Midlands - 1 £675 - 2
Portfolio Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Portfolio Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 16 (37.21%) Agile
2 13 (30.23%) Project Management
2 13 (30.23%) Public Sector
3 12 (27.91%) PMO
4 11 (25.58%) Waterfall
4 11 (25.58%) Finance
5 10 (23.26%) Portfolio Management
6 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (20.93%) Quality Management
7 7 (16.28%) Change Management
7 7 (16.28%) Banking
7 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
8 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (11.63%) ITIL
9 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
9 5 (11.63%) Coaching
9 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
10 4 (9.30%) Programme Governance
10 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.30%) PMI Certification
11 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
11 3 (6.98%) PRINCE2
11 3 (6.98%) Scrum
11 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
11 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
11 3 (6.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (6.98%) People Management
11 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
12 2 (4.65%) Performance Measurement

Portfolio Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) LAN
2 1 (2.33%) SAN
2 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.33%) WAN
2 1 (2.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
General
1 13 (30.23%) Public Sector
2 11 (25.58%) Finance
3 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Aviation
7 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.33%) Military
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.65%) PMI
2 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Agile
2 13 (30.23%) Project Management
3 11 (25.58%) Waterfall
4 10 (23.26%) Portfolio Management
5 9 (20.93%) Quality Management
6 7 (16.28%) Change Management
7 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.63%) Coaching
8 5 (11.63%) ITIL
8 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
8 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
9 4 (9.30%) Programme Governance
9 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (6.98%) People Management
10 3 (6.98%) PRINCE2
10 3 (6.98%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 3 (6.98%) Scrum
11 2 (4.65%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (4.65%) Resource Management
11 2 (4.65%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) APMG
3 2 (4.65%) PMP
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) CISA
4 1 (2.33%) CISM
4 1 (2.33%) CISSP
4 1 (2.33%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.33%) MBA
4 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) PMO
2 2 (4.65%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco
2 2 (4.65%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.33%) VMware