Customer Engagement Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Customer Engagement
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Customer Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.47% 0.95% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.03% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% - -
75th Percentile £675 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £650 £545 £625
% change year-on-year +19.38% -12.88% -19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £47.83
South West median hourly rate £82.00 - £47.83
% change year-on-year - - -15.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Customer Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 97 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 71.70% 92.38% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 64 96
10th Percentile £350 £201 £175
25th Percentile £384 £341 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.17% -3.57%
75th Percentile £606 £550 £630
90th Percentile £718 £575 £730
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 29
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.76 £11.87
25th Percentile £25.75 £15.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £63.14 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +307.32% -0.77% -72.25%
75th Percentile £72.54 £21.69 £47.83
90th Percentile £74.68 £67.50 £62.75
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £28.10 £55.00
% change year-on-year +104.66% -48.92% -8.33%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Customer Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Customer Engagement job vacancy trend in Dorset

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Engagement within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -14 1 £650 +52.94% 1
Customer Engagement
South West

Customer Engagement
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping