Automotive Job Trends in Dorset

Automotive
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.42% 0.41% -
As % of the General category 0.77% 0.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +35.00% +4.17%

All General Skills
Dorset

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 260 228 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 54.17% 46.34% 40.12%
Number of salaries quoted 192 125 110
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £55,220
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.93% +10.44%
75th Percentile £62,519 £61,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.09% +0.95% +5.00%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Automotive job vacancy trend in Dorset

Automotive
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Automotive

Automotive
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aeronautics
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java