Senior Technical Specialist
UK
The median Senior Technical Specialist salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 709 | 727 | 967 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +240 | +258 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Specialist | 3 | 151 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.005% | 0.15% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.006% | 0.16% | 0.006% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,044 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £57,215 | £31,250 | £45,077 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £32,500 | £46,581 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +100.00% | -30.23% | -48.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £105,625 | £49,188 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £122,500 | £51,175 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £32,500 | £46,581 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -30.23% | -10.42% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Senior Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Technical Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist.
Senior Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.
Senior Technical Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technical Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 |
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| London | +21 | 3 | £65,000 | -43.48% | 6 |
| England | -6 | 3 | £65,000 | +100.00% | 9 |
| Work from Home | -10 | 1 | £51,930 | -54.84% | 1 |
Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior Technical Specialist in the job title.
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Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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