The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. 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 17 June 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 advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Specialist
Rank 208 198 178
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 9 9 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.163% 0.171% 0.398%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.172% 0.176% 0.414%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 11
Average salary £37,000 £45,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.77% +36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £41,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5246 5102 4828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.85% 96.92% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4140 4214 4108
Average salary £35,000 £34,250 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.18% +3.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -2 9 £37,000 -7.50% 2
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region 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 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) ITIL
3 9 (31.03%) Citrix
4 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 8 (27.59%) Degree
5 7 (24.14%) Information Management
5 7 (24.14%) Communications Security
5 7 (24.14%) Military
5 7 (24.14%) Telecoms
5 7 (24.14%) Aerospace
6 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
6 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
6 6 (20.69%) Citrix Certification
6 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (20.69%) SQL
6 6 (20.69%) SLA
6 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
6 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (17.24%) .NET
7 5 (17.24%) Chip and PIN
7 5 (17.24%) Electronics
7 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (13.79%) XenApp
8 4 (13.79%) XenServer
8 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
8 4 (13.79%) SAN
8 4 (13.79%) SQL Server

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region 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 5 (17.24%) .NET
2 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.448%) Web Services
3 1 (3.448%) XML
3 1 (3.448%) Middleware
3 1 (3.448%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.448%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (10.34%) SAP Portal
4 2 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) RoboHelp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) SAN
1 4 (13.79%) LAN
1 4 (13.79%) WAN
2 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.448%) Intranet
2 1 (3.448%) Firewall
2 1 (3.448%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) MS Access
2 1 (3.448%) DataStage
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Aerospace
2 7 (24.14%) Military
2 7 (24.14%) Telecoms
3 5 (17.24%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.897%) Marketing
6 1 (3.448%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (6.897%) Clustering
4 1 (3.448%) Statistics
4 1 (3.448%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.448%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.448%) UNIX
5 1 (3.448%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) ITIL
2 7 (24.14%) Information Management
2 7 (24.14%) Communications Security
3 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Management
3 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
4 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Time Management
5 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.897%) Change Management
6 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.897%) Configuration Management
6 2 (6.897%) Service Management
6 2 (6.897%) Network Management
6 2 (6.897%) Capacity Management
7 1 (3.448%) Product Management
7 1 (3.448%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (3.448%) OO
7 1 (3.448%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) C#
3 2 (6.897%) T-SQL
3 2 (6.897%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.448%) VB6
4 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
4 1 (3.448%) VB
4 1 (3.448%) Java
4 1 (3.448%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (10.34%) MCSE
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.897%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.897%) MCITP
4 2 (6.897%) CCA
4 2 (6.897%) NCDA
5 1 (3.448%) CCNA
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.79%) XenApp
2 4 (13.79%) XenServer
2 4 (13.79%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
3 3 (10.34%) vSphere
4 1 (3.448%) VMware ESX
4 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) Unicenter
2 1 (3.448%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.448%) Nagios
2 1 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Citrix
3 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Blue Coat
4 3 (10.34%) IronPort
4 3 (10.34%) NetApp
4 3 (10.34%) Websense
4 3 (10.34%) EMC
4 3 (10.34%) HP
4 3 (10.34%) SAP
5 2 (6.897%) IBM
5 2 (6.897%) Dell
5 2 (6.897%) CA
5 2 (6.897%) Lotus
6 1 (3.448%) Apple
6 1 (3.448%) Business Objects