Technical Specialist
UK
The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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 23 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 525 | 873 | 1037 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +348 | +164 | -214 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist | 406 | 79 | 203 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.080% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.42% | 0.088% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 141 | 56 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £36,750 | £22,817 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £45,582 | £38,526 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £51,750 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.21% | +8.95% | -3.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £67,070 | £61,588 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £86,250 | £78,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +17.65% | -2.30% |
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 | 95,626 | 90,111 | 157,385 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.48% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 68,292 | 56,801 | 84,606 |
| 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 | £70,250 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,250 | £50,173 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.10% | +6.13% | +5.63% |
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 23 May 2024.
Technical Specialist
Top 17 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 23 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 | +393 | 392 | £47,500 | -6.86% | 77 |
| Work from Home | +248 | 250 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +165 | 222 | £50,000 | - | 63 |
| London | +272 | 173 | £42,500 | -33.33% | 11 |
| South East | +81 | 81 | £57,500 | +23.66% | 16 |
| North of England | +86 | 55 | £47,500 | -27.32% | 19 |
| Midlands | +17 | 36 | £35,000 | -31.24% | 15 |
| East of England | +31 | 35 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 5 |
| North West | +21 | 23 | £32,500 | -60.61% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +97 | 21 | £50,000 | -23.49% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 18 | £65,000 | +27.70% | 13 |
| East Midlands | - | 17 | £28,500 | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 11 | £50,000 | - | 2 |
| South West | -7 | 9 | £47,500 | +21.79% | 9 |
| Scotland | -68 | 4 | £41,000 | +2.50% | 1 |
| Wales | +9 | 1 | £30,000 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 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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