Technical Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 700 741
Rank change year-on-year +145 +41 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 208 61 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 99 45 73
10th Percentile £27,800 £36,100 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £43,323
Median % change year-on-year - +15.41% +1.94%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £51,696
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,078 £61,588
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,450 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +6.21% -2.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +70 80 £57,500 +23.55% 16
North of England +96 51 £47,500 -27.32% 16
East of England +40 33 £60,000 +20.00% 6
Midlands +9 31 £35,000 -30.62% 11
North West +31 21 £32,500 -45.83% 9
Yorkshire +105 20 £50,000 -23.49% 5
East Midlands - 17 £28,500 - 1
West Midlands +13 13 £65,000 +28.84% 10
North East - 10 £50,000 - 2
South West -15 8 £50,000 +39.86% 3
Scotland -76 4 £41,000 +2.50%
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 93 (44.71%) Microsoft
2 88 (42.31%) Active Directory
3 83 (39.90%) Azure
4 73 (35.10%) Entra ID
5 72 (34.62%) 5G
6 71 (34.13%) Cybersecurity
7 70 (33.65%) Linux
8 69 (33.17%) CRM
8 69 (33.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 69 (33.17%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (33.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 68 (32.69%) Artificial Intelligence
10 67 (32.21%) Ubuntu
10 67 (32.21%) Bash
10 67 (32.21%) Social Media
10 67 (32.21%) Broadband
10 67 (32.21%) Tanium
10 67 (32.21%) IT Strategy
10 67 (32.21%) CyberArk
10 67 (32.21%) Jamf Pro
10 67 (32.21%) Technology Strategy
11 38 (18.27%) Social Skills
12 33 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (13.46%) Degree
14 26 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (10.58%) Driving Licence
16 18 (8.65%) Customer Service
17 17 (8.17%) Windows
18 14 (6.73%) Onboarding
19 13 (6.25%) HNC

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2013
2 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.90%) Azure
2 73 (35.10%) Entra ID
3 26 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.40%) AWS
4 5 (2.40%) GCP
4 5 (2.40%) ShareGate
5 4 (1.92%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.96%) SaaS
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Table
7 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (34.62%) 5G
2 67 (32.21%) Broadband
3 12 (5.77%) Ethernet
4 9 (4.33%) Software-Defined Radio
5 8 (3.85%) IPsec
5 8 (3.85%) VPN
5 8 (3.85%) Wireless
6 7 (3.37%) LAN
7 6 (2.88%) Firewall
8 5 (2.40%) 5G NR
8 5 (2.40%) 802.11
8 5 (2.40%) DKIM
8 5 (2.40%) DMARC
8 5 (2.40%) DNS
8 5 (2.40%) LTE
8 5 (2.40%) SSL
9 4 (1.92%) VoIP
10 3 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.44%) MPLS
10 3 (1.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) QlikView
2 3 (1.44%) Power BI
3 2 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.96%) Data Vault
3 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
General
1 69 (33.17%) Analytical Skills
1 69 (33.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 38 (18.27%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.77%) Retail
4 11 (5.29%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.33%) Law
6 7 (3.37%) Finance
6 7 (3.37%) Games
6 7 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (2.88%) Agriculture
7 6 (2.88%) Automotive
7 6 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.96%) French Language
9 2 (0.96%) German Language
9 2 (0.96%) Italian Language
9 2 (0.96%) Publishing
9 2 (0.96%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.48%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.40%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.44%) REST
2 3 (1.44%) SOAP
3 2 (0.96%) HTML
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (32.21%) Social Media
2 22 (10.58%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.73%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.29%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.40%) PCIe
7 4 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.44%) CCTV
9 2 (0.96%) FMCG
10 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.48%) Lidar
10 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 70 (33.65%) Linux
2 67 (32.21%) Ubuntu
3 17 (8.17%) Windows
4 6 (2.88%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.40%) Android
6 4 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (34.13%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (33.17%) CRM
3 68 (32.69%) Artificial Intelligence
4 67 (32.21%) IT Strategy
4 67 (32.21%) Technology Strategy
5 33 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (8.65%) Customer Service
7 7 (3.37%) Information Security
7 7 (3.37%) Migration
7 7 (3.37%) User Experience
8 6 (2.88%) Customer Experience
8 6 (2.88%) Proactive Management
8 6 (2.88%) Thought Leadership
9 5 (2.40%) API Integration
9 5 (2.40%) Computer Science
9 5 (2.40%) Digital Signal Processing
9 5 (2.40%) Performance Analysis
9 5 (2.40%) Server Migrations
9 5 (2.40%) Software Engineering
9 5 (2.40%) UML
Programming Languages
1 67 (32.21%) Bash
2 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (13.46%) Degree
2 13 (6.25%) HNC
3 8 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.88%) HND
5 5 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.44%) CCDA
6 3 (1.44%) CCNA
6 3 (1.44%) CCNP
6 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.44%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.40%) SLA
2 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 88 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (2.40%) Firmware
3 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (33.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (32.21%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.96%) SCCM
4 1 (0.48%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 93 (44.71%) Microsoft
2 67 (32.21%) CyberArk
2 67 (32.21%) Tanium
3 5 (2.40%) Proofpoint
4 3 (1.44%) Avaya
4 3 (1.44%) CheckPoint
4 3 (1.44%) Cisco
4 3 (1.44%) F5
4 3 (1.44%) Juniper
4 3 (1.44%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.96%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.96%) Cognos
5 2 (0.96%) Datto
5 2 (0.96%) Meraki
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle
5 2 (0.96%) Siemens
5 2 (0.96%) Veeam
6 1 (0.48%) EMC
6 1 (0.48%) Thales