Technical Specialist
UK
The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 540 | 898 | 1005 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +358 | +107 | -189 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist | 393 | 82 | 196 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.081% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.42% | 0.089% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 130 | 59 | 121 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £35,650 | £23,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,125 | £45,077 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,900 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.77% | +7.16% | -2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £66,660 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £86,250 | £81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £43,162 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +15.84% | +1.56% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 93,878 | 92,381 | 151,160 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.45% | 96.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,248 | 58,258 | 84,340 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist.
Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
Technical Specialist
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 |
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| England | +389 | 381 | £50,000 | -0.89% | 58 |
| Work from Home | +255 | 250 | £57,500 | +9.52% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +136 | 209 | £50,000 | - | 48 |
| London | +268 | 174 | £40,000 | -37.25% | 6 |
| South East | +79 | 80 | £57,500 | +23.55% | 15 |
| North of England | +92 | 52 | £47,500 | -27.32% | 16 |
| East of England | +38 | 33 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 5 |
| Midlands | +4 | 31 | £35,000 | -30.62% | 12 |
| North West | +22 | 22 | £32,500 | -60.61% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +103 | 20 | £50,000 | -23.49% | 4 |
| East Midlands | - | 17 | £28,500 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 13 | £65,000 | +28.84% | 11 |
| North East | - | 10 | £50,000 | - | 2 |
| South West | -14 | 8 | £50,000 | +39.86% | 3 |
| Scotland | -69 | 4 | £41,000 | +2.50% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Technical Specialist 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 featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.
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Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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