Customer Support Specialist Job Trends in Dorset

Customer Support Specialist
South West > Dorset

The median Customer Support Specialist salary in Dorset is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Customer Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 - -
South West median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 622 212 964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 97.70% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 361 139 641
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -1.96%

Customer Support Specialist
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Support Specialist within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 April 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 - 1 £26,500 - 1
Customer Support Specialist
South West

Customer Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, Customer Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Customer Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

Customer Support Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft