Technical Specialist Job Trends in Somerset

Technical Specialist
South West > Somerset

The median Technical Specialist salary in Somerset 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 64 40 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.15% 0.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.41% -
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 - - -
South West median annual salary £35,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.91% -8.00% +53.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 586 241 664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.05% 93.05% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 354 128 548
10th Percentile £26,075 £30,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,505 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.48% -17.00%
75th Percentile £58,993 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,125 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,648 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% +9.30% -

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in Somerset

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Somerset

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 March 2026. 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
Portishead +1 1 £54,498 +43.35%
Technical Specialist
South West

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

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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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