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 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 25 15
Rank change year-on-year +20 -10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 261 72 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 21.12% 10.94% 15.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.25% 13.24% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 175 55 95
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £91,500 £75,000
South West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +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 1,173 544 774
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 82.67% 97.85%
Number of salaries quoted 697 346 579
10th Percentile £27,050 £32,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 May 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 May 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 -6 127 £57,500 +4.55% 9
Poole +15 25 £55,000 -16.98% 4
Weymouth - 17 £45,000 - 1
Blandford Forum - 5 £52,500 -
Dorchester -6 4 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 77 (29.50%) Software Engineering
2 57 (21.84%) Agile
2 57 (21.84%) Degree
3 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (19.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (19.16%) Finance
5 41 (15.71%) JavaScript
6 40 (15.33%) Social Skills
7 39 (14.94%) Scrum
8 36 (13.79%) React
9 34 (13.03%) Law
10 33 (12.64%) Microsoft
10 33 (12.64%) Decision-Making
11 32 (12.26%) Project Management
12 31 (11.88%) Git
13 30 (11.49%) Full Stack Development
14 29 (11.11%) Laravel
15 24 (9.20%) E-Commerce
16 23 (8.81%) Windows
16 23 (8.81%) PHP
17 22 (8.43%) C++
17 22 (8.43%) HTML
17 22 (8.43%) Security Cleared
18 21 (8.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 21 (8.05%) CSS
18 21 (8.05%) Banking
18 21 (8.05%) Investment Banking
18 21 (8.05%) Mentoring
18 21 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
19 20 (7.66%) 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 (1.92%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) WordPress
3 1 (0.38%) CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (8.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.66%) Azure
2 16 (6.13%) AWS
3 7 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
4 6 (2.30%) GitHub
5 3 (1.15%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.77%) SaaS
7 1 (0.38%) Figma
7 1 (0.38%) IaaS
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.30%) Bluetooth
1 6 (2.30%) Network Security
1 6 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.15%) Wireless
3 1 (0.38%) 4G
3 1 (0.38%) 5G
3 1 (0.38%) SAN
3 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.60%) MySQL
2 10 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.45%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.30%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.92%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (11.88%) Git
2 12 (4.60%) JIRA
3 11 (4.21%) Selenium
4 8 (3.07%) TeamCity
5 7 (2.68%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.30%) LabVIEW
6 6 (2.30%) webpack
7 4 (1.53%) Subversion
8 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.77%) Storybook
10 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 51 (19.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 50 (19.16%) Finance
3 40 (15.33%) Social Skills
4 34 (13.03%) Law
5 21 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.05%) Banking
5 21 (8.05%) Investment Banking
6 18 (6.90%) Games
7 16 (6.13%) Manufacturing
7 16 (6.13%) Retail
8 14 (5.36%) Front Office
9 8 (3.07%) Marketing
10 7 (2.68%) Aviation
10 7 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Avionics
13 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.77%) Legal
13 2 (0.77%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.79%) React
2 29 (11.11%) Laravel
3 22 (8.43%) HTML
4 21 (8.05%) CSS
5 18 (6.90%) Vue
6 13 (4.98%) .NET
7 12 (4.60%) RESTful
8 11 (4.21%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.21%) Tailwind CSS
9 10 (3.83%) Node.js
10 9 (3.45%) Alpine.js
10 9 (3.45%) Web Services
11 8 (3.07%) LAMP
11 8 (3.07%) Qt
11 8 (3.07%) Yocto
12 7 (2.68%) GatsbyJS
12 7 (2.68%) Gherkin
12 7 (2.68%) jQuery
13 6 (2.30%) .NET Core
13 6 (2.30%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (5.36%) Derivative
3 8 (3.07%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.07%) Device Driver
3 8 (3.07%) Hackathon
3 8 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (2.68%) Credit Risk
4 7 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.30%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.92%) Replication
7 4 (1.53%) Acoustics
7 4 (1.53%) FPGA
8 3 (1.15%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.15%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.81%) Windows
2 13 (4.98%) Linux
3 8 (3.07%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Android
4 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.50%) Software Engineering
2 57 (21.84%) Agile
3 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (14.94%) Scrum
5 33 (12.64%) Decision-Making
6 32 (12.26%) Project Management
7 30 (11.49%) Full Stack Development
8 24 (9.20%) E-Commerce
9 21 (8.05%) Mentoring
10 20 (7.66%) CI/CD
11 19 (7.28%) Front End Development
12 16 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (5.75%) User Stories
14 14 (5.36%) Business Analysis
14 14 (5.36%) Collateral Management
14 14 (5.36%) Design Patterns
14 14 (5.36%) Task Automation
14 14 (5.36%) TDD
14 14 (5.36%) WFM
15 13 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.71%) JavaScript
2 23 (8.81%) PHP
3 22 (8.43%) C++
4 18 (6.90%) Java
5 17 (6.51%) TypeScript
6 16 (6.13%) C
7 9 (3.45%) Python
8 7 (2.68%) SQL
9 6 (2.30%) C#
10 5 (1.92%) R
10 5 (1.92%) Scala
11 3 (1.15%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.38%) Swift
12 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (21.84%) Degree
2 22 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.98%) CISSP
5 8 (3.07%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.92%) CISA
6 5 (1.92%) CISM
6 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.92%) CRISC
6 5 (1.92%) SANS
7 2 (0.77%) HND
7 2 (0.77%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.60%) NIST
1 12 (4.60%) QA
2 7 (2.68%) GDPR
2 7 (2.68%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.77%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.77%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.38%) PMO
4 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.21%) Docker
2 3 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (1.15%) Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.68%) CASB
3 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.30%) Google
3 5 (1.92%) Twitter
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco
5 1 (0.38%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.38%) Sparx
5 1 (0.38%) VMware
5 1 (0.38%) Xamarin