The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 23 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 77 87 101
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 9 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.846% 0.366% 0.252%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.881% 0.383% 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +3.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £30,200 £35,900
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £44,200 £43,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.33% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1021 1304 1512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.96% 95.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 593 952 1095
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Specialist
Scotland

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) IBM
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) WebSphere
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Process Server
4 3 (25.00%) JSF
4 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Portal
4 3 (25.00%) JBoss
4 3 (25.00%) UNIX
4 3 (25.00%) HTTP
4 3 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (25.00%) J2EE
4 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (25.00%) EJB
4 3 (25.00%) Web Services
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) zOS
4 3 (25.00%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (16.67%) Advertising
5 2 (16.67%) Data Security
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) DB2
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
5 2 (16.67%) Social Media
5 2 (16.67%) Web 2.0
6 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.333%) Time Management

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 5 (41.67%) WebSphere
2 3 (25.00%) JSF
2 3 (25.00%) J2EE
2 3 (25.00%) EJB
2 3 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Portal
1 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (25.00%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) JUnit
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Advertising
4 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
1 2 (16.67%) Web 2.0
2 1 (8.333%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) UNIX
2 3 (25.00%) zOS
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) AIX
3 1 (8.333%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Data Security
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (8.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) IBM
2 3 (25.00%) JBoss
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Apple