People Management Job Trends in Dorset

People Management
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring People Management 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 42 48 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 +40
Permanent jobs citing People Management 5 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.09% 0.26% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.29% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £57,200 - -
25th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.58%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £62,813
90th Percentile - - £63,375
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,850 £62,500
% change year-on-year +14.94% -23.44% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

People Management 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%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

People Management job vacancy trend in Dorset

People Management
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing People Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing People Management

People Management
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing People Management 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
Poole - 3 £60,000 -
People Management
South West

People Management
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (40.00%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow