The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 107 96 90
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 11 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.647% 0.270% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.683% 0.281% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 1
Average salary £45,000 £43,750 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +26.81%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Specialist
West Midlands

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Technical Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Specialist in their job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Windows
1 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
1 14 (77.78%) VMware
1 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (72.22%) Hyper-V
2 13 (72.22%) Technical Architecture
2 13 (72.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (66.67%) HP
4 11 (61.11%) NetApp
4 11 (61.11%) IBM
4 11 (61.11%) Enterprise Storage
5 10 (55.56%) EMC
5 10 (55.56%) NetBackup
6 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 3 (16.67%) Linux
7 2 (11.11%) Solaris
7 2 (11.11%) Apache
7 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
7 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
7 2 (11.11%) Java
7 2 (11.11%) Perl
7 2 (11.11%) PHP
7 2 (11.11%) MySQL
7 2 (11.11%) OpenView
7 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
7 2 (11.11%) BIG-IP
7 2 (11.11%) UNIX
7 2 (11.11%) Finance
7 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
7 2 (11.11%) SCCM

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
1 1 (5.556%) Middleware
1 1 (5.556%) Web Services
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Apache
1 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) BIG-IP
2 1 (5.556%) NAS
2 1 (5.556%) SAN
2 1 (5.556%) HTTP
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.556%) DNS
2 1 (5.556%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) MySQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) DB2
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
1 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
1 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Solaris
3 2 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.556%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
1 2 (11.11%) Perl
1 2 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.556%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (5.556%) MCTS
1 1 (5.556%) MCITP
1 1 (5.556%) MCSE
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Hyper-V
1 13 (72.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.556%) vSphere
3 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) NetBackup
2 2 (11.11%) OpenView
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) SCOM
2 2 (11.11%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.556%) ARCserve
3 1 (5.556%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) VMware
2 12 (66.67%) HP
3 11 (61.11%) NetApp
3 11 (61.11%) IBM
4 10 (55.56%) EMC
5 2 (11.11%) F5
6 1 (5.556%) Veritas
6 1 (5.556%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.556%) Hitachi
6 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.556%) Symantec
6 1 (5.556%) McAfee
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Based in Birmingham my client is looking for an experienced HP EVA Storage Technical Specialist to join their thriving data centre division... maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills,...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills, Knowledge & Experience: Essential The applicant must have 5 - 10 years experience of providing technical architecture and support to enterprise clients. Specialising in...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013