Technical Specialist Jobs in the West Midlands

Technical Specialist
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Specialist salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 258 275
Rank change year-on-year +22 +17 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 13 16 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 9
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,537
25th Percentile £58,125 £37,830 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,450 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.84% +23.05% -25.11%
75th Percentile - £56,875 £47,500
90th Percentile - £67,375 £53,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,450 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +6.21% -1.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,831 5,959 6,888
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.95% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,165 3,355 4,784
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the West Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the West Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the West Midlands

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Warwickshire +49 3 £27,000 -
Birmingham -10 3 £57,500 +31.43% 2
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 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 West Midlands region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
1 6 (46.15%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto
2 3 (23.08%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (23.08%) WAAS
2 3 (23.08%) F5
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (23.08%) CCNP
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
2 3 (23.08%) CCDA
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Avaya
2 3 (23.08%) Juniper
2 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
2 3 (23.08%) MPLS
2 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 3 (23.08%) VoIP
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
2 3 (23.08%) SLA
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Service Management
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) IPsec
2 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Automotive
3 2 (15.38%) Meraki

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
1 3 (23.08%) IPsec
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) MPLS
1 3 (23.08%) VoIP
1 3 (23.08%) VPN
1 3 (23.08%) WAAS
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
2 3 (23.08%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCDA
1 3 (23.08%) CCNA
1 3 (23.08%) CCNP
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Avaya
1 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco
1 3 (23.08%) F5
1 3 (23.08%) Juniper
1 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto
2 2 (15.38%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft