Technologist
UK

The median Technologist salary in the UK is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 728 867 1130
Rank change year-on-year +139 +263 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Technologist 187 97 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.094% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.10% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 109 31 3
10th Percentile £24,000 - £26,410
25th Percentile £28,000 £52,500 £26,819
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £70,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +133.33% -27.07%
75th Percentile £45,000 £86,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,750 £116,250 £68,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £55,000 £26,138
% change year-on-year -43.64% +110.42% -36.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technologist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technologist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technologist in the UK

Technologist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technologist.

Salary trend for Technologist in the UK

Technologist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technologist over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technologist in the UK

Technologist
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technologist within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +174 167 £32,500 -53.57% 73
UK excluding London +88 165 £31,000 -43.64% 65
North of England +51 50 £29,000 - 17
Midlands +50 41 £31,000 - 19
East Midlands +19 35 £30,000 - 11
South West +3 33 £30,000 - 10
North West - 30 £28,000 - 7
Work from Home +42 24 £43,705 -31.44% 19
Yorkshire +61 20 £35,000 - 7
East of England - 17 £45,000 - 5
South East +31 16 £32,500 -40.91% 17
London +110 10 £55,000 -31.25% 9
West Midlands +23 6 £45,000 - 8
Wales - 6 £28,000 - 2
Scotland - 2 £36,000 - 1

Technologist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Technologist 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 featuring Technologist in the job title.

1 35 (18.72%) Manufacturing
2 29 (15.51%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.83%) Degree
4 18 (9.63%) QA
5 15 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
7 13 (6.95%) Time Management
7 13 (6.95%) Retail
7 13 (6.95%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (6.42%) Legal
9 10 (5.35%) SAP QM
9 10 (5.35%) Validation
9 10 (5.35%) SAP
9 10 (5.35%) Change Control
9 10 (5.35%) Biopharmaceutical
9 10 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (4.81%) Security Cleared
11 8 (4.28%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (3.21%) Roadmaps
12 6 (3.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (2.67%) Mathematics
13 5 (2.67%) Computer Science
13 5 (2.67%) Client/Server
13 5 (2.67%) W3C
13 5 (2.67%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (2.67%) Due Diligence
14 4 (2.14%) Thought Leadership
14 4 (2.14%) Technology Roadmap
14 4 (2.14%) Customer Requirements
14 4 (2.14%) Creative Thinking

Technologist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.07%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.35%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.53%) Azure
1 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.53%) Azure Pipelines
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.14%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) DTrace
1 3 (1.60%) GDB
1 3 (1.60%) Moq
2 1 (0.53%) QADirector
General
1 35 (18.72%) Manufacturing
2 29 (15.51%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (6.95%) Retail
5 12 (6.42%) Legal
6 10 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.14%) Law
8 3 (1.60%) Electronics
8 3 (1.60%) Finance
8 3 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.07%) Advertising
10 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.53%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.35%) Biopharmaceutical
2 5 (2.67%) Client/Server
2 5 (2.67%) W3C
3 3 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (1.60%) Robotics
4 2 (1.07%) Blog
4 2 (1.07%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.07%) Social Media
4 2 (1.07%) VLE
5 1 (0.53%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Linux
1 4 (2.14%) Unix
2 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (6.95%) Root Cause Analysis
1 13 (6.95%) Time Management
2 10 (5.35%) Change Control
2 10 (5.35%) Validation
3 8 (4.28%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (3.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (3.21%) Roadmaps
5 5 (2.67%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.67%) Due Diligence
5 5 (2.67%) Mathematics
5 5 (2.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (2.14%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (2.14%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (2.14%) Customer Service
6 4 (2.14%) Generative AI
6 4 (2.14%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (2.14%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (2.14%) Thought Leadership
7 3 (1.60%) Business Strategy
7 3 (1.60%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.60%) C
1 3 (1.60%) OCaml
1 3 (1.60%) Shell Script
1 3 (1.60%) SystemTap
2 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.07%) Python
2 2 (1.07%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (12.83%) Degree
2 9 (4.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) PhD
5 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.63%) QA
2 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (5.35%) SAP
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.53%) NetApp
3 1 (0.53%) Thales