Technology Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technology Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technology Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 548 624
Rank change year-on-year +21 +76 +134
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Specialist 7 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.009% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £39,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +77.22% - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +56.25% -20.00% -13.04%

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 40,220 32,437 41,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.31% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 24,735 15,632 32,451
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,748 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

Technology Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technology Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Technology Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technology Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Technology 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 Technology Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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 - 3 - - 10
East of England - 3 - - 6
South West -1 1 £70,000 +77.22% 6
Technology Specialist
UK

Technology Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Technology 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 Technology Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
1 3 (42.86%) Coaching
1 3 (42.86%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
1 3 (42.86%) Development Roadmap
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
1 3 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Basis
1 3 (42.86%) SAP HANA
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Patching
1 3 (42.86%) SEO
1 3 (42.86%) User Experience
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking

Technology 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) e-Learning
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
1 3 (42.86%) Coaching
1 3 (42.86%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
1 3 (42.86%) Development Roadmap
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
1 3 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
1 3 (42.86%) Security Patching
1 3 (42.86%) SEO
1 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
1 3 (42.86%) VMware