Technical Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 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 533 540 690
Rank change year-on-year +7 +150 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 46 228 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.30% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.32% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 24 116 40
10th Percentile £27,688 £27,500 £37,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £39,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £76,725 £65,000 £67,238
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% +10.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist within the UK excluding London 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
North of England 0 19 £37,500 -21.05% 11
North West -11 12 £37,500 +15.38% 5
South East +7 10 £30,000 -47.83% 15
South West +109 7 £46,000 +2.22% 6
Midlands +33 6 £31,000 -22.50% 8
Yorkshire +40 5 £78,500 +57.00% 4
East of England +18 4 £45,625 -23.96%
West Midlands +39 3 £31,000 -50.40% 3
East Midlands +29 3 - - 5
North East +41 2 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 25 (54.35%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
4 18 (39.13%) Azure
5 13 (28.26%) Degree
6 12 (26.09%) Time Management
7 11 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (21.74%) Linux
8 10 (21.74%) CRM
8 10 (21.74%) Cisco
8 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
8 10 (21.74%) Firewall
8 10 (21.74%) Hyper-V
9 9 (19.57%) Fortinet
9 9 (19.57%) Windows
9 9 (19.57%) Customer Service
10 8 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (15.22%) AWS
12 6 (13.04%) German Language
12 6 (13.04%) WatchGuard
12 6 (13.04%) SonicWALL
12 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Management
12 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (13.04%) Meraki
12 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
12 6 (13.04%) Decision Tree
13 5 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (10.87%) Preventative Maintenance

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.35%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (39.13%) Azure
2 11 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (15.22%) AWS
4 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.35%) Nutanix
6 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.35%) Rubrik
7 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) Firewall
2 5 (10.87%) VoIP
3 4 (8.70%) DNS
3 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.70%) VPN
4 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (6.52%) WAN
4 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (4.35%) Broadband
5 2 (4.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (4.35%) Power BI
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) ERwin
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (13.04%) German Language
4 4 (8.70%) Legal
5 3 (6.52%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Automotive
5 3 (6.52%) Electronics
5 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.17%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.17%) BAPI
1 1 (2.17%) IBM Integration Bus
1 1 (2.17%) REST
1 1 (2.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.52%) e-Learning
2 3 (6.52%) FMCG
2 3 (6.52%) IoT
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.52%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (6.52%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Linux
2 9 (19.57%) Windows
3 4 (8.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Time Management
3 10 (21.74%) CRM
4 9 (19.57%) Customer Service
5 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (13.04%) Decision Tree
5 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (10.87%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (8.70%) Agile
7 4 (8.70%) ITIL
7 4 (8.70%) Workflow
8 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (6.52%) SDLC
9 2 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (4.35%) Decision-Making
9 2 (4.35%) Microscopy
9 2 (4.35%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) Python
3 3 (6.52%) SQL
4 2 (4.35%) C++
4 2 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (28.26%) Degree
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.70%) A+ Certification
4 3 (6.52%) MCSE
4 3 (6.52%) NVQ Level 3
4 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.35%) MCP
5 2 (4.35%) MCSA
5 2 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (4.35%) PhD
6 1 (2.17%) CCDA
6 1 (2.17%) CCNA
6 1 (2.17%) CCNP
6 1 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.17%) MCSD
6 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
1 10 (21.74%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.52%) SCCM
3 2 (4.35%) NetBackup
3 2 (4.35%) PaperCut
4 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.74%) Cisco
3 9 (19.57%) Fortinet
4 6 (13.04%) Meraki
4 6 (13.04%) SonicWALL
4 6 (13.04%) WatchGuard
5 3 (6.52%) Aruba
5 3 (6.52%) Okta
5 3 (6.52%) VMware
6 2 (4.35%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (4.35%) Commvault
6 2 (4.35%) Freshdesk
6 2 (4.35%) Sparx
6 2 (4.35%) Zerto
7 1 (2.17%) IBM
7 1 (2.17%) SAP