IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Dorchester

IT Support Engineer
Dorset > Dorchester

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Dorchester is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorchester 4.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £49,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 - £30,625
% change year-on-year - - -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorchester. 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 Dorchester with a recognized job title 24 11 91
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 67
10th Percentile £42,325 - £40,000
25th Percentile £45,954 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £27,707 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +80.46% -41.67% +7.34%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £52,400 £65,000
Dorset median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorchester.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorchester

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorchester

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Dorchester.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Dorchester

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorchester

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, IT Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorchester region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware