Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Portsmouth

Contract Job Market Index in Portsmouth

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£560	+5.41%	143 43.47%	79
SC Cleared	2	No change0	£550	+3.52%	125 37.99%	63
Systems Engineer	3	Up 22 places+22	-	-	57 17.33%	34
Aerospace	3	Up 22 places+22	£678	+29.04%	57 17.33%	35
Software Engineering	4	Up 22 places+22	£606	-	43 13.07%	42
Social Skills	4	Down 1 place-1	£613	+206.25%	43 13.07%	37
CI/CD	5	Up 13 places+13	£580	+33.33%	39 11.85%	14
Agile	6	Up 3 places+3	£543	+24.71%	36 10.94%	28
Systems Engineering	7	Up 20 places+20	£643	-	34 10.33%	27
DevSecOps	8	New entry-	£590	-	33 10.03%	5
Embedded Engineer	9	New entry-	£440	-	31 9.42%	6
Machine Learning	9	Up 18 places+18	£608	-	31 9.42%	7
Embedded Software Engineer	10	New entry-	£440	-	30 9.12%	5
Software Engineer	10	New entry-	£440	-	30 9.12%	26
Python	11	Up 16 places+16	£562	+46.22%	29 8.81%	20
Project Management	12	Up 14 places+14	£450	+18.03%	28 8.51%	11
Architect	13	Down 8 places-8	£670	+24.65%	27 8.21%	8
Linux	13	Up 5 places+5	£546	+25.45%	27 8.21%	9
Wireless	13	New entry-	£440	-	27 8.21%	6
AI	14	Up 13 places+13	£618	+3.00%	26 7.90%	15
AWS	14	Up 11 places+11	£563	-25.00%	26 7.90%	10
Stakeholder Engagement	14	Up 13 places+13	£575	-	26 7.90%	11
Kubernetes	15	Up 4 places+4	£565	+29.88%	24 7.29%	8
Docker	16	Up 8 places+8	£567	+12.28%	23 6.99%	10
Cybersecurity	16	Up 6 places+6	£663	+3.19%	23 6.99%	15
Degree	16	Up 4 places+4	£643	-	23 6.99%	52
PRINCE2	16	New entry-	£450	-	23 6.99%	7
Administrator	17	Up 4 places+4	-	-	22 6.69%	1
Security Architect	17	New entry-	£670	-	22 6.69%
Azure	17	Up 4 places+4	£578	+15.50%	22 6.69%	10
Problem-Solving	18	Down 4 places-4	£535	+22.98%	21 6.38%	38
PRINCE2 Practitioner	18	New entry-	£450	-	21 6.38%	3
DV Cleared	19	Up 7 places+7	£619	+45.70%	20 6.08%	13
Software Testing	19	Up 4 places+4	£563	-	20 6.08%	8
Finance	19	Up 4 places+4	£450	+68.22%	20 6.08%	22
Stakeholder Management	19	New entry-	£594	-	20 6.08%	12
Project Planning	20	New entry-	£400	-	19 5.78%	3
Risk Management	21	Up 1 place+1	£617	-	18 5.47%	9
Project Manager	21	Up 6 places+6	£488	-	18 5.47%	5
Containerisation	21	Down 1 place-1	£558	+28.27%	18 5.47%	8
Lead	22	Up 5 places+5	£670	-	17 5.17%	31
Validation	22	Up 4 places+4	£675	+22.72%	17 5.17%	31
VMware	23	Down 7 places-7	£475	-9.52%	16 4.86%	4
Test Manager	23	New entry-	-	-	16 4.86%	3
Microsoft	23	Down 12 places-12	£463	-13.95%	16 4.86%	17
ISTQB	23	New entry-	-	-	16 4.86%	2
Defect Management	23	New entry-	£675	-	16 4.86%	3
Infrastructure Engineering	24	New entry-	£575	-	15 4.56%	5
Analyst	24	Down 2 places-2	£454	+71.22%	15 4.56%	21
End-to-End Testing	24	Up 3 places+3	-	-	15 4.56%	3