Portfolio Manager Contracts

Portfolio Manager
UK

The median Portfolio Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 669 774
Rank change year-on-year +133 +105 -95
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Manager 48 28 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.050% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.053% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 21 46
10th Percentile £473 £388 £446
25th Percentile £525 £500 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £740
90th Percentile £687 £775 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £638 £538
% change year-on-year -5.88% +18.60% +2.38%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £61.80 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Portfolio Manager in the UK

Portfolio Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +106 44 £575 -10.68% 50
UK excluding London +42 24 £600 -5.88% 24
London +90 20 £563 -13.46% 25
North of England +29 16 £600 -11.11% 14
North East - 10 £600 - 4
Work from Home +112 8 £563 -2.17% 13
Yorkshire +18 6 £600 -11.11% 2
South East +13 3 £470 -14.55% 3
North West +15 2 £675 -3.57% 8
South West +3 2 £550 - 1
East of England - 2 £569 - 1
Midlands +17 1 £675 +58.82% 5
West Midlands - 1 £675 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 featuring Portfolio Manager in the job title.

1 17 (35.42%) Finance
2 16 (33.33%) Project Management
2 16 (33.33%) Agile
3 13 (27.08%) Portfolio Management
3 13 (27.08%) PMO
3 13 (27.08%) Public Sector
4 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (22.92%) Waterfall
6 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
7 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (18.75%) Quality Management
8 8 (16.67%) Banking
9 7 (14.58%) Change Management
10 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
11 5 (10.42%) Programme Management
11 5 (10.42%) ITIL
11 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2
11 5 (10.42%) Coaching
11 5 (10.42%) Budget Management
12 4 (8.33%) PMP
12 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
12 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
12 4 (8.33%) Programme Governance
12 4 (8.33%) Degree
12 4 (8.33%) Resource Management
13 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
13 3 (6.25%) Scrum
13 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) LAN
2 1 (2.08%) SAN
2 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.08%) WAN
2 1 (2.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 17 (35.42%) Finance
2 13 (27.08%) Public Sector
3 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
5 8 (16.67%) Banking
6 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Aviation
8 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Legal
8 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.08%) Military
8 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.17%) PMI
2 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.08%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Agile
1 16 (33.33%) Project Management
2 13 (27.08%) Portfolio Management
3 11 (22.92%) Waterfall
4 9 (18.75%) Quality Management
4 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (14.58%) Change Management
6 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.42%) Budget Management
7 5 (10.42%) Coaching
7 5 (10.42%) ITIL
7 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2
7 5 (10.42%) Programme Management
8 4 (8.33%) Programme Governance
8 4 (8.33%) Resource Management
8 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (6.25%) People Management
9 3 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 4 (8.33%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) PMP
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) APMG
4 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.08%) CISA
4 1 (2.08%) CISM
4 1 (2.08%) CISSP
4 1 (2.08%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.08%) MBA
4 1 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.08%) PMO
2 2 (4.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Cisco
2 2 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle
3 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.08%) VMware