Software Engineering Jobs in Portsmouth

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 7 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 40 67 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 9.69% 12.25% 8.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.23% 16.26% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13 59 33
10th Percentile £40,309 £40,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -25.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £82,500 £77,000
Hampshire median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 391 412 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 94.67% 75.32% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 182 353 250
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,100 £29,360
25th Percentile £47,546 £40,000 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,375 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Portsmouth

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Portsmouth

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Portsmouth

Software Engineering
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 (2.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Azure
1 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (5.00%) SaaS
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (40.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 16 (40.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.50%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 16 (40.00%) Finance
2 10 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (2.50%) Automotive
3 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Military
3 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Software Assurance Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Lead
6 2 (5.00%) Project Leader
7 1 (2.50%) Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Head of Technology
7 1 (2.50%) Junior
7 1 (2.50%) Junior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) QA Test Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) .NET
1 1 (2.50%) CSS
1 1 (2.50%) HTML
1 1 (2.50%) JSP
1 1 (2.50%) Middleware
1 1 (2.50%) React
1 1 (2.50%) WCF
1 1 (2.50%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) e-Learning
1 16 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
1 16 (40.00%) MicroBlaze
1 16 (40.00%) RISC-V
2 4 (10.00%) Acoustics
3 2 (5.00%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (45.00%) Linux
2 16 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Agile
2 16 (40.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 16 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 16 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 10 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 10 (25.00%) Software Assurance
3 10 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (15.00%) Software Testing
5 5 (12.50%) SDLC
6 3 (7.50%) CI/CD
6 3 (7.50%) DevSecOps
6 3 (7.50%) Mathematics
6 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.50%) Test Automation
7 2 (5.00%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (5.00%) Containerisation
7 2 (5.00%) DevOps
7 2 (5.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (42.50%) C++
2 16 (40.00%) C
3 6 (15.00%) C#
4 5 (12.50%) Ada
5 4 (10.00%) Python
6 3 (7.50%) Java
6 3 (7.50%) Rust
7 1 (2.50%) SQL
7 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) SC Cleared
1 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (17.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (40.00%) Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) Foundry
2 1 (2.50%) Palantir