Digital & IT Job Statistics in Portsmouth

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 22 places+22	£70,000	+27.27%	142 20.52%	19
Software Engineer	3	Up 16 places+16	£80,000	+14.28%	120 17.34%	12
Systems Engineer	4	No change0	£47,000	-21.66%	118 17.05%	19
Principal Engineer	6	Up 39 places+39	£72,950	+4.21%	64 9.25%	4
Principal Systems Engineer	13	Up 37 places+37	£75,900	+8.42%	41 5.92%	3
Senior Software Engineer	13	Up 37 places+37	£85,000	+15.25%	41 5.92%	4
Programmer	16	New entry-	£65,000	-	37 5.35%	3
Sales Manager	19	Up 32 places+32	£35,000	-12.50%	34 4.91%
Senior Systems Engineer	24	Up 20 places+20	£54,000	-1.81%	29 4.19%	5
C++ Software Engineer	24	New entry-	£70,000	-	29 4.19%	2
Development Manager	25	Up 12 places+12	£44,250	-1.66%	28 4.05%	3
Lead	27	Up 14 places+14	£65,000	+81.81%	25 3.61%	5
Account Manager	29	New entry-	£35,000	-	23 3.32%
Developer	29	Up 12 places+12	£57,500	+5.69%	23 3.32%	1
Consultant	30	New entry-	£50,000	-	22 3.18%	2
Principal Software Engineer	30	New entry-	£70,000	-	22 3.18%
Business Manager	31	Up 6 places+6	£30,000	-33.33%	21 3.03%	1
Support Engineer	32	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	+20.00%	20 2.89%
C++ Programmer	33	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 2.75%
Security Consultant	35	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.46%
Cybersecurity Consultant	35	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.46%
IT Support	36	Up 7 places+7	£43,750	+16.66%	16 2.31%
IT Engineer	37	Up 8 places+8	£42,500	+13.33%	15 2.17%	1
Analyst	38	Up 5 places+5	£32,500	-34.67%	14 2.02%	5
Architect	38	Up 1 place+1	£95,000	+15.15%	14 2.02%
Business Development Manager	38	Down 1 place-1	£30,000	-33.33%	14 2.02%	1
IT Support Engineer	39	Up 8 places+8	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.88%
Lead Programmer	39	New entry-	£65,000	-	13 1.88%
Data Scientist	39	New entry-	-	-	13 1.88%	3
Business Development Executive	39	New entry-	£35,000	-	13 1.88%
Senior Data Scientist	39	New entry-	-	-	13 1.88%	2
Digital Executive	40	Up 11 places+11	£30,000	-14.28%	12 1.73%
Customer Executive	40	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.73%
Systems Architect	40	New entry-	-	-	12 1.73%
IT Manager	40	Up 4 places+4	£65,000	+6.55%	12 1.73%
Author	41	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
Technical Author	41	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
.NET Developer	41	Up 9 places+9	£56,250	+3.68%	11 1.59%
Senior Systems Architect	41	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%
Senior Architect	41	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%
Sales Representative	41	Up 10 places+10	-	-	11 1.59%	1
Sales Business Development Manager	41	Up 10 places+10	£30,000	-25.00%	11 1.59%
Category Manager	43	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.30%
Azure Developer	43	Up 6 places+6	£57,500	+5.99%	9 1.30%
Internal Account Manager	43	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 1.30%
Infrastructure Engineer	43	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.30%
Hardware Engineer	44	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 1.16%	7
Software Development Manager	44	New entry-	£100,000	-	8 1.16%	2
Network Engineer	44	Up 6 places+6	£40,000	-20.00%	8 1.16%
Senior C++ Programmer	44	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.16%