Project Management Jobs in Dorset

Project Management
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 16 41
Rank change year-on-year -26 +25 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 20 149 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 4.71% 12.09% 6.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 14.20% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 11 40 27
10th Percentile £24,750 £19,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £27,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -31.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £48,314 £43,438 £71,250
90th Percentile £54,000 £55,025 £73,750
South West median annual salary £53,250 £49,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.04% -9.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Project 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 397 1,049 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 93.41% 85.15% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 152 595 329
10th Percentile £28,800 £30,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £37,188 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,950 £66,250 £76,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Dorset.

Salary trend for Project Management in Dorset

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Dorset

Project 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 Project Management within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Dorchester +5 3 £54,000 - 2
Bournemouth 0 3 - - 7
Project Management
South West

Project Management
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 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Simulink
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Algolia
1 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (10.00%) MailChimp
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (10.00%) Storyblok
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (5.00%) CockroachDB
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (30.00%) Electronics
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Aviation
5 3 (15.00%) Banking
5 3 (15.00%) Marketing
6 2 (10.00%) Advertising
6 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (10.00%) Law
7 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Junior
2 6 (30.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Product Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (10.00%) CRM Executive
5 2 (10.00%) Implementation Project Manager
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Kafka
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) Spring
1 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) SysML
1 9 (45.00%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (35.00%) Mathematics
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 6 (30.00%) Physics
4 6 (30.00%) PLM
4 6 (30.00%) UML
5 4 (20.00%) Line Management
5 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) CAD
6 3 (15.00%) Information Security
6 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.00%) Network Management
6 3 (15.00%) Validation
6 3 (15.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.00%) CISSP
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) IBM
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Crazy Egg
3 2 (10.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle