Technical Engineer Jobs in Dorset

Technical Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Technical Engineer salary in Dorset is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 82 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 7 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 1.29% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £27,760 - -
25th Percentile £29,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 - -
75th Percentile £40,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £32,000 £34,250 £35,500
% change year-on-year -6.57% -3.52% +1.43%

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 516 1,019 405
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.14% 77.59%
Number of salaries quoted 257 571 349
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,675 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £54,590
% change year-on-year -4.00% -8.41% +9.18%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in Dorset

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in Dorset

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in Dorset over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in Dorset

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 +51 3 £29,500 -
Poole -1 3 £40,000 - 1
Technical Engineer
South West

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, Technical Engineer 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) Mac OS
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy

Technical Engineer 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy