IT Support Jobs in Dorset

IT Support
South West > Dorset

The median IT Support salary in Dorset is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 15 83
Rank change year-on-year -56 +68 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 24 102 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 2.14% 14.31% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 16.92% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 4
10th Percentile - £25,750 £29,475
25th Percentile £23,500 £26,250 £32,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +52.17%
75th Percentile £32,025 £37,500 £37,706
90th Percentile £40,000 £38,150 £39,878
South West median annual salary £28,000 £30,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +14.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,066 603 736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 84.57% 97.74%
Number of salaries quoted 652 383 584
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,400
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% +9.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,500 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Dorset

IT Support
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Dorset.

Salary trend for IT Support in Dorset

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Dorset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Dorset

IT Support
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 -34 7 £27,500 -11.29%
Dorchester - 4 £24,500 -
Weymouth - 3 £31,350 -
Ferndown - 2 £24,500 -
Poole +16 1 £55,000 +78.86% 1
IT Support
South West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Windows
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (45.83%) Mac OS
3 11 (45.83%) Project Delivery
4 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (41.67%) Windows 10
5 8 (33.33%) DBS Check
5 8 (33.33%) Time Management
5 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 8 (33.33%) GDPR
6 5 (20.83%) Azure
7 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (16.67%) Legal
7 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (16.67%) SLA
7 4 (16.67%) Network Design
7 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 4 (16.67%) Server Monitoring
7 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
8 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
8 3 (12.50%) Draytek
8 3 (12.50%) Google
8 3 (12.50%) Cisco
8 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 3 (12.50%) VMware
8 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (12.50%) Firewall

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.33%) VoIP
3 1 (4.17%) LAN
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 4 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.33%) iPad
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Mac OS
3 10 (41.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Project Delivery
2 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 8 (33.33%) Time Management
3 4 (16.67%) Network Design
3 4 (16.67%) Server Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
5 2 (8.33%) Project Management
5 2 (8.33%) Web Filtering
6 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.17%) Data Transformation
6 1 (4.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
1 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
1 1 (4.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) GDPR
2 4 (16.67%) SLA
3 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (8.33%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Draytek
2 3 (12.50%) Google
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
3 2 (8.33%) Apple
3 2 (8.33%) Fortinet