Technical Specialist Job Trends in Portishead

Technical Specialist
Somerset > Portishead

The median Technical Specialist salary in Portishead is £54,498 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portishead 2.70% 5.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 5.56% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,522 £37,506 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £38,016 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.35% - -
75th Percentile £55,473 £38,526 -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £54,498 £38,016 -
% change year-on-year +43.35% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Portishead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portishead. 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 Portishead with a recognized job title 26 18 28
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 70.27% 90.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 26 18 28
10th Percentile - £25,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £24,250 £36,427 £30,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £49,660 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.66% +30.68% +35.71%
75th Percentile £27,250 £57,057 £52,500
90th Percentile £49,362 - £58,850
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +20.48% -17.00%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Portishead

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 Portishead.

Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in Portishead

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in Portishead

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Portishead.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Portishead

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portishead

For the 6 months to 26 March 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 Portishead region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portishead 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (100.00%) Police
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle