Software for Portsmouth businesses
Portsmouth is Britain's only island city and has been home to the Royal Navy for centuries. HMNB Portsmouth is the base for much of the surface fleet, including the Navy's aircraft carriers, and the naval base supports a large defence supply chain of shipbuilding, maintenance, engineering and electronics firms, with BAE Systems among the major employers. The Historic Dockyard, with HMS Victory, the Mary Rose and HMS Warrior, is one of the city's main visitor attractions.
Portsmouth International Port runs cross-Channel and Channel Islands ferries, and Gunwharf Quays, beneath the Spinnaker Tower, is a major outlet shopping and leisure destination. The University of Portsmouth is a large employer with strengths in engineering, computing, cyber security and business. North of the island, Lakeside North Harbour at Cosham is a significant business park for corporate and technology occupiers.
The defence and marine supply chain shapes many local software requirements:
- Quality, inspection and certification records with full traceability for engineering suppliers
- Job costing, timesheets and project tracking for contract engineering firms
- Booking, ticketing and visitor management for attractions and tour operators
- Stock and order systems for retailers trading in store and online
- Secure document portals with tight access control for subcontractors
Defence suppliers work under strict requirements for document control and access, so software must log who viewed or changed each record and when. We build these controls in as standard, using role-based permissions and audit logs, and can host in UK data centres. For smaller engineering firms, a well-designed ERP-style system can replace a cluster of spreadsheets that track jobs, materials and hours separately.
Who we build for in Portsmouth
- Defence and marine engineering suppliers
- Shipbuilding and maintenance subcontractors
- Ferry, port and logistics businesses
- Attractions and tour operators
- Retailers and outlet brands
- Electronics and cyber security firms
- Hospitality businesses
- Construction contractors
How we work with Portsmouth clients
We work remotely from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, using video calls, shared staging sites you can click around in and short build stages you can see. Every project gets a fixed-price quote after a free initial chat and a short scoping stage. You own the code and the data. We have been building software and integrations for UK businesses since 2006.
Free chat
Tell us the problem in plain English: what you do now, what goes wrong and what "better" looks like. No charge, no obligation.
Scoping
We map the processes, systems and data involved, agree what is in and out, and write it down so there are no surprises.
Fixed-price quote
You get a fixed price for the agreed scope, or a phased plan for bigger builds, so you can start small and prove it works.
Build and test
We build in short stages you can see and try, test against real data, then go live carefully with a rollback plan.
Hand over and look after
You own the code and the data. We can host it, support it and keep improving it, or hand it to your own team.
What we build in Portsmouth
Nearby
- Brighton
- Reading
- Oxford
- Southampton
- Milton Keynes
- Canterbury
- Slough
- Guildford
- Woking
- Crawley
- Maidstone
- Basingstoke
- High Wycombe
- Aylesbury
Frequently asked questions
Can you work with our Portsmouth team remotely?
Yes. dijitul works remotely from Mansfield. We run discovery and progress reviews on video, share a staging site for testing and agree scope changes in writing. Portsmouth clients get full visibility of the build without needing on-site meetings.
Do you cover Fareham, Havant, Gosport and Waterlooville?
Yes. We work across the Portsmouth area, including Fareham, Havant, Gosport, Waterlooville, Cosham, Southsea and Hayling Island, plus Southampton and Chichester. Every project follows the same free chat, scoping and fixed-price quote process.
Can you build software with strict access controls?
Yes. We build role-based access so each user only sees the records they are permitted to, with two-factor authentication, full audit logs of views and changes, and hosting in UK data centres where required.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.