Digital Innovation Job Trends in Dorset

Digital Innovation
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.16% 0.47% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153,750 £38,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £157,500 £39,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +303.85% - -
75th Percentile £161,250 £39,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £74,842 £45,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +66.31% -23.34% +83.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Digital Innovation 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 487 183 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 79.45% 86.73% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 310 113 555
10th Percentile £27,707 £32,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,000 £66,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,950
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.95% -2.95%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in Dorset

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 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
Poole - 1 £157,500 -
Digital Innovation
South West

Digital Innovation
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 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation