Degree Job Trends 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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -35 +6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 18 76 196
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 2.43% 19.24% 18.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.52% 60.32% 67.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 46 37
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £75,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% -28.00%
75th Percentile £51,563 £80,000 £50,500
90th Percentile £63,750 - £64,750
South West median annual salary £42,500 £50,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -15.84% -2.88% -0.95%

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 124 126 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 16.71% 31.90% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23 75 100
10th Percentile £29,850 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £42,786
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +40.23% -22.21%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £53,500
90th Percentile £99,000 - £66,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +1.85%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Degree job vacancy trend in Dorset

Degree
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Dorset over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

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 9 August 2026. 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
Bournemouth -23 7 £45,000 -18.18% 12
Poole -12 5 £31,500 +14.55% 7
Wareham -8 1 £62,500 -16.67% 1
Degree
South West

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (11.11%) InDesign
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
2 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Local Government
4 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Bid Manager
2 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 3 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) JSON
1 3 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (11.11%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) React
2 2 (11.11%) Spring
2 2 (11.11%) Spring Boot
2 2 (11.11%) WinForms
3 1 (5.56%) DirectX
3 1 (5.56%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.56%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (16.67%) B2B
5 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 3 (16.67%) ITIL
5 3 (16.67%) Logistics
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (11.11%) CRM
6 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Email Marketing
6 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) HNC
3 1 (5.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Grafana
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 2 (11.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) NEC
3 1 (5.56%) TOWER Software