LLM Job Trends in Dorset

Large Language Model (LLM)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring LLM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LLM 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.65% - 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £78,750 £55,000 £64,038
% change year-on-year +43.18% -14.11% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

LLM 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 356 348 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 77.56% 90.86% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 266 183 281
10th Percentile £27,707 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%

LLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

LLM job vacancy trend in Dorset

LLM
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing LLM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing LLM

LLM
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LLM within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 - 2 £80,000 - 18
LLM
South West

LLM
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Anthropic Claude
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) NumPy
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Neural Network
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Product Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree