Technical Specialist Job Trends in the City of London

Technical Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Specialist salary in the City of London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 164 163
Rank change year-on-year +36 -1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 3 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £86,000 - £33,750
25th Percentile £89,375 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £56,250
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,500 2,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.22% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,655 2,429
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Technical Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Commvault
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Commvault
1 1 (33.33%) VMware