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 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -34 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 18 45 237
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 2.62% 19.74% 19.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.59% 48.39% 69.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 58
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,625 £32,625
25th Percentile £30,125 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £47,683 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% +8.99% -7.89%
75th Percentile £47,875 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £61,500 £70,750
South West median annual salary £44,100 £51,058 £48,750
% change year-on-year -13.63% +4.73% +2.63%

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 143 93 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 20.82% 40.79% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 33 53 129
10th Percentile £30,450 £34,050 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £34,187
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £71,750 £66,250
South West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -

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 11 May 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 11 May 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
Poole -10 5 £31,500 +31.25% 4
Bournemouth -23 4 - - 13
Sherborne - 2 £32,500 -
Wareham - 1 £62,500 - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (11.11%) InDesign
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Canva
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Local Government
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
1 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
1 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 3 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
1 3 (16.67%) Applications Support
1 3 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
1 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Bid Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Designer
2 2 (11.11%) Digital Designer
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing Executive
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Head of Information
3 1 (5.56%) Head of Information Services
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Product Assurance Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) JSON
1 3 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.56%) DirectX
3 1 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (5.56%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.56%) React
3 1 (5.56%) Spring
3 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
3 1 (5.56%) Vulkan
3 1 (5.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Blog
2 2 (11.11%) Graphic Design
2 2 (11.11%) Podcast
2 2 (11.11%) Social Media
2 2 (11.11%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) CRM
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) B2B
3 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Budgeting
4 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Email Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing Mix
4 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 2 (11.11%) Test Management
4 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) C++
3 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Grafana
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Adobe
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Facebook
3 2 (11.11%) HubSpot
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.56%) TOWER Software