Technical Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 680 731
Rank change year-on-year +141 +51 -87
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 237 56 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.099% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 121 39 81
10th Percentile £27,000 £37,200 £21,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,300 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,406 £61,588
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.77% +14.44% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Specialist 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 1 June 2024.

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 1 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
South East +65 82 £57,500 +23.66% 21
North of England +87 62 £47,500 -27.32% 22
Midlands +17 41 £45,000 -10.80% 18
East of England +24 36 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North West +22 28 £32,500 - 12
West Midlands -1 23 £65,000 +27.70% 15
Yorkshire +79 22 £50,000 -23.49% 8
East Midlands -2 17 £28,500 -30.83% 3
North East - 12 £50,000 - 2
South West -17 10 £45,000 +15.38% 9
Scotland -74 4 £41,000 +2.50%
Wales +9 1 £30,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 93 (39.24%) Microsoft
2 87 (36.71%) Active Directory
3 82 (34.60%) Azure
4 72 (30.38%) Entra ID
4 72 (30.38%) 5G
5 71 (29.96%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (29.54%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (29.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (29.54%) Linux
6 70 (29.54%) CRM
7 69 (29.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 68 (28.69%) Artificial Intelligence
9 67 (28.27%) Ubuntu
9 67 (28.27%) Bash
9 67 (28.27%) Social Media
9 67 (28.27%) Broadband
9 67 (28.27%) CyberArk
9 67 (28.27%) Jamf Pro
9 67 (28.27%) IT Strategy
9 67 (28.27%) Tanium
9 67 (28.27%) Technology Strategy
10 39 (16.46%) Social Skills
11 38 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (12.66%) Degree
13 26 (10.97%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (9.70%) Customer Service
15 22 (9.28%) Driving Licence
16 18 (7.59%) Windows
16 18 (7.59%) Manufacturing
17 14 (5.91%) HNC

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (34.60%) Azure
2 72 (30.38%) Entra ID
3 26 (10.97%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.11%) AWS
4 5 (2.11%) GCP
4 5 (2.11%) ShareGate
5 4 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.84%) SaaS
7 1 (0.42%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (30.38%) 5G
2 67 (28.27%) Broadband
3 12 (5.06%) Ethernet
4 9 (3.80%) Software-Defined Radio
5 8 (3.38%) IPsec
5 8 (3.38%) LAN
5 8 (3.38%) VPN
5 8 (3.38%) Wireless
6 6 (2.53%) Firewall
7 5 (2.11%) 5G NR
7 5 (2.11%) 802.11
7 5 (2.11%) DKIM
7 5 (2.11%) DMARC
7 5 (2.11%) DNS
7 5 (2.11%) LTE
7 5 (2.11%) SSL
8 4 (1.69%) VoIP
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.27%) MPLS
9 3 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.95%) QlikView
2 3 (1.27%) Power BI
3 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.84%) Data Vault
3 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
General
1 70 (29.54%) Analytical Skills
1 70 (29.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 39 (16.46%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.59%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.06%) Retail
5 10 (4.22%) Law
6 8 (3.38%) Agriculture
7 7 (2.95%) Finance
7 7 (2.95%) Games
7 7 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.53%) Automotive
8 6 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) French Language
10 2 (0.84%) German Language
10 2 (0.84%) Italian Language
10 2 (0.84%) Marketing
10 2 (0.84%) Publishing
10 2 (0.84%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.11%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.27%) REST
2 3 (1.27%) SOAP
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (28.27%) Social Media
2 22 (9.28%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.91%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.64%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.11%) PCIe
8 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.27%) CCTV
10 2 (0.84%) FMCG
10 2 (0.84%) Life Science
11 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.42%) Lidar
11 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 70 (29.54%) Linux
2 67 (28.27%) Ubuntu
3 18 (7.59%) Windows
4 6 (2.53%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.11%) Android
6 4 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.96%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (29.54%) CRM
3 68 (28.69%) Artificial Intelligence
4 67 (28.27%) IT Strategy
4 67 (28.27%) Technology Strategy
5 38 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (9.70%) Customer Service
7 9 (3.80%) Thought Leadership
8 7 (2.95%) Customer Experience
8 7 (2.95%) Information Security
8 7 (2.95%) Migration
8 7 (2.95%) User Experience
9 6 (2.53%) Proactive Management
10 5 (2.11%) API Integration
10 5 (2.11%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (2.11%) Digital Signal Processing
10 5 (2.11%) Performance Analysis
10 5 (2.11%) Server Migrations
10 5 (2.11%) Signal Processing
10 5 (2.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.27%) Bash
2 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (12.66%) Degree
2 14 (5.91%) HNC
3 8 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.95%) HND
5 5 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.27%) CCDA
6 3 (1.27%) CCNA
6 3 (1.27%) CCNP
6 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.11%) SLA
2 2 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 87 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (2.11%) Firmware
3 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 69 (29.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (28.27%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.84%) SCCM
4 1 (0.42%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 93 (39.24%) Microsoft
2 67 (28.27%) CyberArk
2 67 (28.27%) Tanium
3 5 (2.11%) Proofpoint
4 3 (1.27%) Avaya
4 3 (1.27%) CheckPoint
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco
4 3 (1.27%) F5
4 3 (1.27%) Juniper
4 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.84%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.84%) Cognos
5 2 (0.84%) Datto
5 2 (0.84%) Meraki
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle
5 2 (0.84%) Siemens
5 2 (0.84%) Veeam
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe
6 1 (0.42%) EMC
6 1 (0.42%) Thales