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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs within the Cambridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank140124
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching permanent IT job ads42
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.145 %0.079 %
Salaries quoted42
Average minimum salary£29,750£37,500
Average salary£32,625£48,750
% change on same period last year-33.07 %
Average maximum salary£35,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,268£37,297
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads27632535
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.529 %1.063 %
Salaries quoted23502084
Average minimum salary£32,384£33,456
Average salary£35,603£36,484
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,821£39,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Technical Specialist CambridgeshireTechnical Specialist
Cambridgeshire

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Cambridge Technical Specialist Salary Histogram

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)MS Excel
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
27 (87.50 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (87.50 %)MS Exchange
27 (87.50 %)MCSE
36 (75.00 %)MCSA
45 (62.50 %)LAN
45 (62.50 %)WAN
45 (62.50 %)Windows XP
45 (62.50 %)Sophos
45 (62.50 %)VERITAS
45 (62.50 %)Terminal Services
45 (62.50 %)Firewall
45 (62.50 %)WatchGuard
45 (62.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
54 (50.00 %)MCP
54 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
63 (37.50 %)Active Directory
63 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
72 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
72 (25.00 %)SQL
72 (25.00 %)IIS
72 (25.00 %)HP
72 (25.00 %)SLA
72 (25.00 %)SAN
72 (25.00 %)VMware
72 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (87.50 %)MS Exchange
22 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (25.00 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (62.50 %)LAN
15 (62.50 %)WAN
15 (62.50 %)Firewall
24 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (25.00 %)SAN
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Back Office
11 (12.50 %)Health
11 (12.50 %)Pensions
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (62.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
25 (62.50 %)Windows XP
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
21 (12.50 %)Disaster Recovery
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (87.50 %)MCSE
17 (87.50 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (75.00 %)MCSA
34 (50.00 %)MCP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (25.00 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (62.50 %)Terminal Services
23 (37.50 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft
25 (62.50 %)VERITAS
25 (62.50 %)Sophos
25 (62.50 %)WatchGuard
32 (25.00 %)VMware
32 (25.00 %)HP