Senior Developer Jobs in Portsmouth

Senior Developer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Senior Developer salary in Portsmouth is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 40 8
Rank change year-on-year -14 -32 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 17 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.45% 2.88% 16.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 3.08% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 33
10th Percentile £61,125 £58,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £62,813 £62,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £77,813 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,375 £71,000 £81,250
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +8.00%

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 420 552 268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 93.56% 87.01%
Number of salaries quoted 210 472 212
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £44,151 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,325 £45,000 £53,286
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% -15.55% +1.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,250 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Portsmouth

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Portsmouth

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Portsmouth

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development

Senior 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript