Consultant Jobs in Dorset

Consultant
South West > Dorset

The median Consultant salary in Dorset is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 78 90
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 7 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.62% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.01% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 4
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,075 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £35,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +104.55%
75th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,500 £69,950
South West median annual salary £59,778 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -8.03% +6.12% +28.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 1,081 597 746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 84.44% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 650 380 594
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.62% +10.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,625 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Dorset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bournemouth -35 6 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Consultant
South West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Hedge funds
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (28.57%) ETL
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Power BI
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
5 1 (14.29%) NCSC
5 1 (14.29%) NIST
5 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (14.29%) CLAS

Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hedge funds
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Science
1 2 (28.57%) ETL
1 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CLAS
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware