Graduate Jobs in Dorset

Graduate
South West > Dorset

The median Graduate salary in Dorset is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 71 60
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 17 7 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 1.44% 0.99% 4.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.18% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 26
10th Percentile £24,200 £27,125 -
25th Percentile £24,500 £28,438 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £31,250 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.61% -
75th Percentile £25,500 £33,438 £29,875
90th Percentile £25,800 £34,375 £31,875
South West median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £29,125
% change year-on-year - -14.16% +9.91%

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 1,118 592 769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 84.09% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 656 376 599
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £28,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £74,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Dorset

Graduate
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Dorset

Graduate
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 +11 13 £25,000 -
Wareham - 4 - -
Graduate
South West

Graduate Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Graduate 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 Graduate in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Rockwell
3 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
3 4 (23.53%) SDLC
3 4 (23.53%) Time Management
3 4 (23.53%) MATLAB
3 4 (23.53%) Simulink
3 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
3 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) NetBeans
4 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
4 3 (17.65%) Electronics
4 3 (17.65%) Java
4 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
4 3 (17.65%) UML
4 3 (17.65%) Eclipse
4 3 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (17.65%) Information Assurance
4 3 (17.65%) Atlassian
5 2 (11.76%) Acoustics
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving

Graduate 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 4 (23.53%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
2 3 (17.65%) Eclipse
2 3 (17.65%) NetBeans
2 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (17.65%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
2 4 (23.53%) SDLC
2 4 (23.53%) Time Management
3 3 (17.65%) Information Assurance
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) UML
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) MATLAB
2 3 (17.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Rockwell
2 3 (17.65%) Atlassian