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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts within the Cambridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Author in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Author
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4040
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads319
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.822 %3.270 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£326
% change on same period last year-12.45 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£31.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.27£24.55
% change on same period last year+27.38 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads365581
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.486 %0.580 %
Daily rates quoted79128
Average minimum daily rate£297£316
Average daily rate£320£331
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted7082
Average minimum hourly rate£18.63£28.17
Average hourly rate£20.74£29.70
% change on same period last year-30.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.86£31.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Technical Author CambridgeshireTechnical Author
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Technical Author
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Author across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Technical Author Demand Trend

Technical Author
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Author across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Technical Author Daily Rate Trend

Technical Author
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Author across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Technical Author Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Author
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Technical Author in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Technical Author in their job title.

19 (45.00 %)Adobe
19 (45.00 %)XML
27 (35.00 %)C++
27 (35.00 %)Acrobat
36 (30.00 %)C
36 (30.00 %)C#
45 (25.00 %)3D Graphics
54 (20.00 %)Games
63 (15.00 %)Electronics
63 (15.00 %)Degree
72 (10.00 %)HTML
72 (10.00 %)OO
72 (10.00 %)FrameMaker
81 (5.000 %)Wireless
81 (5.000 %)RoboHelp
81 (5.000 %)3G
81 (5.000 %)GPRS
81 (5.000 %)GSM
81 (5.000 %)UMTS
81 (5.000 %)Microsoft
81 (5.000 %)Doxygen
81 (5.000 %)Graphic Design
81 (5.000 %)Telecoms

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Technical Author in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Technical Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (45.00 %)XML
22 (10.00 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (35.00 %)Acrobat
22 (10.00 %)FrameMaker
31 (5.000 %)Doxygen
31 (5.000 %)RoboHelp
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)GPRS
11 (5.000 %)GSM
11 (5.000 %)UMTS
11 (5.000 %)3G
11 (5.000 %)Wireless
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (25.00 %)3D Graphics
24 (20.00 %)Games
33 (15.00 %)Electronics
41 (5.000 %)Telecoms
41 (5.000 %)Graphic Design
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.00 %)OO
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (35.00 %)C++
26 (30.00 %)C
26 (30.00 %)C#
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.00 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (45.00 %)Adobe
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft