Digital & IT Job Statistics in Portsmouth

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+27.27%	148 21.33%	17
Systems Engineer	2	Up 2 places+2	£47,000	-18.26%	119 17.15%	16
Software Engineer	3	Up 20 places+20	£80,000	+14.28%	118 17.00%	10
Principal Engineer	6	Up 44 places+44	£72,950	-3.88%	64 9.22%	7
Principal Systems Engineer	11	Up 42 places+42	£75,900	-	43 6.20%	6
Senior Software Engineer	12	Up 41 places+41	£85,000	+15.25%	42 6.05%	4
Programmer	16	New entry-	£65,000	-	38 5.48%	3
Senior Systems Engineer	20	Up 27 places+27	£54,500	-0.90%	31 4.47%	3
C++ Software Engineer	20	New entry-	£70,000	-	31 4.47%	2
Sales Manager	21	Up 33 places+33	£35,000	-12.50%	30 4.32%
Lead	24	Up 18 places+18	£65,000	+38.29%	26 3.75%	4
Development Manager	25	Up 14 places+14	£85,000	+88.88%	24 3.46%	1
Account Manager	26	New entry-	£35,000	-	23 3.31%
Consultant	27	New entry-	£50,000	-	22 3.17%	3
Support Engineer	28	Up 21 places+21	£45,000	+20.00%	21 3.03%	1
Principal Software Engineer	29	New entry-	£70,000	-	20 2.88%
C++ Programmer	30	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 2.74%
Developer	31	Up 14 places+14	£57,500	+5.99%	18 2.59%	1
Security Consultant	32	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.45%
Cybersecurity Consultant	32	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.45%
Business Manager	33	Up 6 places+6	£44,250	-1.66%	16 2.31%	1
IT Support	34	Up 13 places+13	£42,500	+13.33%	15 2.16%
Data Scientist	35	New entry-	-	-	14 2.02%
Architect	35	Up 6 places+6	£95,000	+13.43%	14 2.02%	1
Senior Data Scientist	35	New entry-	-	-	14 2.02%
IT Engineer	36	Up 12 places+12	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.87%
Analyst	36	Up 9 places+9	£30,000	-36.17%	13 1.87%	10
IT Support Engineer	36	Up 14 places+14	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.87%
Lead Programmer	36	New entry-	£65,000	-	13 1.87%
Business Development Executive	36	Up 14 places+14	£35,000	-12.50%	13 1.87%
Systems Architect	37	New entry-	-	-	12 1.73%	1
IT Manager	37	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+6.55%	12 1.73%
Digital Executive	37	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.73%
Customer Executive	37	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.73%
Author	38	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
Technical Author	38	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
Senior Systems Architect	38	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%	1
Senior Architect	38	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%	1
Sales Representative	39	Up 15 places+15	-	-	10 1.44%	2
Category Manager	40	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.30%
Internal Account Manager	40	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 1.30%
Software Manager	40	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.30%
Software Development Manager	40	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.30%
Business Development Manager	40	Down 1 place-1	£30,000	-33.33%	9 1.30%	1
Infrastructure Engineer	41	New entry-	£70,000	-	8 1.15%	1
Hardware Engineer	41	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 1.15%	2
Network Engineer	41	Up 13 places+13	£40,000	-5.88%	8 1.15%
Senior C++ Programmer	41	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.15%
QA Engineer	41	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-15.88%	8 1.15%
Senior Programmer	41	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.15%