Technical Specialist Jobs in the South West

Technical Specialist
England > South West

The median Technical Specialist salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 270 318
Rank change year-on-year -13 +48 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 9 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.098% 0.029% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.032% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile £34,950 £31,725 £35,016
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,438 £39,024
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,750 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% -16.37% -10.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £39,938 £46,500
90th Percentile £53,003 £41,175 £50,100
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,876 6,171 7,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.23% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,471 3,836 5,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the South West

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the South West

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the South West

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Gloucestershire - 4 £50,000 - 1
Bristol +12 2 £40,000 +11.89%
Devon - 2 £40,975 - 2
Dorset - 1 - -
Technical Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 West region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) Driving Licence
3 4 (44.44%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
3 4 (44.44%) Chemistry
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (22.22%) Data Vault
5 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) HNC
5 2 (22.22%) HND
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Publishing
5 2 (22.22%) Document Management
5 2 (22.22%) SCCM
6 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) SIEM
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 1 (11.11%) Mainframe

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Vault
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Publishing
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Chemistry
1 4 (44.44%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (22.22%) Document Management
2 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) HNC
2 2 (22.22%) HND
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft