Technical Debt Job Trends in Southampton

Technical Debt
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 60 55
Rank change year-on-year - -5 +20
Permanent jobs citing Technical Debt 0 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton - 0.72% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.86% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 -
Hampshire median annual salary £71,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Technical Debt 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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 420 463 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.63% 83.27% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 297 333 321
10th Percentile £29,900 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in Southampton

Technical Debt
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Technical Debt.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Technical Debt