Degree Jobs in Dorset

Academic Degree
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +20
Permanent jobs citing Degree 205 62 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 28.16% 17.71% 19.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 74.82% 39.24% 65.02%
Number of salaries quoted 35 57 49
10th Percentile £36,900 £30,775 -
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +92.86% -30.42%
75th Percentile £59,954 £85,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,500 - £59,400
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +23.53% -5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 274 158 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 37.64% 45.14% 30.11%
Number of salaries quoted 59 141 102
10th Percentile £35,400 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £33,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +23.66% -7.55%
75th Percentile £60,625 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £68,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% +3.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Dorset.

Salary trend for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Dorset over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Dorset

Degree
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 November 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorchester +4 25 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Weymouth - 19 £59,908 - 4
Poole +8 10 £29,000 -38.95% 6
Bournemouth -19 6 £67,500 +74.19% 8
Bridport - 6 £61,500 - 1
Blandford Forum - 1 £55,000 -
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 20 (9.76%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) EPLAN
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.95%) Azure
3 3 (1.46%) Google Ads
3 3 (1.46%) IaaS
4 1 (0.49%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.46%) DHCP
1 3 (1.46%) DNS
1 3 (1.46%) Fibre Channel
1 3 (1.46%) SAN
1 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.46%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 21 (10.24%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (7.80%) LabVIEW
3 13 (6.34%) NetBeans
3 13 (6.34%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.44%) CppUnit
4 5 (2.44%) JUnit
5 4 (1.95%) Git
6 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 21 (10.24%) Aerospace
1 21 (10.24%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.83%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (6.34%) Automotive
3 13 (6.34%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (4.88%) Military
5 7 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.93%) Finance
7 4 (1.95%) Electronics
7 4 (1.95%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.46%) Marketing
8 3 (1.46%) Retail
9 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Local Government
9 2 (0.98%) Police
9 2 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (29.27%) Senior
2 59 (28.78%) Principal Engineer
3 45 (21.95%) Software Engineer
4 44 (21.46%) Engineering Manager
5 32 (15.61%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Configuration Management Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) SCM Engineer
7 15 (7.32%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 15 (7.32%) Senior Manager
8 12 (5.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Lead
11 7 (3.41%) C# Software Engineer
11 7 (3.41%) Product Architect
11 7 (3.41%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.41%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.41%) Senior Architect
11 7 (3.41%) Senior Security Architect
11 7 (3.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.17%) HTML
2 22 (10.73%) .NET
2 22 (10.73%) CSS
3 20 (9.76%) .NET Framework
3 20 (9.76%) ASP.NET
3 20 (9.76%) Blazor
3 20 (9.76%) WPF
4 13 (6.34%) JavaFX
5 1 (0.49%) DPDK
5 1 (0.49%) Kafka
5 1 (0.49%) Playwright
5 1 (0.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.76%) Robotics
2 12 (5.85%) PMI
3 11 (5.37%) SCADA
3 11 (5.37%) Taxonomies
4 10 (4.88%) Acoustics
5 6 (2.93%) Arduino
5 6 (2.93%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (1.46%) Clustering
6 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.46%) Replication
7 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.44%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (29.27%) Mathematics
1 60 (29.27%) Systems Engineering
2 49 (23.90%) Agile
3 47 (22.93%) Software Engineering
4 44 (21.46%) Coaching
5 42 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (17.07%) Configuration Management
7 34 (16.59%) Physics
8 30 (14.63%) Release Management
9 23 (11.22%) Project Management
9 23 (11.22%) Requirements Management
9 23 (11.22%) UML
10 20 (9.76%) Mathematical Modelling
11 19 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (8.78%) Unit Testing
12 18 (8.78%) V-Model
13 17 (8.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 17 (8.29%) Waterfall
14 16 (7.80%) SDLC
15 15 (7.32%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.98%) C++
2 30 (14.63%) C
3 27 (13.17%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.73%) C#
4 22 (10.73%) Python
5 21 (10.24%) Java
6 16 (7.80%) MATLAB
7 13 (6.34%) Fortran
7 13 (6.34%) SQL
8 5 (2.44%) VBA
9 4 (1.95%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.95%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.49%) Bash
11 1 (0.49%) Perl
11 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (38.05%) Chartered Engineer
2 26 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.78%) Master's Degree
3 18 (8.78%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.85%) PMI Certification
5 11 (5.37%) Numerate Degree
6 10 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.49%) HNC
10 1 (0.49%) HND
10 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.24%) IEC 61508
2 13 (6.34%) ISO 9001
3 12 (5.85%) IEC 61131
4 11 (5.37%) Def Stans
4 11 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (5.37%) NIST
5 8 (3.90%) QA
5 8 (3.90%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (1.46%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (3.90%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (1.46%) SCCM
2 3 (1.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (9.76%) Siemens
2 17 (8.29%) Micro Focus
3 13 (6.34%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.90%) IBM
4 8 (3.90%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.46%) Google
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce