Technical Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Technical Specialist salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 318 323
Rank change year-on-year +34 +5 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 31 14 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 21 7 18
10th Percentile £26,750 £36,250 £36,020
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,304 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,323
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +15.41% -9.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,175 £46,281
90th Percentile - £69,000 £49,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,039 8,512 10,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.52% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,244 4,768 7,108
10th Percentile £26,075 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 17 £28,500 - 1
West Midlands +15 13 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Technical Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
1 7 (22.58%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
2 6 (19.35%) Proactive Management
2 6 (19.35%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.68%) Load Balancing
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (9.68%) WAAS
3 3 (9.68%) Service Management
3 3 (9.68%) Firewall
3 3 (9.68%) IPsec
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.68%) Avaya
3 3 (9.68%) Juniper
3 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
3 3 (9.68%) MPLS
3 3 (9.68%) LAN
3 3 (9.68%) VoIP
3 3 (9.68%) WAN
3 3 (9.68%) VPN
3 3 (9.68%) SLA
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco
3 3 (9.68%) CCNP
3 3 (9.68%) CCNA
3 3 (9.68%) CCDA
3 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
3 3 (9.68%) F5
3 3 (9.68%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (9.68%) Data Centre

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
1 3 (9.68%) IPsec
1 3 (9.68%) LAN
1 3 (9.68%) MPLS
1 3 (9.68%) VoIP
1 3 (9.68%) VPN
1 3 (9.68%) WAAS
1 3 (9.68%) WAN
General
1 7 (22.58%) Pharmaceutical
1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
1 6 (19.35%) Proactive Management
1 6 (19.35%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (9.68%) Load Balancing
2 3 (9.68%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (9.68%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
2 3 (9.68%) Service Management
3 2 (6.45%) Migration
4 1 (3.23%) Network Management
4 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.23%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) CCDA
1 3 (9.68%) CCNA
1 3 (9.68%) CCNP
1 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Functional Safety
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Avaya
1 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
1 3 (9.68%) Cisco
1 3 (9.68%) F5
1 3 (9.68%) Juniper
1 3 (9.68%) Palo Alto
2 2 (6.45%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft