Senior IT Support Job Trends in Dorset

Senior IT Support
South West > Dorset

The median Senior IT Support salary in Dorset is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,875 - -
90th Percentile £38,100 - -
South West median annual salary £41,250 £30,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -40.00% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 419 545 342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.32% 96.80% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 267 368 302
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,375 £77,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,750 £52,700
% change year-on-year -13.04% -1.80% +5.40%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Senior IT Support job vacancy trend in Dorset

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Dorset.

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in Dorset

Senior 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 Senior IT Support within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Bournemouth - 3 £35,000 - 2
Senior IT Support
South West

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Senior IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Senior IT Support Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple