Advertising Job Trends in Dorset

Advertising
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -
Permanent jobs citing Advertising 8 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.66% 0.25% 0.31%
As % of the General category 3.14% 0.49% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £28,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -49.09% +37.50% -11.11%

All General Skills
Dorset

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 255 206 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 53.01% 50.86% 38.23%
Number of salaries quoted 202 107 98
10th Percentile £27,517 £30,575 £32,125
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.81% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Advertising job vacancy trend in Dorset

Advertising
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Advertising.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Advertising

Advertising
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Poole - 5 £35,000 - 1
Advertising
South West

Advertising
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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (62.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) VoIP
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) ICT Support
1 5 (62.50%) ICT Support Technician
1 5 (62.50%) ICT Technician
1 5 (62.50%) Support Technician
2 3 (37.50%) Business Development Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Android
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
1 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
1 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
1 5 (62.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) B2B
2 3 (37.50%) B2B Sales
2 3 (37.50%) Business Development
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 3 (37.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 3 (37.50%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) MCP
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (62.50%) Hyper-V
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) VMware