The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 19 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 116 124 117
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 3 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.176% 0.099% 0.286%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.187% 0.101% 0.300%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 6
Average salary £62,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.82% +4.61%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1608 1974 2001
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 94.31% 97.39% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1689 1824
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Specialist
Cambridgeshire

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (46.15%) SLA
3 6 (46.15%) BCP
3 6 (46.15%) MS Project
3 6 (46.15%) MS Office
3 6 (46.15%) IVR
3 6 (46.15%) MS PowerPoint
3 6 (46.15%) WFM
3 6 (46.15%) IP Telephony
3 6 (46.15%) Polycom
3 6 (46.15%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (46.15%) Cisco UCCE
3 6 (46.15%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (38.46%) Oracle
5 4 (30.77%) WebLogic
5 4 (30.77%) Veritas
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
5 4 (30.77%) Solaris
5 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Time Management
5 4 (30.77%) Fujitsu
5 4 (30.77%) Retail
5 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
6 2 (15.38%) .NET

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) ASP
2 1 (7.692%) COM
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
2 1 (7.692%) XSLT
2 1 (7.692%) jQuery
2 1 (7.692%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) MS Project Server
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 6 (46.15%) MS Visio
2 6 (46.15%) MS Project
2 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 6 (46.15%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (7.692%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) IP Telephony
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Retail
2 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Dutch Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) IVR
1 6 (46.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
2 4 (30.77%) Solaris
3 1 (7.692%) UNIX
3 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) BCP
1 6 (46.15%) WFM
2 4 (30.77%) Time Management
3 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
3 1 (7.692%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C#
1 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
1 1 (7.692%) VB
1 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
1 1 (7.692%) VBA
1 1 (7.692%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco UCCE
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Polycom
3 5 (38.46%) Oracle
4 4 (30.77%) Veritas
4 4 (30.77%) Fujitsu
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft