Senior Job Trends in Portsmouth

Senior
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Senior salary in Portsmouth is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 36 68 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 10.47% 22.30% 17.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.18% 22.90% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26 37 27
10th Percentile £48,250 £30,000 £26,999
25th Percentile £55,000 £31,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -28.57% +14.29%
75th Percentile £78,500 £67,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,000 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 322 297 213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 97.38% 98.16%
Number of salaries quoted 197 182 171
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £79,600 £75,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Senior job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Senior
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Portsmouth

Senior
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Portsmouth

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (19.44%) Collaborative Culture
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
1 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 6 (16.67%) SIEM
2 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (13.89%) .NET
3 5 (13.89%) Analytics
3 5 (13.89%) ASP.NET
3 5 (13.89%) Azure
3 5 (13.89%) C#
3 5 (13.89%) Clean Code
3 5 (13.89%) Cloud Security
3 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (13.89%) Ergonomics
3 5 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (13.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (11.11%) ARM Templates
4 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (11.11%) Bicep
4 4 (11.11%) Client Onboarding

Senior Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (5.56%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
1 3 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.56%) Apache Continuum
3 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) SoapUI
General
1 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) .NET
1 5 (13.89%) ASP.NET
2 4 (11.11%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.78%) PySpark
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (11.11%) ARM Cortex
2 4 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Collaborative Culture
1 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 6 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 6 (16.67%) SIEM
2 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (13.89%) Analytics
3 5 (13.89%) Clean Code
3 5 (13.89%) Cloud Security
3 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (13.89%) Ergonomics
3 5 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (13.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (13.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (11.11%) SOAR
4 4 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 5 (13.89%) C#
4 4 (11.11%) Bicep
4 4 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (5.56%) Bash
5 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) CEH
3 2 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.56%) GCIH
4 1 (2.78%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (2.78%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.33%) NIST
2 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (2.78%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.11%) Splunk
3 3 (8.33%) IBM
4 1 (2.78%) Databricks
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce