Architectural Design Jobs in Dorset

Architectural Design
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Architectural Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Design over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 97 74
Rank change year-on-year +46 -23 +9
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 11 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 2.59% 0.41% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 0.48% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £74,759 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £78,273 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.31% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £81,786 -
90th Percentile £99,000 - -
South West median annual salary £115,000 £55,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +107.21% -20.71% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 397 1,049 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 93.41% 85.15% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 152 595 329
10th Percentile £28,800 £30,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £37,188 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,950 £66,250 £76,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in Dorset

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Architectural Design in Dorset

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in Dorset

Architectural Design
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Dorchester - 3 - -
Bournemouth +56 1 £115,000 - 8
Architectural Design
South West

Architectural Design
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Firepower
1 4 (36.36%) DHCP
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
1 4 (36.36%) MPLS
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
1 4 (36.36%) PBX
1 4 (36.36%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (36.36%) VPLS
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
2 1 (9.09%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (9.09%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) NetBeans
2 1 (9.09%) JUnit
2 1 (9.09%) Mockito
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (27.27%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) JavaFX
2 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) Kafka
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (9.09%) Spring
2 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Design Patterns
3 3 (27.27%) Domain Models
3 3 (27.27%) Information Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) OO
3 3 (27.27%) OOA/OOD
3 3 (27.27%) OOD
3 3 (27.27%) Operational Stability
3 3 (27.27%) Sequence Diagram
3 3 (27.27%) UML
3 3 (27.27%) Use Case
4 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Community of Practice
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CCNA
1 4 (36.36%) CCNP
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Def Stans
1 3 (27.27%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
1 4 (36.36%) Citrix
1 4 (36.36%) Fortinet
1 4 (36.36%) HP
1 4 (36.36%) Meraki
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) NVIDIA
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow