London Technical Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs within the London 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Specialist
Location Andover Banbury Barnsley Beaconsfield Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock Cheshire Chippenham City of London Clapham Clydebank County Antrim Coventry Cranleigh Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Fife Gloucestershire Godalming Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isle of Man Kenilworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Skipton Slough Solihull South Croydon South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Surrey Swanley Tyne and Wear UK Warrington Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	503	389
Rank change on same period last year	-114
Matching permanent IT job ads	115	354
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.067 %	0.152 %
As % of the category below	0.181 %	0.371 %
Salaries quoted	96	254
Average minimum salary	£44,167	£49,614
Average salary	£48,328	£52,528
% change on same period last year	-7.99 %
Average maximum salary	£52,490	£55,441
UK excluding London average salary	£37,698	£36,704
% change on same period last year	+2.70 %
Job Titles London
Matching permanent IT job ads	63572	95461
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	36.80 %	41.08 %
Salaries quoted	53306	74301
Average minimum salary	£45,799	£47,221
Average salary	£50,111	£51,761
% change on same period last year	-3.18 %
Average maximum salary	£54,423	£56,301
UK excluding London average salary	£38,208	£39,261
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Technical Specialist England

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Technical Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-54	37	£47,109	-12.18 %
South Croydon	-	5	£45,000	-
Docklands, London	+15	2	£55,000	-18.66 %
Croydon	-	1	£35,000	-
Luton	-	1	£49,000	-
Clapham	-	1	£32,500	-

Technical Specialist England

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 110 (36.54 %) Windows 2 71 (23.59 %) Linux 2 71 (23.59 %) Banking 3 63 (20.93 %) Microsoft 4 62 (20.60 %) Solaris 5 58 (19.27 %) UNIX 6 54 (17.94 %) Finance 7 53 (17.61 %) Investment Banking 8 52 (17.28 %) VERITAS 9 45 (14.95 %) Windows Server 2003 10 43 (14.29 %) Active Directory 10 43 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 11 41 (13.62 %) MCSE 12 39 (12.96 %) Citrix 13 34 (11.30 %) Red Hat

13 34 (11.30 %) SQL Server 13 34 (11.30 %) Red Hat Linux 14 33 (10.96 %) SQL 14 33 (10.96 %) MS Exchange 15 30 (9.967 %) Project Management 16 29 (9.635 %) VMware 16 29 (9.635 %) Oracle 17 28 (9.302 %) Windows 2000 17 28 (9.302 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 26 (8.638 %) SAN 18 26 (8.638 %) SUSE 19 25 (8.306 %) DNS 20 24 (7.973 %) MS Excel 21 23 (7.641 %) VPN 21 23 (7.641 %) Degree

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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 12 (3.987 %) HTML 2 8 (2.658 %) WebSphere 3 6 (1.993 %) .NET 4 4 (1.329 %) AJAX 5 3 (0.997 %) FIX Protocol 5 3 (0.997 %) ASP.NET 5 3 (0.997 %) XML 6 1 (0.332 %) Middleware 6 1 (0.332 %) ArcObjects 6 1 (0.332 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.332 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 33 (10.96 %) MS Exchange 2 28 (9.302 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 21 (6.977 %) IIS 4 14 (4.651 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 6 (1.993 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 4 (1.329 %) QuickPlace 6 4 (1.329 %) Lotus Domino 7 3 (0.997 %) SharePoint 7 3 (0.997 %) BizTalk Server 8 2 (0.664 %) Apache 8 2 (0.664 %) MQSeries 8 2 (0.664 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 2 (0.664 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 1 (0.332 %) WorkSite 9 1 (0.332 %) WebLogic 9 1 (0.332 %) CICS 9 1 (0.332 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 1 (0.332 %) ArcGIS 9 1 (0.332 %) ArcIMS 9 1 (0.332 %) ArcSDE
Applications 1 24 (7.973 %) MS Excel 2 6 (1.993 %) MS Visio 2 6 (1.993 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.664 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 9 (2.990 %) SoftGrid 2 5 (1.661 %) Siebel Analytics 3 3 (0.997 %) RMDS 4 2 (0.664 %) assyst 5 1 (0.332 %) Beauchamp 5 1 (0.332 %) Endur
Communications & Networking 1 26 (8.638 %) SAN 2 25 (8.306 %) DNS 3 23 (7.641 %) VPN 4 19 (6.312 %) Internet 5 18 (5.980 %) TCP/IP 6 17 (5.648 %) Firewall 7 13 (4.319 %) DHCP 8 12 (3.987 %) LAN 9 10 (3.322 %) VoIP 9 10 (3.322 %) WAN 10 9 (2.990 %) Wireless 11 7 (2.326 %) LDAP 12 6 (1.993 %) SMTP 13 4 (1.329 %) HTTPS 13 4 (1.329 %) SSL 13 4 (1.329 %) IPsec 14 3 (0.997 %) SMS 14 3 (0.997 %) Ethernet 15 2 (0.664 %) FTP 15 2 (0.664 %) SNA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (11.30 %) SQL Server 2 3 (0.997 %) SQL Server 2000 2 3 (0.997 %) MySQL 2 3 (0.997 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (0.664 %) GIS 3 2 (0.664 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.332 %) Data Mart
Development Applications 1 9 (2.990 %) MSI 2 7 (2.326 %) ClearCase 3 2 (0.664 %) InstallShield 3 2 (0.664 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.332 %) Ant	General 1 71 (23.59 %) Banking 2 54 (17.94 %) Finance 3 53 (17.61 %) Investment Banking 4 19 (6.312 %) Pensions 5 13 (4.319 %) Telecoms 6 10 (3.322 %) Health 7 9 (2.990 %) Insurance 8 8 (2.658 %) Financial Institution 9 3 (0.997 %) Front Office 9 3 (0.997 %) Education 10 2 (0.664 %) Games 11 1 (0.332 %) Law 11 1 (0.332 %) Legal 11 1 (0.332 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.332 %) Retail 11 1 (0.332 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 14 (4.651 %) Client/Server 1 14 (4.651 %) Clustering 2 12 (3.987 %) Derivative 3 9 (2.990 %) IPTV 4 8 (2.658 %) Video Conferencing 5 7 (2.326 %) Blackberry 5 7 (2.326 %) Mainframe 6 5 (1.661 %) AS400 7 4 (1.329 %) Equities 8 3 (0.997 %) Replication 8 3 (0.997 %) HACMP 8 3 (0.997 %) CESG 9 2 (0.664 %) Management Information System 9 2 (0.664 %) IBM Mainframe 10 1 (0.332 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 10 1 (0.332 %) Thin Client 10 1 (0.332 %) IVR 10 1 (0.332 %) Credit Derivative 10 1 (0.332 %) Cryptography 10 1 (0.332 %) Streaming Media	Operating Systems 1 110 (36.54 %) Windows 2 71 (23.59 %) Linux 3 62 (20.60 %) Solaris 4 58 (19.27 %) UNIX 5 45 (14.95 %) Windows Server 2003 6 34 (11.30 %) Red Hat Linux 7 28 (9.302 %) Windows 2000 8 26 (8.638 %) SUSE 9 12 (3.987 %) Windows XP 10 11 (3.654 %) AIX 11 5 (1.661 %) HPUX 12 4 (1.329 %) Windows Vista 12 4 (1.329 %) Windows 2000 Server 13 2 (0.664 %) Windows NT 14 1 (0.332 %) VMS 14 1 (0.332 %) zOS 14 1 (0.332 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (9.967 %) Project Management 2 20 (6.645 %) ITIL 3 14 (4.651 %) Security Cleared 4 12 (3.987 %) Performance Management 5 10 (3.322 %) Migration 6 9 (2.990 %) Workflow 7 8 (2.658 %) Disaster Recovery 7 8 (2.658 %) SC Cleared 7 8 (2.658 %) Technical Architecture 8 6 (1.993 %) Content Management 8 6 (1.993 %) E-Commerce 8 6 (1.993 %) Time Management 9 5 (1.661 %) PRINCE2 9 5 (1.661 %) Load Balancing 9 5 (1.661 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 4 (1.329 %) Electronic Trading 10 4 (1.329 %) Business Continuity 10 4 (1.329 %) Workflow Management 10 4 (1.329 %) Service Delivery 11 3 (0.997 %) Risk Management	Programming Languages 1 33 (10.96 %) SQL 2 15 (4.983 %) VB 3 13 (4.319 %) VBScript 4 11 (3.654 %) C 5 10 (3.322 %) Java 5 10 (3.322 %) Perl 6 7 (2.326 %) C++ 6 7 (2.326 %) Shell Script 7 4 (1.329 %) PHP 7 4 (1.329 %) C# 8 3 (0.997 %) PL/SQL 9 2 (0.664 %) Transact-SQL 10 1 (0.332 %) JCL 10 1 (0.332 %) Korn 10 1 (0.332 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.332 %) VBA 10 1 (0.332 %) Tcl
Qualifications 1 43 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 2 41 (13.62 %) MCSE 3 23 (7.641 %) Degree 4 16 (5.316 %) Cisco Certification 5 12 (3.987 %) CCNP 6 11 (3.654 %) CCNA 7 9 (2.990 %) MCSA 7 9 (2.990 %) MCP 8 6 (1.993 %) RHCT 8 6 (1.993 %) RHCE 9 4 (1.329 %) CISSP 10 3 (0.997 %) CCIE 11 2 (0.664 %) ISEB 11 2 (0.664 %) CISA 11 2 (0.664 %) CISM 11 2 (0.664 %) CCVP 12 1 (0.332 %) Citrix Certification 12 1 (0.332 %) CCDP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (6.312 %) SLA 2 3 (0.997 %) QA 3 1 (0.332 %) Basel II
System Software 1 43 (14.29 %) Active Directory 2 17 (5.648 %) ISA Server 3 14 (4.651 %) VMware ESX 4 9 (2.990 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 8 (2.658 %) MetaFrame 6 6 (1.993 %) NetBackup 7 3 (0.997 %) Terminal Services 8 2 (0.664 %) Oracle RAC 9 1 (0.332 %) Citrix Presentation Server 9 1 (0.332 %) Backup Exec 9 1 (0.332 %) Samba	Systems Management 1 18 (5.980 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 10 (3.322 %) BMC PATROL 3 7 (2.326 %) MOM 4 4 (1.329 %) Unicenter 5 3 (0.997 %) CONTROL-M 5 3 (0.997 %) BMC Performance Manager 5 3 (0.997 %) SCOM 6 2 (0.664 %) WSUS 7 1 (0.332 %) OMEGAMON 7 1 (0.332 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 7 1 (0.332 %) Tivoli NetView 7 1 (0.332 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 63 (20.93 %) Microsoft 2 52 (17.28 %) VERITAS 3 39 (12.96 %) Citrix 4 34 (11.30 %) Red Hat 5 29 (9.635 %) Oracle 5 29 (9.635 %) VMware 6 17 (5.648 %) FileNet 7 14 (4.651 %) Cisco 8 13 (4.319 %) HP 8 13 (4.319 %) BMC 9 12 (3.987 %) Google 10 11 (3.654 %) IBM 10 11 (3.654 %) Sybase 11 7 (2.326 %) Dell 11 7 (2.326 %) Reuters 12 6 (1.993 %) Bloomberg 12 6 (1.993 %) Postini 13 5 (1.661 %) Siebel 13 5 (1.661 %) Murex 14 4 (1.329 %) CA