Technical Specialist Jobs in the South East

Technical Specialist
England > South East

The median Technical Specialist salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 312 388
Rank change year-on-year +7 +76 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 10 81 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.46% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.49% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 11
10th Percentile £23,000 £34,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £40,000 £41,289
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £57,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +23.66% -2.11%
75th Percentile £40,813 £63,750 £50,917
90th Percentile £60,275 - £57,500
England median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -7.77% +9.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the South East

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the South East

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the South East

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +68 9 £30,000 -25.00% 6
Berkshire +43 9 £30,000 -25.00% 4
East Sussex - 1 £20,000 - 3
Technical Specialist
England

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 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 South East region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (70.00%) CRM
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) Degree
4 6 (60.00%) German Language
4 6 (60.00%) Time Management
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (60.00%) Decision Tree
4 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Broadband
5 2 (20.00%) VoIP
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) DNS
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) API Integration
6 1 (10.00%) GitHub
6 1 (10.00%) DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Terraform
6 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) ETRM
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (10.00%) Git
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Broadband
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) German Language
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) CRM
3 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (60.00%) Decision Tree
3 6 (60.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) API Integration
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) ETRM
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (10.00%) Release Management
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft