Secure Coding Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Secure Code Development
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Secure Coding skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Secure Coding 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.65% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £526 -
% change year-on-year +14.01% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Secure Coding falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 132 93 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 72.53% 84.55% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 49 112
10th Percentile £313 £400 £400
25th Percentile £416 £464 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £542
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +6.09% +5.76%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £631
90th Percentile £629 £660 £823
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 67
10th Percentile £15.65 £31.25 £31.95
25th Percentile £23.88 £34.06 £53.40
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% -0.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £54.06 £62.81 £68.51
90th Percentile £59.88 £71.63 £78.12
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.00 £57.75 £53.69
% change year-on-year -61.90% +7.57% +13.03%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Secure Coding relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Secure Coding job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Secure Coding
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Secure Coding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Secure Coding

Secure Coding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared