Digital & IT Job Statistics in Portsmouth

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	1	Up 18 places+18	£70,000	+27.27%	146 21.04%	51
Software Engineer	2	Up 18 places+18	£80,000	+14.28%	117 16.86%	26
Systems Engineer	3	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-18.18%	116 16.71%	33
Principal Engineer	5	Up 39 places+39	£72,950	-3.88%	65 9.37%	11
Principal Systems Engineer	9	Up 38 places+38	£75,900	-	44 6.34%	8
Senior Software Engineer	11	Up 36 places+36	£85,000	+15.25%	42 6.05%	12
Programmer	13	New entry-	£65,000	-	39 5.62%	3
Senior Systems Engineer	18	Up 23 places+23	£54,500	-0.90%	30 4.32%	10
C++ Software Engineer	18	New entry-	£70,000	-	30 4.32%	3
Sales Manager	18	Up 30 places+30	£35,000	-12.50%	30 4.32%	1
Lead	19	Up 17 places+17	£65,000	+38.29%	27 3.89%	24
Development Manager	21	Up 12 places+12	£85,000	+88.88%	24 3.46%	3
Account Manager	22	New entry-	£35,000	-	23 3.31%
Consultant	22	New entry-	£50,000	-	23 3.31%	9
Support Engineer	24	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	+20.00%	21 3.03%	1
Principal Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£70,000	-	20 2.88%	2
C++ Programmer	26	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 2.74%
Security Consultant	28	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.45%	2
Developer	28	Up 11 places+11	£56,250	+3.68%	17 2.45%	6
Cybersecurity Consultant	28	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.45%	2
Business Manager	29	Up 4 places+4	£44,250	-1.66%	16 2.31%	2
IT Support	31	Up 10 places+10	£42,500	+13.33%	14 2.02%	4
Data Scientist	31	New entry-	-	-	14 2.02%
Analyst	31	Up 7 places+7	£32,500	-23.07%	14 2.02%	24
Architect	31	Up 3 places+3	£95,000	+11.76%	14 2.02%	12
Senior Data Scientist	31	New entry-	-	-	14 2.02%
IT Engineer	32	Up 10 places+10	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.87%	2
IT Support Engineer	32	Up 12 places+12	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.87%
Lead Programmer	32	New entry-	£65,000	-	13 1.87%
Business Development Executive	32	Up 12 places+12	£35,000	-12.50%	13 1.87%
Systems Architect	33	New entry-	-	-	12 1.73%	3
IT Manager	33	Up 8 places+8	£65,000	+6.55%	12 1.73%	2
Digital Executive	33	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.73%
Customer Executive	33	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.73%
Author	34	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
Technical Author	34	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.59%
Senior Systems Architect	34	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%	1
Senior Architect	34	New entry-	-	-	11 1.59%	1
Sales Representative	35	Up 13 places+13	-	-	10 1.44%	1
Category Manager	36	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.30%
Internal Account Manager	36	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 1.30%
Software Manager	36	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.30%	1
Software Development Manager	36	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.30%	1
Business Development Manager	36	Down 3 places-3	£30,000	-33.33%	9 1.30%	2
Hardware Engineer	37	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 1.15%	5
Network Engineer	37	Up 11 places+11	£40,000	-5.88%	8 1.15%
Senior C++ Programmer	37	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.15%
Senior Programmer	37	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.15%
QA Engineer	37	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-15.88%	8 1.15%
Delivery Manager	38	Up 9 places+9	£90,000	+27.65%	7 1.01%	3