Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in Dorset

Senior Support Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in Dorset is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £41,355 £30,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +37.85% -40.00% +37.93%

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 420 546 339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.33% 96.81% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 268 368 299
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,375 £77,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,099 £52,700
% change year-on-year -11.94% -3.04% +5.40%

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Dorset

Senior Support Engineer
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 Support Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 4 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 - 1 £36,500 - 1
Senior Support Engineer
South West

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Senior Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Support Engineer 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:

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