Technical Specialist Jobs in the North West

Technical Specialist
England > North West

The median Technical Specialist salary in the North West is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 298 309
Rank change year-on-year +28 +11 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 20 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.21% 0.037% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.042% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 16
10th Percentile - £40,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £22,613
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +165.34% -63.82%
75th Percentile £45,313 £76,250 £24,377
90th Percentile £48,750 £83,750 £58,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,450 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +6.21% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,159 7,156 9,071
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 89.14% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 4,142 5,508
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,978
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,450 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the North West

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the North West

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the North West

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Manchester +39 13 £32,500 -60.61% 1
Cheshire -8 5 - - 2
Merseyside - 2 £35,000 -
Technical Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 North West region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (45.00%) Degree
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (40.00%) Onboarding
4 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (25.00%) IPsec
5 5 (25.00%) VPN
5 5 (25.00%) DNS
5 5 (25.00%) SSL
6 4 (20.00%) HNC
6 4 (20.00%) HND
6 4 (20.00%) Windows
6 4 (20.00%) LAN
6 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
6 4 (20.00%) QlikView
6 4 (20.00%) Law
6 4 (20.00%) API Integration
6 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
6 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (15.00%) CCTV
7 3 (15.00%) REST
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Wireless
7 3 (15.00%) SOAP

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) DNS
1 5 (25.00%) IPsec
1 5 (25.00%) SSL
1 5 (25.00%) VPN
2 4 (20.00%) LAN
3 3 (15.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) QlikView
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Law
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Agriculture
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) REST
1 3 (15.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
3 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (15.00%) CCTV
5 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (20.00%) API Integration
4 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.00%) Customer Experience
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) HNC
2 4 (20.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft