The first part of the 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank626621575
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Down-46
Matching permanent IT job ads255250180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.211 %0.204 %0.189 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.223 %0.216 %0.202 %
Number of salaries quoted207193122
Average salary£40,000£42,500£39,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+8.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£90,000£59,900
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %+6.06 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+2237£40,000-11.11 %
LondonDown-498£40,000-42.85 %
South EastDown-2949£45,000+5.88 %
North WestUp+530£34,500+15.65 %
City of LondonDown-227£57,500-36.11 %
East of EnglandUp+321£34,000-15.00 %
LiverpoolNew entry-17£32,528-
MerseysideNew entry-17£32,528-
BerkshireDown-3016£41,000-3.52 %
ScotlandUp+814£39,000+11.42 %
SurreyDown-1512£45,000+81.81 %
YorkshireDown-1812£30,000-21.56 %
HampshireDown-411£35,000-33.33 %
EssexDown-59£42,500+25.92 %
South WestDown-59£33,500-4.28 %
West YorkshireDown-119£22,500-25.00 %
ReadingDown-129£47,500+93.87 %
HarlowDown-159£42,500+6.25 %
KentUp+328£50,000-20.00 %
East MidlandsUp+68£37,500+25.00 %
West MidlandsDown-218£35,500+2.89 %
ManchesterDown-87£27,500+1.85 %
ReigateNew entry-7£45,000-
CambridgeNo change06£34,000-15.00 %
CheshireDown-86£47,500+22.58 %
CambridgeshireDown-106£34,000-15.00 %
SwindonNew entry-6£33,500-
WiltshireNew entry-6£33,500-
LivingstonUp+225£51,500+32.05 %
West LothianUp+225£51,500+49.27 %

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1217 (42.97 %)Windows
2128 (25.35 %)Oracle
3126 (24.95 %)VMware
4115 (22.77 %)Finance
5111 (21.98 %)Microsoft
6105 (20.79 %)UNIX
7103 (20.40 %)Active Directory
8102 (20.20 %)SQL
990 (17.82 %)Windows Server 2008
1087 (17.23 %)SQL Server
1186 (17.03 %)Windows Server 2003
1280 (15.84 %)VMware Infrastructure
1376 (15.05 %)TCP/IP
1473 (14.46 %)Citrix
1572 (14.26 %)SAN
1667 (13.27 %)Java
1667 (13.27 %)Linux
1762 (12.28 %)Firewall
1859 (11.68 %)Degree
1956 (11.09 %)ITIL
2054 (10.69 %)Hyper-V
2153 (10.50 %)Microsoft Certification
2252 (10.30 %)MS Exchange
2351 (10.10 %)MS Excel
2449 (9.703 %)Perl
2546 (9.109 %)Cisco
2644 (8.713 %).NET
2743 (8.515 %)SCCM
2842 (8.317 %)MCSE
2939 (7.723 %)NetBackup

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
144 (8.713 %).NET
230 (5.941 %)Web Services
323 (4.554 %)ASP.NET
422 (4.356 %)XML
521 (4.158 %)Middleware
69 (1.782 %)WebSphere
77 (1.386 %)Software Packaging
77 (1.386 %)HTML
86 (1.188 %)SAP Basis
86 (1.188 %)WCF
86 (1.188 %)MapReduce
86 (1.188 %)XSLT
86 (1.188 %)J2EE
95 (0.990 %)XSD
95 (0.990 %)JMS
104 (0.792 %)ODBC
104 (0.792 %)XML Messaging
113 (0.594 %)ISPF
113 (0.594 %)jQuery
113 (0.594 %)CSS
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
152 (10.30 %)MS Exchange
237 (7.327 %)IIS
237 (7.327 %)Exchange Server 2010
329 (5.743 %)Apache
422 (4.356 %)Exchange Server 2003
517 (3.366 %)Tomcat
616 (3.168 %)WebLogic
616 (3.168 %)Exchange Server 2007
713 (2.574 %)SharePoint
89 (1.782 %)BizTalk Server
97 (1.386 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
106 (1.188 %)LiveLink
115 (0.990 %)CMS
115 (0.990 %)SAP Web AS
115 (0.990 %)SAS
115 (0.990 %)NetWeaver
115 (0.990 %)MSMQ
115 (0.990 %)Tuxedo
115 (0.990 %)Lync
115 (0.990 %)Oracle Service Bus
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
151 (10.10 %)MS Excel
236 (7.129 %)MS Office
36 (1.188 %)RoboHelp
36 (1.188 %)FrameMaker
36 (1.188 %)Adobe Captivate
45 (0.990 %)MS Visio
52 (0.396 %)Google Apps
61 (0.198 %)MS Project
61 (0.198 %)ProjectWise
61 (0.198 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.188 %)assyst
16 (1.188 %)SunGard AvantGard
16 (1.188 %)SAP GRC
24 (0.792 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (0.594 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.396 %)WebTrends
42 (0.396 %)HFM
42 (0.396 %)Google Analytics
42 (0.396 %)Hyperion Planning
51 (0.198 %)HiPortfolio
51 (0.198 %)LongView
51 (0.198 %)LatentZero
51 (0.198 %)Tesseract
51 (0.198 %)Minerva
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
176 (15.05 %)TCP/IP
272 (14.26 %)SAN
362 (12.28 %)Firewall
438 (7.525 %)NAS
537 (7.327 %)DNS
628 (5.545 %)Internet
724 (4.752 %)LAN
724 (4.752 %)WAN
819 (3.762 %)VPN
819 (3.762 %)DHCP
917 (3.366 %)iSCSI
1016 (3.168 %)VoIP
1115 (2.970 %)DSL
1115 (2.970 %)Wireless
1213 (2.574 %)Broadband
1312 (2.376 %)SMS
149 (1.782 %)LDAP
149 (1.782 %)MPLS
149 (1.782 %)DMZ
158 (1.584 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
187 (17.23 %)SQL Server
220 (3.960 %)SQL Server 2008
319 (3.762 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (3.762 %)SQL Server Integration Services
417 (3.366 %)MySQL
512 (2.376 %)SQL Server 2000
611 (2.178 %)Hadoop
710 (1.980 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
89 (1.782 %)ETL
98 (1.584 %)Oracle 8/8i
98 (1.584 %)DTS
98 (1.584 %)Apache Cassandra
107 (1.386 %)Data Warehouse
115 (0.990 %)RDBMS
115 (0.990 %)DB2
124 (0.792 %)IDOL
133 (0.594 %)DB2 UDB
133 (0.594 %)Data Mining
133 (0.594 %)Oracle 10g
133 (0.594 %)SQL Server 7
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (1.584 %)Visual Studio
27 (1.386 %)Subversion
33 (0.594 %)LoadRunner
33 (0.594 %)MSI
42 (0.396 %)Selenium
42 (0.396 %)FitNesse
51 (0.198 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.198 %)Hudson
51 (0.198 %)Bugzilla
51 (0.198 %)PVCS
51 (0.198 %)ClearCase
51 (0.198 %)Maven
51 (0.198 %)Ant
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1115 (22.77 %)Finance
235 (6.931 %)Banking
321 (4.158 %)Investment Banking
419 (3.762 %)Telecoms
517 (3.366 %)Marketing
615 (2.970 %)German Language
712 (2.376 %)Front Office
811 (2.178 %)Legal
910 (1.980 %)Retail
107 (1.386 %)Multimedia
107 (1.386 %)French Language
116 (1.188 %)Advertising
125 (0.990 %)Manufacturing
134 (0.792 %)Financial Institution
134 (0.792 %)Law
134 (0.792 %)Spanish Language
143 (0.594 %)Local Government
152 (0.396 %)Publishing
152 (0.396 %)Back Office
161 (0.198 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
128 (5.545 %)Computer Science
225 (4.950 %)Clustering
320 (3.960 %)Blackberry
414 (2.772 %)Open Source
59 (1.782 %)Cloud Computing
59 (1.782 %)Management Information System
59 (1.782 %)Replication
59 (1.782 %)Mathematics
68 (1.584 %)Fat Client
68 (1.584 %)Thin Client
77 (1.386 %)NHS
77 (1.386 %)Statistics
77 (1.386 %)Enterprise Storage
85 (0.990 %)Data Integration
94 (0.792 %)Credit Risk
94 (0.792 %)Market Risk
94 (0.792 %)iPhone
94 (0.792 %)Visualisation
94 (0.792 %)New Media
94 (0.792 %)PDA
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1217 (42.97 %)Windows
2105 (20.79 %)UNIX
390 (17.82 %)Windows Server 2008
486 (17.03 %)Windows Server 2003
567 (13.27 %)Linux
634 (6.733 %)Windows XP
634 (6.733 %)Solaris
722 (4.356 %)Windows 7
810 (1.980 %)Windows Vista
98 (1.584 %)Windows 2000
107 (1.386 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
115 (0.990 %)Windows 2000 Server
115 (0.990 %)Windows NT
124 (0.792 %)Apple iOS
133 (0.594 %)VMS
133 (0.594 %)AIX
142 (0.396 %)Mac OS X
142 (0.396 %)CentOS
142 (0.396 %)Android
142 (0.396 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (11.09 %)ITIL
229 (5.743 %)Configuration Management
327 (5.347 %)Service Delivery
327 (5.347 %)Disaster Recovery
426 (5.149 %)Project Management
426 (5.149 %)High Availability
524 (4.752 %)Change Management
622 (4.356 %)CRM
717 (3.366 %)Migration
717 (3.366 %)Business Analysis
816 (3.168 %)Data Analysis
915 (2.970 %)SOA
1013 (2.574 %)Security Management
1013 (2.574 %)Incident Management
1013 (2.574 %)Load Balancing
1013 (2.574 %)Fund Management
1112 (2.376 %)Enterprise Architecture
1112 (2.376 %)Service Management
1211 (2.178 %)Network Design
1211 (2.178 %)Release Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1102 (20.20 %)SQL
267 (13.27 %)Java
349 (9.703 %)Perl
434 (6.733 %)C#
527 (5.347 %)C++
618 (3.564 %)VB
618 (3.564 %)PowerShell
711 (2.178 %)Python
810 (1.980 %)T-SQL
99 (1.782 %)PL/SQL
108 (1.584 %)Shell Script
108 (1.584 %)Ruby
114 (0.792 %)PHP
114 (0.792 %)JavaScript
123 (0.594 %)C
123 (0.594 %)Assembly Language
123 (0.594 %)REXX
123 (0.594 %)JCL
132 (0.396 %)Korn
132 (0.396 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (11.68 %)Degree
253 (10.50 %)Microsoft Certification
342 (8.317 %)MCSE
433 (6.535 %)Cisco Certification
527 (5.347 %)CCNA
615 (2.970 %)MCITP
714 (2.772 %)CCNP
811 (2.178 %)MCP
811 (2.178 %)ITIL Certification
910 (1.980 %)MCSA
910 (1.980 %)Security Cleared
108 (1.584 %)SC Cleared
117 (1.386 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
117 (1.386 %)ISEB
125 (0.990 %)Citrix Certification
134 (0.792 %)VCP4
134 (0.792 %)VCP5
142 (0.396 %)MCDST
142 (0.396 %)MCTS
142 (0.396 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (7.525 %)SLA
26 (1.188 %)ISO 9001
26 (1.188 %)QA
26 (1.188 %)HL7
32 (0.396 %)Data Quality
32 (0.396 %)COBIT
41 (0.198 %)ISO 9000
41 (0.198 %)BS7799
41 (0.198 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1103 (20.40 %)Active Directory
280 (15.84 %)VMware Infrastructure
354 (10.69 %)Hyper-V
424 (4.752 %)XenApp
522 (4.356 %)XenServer
616 (3.168 %)Veritas Cluster Server
715 (2.970 %)Oracle RMAN
813 (2.574 %)vSphere
911 (2.178 %)XenDesktop
911 (2.178 %)VMware ESX
107 (1.386 %)Terminal Services
107 (1.386 %)VMware ESXi
114 (0.792 %)Terminal Server
114 (0.792 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
123 (0.594 %)Oracle RAC
123 (0.594 %)Xen
123 (0.594 %)MetaFrame
123 (0.594 %)VMFS
132 (0.396 %)ISA Server
132 (0.396 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
143 (8.515 %)SCCM
239 (7.723 %)NetBackup
319 (3.762 %)SCOM
412 (2.376 %)SCVMM
412 (2.376 %)WSUS
412 (2.376 %)Unicenter
510 (1.980 %)BladeLogic
68 (1.584 %)vCenter
68 (1.584 %)Foglight
76 (1.188 %)ARCserve
76 (1.188 %)Norton AntiVirus
76 (1.188 %)OpenView
76 (1.188 %)CiscoWorks
76 (1.188 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
85 (0.990 %)Backup Exec
85 (0.990 %)HP SIM
94 (0.792 %)Red Hat Satellite
94 (0.792 %)Cobbler
94 (0.792 %)MOM
103 (0.594 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1128 (25.35 %)Oracle
2126 (24.95 %)VMware
3111 (21.98 %)Microsoft
473 (14.46 %)Citrix
546 (9.109 %)Cisco
632 (6.337 %)EMC
727 (5.347 %)Brocade
826 (5.149 %)NetApp
922 (4.356 %)Veritas
922 (4.356 %)Sun
1019 (3.762 %)Hitachi
1019 (3.762 %)Juniper
1116 (3.168 %)CA
1215 (2.970 %)Nokia
1215 (2.970 %)CheckPoint
1313 (2.574 %)Symantec
1412 (2.376 %)Red Hat
1412 (2.376 %)HP
1511 (2.178 %)IBM
1610 (1.980 %)Dell