Revealed: the 8 jobs Portsmouth employers are hiring for most right now – and one pays £52,500

Royal Mail delivery driver, accounts assistant and care assistant roles are the jobs employers in and around Portsmouth are advertising for most right now, according to new analysis by recruitment agency Bernoullis Group – and the best-paid role on the list offers a median £52,500 a year.

The agency counted the job titles on 631 adverts covering Portsmouth posted on a major UK job board between 1 September and 10 November 2026. The most advertised roles were:

• Royal Mail delivery driver – 10 adverts (median £15.07 an hour)

• Accounts assistant – 8 adverts (median £29,000 a year)

• Care assistant – 8 adverts (median £13.87 an hour)

• Finance manager – 7 adverts (median £52,500 a year)

• Paraplanner – 6 adverts (median £46,250 a year)

• Primary teacher – 6 adverts

• Supply teacher – 5 adverts

• Finance assistant – 5 adverts (median £26,750 a year)

"These are the jobs Portsmouth employers are struggling to fill right now," said a spokesperson for Bernoullis Group. "If your experience matches one of them, you're in a strong position – so don't be afraid to ask for more money or more flexibility."

The agency's tips for job hunters:

• Set up job alerts for the exact titles employers are using – they don't always match the job title you have now.

• Copy key skills from the advert into your CV so it gets through screening software.

• Ask about progression and training at interview, not just the starting salary.

About the figures: Bernoullis Group counted job titles on adverts covering Portsmouth on one major UK job board, grouping close variants of the same title. Pay figures are the median of the midpoint of each advertised range, where enough adverts listed pay. The figures do not cover every vacancy. Bernoullis Group is a UK recruitment agency – you can search its latest vacancies at bernoullis.co.uk.