Technical Specialist Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 624 639 626
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 239 258 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.220% 0.213% 0.205%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.233% 0.225% 0.217%
Number of salaries quoted 166 209 196
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,508 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
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%

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Technical Specialist Salary Histogram

Technical Specialist
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -12 212 £45,000 +12.50%
London +26 95 £55,000 +37.50%
South East -15 38 £40,500 -10.00%
West Midlands +1 31 £45,000 +26.76%
Scotland +4 22 £40,000 +2.56%
East of England +2 16 £29,000 -18.88%
Coventry -4 14 £60,000 -
City of London -8 14 £62,500 +6.38%
Berkshire +6 12 £43,250 +5.48%
Surrey +11 11 £43,750 -2.77%
Reading +3 11 £43,250 -8.94%
Birmingham -8 10 £45,000 +2.85%
Edinburgh +14 9 £37,500 -8.53%
West Yorkshire -7 9 £36,250 +61.11%
Yorkshire -8 9 £36,250 +20.83%
Glasgow - 9 £40,000 -
Cambridgeshire +12 8 £27,500 -19.11%
Hertfordshire +11 8 £29,000 -12.12%
North West -30 8 £32,528 -7.06%
Hampshire -3 7 £37,500 +7.14%
Leeds -8 6 £33,500 -10.66%
Eastleigh +3 5 £37,500 -37.50%
Cambridge +2 5 - -
South West -5 5 £41,500 +23.88%
Solihull -12 5 £35,500 -
Merseyside +8 4 £32,528 -7.10%
Liverpool +1 4 £32,528 -7.10%
Camberley - 4 £41,250 -
Worcester - 4 £60,000 -
Somerset - 4 £42,500 -

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 205 (41.58%) Windows
2 163 (33.06%) Microsoft
3 124 (25.15%) Finance
4 117 (23.73%) VMware
5 107 (21.70%) Linux
6 102 (20.69%) UNIX
7 94 (19.07%) Cisco
8 90 (18.26%) ITIL
9 89 (18.05%) MS Excel
10 85 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 83 (16.84%) Service Delivery
12 79 (16.02%) Citrix
13 77 (15.62%) Active Directory
14 74 (15.01%) Solaris
15 73 (14.81%) MCSE
16 72 (14.60%) Windows Server 2003
16 72 (14.60%) Degree
17 67 (13.59%) Windows Server 2008
18 62 (12.58%) MCITP
19 61 (12.37%) SLA
20 60 (12.17%) SAN
21 58 (11.76%) SQL
21 58 (11.76%) MS Office
22 57 (11.56%) MS Exchange
23 56 (11.36%) SQL Server
24 54 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
25 53 (10.75%) HP
26 52 (10.55%) IBM
26 52 (10.55%) Telecoms
27 51 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 35 (7.099%) .NET
2 27 (5.477%) Web Services
3 20 (4.057%) HTML
4 18 (3.651%) CSS
5 16 (3.245%) WebSphere
5 16 (3.245%) XML
6 15 (3.043%) ASP.NET
7 12 (2.434%) Application Packaging
8 10 (2.028%) J2EE
9 8 (1.623%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.217%) JSF
10 6 (1.217%) JSON
10 6 (1.217%) jQuery
10 6 (1.217%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (1.014%) XSLT
11 5 (1.014%) SOAP
12 4 (0.811%) WCF
12 4 (0.811%) LINQ
12 4 (0.811%) EJB
12 4 (0.811%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 57 (11.56%) MS Exchange
2 47 (9.533%) SharePoint
3 42 (8.519%) Exchange Server 2010
4 30 (6.085%) Exchange Server 2007
4 30 (6.085%) Lync
5 16 (3.245%) Exchange Server 2003
6 15 (3.043%) SharePoint 2010
7 14 (2.840%) IIS
8 13 (2.637%) WebLogic
9 11 (2.231%) WebSphere Application Server
9 11 (2.231%) Tomcat
10 7 (1.420%) WebSphere Process Server
11 6 (1.217%) Apache
11 6 (1.217%) WebSphere Portal
12 5 (1.014%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.811%) IBM HTTP Server
13 4 (0.811%) SharePoint Server
14 3 (0.609%) Windows Azure
14 3 (0.609%) Amazon AWS
14 3 (0.609%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 89 (18.05%) MS Excel
2 58 (11.76%) MS Office
3 18 (3.651%) MS Visio
4 16 (3.245%) MS Project
5 12 (2.434%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (1.014%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.811%) Office 365
8 3 (0.609%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.203%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 22 (4.462%) SAP Business One
2 12 (2.434%) Google Analytics
3 3 (0.609%) Pivotal CRM
4 2 (0.406%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.406%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.406%) SunGard AvantGard
4 2 (0.406%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.406%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.406%) Tridion
5 1 (0.203%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.203%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.203%) Agresso
5 1 (0.203%) Sage 1000
5 1 (0.203%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.203%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.17%) SAN
2 36 (7.302%) DNS
3 30 (6.085%) Firewall
4 24 (4.868%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.462%) Unified Communications
6 16 (3.245%) VoIP
7 15 (3.043%) NAS
7 15 (3.043%) IP Telephony
8 13 (2.637%) Softswitch
8 13 (2.637%) Wireless
8 13 (2.637%) DPNSS
8 13 (2.637%) MGCP
8 13 (2.637%) SS7
8 13 (2.637%) Megaco
8 13 (2.637%) Q.931
8 13 (2.637%) H.323
8 13 (2.637%) ADSL
8 13 (2.637%) Broadband
9 12 (2.434%) WAN
9 12 (2.434%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.434%) MySQL
2 12 (2.434%) Big Data
3 9 (1.826%) SAP HANA
3 9 (1.826%) DB2
4 5 (1.014%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (0.811%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (0.811%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (0.609%) GIS
7 2 (0.406%) DB2 UDB
7 2 (0.406%) PerformancePoint
7 2 (0.406%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.406%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.406%) MS Access
7 2 (0.406%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.406%) Redis
8 1 (0.203%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.203%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.203%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.203%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.028%) MSI
2 8 (1.623%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (1.623%) LoadRunner
3 6 (1.217%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.014%) JUnit
5 4 (0.811%) JIRA
5 4 (0.811%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.811%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.609%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.609%) Ant
7 1 (0.203%) Build Forge
7 1 (0.203%) Hudson
7 1 (0.203%) Maven
General
1 124 (25.15%) Finance
2 52 (10.55%) Telecoms
3 28 (5.680%) Banking
4 25 (5.071%) Retail
5 13 (2.637%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.231%) Marketing
7 8 (1.623%) Electronics
7 8 (1.623%) French Language
8 7 (1.420%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.420%) Advertising
8 7 (1.420%) Military
9 4 (0.811%) Investment Banking
9 4 (0.811%) Legal
9 4 (0.811%) Local Government
9 4 (0.811%) German Language
9 4 (0.811%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.406%) Publishing
10 2 (0.406%) Front Office
11 1 (0.203%) Back Office
11 1 (0.203%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.085%) Clustering
2 21 (4.260%) Blackberry
3 20 (4.057%) iPhone
4 18 (3.651%) SaaS
5 14 (2.840%) IVR
6 12 (2.434%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.028%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.028%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (1.826%) Computer Science
9 8 (1.623%) Replication
10 6 (1.217%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.014%) Chip and PIN
12 4 (0.811%) Statistics
12 4 (0.811%) Social Media
12 4 (0.811%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.609%) Mobile Banking
13 3 (0.609%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.609%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.609%) Fat Client
13 3 (0.609%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 205 (41.58%) Windows
2 107 (21.70%) Linux
3 102 (20.69%) UNIX
4 74 (15.01%) Solaris
5 72 (14.60%) Windows Server 2003
6 67 (13.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 51 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 31 (6.288%) AIX
9 23 (4.665%) HPUX
10 22 (4.462%) Windows XP
10 22 (4.462%) OpenVMS
11 18 (3.651%) Windows Phone
12 14 (2.840%) Windows 7
13 11 (2.231%) SUSE
14 7 (1.420%) Windows Vista
15 4 (0.811%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.609%) zOS
16 3 (0.609%) Windows NT
16 3 (0.609%) Android
17 2 (0.406%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (18.26%) ITIL
2 83 (16.84%) Service Delivery
3 36 (7.302%) Project Management
4 35 (7.099%) Capacity Management
5 25 (5.071%) Change Management
6 22 (4.462%) Problem Management
7 21 (4.260%) Service Management
8 16 (3.245%) Time Management
9 15 (3.043%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (3.043%) SOA
10 13 (2.637%) Analytics
10 13 (2.637%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (2.637%) E-Commerce
10 13 (2.637%) Performance Management
10 13 (2.637%) Migration
11 12 (2.434%) WFM
11 12 (2.434%) Data Protection
11 12 (2.434%) BCP
11 12 (2.434%) Business Analytics
11 12 (2.434%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.76%) SQL
2 47 (9.533%) Java
3 25 (5.071%) C#
4 23 (4.665%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.028%) Perl
6 9 (1.826%) PHP
7 7 (1.420%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.217%) VB
8 6 (1.217%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.217%) C++
9 5 (1.014%) C
10 4 (0.811%) Ruby
10 4 (0.811%) Python
11 3 (0.609%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.609%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.609%) Jython
12 2 (0.406%) VB6
12 2 (0.406%) ABAP
12 2 (0.406%) VBA
12 2 (0.406%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 85 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 73 (14.81%) MCSE
3 72 (14.60%) Degree
4 62 (12.58%) MCITP
5 29 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 24 (4.868%) MCTS
7 22 (4.462%) Security Cleared
8 21 (4.260%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (3.651%) MCP
10 15 (3.043%) SC Cleared
11 14 (2.840%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (2.637%) HND
13 12 (2.434%) CCNA
14 11 (2.231%) CCNP
15 9 (1.826%) Citrix Certification
16 8 (1.623%) ISEB
16 8 (1.623%) SAP Certification
17 7 (1.420%) MCSA
18 6 (1.217%) DV Cleared
19 5 (1.014%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.37%) SLA
2 21 (4.260%) QA
3 3 (0.609%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.406%) HL7
4 2 (0.406%) DICOM
4 2 (0.406%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.203%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 77 (15.62%) Active Directory
2 54 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (6.897%) Hyper-V
4 27 (5.477%) XenApp
5 20 (4.057%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (2.840%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 8 (1.623%) vSphere
8 6 (1.217%) MetaFrame
9 5 (1.014%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.811%) VMware ESX
10 4 (0.811%) XenServer
11 3 (0.609%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.609%) SRDF
11 3 (0.609%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.406%) Xen
12 2 (0.406%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.406%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.406%) Varnish
12 2 (0.406%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.203%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 47 (9.533%) SCCM
2 31 (6.288%) SCOM
3 17 (3.448%) NetBackup
4 14 (2.840%) SCVMM
5 12 (2.434%) Cisco CUCM
5 12 (2.434%) Cisco UCCE
6 6 (1.217%) ARCserve
6 6 (1.217%) McAfee ePO
6 6 (1.217%) SolarWinds Orion
7 5 (1.014%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.014%) WSUS
8 4 (0.811%) Netcool
8 4 (0.811%) Tivoli
8 4 (0.811%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (0.811%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.609%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (0.609%) Nagios
10 2 (0.406%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.406%) OpenView
10 2 (0.406%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 163 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 117 (23.73%) VMware
3 94 (19.07%) Cisco
4 79 (16.02%) Citrix
5 53 (10.75%) HP
6 52 (10.55%) IBM
7 42 (8.519%) Oracle
8 38 (7.708%) SAP
8 38 (7.708%) EMC
9 35 (7.099%) NetApp
10 34 (6.897%) Sun
11 32 (6.491%) Nortel
12 27 (5.477%) Red Hat
13 21 (4.260%) AppSense
13 21 (4.260%) Dell
13 21 (4.260%) Avaya
14 20 (4.057%) Veritas
15 19 (3.854%) Mitel
16 18 (3.651%) Dialogic
17 17 (3.448%) BT
MS Technical Specialist - AD , Exchange
London
The MS Technical Specialist will already have infrastructure experience and knowledge / skills from within the Microsoft stack - Windows Server to 2008 , AD or Active Directory including Group Policy...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Support Specialist - SQL/AD/Windows
City of London
Technical Support Specialist - City of London - £40-45kSQL/Windows/AD/VMWare A role has become available within a leading global financial company, the successful candidate would be part...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Specialist, 3rd Line Support
Hampshire
Desirable experience/qualities: - Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 - Active Directory - Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7 - Microsoft Exchange 2010 (with PowerShell scripting) - Citrix XenApp or Terminal Services...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £32000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Specialist
Hampshire, South East
Skill Requirements: Good knowledge of Windows Server 2003/2008 Good knowledge of Active Directory Good knowledge of managing a Citrix XenApp or Terminal Services environment A good knowledge...
Salary: £31988 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Support Analyst/Technical Specialist
Castleford (M62), West Yorkshire
My client, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional technical resource to add to their already enviable team. Working with clients in both sectors, a continual...
inTalent
Salary: Upto £27K + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Airwave Technical Specialist- ICCS-CCNA-CCNP
London
In addition, the Airwave Technical Specialist will be responsible for implementing services and upgrades using Prince2 methodology delivering technical and contractual testing whilst creating policies and procedures including...
Sand Resources
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + pension, 9.5% car allowance,
Posted: 4 May 2013
Technical Support Specialist
Reading, UK, Thames Valley
Websense, Inc... Update the Knowledge Base with solutions as appropriate.Adhere to company policies and procedures regarding customer handling processes, service entitlement verification, customer registration, and problem escalation...
Websense UK
Salary: £0 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Specialist - 3rd line Server / VMWare Support
New Malden, Surrey
Experience of Incident, Problem and Change Management... Technical skills in; Server security, backups, Solarwinds, sever patching, VMWare, SAN, NetApp, AD (Active Directory) Location: Based in New Malden, Surrey.
Nuffield Health
Salary: From £35,000 to £42,000 per annum + Benefits which include our own Gym
Posted: 7 May 2013
Technical Specialist
Hertfordshire, South East
They will get exposure to: Web development Operating systems Mobile devices (including tablets) Product identification Pre/post sales Hardware supportDesired skillset: Windows CE .net Android (Java) PhpThis is...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + car, phone, laptop
Posted: 15 May 2013
Infrastructure Consultant/Technical Specialist SCOM/HyperV
Central London / West End
Frontier Technology is a premier IT solution provider delivering cloud computing and on-premise solutions.As a Microsoft, Citrix, Symantec and Commvault Partner, we are the first choice...
Frontier Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum plus performance related bonus
Posted: 9 May 2013
Senior Technical Specialist - Cisco Networking
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
Desktop Technical Specialist
Staines, South East
Proven experience of applying technical and ITIL best practice frameworks to the delivery and continual improvement of services... - Experience of working within an ITIL based service delivery model.
Centrica
Salary: Salary : Competitive base + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cognos Technical Specialist - EPM Administrator
Wiltshire, South West
You will support the deployment of a new EPM tool, providing analysis for Cognos TM1 and BI. The Cognos Specialist will provide hands-on maintenance, continuous development and...
Sand Resources
Salary: £33000 - £48000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Technical Specialist - Server
Southern England, South East
Current technologies include: .Net, SQL Server 2005, Sharepoint, HTML, Javascript, Classic ASP, VB6, HIS, VSTS.Applicants with strong .Net and experience in Enterprise Integration, using Websphere Message Broker,...
Church International
Salary: £41,000 to £51,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
TECHNICAL SALES SPECIALIST
UK
My client are looking to cover the entire IT Security spectrum so are looking for Sales people with experience in any and as many of the following areas...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + UNCAPPED COMMISSION + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 May 2013
TECHNICAL SALES SPECIALIST
England
My client are looking to cover the entire IT Security spectrum so are looking for Sales people with experience in any and as many of the following areas...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + UNCAPPED COMMISSION + BENEFITS
Posted: 18 May 2013
CRM Technical Specialist
Surrey
The position requires working experience on Pivotal and/or SalesForce based applications and a very good functional understanding of CRM products. The candidate is expected to display professional...
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Voice Technical Specialist
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: 20 May 2013
Senior Voice Technical Specialist
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
Technical Specialist - Credit & Debit Cards
Glasgow, Scotland
This will allow you to play a pivotal role, liaising with internal teams and 3rd parties to take responsibility for all technical changes across cards applications. You will...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Salary: £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
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