Senior Jobs in Portsmouth

Senior
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Senior salary in Portsmouth is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 73 67 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 17.42% 11.84% 17.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.07% 12.59% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 21 58 48
10th Percentile - £43,080 £52,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £56,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 404 532 366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.42% 93.99% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 191 458 268
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £35,000 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,050 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% +1.90%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Portsmouth

Senior
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Senior in Portsmouth

Senior
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 50 (68.49%) Degree
1 50 (68.49%) BPSS Clearance
2 25 (34.25%) Systems Engineering
3 20 (27.40%) Mathematics
4 19 (26.03%) IEC 61508
5 18 (24.66%) Physics
5 18 (24.66%) Acceptance Criteria
6 12 (16.44%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (16.44%) FMEA
6 12 (16.44%) Def Stans
6 12 (16.44%) Software Testing
7 11 (15.07%) Requirements Management
7 11 (15.07%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (13.70%) C#
9 8 (10.96%) Test Automation
10 7 (9.59%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (9.59%) DO-254
10 7 (9.59%) ARP4754
10 7 (9.59%) Use Case
10 7 (9.59%) Coaching
10 7 (9.59%) Software Engineering
10 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
11 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
11 6 (8.22%) .NET
11 6 (8.22%) XML
11 6 (8.22%) Computer Science
11 6 (8.22%) Visualisation
12 5 (6.85%) Hazard Analysis
12 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (6.85%) HAZOP

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Infor LN
1 1 (1.37%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Broadband
1 2 (2.74%) DHCP
1 2 (2.74%) DNS
1 2 (2.74%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (2.74%) Firewall
1 2 (2.74%) GPON
1 2 (2.74%) IPv4
1 2 (2.74%) IPv6
1 2 (2.74%) MPLS
1 2 (2.74%) VPN
1 2 (2.74%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) MagicDraw
2 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.74%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.48%) Electronics
3 4 (5.48%) Finance
4 1 (1.37%) Automotive
4 1 (1.37%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) .NET
1 6 (8.22%) XML
2 5 (6.85%) .NET Core
3 4 (5.48%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.74%) SOAP
5 1 (1.37%) Vue
5 1 (1.37%) WCF
5 1 (1.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Acoustics
1 4 (5.48%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Systems Engineering
2 20 (27.40%) Mathematics
3 18 (24.66%) Acceptance Criteria
3 18 (24.66%) Physics
4 12 (16.44%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (16.44%) FMEA
4 12 (16.44%) Software Testing
5 11 (15.07%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (15.07%) Requirements Management
6 8 (10.96%) Test Automation
7 7 (9.59%) Coaching
7 7 (9.59%) Software Engineering
7 7 (9.59%) Use Case
8 6 (8.22%) Computer Science
8 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
8 6 (8.22%) Visualisation
9 5 (6.85%) Agile
9 5 (6.85%) Hazard Analysis
10 4 (5.48%) Data Modelling
10 4 (5.48%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.70%) C#
2 4 (5.48%) Ada
3 3 (4.11%) C++
4 2 (2.74%) Java
4 2 (2.74%) Python
4 2 (2.74%) Rust
5 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (68.49%) BPSS Clearance
1 50 (68.49%) Degree
2 7 (9.59%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (5.48%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.11%) CISSP
5 2 (2.74%) JNCIS
5 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) ACCA
6 1 (1.37%) CCNP
6 1 (1.37%) CIMA
6 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (26.03%) IEC 61508
2 12 (16.44%) Def Stans
3 7 (9.59%) ARP4754
3 7 (9.59%) DO-254
4 5 (6.85%) HAZOP
5 1 (1.37%) GAAP
5 1 (1.37%) IFRS
5 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (2.74%) Juniper
2 1 (1.37%) Cisco
2 1 (1.37%) Cognos
2 1 (1.37%) Infor
2 1 (1.37%) Meraki
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle
2 1 (1.37%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.37%) SAP
2 1 (1.37%) SonicWALL