Capacity Planning Job Trends in Dorset

Capacity Planning
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Capacity Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing Capacity Planning 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.42% - 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - -
75th Percentile £34,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Capacity Planning 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 541 321 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 75.03% 84.25% 83.46%
Number of salaries quoted 304 176 556
10th Percentile £28,225 £27,500 £30,588
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Capacity Planning job vacancy trend in Dorset

Capacity Planning
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Capacity Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Poole - 3 £33,000 - 1
Capacity Planning
South West

Capacity Planning
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft