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Research and development manager jobs in Dorset
The 2021 census counted 230 residents working as research and development managers and other research professionals living in Dorset.
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Published figures for Dorset
What the official data says about Dorset
At the 2021 census, 230 people living in Dorset were in work as research and development managers and other research professionals. It was 0.14% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Dorset 13th of 15 areas in the South West, where the middle area recorded 346. Plymouth was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Dorset, every occupation counted together, had a median of £35,311. That is 10th of 14 in the South West, against a regional middle of £36,427. Work of this kind pays £61,251 across the region, which is £25,940 more than the typical Dorset job, about 73% above it.
Research and development is concentrated in far fewer places than most work: Dorset had 3,400 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 151,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 2.25% of every job here, that ranks 6th of 15 in the South West, where the middle area sits at 2.06%.
- Residents in work as research professionals (SOC 216)
- 230
- Median full-time pay for research professionals across the South West
- £61,251
- Employee jobs in the area in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research
- 3,400
- Research professionals, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.14%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £35,311
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 167,785
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 151,000
The research and development manager role
Leading the work on what a business sells next: the research programme, the budget behind it, and the scientists or engineers doing it.
Research and development manager jobs in Dorset: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Dorset?
230 residents of Dorset were in work as research professionals at the 2021 census, which was 0.14% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Dorset?
Across the South West, £61,251 is the median for research professionals. In Dorset itself the median across all occupations together is £35,311. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Dorset?
3,400 of the 151,000 employee jobs in Dorset are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.