Digital & IT Job Statistics in Portsmouth

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Senior	2	Up 23 places+23	£70,000	+27.27%	144 20.90%	23
Systems Engineer	3	Up 1 place+1	£47,000	-14.54%	118 17.13%	13
Software Engineer	4	Up 17 places+17	£82,500	+17.85%	116 16.84%	13
Principal Engineer	6	Up 44 places+44	£72,950	-	63 9.14%	4
Principal Systems Engineer	11	Up 42 places+42	£75,900	-	42 6.10%	3
Senior Software Engineer	12	Up 40 places+40	£85,000	+15.25%	41 5.95%	5
Programmer	14	New entry-	£65,000	-	38 5.52%	3
Sales Manager	19	Up 34 places+34	£35,000	-12.50%	31 4.50%
Senior Systems Engineer	20	Up 26 places+26	£54,000	-1.81%	30 4.35%	3
C++ Software Engineer	21	New entry-	£70,000	-	29 4.21%	2
Development Manager	25	Up 14 places+14	£85,000	+88.88%	25 3.63%	1
Lead	25	Up 16 places+16	£65,000	+36.84%	25 3.63%	5
Account Manager	27	New entry-	£35,000	-	23 3.34%
Consultant	28	New entry-	£50,000	-	22 3.19%	5
Support Engineer	29	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	+20.00%	21 3.05%	1
Developer	30	Up 13 places+13	£57,500	+5.99%	20 2.90%	2
Principal Software Engineer	30	New entry-	£70,000	-	20 2.90%
C++ Programmer	31	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 2.76%
Business Manager	33	Up 6 places+6	£42,500	-5.55%	17 2.47%	1
Security Consultant	33	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.47%
Cybersecurity Consultant	33	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 2.47%
IT Support	35	Up 10 places+10	£42,500	+13.33%	15 2.18%
Data Scientist	36	New entry-	-	-	14 2.03%
Analyst	36	Up 10 places+10	£32,500	-13.33%	14 2.03%	13
Architect	36	Up 3 places+3	£95,000	+13.43%	14 2.03%	1
Senior Data Scientist	36	New entry-	-	-	14 2.03%
IT Engineer	36	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	+13.33%	14 2.03%
IT Support Engineer	37	Up 12 places+12	£42,500	+13.33%	13 1.89%
Lead Programmer	37	New entry-	£65,000	-	13 1.89%
Business Development Executive	37	Up 15 places+15	£35,000	-12.50%	13 1.89%
Systems Architect	38	New entry-	-	-	12 1.74%	1
Digital Executive	38	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.74%
Customer Executive	38	New entry-	£30,000	-	12 1.74%
Author	39	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.60%
Technical Author	39	New entry-	£47,500	-	11 1.60%
IT Manager	39	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	+6.55%	11 1.60%	1
Senior Systems Architect	39	New entry-	-	-	11 1.60%	1
Senior Architect	39	New entry-	-	-	11 1.60%	1
Business Development Manager	40	Down 1 place-1	£30,000	-33.33%	10 1.45%	1
Sales Representative	40	Up 13 places+13	-	-	10 1.45%	2
Category Manager	41	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 1.31%
Software Development Manager	41	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.31%
.NET Developer	41	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	+1.38%	9 1.31%	1
Internal Account Manager	41	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 1.31%
Software Manager	41	New entry-	£100,000	-	9 1.31%
Senior C++ Programmer	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.16%
Senior Programmer	42	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 1.16%
QA Engineer	42	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-15.88%	8 1.16%
Hardware Engineer	42	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 1.16%	7
Infrastructure Engineer	42	New entry-	£70,000	-	8 1.16%	1