Technical Specialist Jobs in Berkshire

Technical Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Specialist salary in Berkshire is £50,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 153 192
Rank change year-on-year +36 +39 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 6 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.37% 0.098% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £33,775 - -
25th Percentile £39,438 - £45,077
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £40,000 £46,581
Median % change year-on-year +25.63% -14.13% -
75th Percentile £62,438 - £53,250
90th Percentile £68,925 - £62,550
South East median annual salary £33,500 £57,500 £46,540
% change year-on-year -41.74% +23.55% +0.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,269 2,924 2,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.53% 95.43% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 575 2,076 1,651
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,250 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in Berkshire

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in Berkshire

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in Berkshire

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Reading +54 6 £50,250 +25.63% 4
Technical Specialist
South East

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) Decision Tree
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) German Language
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (66.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Broadband
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) ETRM
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Git
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Broadband
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) CRM
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) Decision Tree
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) ETRM
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft