Developer Jobs in Portsmouth

Developer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Developer salary in Portsmouth is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 11 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 32 59 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 7.96% 11.35% 29.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.23% 12.09% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 29 53 96
10th Percentile £49,680 £43,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £56,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,625
90th Percentile - £78,750 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 389 488 381
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 93.85% 91.37%
Number of salaries quoted 184 419 279
10th Percentile £32,650 £24,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Portsmouth

Developer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Portsmouth.

Salary trend for Developer in Portsmouth

Developer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Portsmouth

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 18 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 18 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (53.13%) SAP
2 17 (53.13%) Aerospace
3 16 (50.00%) SAPUI5
3 16 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 16 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 16 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 8 (25.00%) C#
5 7 (21.88%) .NET
6 6 (18.75%) XML
7 5 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (15.63%) .NET Core
8 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 4 (12.50%) TypeScript
8 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 4 (12.50%) MagicDraw
8 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
8 4 (12.50%) SysML
8 4 (12.50%) UML
8 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET
8 4 (12.50%) SQL
8 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
9 3 (9.38%) C++
9 3 (9.38%) Agile
9 3 (9.38%) Social Skills

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) AWS
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MagicDraw
2 1 (3.13%) CMake
2 1 (3.13%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (53.13%) Aerospace
2 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Games
4 1 (3.13%) Advertising
4 1 (3.13%) Automotive
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (50.00%) SAPUI5
2 7 (21.88%) .NET
3 6 (18.75%) XML
4 5 (15.63%) .NET Core
5 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET
6 2 (6.25%) CSS
6 2 (6.25%) Node.js
6 2 (6.25%) React
7 1 (3.13%) HTML
7 1 (3.13%) POCO
7 1 (3.13%) REST
7 1 (3.13%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (3.13%) SOAP
7 1 (3.13%) Spring
7 1 (3.13%) STL
7 1 (3.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (3.13%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (3.13%) Vue
7 1 (3.13%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 16 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 16 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 4 (12.50%) SysML
2 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (12.50%) UML
3 3 (9.38%) Agile
4 2 (6.25%) Business Transformation
4 2 (6.25%) Cloud Security
4 2 (6.25%) ERP
4 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.25%) SDLC
5 1 (3.13%) Clean Code
5 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) C#
2 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 4 (12.50%) TypeScript
3 3 (9.38%) C++
4 2 (6.25%) Java
4 2 (6.25%) Python
5 1 (3.13%) ABAP
5 1 (3.13%) Embedded C++
5 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 18 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.13%) Intel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle
120 Developer jobs in Hampshire