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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 35 40 110
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 6.04% 18.96% 14.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.02% 48.19% 57.59%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 51
10th Percentile - £37,000 £32,625
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,000 £61,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £61,500 £72,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.21%

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 106 83 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 18.31% 39.34% 24.87%
Number of salaries quoted 41 44 113
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,938 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £63,995 £71,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% +4.00%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 0 21 £30,000 -14.29% 6
Poole -11 3 £45,000 -10.00% 4
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 (5.71%) WordPress
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Chatbot
2 4 (11.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (5.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (5.71%) InDesign
4 2 (5.71%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Canva
4 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Big Data
2 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Marketing
3 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Manufacturing
5 6 (17.14%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Finance
7 2 (5.71%) Banking
7 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
7 2 (5.71%) Legal
7 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Electronics
8 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (2.86%) Local Government
8 1 (2.86%) Military
8 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Sales Executive
2 7 (20.00%) Technical Sales Executive
2 7 (20.00%) Trainer
3 3 (8.57%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) AWS Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Bid Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Designer
4 2 (5.71%) Digital Designer
4 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Marketing Executive
4 2 (5.71%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Software Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Head of Information
5 1 (2.86%) Product Assurance Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) CSS
1 2 (5.71%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.86%) JSON
2 1 (2.86%) NumPy
2 1 (2.86%) Pandas
2 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.86%) React
2 1 (2.86%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.86%) Spring
2 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Blog
3 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.71%) Graphic Design
3 2 (5.71%) Podcast
3 2 (5.71%) Social Media
4 1 (2.86%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) CRM
2 9 (25.71%) Business Development
3 8 (22.86%) AI
3 8 (22.86%) Lead Generation
4 7 (20.00%) Chemistry
4 7 (20.00%) Conversational UI
5 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.29%) Demand Generation
6 5 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (11.43%) B2B
7 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
7 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
8 3 (8.57%) B2B Sales
8 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
8 3 (8.57%) Containerisation
8 3 (8.57%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
8 3 (8.57%) Market Research
8 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Master's Degree
2 7 (20.00%) PhD
3 4 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) IEC 61131
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.86%) Grafana
2 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Salesforce
2 7 (20.00%) PayPal
3 4 (11.43%) Adobe
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.71%) Facebook
4 2 (5.71%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.86%) EMC
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle