Technical Specialist
UK
The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 642 | 540 | 899 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -102 | +359 | +106 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist | 64 | 393 | 82 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.40% | 0.081% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.42% | 0.089% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 47 | 130 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,250 | £28,500 | £35,650 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £32,125 | £45,077 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £50,000 | £50,900 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -1.77% | +7.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £60,000 | £66,660 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,531 | £65,000 | £86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £46,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.00% | - | +15.84% |
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 | 49,511 | 93,886 | 92,389 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.48% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,626 | 67,255 | 58,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,443 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.41% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist.
Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.
Technical Specialist
Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 11 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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| England | -138 | 58 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 134 |
| UK excluding London | +26 | 45 | £46,000 | -8.00% | 114 |
| North of England | +34 | 23 | £54,250 | +14.21% | 26 |
| North West | -4 | 16 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 10 |
| Work from Home | -59 | 16 | £44,715 | -22.23% | 19 |
| London | -48 | 12 | £57,500 | +43.75% | 36 |
| South East | +30 | 8 | £33,500 | -41.74% | 32 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 5 | £78,500 | +57.00% | 10 |
| Midlands | +39 | 5 | £31,000 | -11.43% | 20 |
| East of England | +12 | 5 | £45,625 | -23.96% | 18 |
| South West | +103 | 4 | £46,000 | -8.00% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 3 | £31,000 | -52.31% | 10 |
| North East | +43 | 2 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +29 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 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 featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.
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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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