Senior Jobs in Dorset

Senior
South West > Dorset

The median Senior salary in Dorset is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 30 19
Rank change year-on-year +24 -11 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 240 61 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 20.94% 8.73% 14.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.06% 10.36% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 158 45 90
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £39,778
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - -2.13% +23.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £94,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £57,500 £59,098 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% -1.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,088 589 745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 84.26% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 650 376 593
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,094 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Dorset

Senior
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Senior in Dorset

Senior
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Dorset

Senior
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 within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 0 125 £57,500 +4.55% 19
Poole +25 27 £60,000 -11.11% 6
Weymouth - 17 £45,000 -
Blandford Forum - 5 £52,500 -
Dorchester -4 2 - - 5
Senior
South West

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 69 (28.75%) Software Engineering
2 58 (24.17%) Agile
3 56 (23.33%) Degree
4 50 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (20.42%) Finance
6 45 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (17.50%) Social Skills
8 41 (17.08%) Scrum
9 39 (16.25%) JavaScript
10 33 (13.75%) Law
11 32 (13.33%) Decision-Making
12 31 (12.92%) React
12 31 (12.92%) Project Management
13 30 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 30 (12.50%) Git
13 30 (12.50%) Laravel
14 29 (12.08%) Full Stack Development
15 26 (10.83%) C++
16 25 (10.42%) E-Commerce
17 24 (10.00%) PHP
18 22 (9.17%) Security Cleared
19 21 (8.75%) Windows
19 21 (8.75%) Mentoring
20 20 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
20 20 (8.33%) Java
20 20 (8.33%) Banking
20 20 (8.33%) Investment Banking
20 20 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
21 19 (7.92%) HTML
21 19 (7.92%) CI/CD

Senior Skill Set
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 5 (2.08%) Confluence
2 2 (0.83%) WordPress
3 1 (0.42%) CMS
3 1 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.08%) Azure
2 16 (6.67%) AWS
3 6 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
4 5 (2.08%) GitHub
5 3 (1.25%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.83%) SaaS
7 1 (0.42%) Figma
7 1 (0.42%) IaaS
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.50%) Bluetooth
1 6 (2.50%) Network Security
1 6 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.25%) Wireless
3 1 (0.42%) 4G
3 1 (0.42%) 5G
3 1 (0.42%) SAN
3 1 (0.42%) SNA
3 1 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.42%) MySQL
2 9 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.33%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.08%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (12.50%) Git
2 14 (5.83%) JIRA
3 10 (4.17%) Selenium
4 8 (3.33%) TeamCity
5 7 (2.92%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.50%) Subversion
7 4 (1.67%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.83%) Storybook
8 2 (0.83%) webpack
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 50 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 49 (20.42%) Finance
3 42 (17.50%) Social Skills
4 33 (13.75%) Law
5 20 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.33%) Banking
5 20 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 18 (7.50%) Games
7 17 (7.08%) Retail
8 13 (5.42%) Front Office
9 10 (4.17%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.33%) Aviation
10 8 (3.33%) Marketing
11 7 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Avionics
14 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.83%) Legal
14 2 (0.83%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.92%) React
2 30 (12.50%) Laravel
3 19 (7.92%) HTML
4 18 (7.50%) CSS
5 17 (7.08%) Vue
6 13 (5.42%) RESTful
7 12 (5.00%) .NET
8 11 (4.58%) Tailwind CSS
9 10 (4.17%) AngularJS
9 10 (4.17%) Qt
9 10 (4.17%) Web Services
9 10 (4.17%) Yocto
10 9 (3.75%) Alpine.js
10 9 (3.75%) LAMP
11 7 (2.92%) GatsbyJS
11 7 (2.92%) Gherkin
12 6 (2.50%) Node.js
13 5 (2.08%) .NET Core
13 5 (2.08%) ASP.NET
13 5 (2.08%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (5.42%) Derivative
3 10 (4.17%) Device Driver
4 8 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.33%) Hackathon
4 8 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (2.92%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.50%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.08%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.08%) Replication
8 3 (1.25%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.25%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.25%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.25%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.25%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.83%) FMCG
9 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.75%) Windows
2 15 (6.25%) Linux
3 10 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.25%) Android
4 3 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (28.75%) Software Engineering
2 58 (24.17%) Agile
3 45 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (17.08%) Scrum
5 32 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 31 (12.92%) Project Management
7 29 (12.08%) Full Stack Development
8 25 (10.42%) E-Commerce
9 21 (8.75%) Mentoring
10 19 (7.92%) CI/CD
11 16 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (6.25%) Front End Development
13 14 (5.83%) Change Management
13 14 (5.83%) TDD
13 14 (5.83%) User Stories
14 13 (5.42%) Business Analysis
14 13 (5.42%) Collateral Management
14 13 (5.42%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (5.42%) Task Automation
14 13 (5.42%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.25%) JavaScript
2 26 (10.83%) C++
3 24 (10.00%) PHP
4 20 (8.33%) Java
5 18 (7.50%) C
6 13 (5.42%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.75%) Python
8 8 (3.33%) C#
8 8 (3.33%) SQL
9 5 (2.08%) R
9 5 (2.08%) Scala
10 3 (1.25%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.42%) Swift
11 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (23.33%) Degree
2 22 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.42%) CISSP
5 8 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.08%) CISA
6 5 (2.08%) CISM
6 5 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.08%) CRISC
6 5 (2.08%) SANS
7 2 (0.83%) HND
7 2 (0.83%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.00%) NIST
1 12 (5.00%) QA
2 7 (2.92%) GDPR
2 7 (2.92%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.83%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.83%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.42%) PMO
4 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.17%) Docker
2 3 (1.25%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (1.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.92%) CASB
3 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.50%) Google
3 5 (2.08%) Twitter
4 3 (1.25%) Oracle
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe
5 1 (0.42%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.42%) Sparx
5 1 (0.42%) VMware
5 1 (0.42%) Xamarin