The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Technical Specialist
Rank 834 878 868
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Specialist 28 21 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.017% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.018% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 12 18 12
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Technical Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist within the UK.

Senior Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Senior Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Technical Specialist Salary Histogram

Senior Technical Specialist
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +33 27 £55,000 +22.22%
London +65 19 £55,000 +10.00%
West Midlands - 3 £60,000 -
Surrey +1 2 £40,500 -10.00%
South East -5 2 £40,500 -10.00%
Guildford - 2 £40,500 -
Worcestershire - 2 £61,250 -
Worcester - 2 £61,250 -
Scotland +1 1 £42,620 -18.82%
East of England - 1 £35,500 -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £42,620 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £35,500 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £35,500 -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £35,500 -
Leicester - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £35,500 -
Clydebank - 1 £42,620 -

Senior Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Technical Specialist in their job title.

1 28 (59.57%) Degree
2 18 (38.30%) Finance
3 17 (36.17%) Telecoms
4 16 (34.04%) Sun
5 15 (31.91%) SLA
6 14 (29.79%) VoIP
6 14 (29.79%) Nortel
6 14 (29.79%) HND
6 14 (29.79%) ADSL
6 14 (29.79%) Broadband
6 14 (29.79%) BT
6 14 (29.79%) DPNSS
6 14 (29.79%) MGCP
6 14 (29.79%) SS7
6 14 (29.79%) Megaco
6 14 (29.79%) Q.931
6 14 (29.79%) H.323
6 14 (29.79%) Huawei
6 14 (29.79%) Softswitch
7 13 (27.66%) Windows
8 12 (25.53%) ITIL
9 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
10 7 (14.89%) Cisco
11 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
11 6 (12.77%) Citrix
11 6 (12.77%) SAN
11 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (12.77%) PRINCE2
11 6 (12.77%) Linux
11 6 (12.77%) Service Delivery

Senior Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Technical Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.383%) WebSphere
1 3 (6.383%) .NET
2 2 (4.255%) Web Services
2 2 (4.255%) XML
2 2 (4.255%) Application Packaging
3 1 (2.128%) J2EE
3 1 (2.128%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.383%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (6.383%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (4.255%) IIS
2 2 (4.255%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (4.255%) Quickr
2 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (4.255%) Lync
3 1 (2.128%) ESB
3 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.128%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (2.128%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Project
1 4 (8.511%) MS Office
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
1 4 (8.511%) MS Visio
1 4 (8.511%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.128%) Front Arena
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.79%) VoIP
1 14 (29.79%) ADSL
1 14 (29.79%) Broadband
1 14 (29.79%) DPNSS
1 14 (29.79%) MGCP
1 14 (29.79%) SS7
1 14 (29.79%) Megaco
1 14 (29.79%) Q.931
1 14 (29.79%) H.323
1 14 (29.79%) Softswitch
2 6 (12.77%) SAN
2 6 (12.77%) IP Telephony
3 5 (10.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (10.64%) Wireless
4 3 (6.383%) DNS
4 3 (6.383%) WAN
5 2 (4.255%) DHCP
5 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.255%) VPN
5 2 (4.255%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) SAP HANA
1 5 (10.64%) Big Data
2 3 (6.383%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.255%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.255%) GIS
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (10.64%) LoadRunner
2 2 (4.255%) Ant
3 1 (2.128%) Build Forge
General
1 18 (38.30%) Finance
2 17 (36.17%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.383%) Military
3 3 (6.383%) Electronics
3 3 (6.383%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) IVR
2 4 (8.511%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.383%) Chip and PIN
4 2 (4.255%) Thin Client
4 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
4 2 (4.255%) Smartcard
4 2 (4.255%) Clustering
4 2 (4.255%) Fat Client
4 2 (4.255%) PKI
5 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.128%) Physics
5 1 (2.128%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.128%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.66%) Windows
2 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (12.77%) Linux
2 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (10.64%) UNIX
4 3 (6.383%) SUSE
5 2 (4.255%) Solaris
5 2 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (4.255%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.128%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.128%) AIX
6 1 (2.128%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.53%) ITIL
2 6 (12.77%) PRINCE2
2 6 (12.77%) Service Delivery
2 6 (12.77%) Change Management
3 5 (10.64%) Software Testing
3 5 (10.64%) Performance Testing
3 5 (10.64%) Test Management
3 5 (10.64%) Test Strategy
3 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.511%) BCP
4 4 (8.511%) Migration
4 4 (8.511%) WFM
5 3 (6.383%) Time Management
5 3 (6.383%) Communications Security
5 3 (6.383%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.383%) Information Management
5 3 (6.383%) Programme Management
5 3 (6.383%) Business Continuity
6 2 (4.255%) SOA
6 2 (4.255%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.383%) SQL
2 2 (4.255%) Java
2 2 (4.255%) Perl
2 2 (4.255%) PL/SQL
2 2 (4.255%) Jython
3 1 (2.128%) Python
3 1 (2.128%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (59.57%) Degree
2 14 (29.79%) HND
3 5 (10.64%) ISEB
3 5 (10.64%) SAP Certification
3 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.255%) BC Cleared
4 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.255%) CITP
5 1 (2.128%) VCP4
5 1 (2.128%) VCP5
5 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.128%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) SLA
2 6 (12.77%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.383%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (6.383%) XenApp
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (8.511%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (6.383%) SCCM
3 2 (4.255%) NetBackup
3 2 (4.255%) Data Guard
3 2 (4.255%) SCOM
4 1 (2.128%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Sun
2 14 (29.79%) Nortel
2 14 (29.79%) BT
2 14 (29.79%) Huawei
3 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
4 7 (14.89%) Cisco
5 6 (12.77%) Citrix
6 5 (10.64%) VMware
6 5 (10.64%) SAP
7 4 (8.511%) Polycom
8 3 (6.383%) IronPort
8 3 (6.383%) Blue Coat
8 3 (6.383%) Websense
8 3 (6.383%) IBM
8 3 (6.383%) NetApp
8 3 (6.383%) Lotus
9 2 (4.255%) CheckPoint
9 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.255%) Business Objects
9 2 (4.255%) Oracle
East London
To be successful in this role you must have; * Telecommunications industry experience, working with the Nortel DMS, Nortel CS2K * Knowledge of Nortel CS2K and/or Huawei devices. This...
Sky
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
To be successful in this role you must have;* Telecommunications industry experience, working with the Nortel DMS, Nortel CS2K* Knowledge of Nortel CS2K and/or Huawei devices. This...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
This is a senior position, go to person for networking,multi talented with a broad range of infrastructure skills majoring in Cisco networking but with server and storage...
Coal IT Services
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus/Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013