The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset 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 21 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 60 - 55
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.624% - 0.215%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.647% - 0.217%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £42,500 - £34,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
618 445 460
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.41% 98.23% 98.92%
Number of salaries quoted 556 430 428
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Specialist
South West

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Technical Specialist Salary Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bath - 3 £42,500 -
Taunton - 1 £38,327 -
Technical Specialist
South West

Technical Specialist
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) NetWeaver
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) NetWeaver
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) SAP