Technical Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Technical Specialist salary in the Midlands is £31,000 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 255 290 309
Rank change year-on-year +35 +19 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 5 31 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.072% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 21 6
10th Percentile - £26,750 £37,304
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £41,255
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £35,000 £50,450
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -30.62% +16.45%
75th Percentile £54,125 £65,000 £59,838
90th Percentile £65,900 - £70,625
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,900
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.77% +7.16%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,421 11,194 8,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 94.31% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 8,318 4,674
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the Midlands

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +44 3 £31,000 -52.31% 10
East Midlands +18 2 - - 9
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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 Midlands region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Microscopy
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) PhD
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (40.00%) EngageOne
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) BAPI
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) SOAP

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 2 (40.00%) EngageOne
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) BAPI
1 1 (20.00%) IBM Integration Bus
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Microscopy
1 2 (40.00%) Physics
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP