Software Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Software Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 20 51
Rank change year-on-year -13 +31 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 18 37 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 4.79% 7.24% 3.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.92% 7.72% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 11
10th Percentile £44,515 £45,000 -
25th Percentile - £50,438 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58,000 £82,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £67,000 - £68,750
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -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 366 479 392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.34% 93.74% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 176 411 289
10th Percentile £33,000 £24,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,637 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.60% -11.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,125 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (61.11%) Agile
3 9 (50.00%) C++
3 9 (50.00%) Linux
4 8 (44.44%) C
4 8 (44.44%) Firmware
4 8 (44.44%) Wireless
4 8 (44.44%) Finance
4 8 (44.44%) e-Learning
4 8 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 8 (44.44%) Digital Signal Processing
4 8 (44.44%) Signal Processing
4 8 (44.44%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (44.44%) Software-Defined Radio
4 8 (44.44%) Innovative Thinking
4 8 (44.44%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (44.44%) RISC-V
4 8 (44.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (38.89%) Degree
5 7 (38.89%) C#
6 6 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 5 (27.78%) SDLC
7 5 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (27.78%) Ada
8 4 (22.22%) Acoustics
9 3 (16.67%) Rust
9 3 (16.67%) Test Automation

Software Engineer 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 (5.56%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Software-Defined Radio
1 8 (44.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Eclipse
1 1 (5.56%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) JSP
2 1 (5.56%) Middleware
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) Vue
2 1 (5.56%) WCF
2 1 (5.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) e-Learning
1 8 (44.44%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (44.44%) MicroBlaze
1 8 (44.44%) RISC-V
2 4 (22.22%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Linux
2 8 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (61.11%) Agile
3 8 (44.44%) Digital Signal Processing
3 8 (44.44%) Innovative Thinking
3 8 (44.44%) Signal Processing
4 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 6 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 5 (27.78%) SDLC
6 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
7 2 (11.11%) DevOps
7 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
7 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.11%) OO
7 2 (11.11%) OOD
7 2 (11.11%) SOLID
7 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C++
2 8 (44.44%) C
3 7 (38.89%) C#
4 5 (27.78%) Ada
5 3 (16.67%) Java
5 3 (16.67%) Python
5 3 (16.67%) Rust
6 2 (11.11%) SQL
7 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) Degree
3 5 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (44.44%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
84 Software Engineer jobs in Hampshire