Trainee Software Developer Job Trends in Portsmouth

Trainee Software Developer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Trainee Software Developer salary in Portsmouth is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee Software Developer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £31,500 - -

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 323 383 182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 95.99% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 187 250 142
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,976 £32,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,783 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,250 £67,285
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -8.18%

Trainee Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Trainee Software Developer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Trainee Software Developer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for Trainee Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Trainee Software Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Trainee Software Developer 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 Trainee Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Python

Trainee Software Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft