Technical Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 497 502
Rank change year-on-year +72 +5 +142
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 84 69 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 72 43 60
10th Percentile £30,100 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £54,254 £55,000
90th Percentile - £77,177 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.52% -1.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
South East +47 26 £55,000 +64.18% 2
South West +27 18 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Midlands +26 17 £55,000 +5.75% 2
West Midlands +25 17 £55,000 +5.75% 2
Wales +13 11 £35,000 -
North of England -6 7 £50,000 -30.55% 1
North West +14 5 £50,000 -30.55%
Scotland +9 3 £57,000 +107.27%
East of England +19 2 £45,000 +50.00%
North East +8 1 £35,000 -36.36%
Yorkshire -17 1 £60,000 -22.33% 1
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 14 (16.67%) Logistics
2 11 (13.10%) Oracle
3 9 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (7.14%) CRM
4 6 (7.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (7.14%) REST
4 6 (7.14%) SOAP
4 6 (7.14%) SQL
4 6 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (5.95%) Analytics
5 5 (5.95%) Change Management
5 5 (5.95%) Customer Service
5 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.95%) JD Edwards
6 4 (4.76%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (4.76%) Case Management
6 4 (4.76%) Change Control
6 4 (4.76%) Configuration Management
6 4 (4.76%) Customer Experience
6 4 (4.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (4.76%) Def Stans
6 4 (4.76%) Degree
6 4 (4.76%) Git
6 4 (4.76%) HubSpot
6 4 (4.76%) IIS
6 4 (4.76%) Jenkins

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.76%) IIS
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (7.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.76%) SaaS
2 3 (3.57%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) Boomi
3 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.19%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.19%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Broadband
2 1 (1.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.38%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Browser DevTools
1 4 (4.76%) Git
1 4 (4.76%) Jenkins
1 4 (4.76%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 18 (21.43%) Marketing
2 16 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Finance
4 6 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.38%) Games
6 1 (1.19%) Electronics
6 1 (1.19%) Legal
6 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) REST
1 6 (7.14%) SOAP
2 4 (4.76%) LAMP
3 2 (2.38%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.38%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.19%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.19%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.67%) Logistics
2 9 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (7.14%) CRM
3 6 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (5.95%) Analytics
4 5 (5.95%) Change Management
4 5 (5.95%) Customer Service
5 4 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (4.76%) Case Management
5 4 (4.76%) Change Control
5 4 (4.76%) Configuration Management
5 4 (4.76%) Customer Experience
5 4 (4.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (4.76%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (4.76%) Proactive Management
5 4 (4.76%) Process Improvement
6 3 (3.57%) Supplier Management
7 2 (2.38%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.14%) SQL
2 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.76%) PHP
4 2 (2.38%) Bash
4 2 (2.38%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (4.76%) Degree
1 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (4.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) Def Stans
2 3 (3.57%) NIST
3 2 (2.38%) NCSC
4 1 (1.19%) COBIT
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 11 (13.10%) Oracle
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.95%) JD Edwards
4 4 (4.76%) HubSpot
4 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.38%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.38%) Dell
5 2 (2.38%) IBM