Senior Technical Specialist
UK
The median Senior Technical Specialist salary in the UK is £43,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 748 | 913 | 1250 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +165 | +337 | -295 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Specialist | 156 | 6 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.006% | 0.008% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.007% | 0.008% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 4 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41,694 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £43,869 | £48,649 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,000 | £46,581 | £82,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -43.54% | +81.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £49,188 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £51,175 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £46,581 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.23% | -10.42% | +14.68% |
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 | 104,121 | 84,323 | 165,675 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.77% | 91.19% | 95.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 73,469 | 54,972 | 85,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,603 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,519 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.58% | +6.41% | +5.89% |
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 20 June 2024.
Senior Technical Specialist
Top 11 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 20 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +181 | 155 | £43,750 | -6.08% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +157 | 132 | £115,000 | +146.88% | 1 |
| London | +187 | 96 | £115,000 | +130.00% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +1 | 58 | £32,500 | -30.23% | 4 |
| South East | +9 | 38 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | -27 | 11 | £65,000 | +57.75% | |
| North of England | +18 | 8 | £32,500 | - | 2 |
| North West | -16 | 8 | £32,500 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | -23 | 7 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £65,000 | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | £31,000 | - |
Senior Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 June 2024, 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: