The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Author in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 198 206 220
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 17 8 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.247% 0.105% 0.180%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.267% 0.115% 0.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 9
Average daily rate £300 £238 £540
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.31% -56.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £165 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £665
UK excluding London average daily rate £245 £300 £294
% change year-on-year
-18.33% +2.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.41%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6373 6957 9193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.43% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4718 5070 6689
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £285 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £619 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 166 220
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Author
London

Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Author across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Technical Author Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Author
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Author across the City of London region.

City of London Technical Author Daily Rate Trend

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Author across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London Technical Author Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Author
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Author across the City of London region.

City of London Technical Author Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Publishing
3 4 (12.50%) C++
3 4 (12.50%) Java
3 4 (12.50%) UML
4 3 (9.375%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.375%) Adobe
4 3 (9.375%) Marketing
4 3 (9.375%) Time Management
5 2 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (6.250%) FMCG
5 2 (6.250%) LogiXML
5 2 (6.250%) Acrobat
5 2 (6.250%) SAP BI
5 2 (6.250%) Legal
5 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.250%) .NET
5 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.250%) SAP
5 2 (6.250%) XML
6 1 (3.125%) Windows
6 1 (3.125%) SQL
6 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.125%) HTML
6 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
6 1 (3.125%) CRM
6 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
6 1 (3.125%) E-Commerce

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) .NET
1 2 (6.250%) XML
2 1 (3.125%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Acrobat
2 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.125%) ProjectWise
2 1 (3.125%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.125%) Broadband
2 1 (3.125%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) SAP BI
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Publishing
4 3 (9.375%) Marketing
5 2 (6.250%) Legal
6 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.125%) Front Office
6 1 (3.125%) Retail
6 1 (3.125%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) FMCG
2 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.125%) IaaS
2 1 (3.125%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.125%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) UML
2 3 (9.375%) Time Management
3 2 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.125%) CRM
4 1 (3.125%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.125%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.125%) Project Management
4 1 (3.125%) Change Management
4 1 (3.125%) Investment Management
4 1 (3.125%) Data Mapping
4 1 (3.125%) Information Management
4 1 (3.125%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) C++
1 4 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (3.125%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) Basel II
1 1 (3.125%) Basel III
Vendors
1 3 (9.375%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.375%) Adobe
2 2 (6.250%) LogiXML
2 2 (6.250%) SAP
City, London
Technical Author required for an ecommerce consultancy client based in central London on an initial 3 months' contract with a view of longer term. You will be writing...
Salt
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013