Banking Job Trends in Dorset

Banking
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 31 63
Rank change year-on-year -14 +32 +26
Permanent jobs citing Banking 9 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.64% 2.95% 0.45%
As % of the General category 3.33% 5.03% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £43,650 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.41% +23.75% -46.67%
75th Percentile - £85,175 £42,500
90th Percentile - £103,070 -
South West median annual salary £25,087 £66,367 £70,576
% change year-on-year -62.20% -5.96% +8.00%

All General Skills
Dorset

Banking 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 270 159 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 49.18% 58.67% 50.91%
Number of salaries quoted 182 91 257
10th Percentile £27,706 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,707 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £66,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.41% -4.69%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Banking job vacancy trend in Dorset

Banking
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Banking

Banking
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -9 5 £70,000 -12.23% 2
Banking
South West

Banking
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 3 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (33.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (33.33%) Law
4 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Assistant Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) NumPy
2 1 (11.11%) Pandas
2 1 (11.11%) PyTorch
2 1 (11.11%) scikit-learn
2 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
2 1 (11.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) Data Science
2 5 (55.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Data Governance
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
4 3 (33.33%) Cash Management
4 3 (33.33%) Complexity Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
4 3 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (33.33%) ETL
4 3 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Databricks