Technical Author Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 17 May 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 England 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 393 419 483
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 117 139 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.281% 0.261% 0.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.304% 0.281% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 51 46
Average daily rate £305 £288 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.08% -14.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £181 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £362 £663
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 8
Average hourly rate £36.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 38474 49443 52336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.56% 92.67% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22637 27972 29016
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2002 2393 2764
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England Technical Author Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Author
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Author across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Technical Author Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +35 50 £366 +33.18%
South East +24 35 £240 -12.72%
East of England -2 13 £281 -13.46%
East Midlands +7 6 - -
South West +16 4 £240 -63.40%
North West +13 4 - -
Midlands +9 3 - -
Yorkshire 0 2 £288 +64.28%
West Midlands -6 2 £325 -9.72%
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 35 (16.91%) MS Visio
2 33 (15.94%) MS Office
2 33 (15.94%) Finance
3 29 (14.01%) Microsoft
4 28 (13.53%) Publishing
5 24 (11.59%) Marketing
6 22 (10.63%) MS Excel
7 21 (10.14%) XML
8 18 (8.696%) Adobe
9 17 (8.213%) Security Cleared
10 16 (7.729%) HTML
11 15 (7.246%) Acrobat
11 15 (7.246%) Banking
11 15 (7.246%) FrameMaker
12 14 (6.763%) .NET
13 13 (6.280%) UML
13 13 (6.280%) Agile Software Development
14 12 (5.797%) Degree
14 12 (5.797%) MS PowerPoint
14 12 (5.797%) Oracle
15 11 (5.314%) SQL
15 11 (5.314%) Time Management
15 11 (5.314%) SC Cleared
16 10 (4.831%) Management Information System
17 9 (4.348%) Telecoms
17 9 (4.348%) Java
17 9 (4.348%) Windows
17 9 (4.348%) RoboHelp
18 8 (3.865%) SQL Server
18 8 (3.865%) Service Management

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 21 (10.14%) XML
2 16 (7.729%) HTML
3 14 (6.763%) .NET
4 5 (2.415%) Java EE
5 4 (1.932%) Spring
6 3 (1.449%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.966%) SGML
7 2 (0.966%) JSP
7 2 (0.966%) WCF
7 2 (0.966%) WPF
8 1 (0.483%) jQuery
8 1 (0.483%) Backbone.js
8 1 (0.483%) Web Services
8 1 (0.483%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.415%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.449%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.966%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.483%) IIS
4 1 (0.483%) CMS
4 1 (0.483%) Confluence
4 1 (0.483%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (16.91%) MS Visio
2 33 (15.94%) MS Office
3 22 (10.63%) MS Excel
4 15 (7.246%) Acrobat
4 15 (7.246%) FrameMaker
5 12 (5.797%) MS PowerPoint
6 9 (4.348%) RoboHelp
7 7 (3.382%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (2.415%) InDesign
8 5 (2.415%) Adobe Captivate
9 4 (1.932%) XMetaL
10 2 (0.966%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.966%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.483%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.483%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.483%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.415%) Intranet
2 4 (1.932%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.932%) Wireless
3 3 (1.449%) Firewall
3 3 (1.449%) Internet
3 3 (1.449%) Broadband
4 2 (0.966%) GPRS
4 2 (0.966%) LAN
4 2 (0.966%) PSTN
4 2 (0.966%) VoIP
4 2 (0.966%) WAN
4 2 (0.966%) 3G
4 2 (0.966%) SAN
4 2 (0.966%) VLAN
5 1 (0.483%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.865%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.932%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.449%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.966%) SAP BI
5 1 (0.483%) GIS
5 1 (0.483%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.483%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.483%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.483%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (1.449%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.483%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.483%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.483%) JIRA
General
1 33 (15.94%) Finance
2 28 (13.53%) Publishing
3 24 (11.59%) Marketing
4 15 (7.246%) Banking
5 9 (4.348%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.899%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.415%) Legal
7 5 (2.415%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.415%) Electronics
7 5 (2.415%) Avionics
8 4 (1.932%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.932%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.449%) Automotive
10 2 (0.966%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.966%) Retail
10 2 (0.966%) Military
11 1 (0.483%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.483%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.831%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.865%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.382%) Wiki
4 3 (1.449%) Graphic Design
4 3 (1.449%) NHS
4 3 (1.449%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.966%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.966%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (0.966%) SCADA
5 2 (0.966%) FMCG
6 1 (0.483%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.483%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.483%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.483%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.348%) Windows
2 7 (3.382%) Android
2 7 (3.382%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.449%) Linux
4 2 (0.966%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (0.966%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.966%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.483%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (6.280%) UML
1 13 (6.280%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (5.314%) Time Management
3 8 (3.865%) Service Management
4 6 (2.899%) ERP
5 4 (1.932%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (1.449%) ITIL
6 3 (1.449%) E-Commerce
6 3 (1.449%) Risk Management
6 3 (1.449%) Product Marketing
6 3 (1.449%) Document Management
7 2 (0.966%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (0.966%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (0.966%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (0.966%) Migration
7 2 (0.966%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (0.966%) Scrum
7 2 (0.966%) Business Continuity
7 2 (0.966%) ETL
7 2 (0.966%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.314%) SQL
2 9 (4.348%) Java
3 6 (2.899%) C#
3 6 (2.899%) C++
4 4 (1.932%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.932%) VB.NET
5 3 (1.449%) C
6 1 (0.483%) VBA
6 1 (0.483%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (8.213%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.797%) Degree
3 11 (5.314%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.483%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.932%) Basel III
2 1 (0.483%) Basel II
2 1 (0.483%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.696%) Adobe
3 12 (5.797%) Oracle
4 7 (3.382%) Vignette
5 4 (1.932%) Baan
6 3 (1.449%) LogiXML
7 2 (0.966%) Kofax
7 2 (0.966%) SAP
7 2 (0.966%) Cisco
7 2 (0.966%) Dell
7 2 (0.966%) Red Hat
Technical Author
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Technical Author - 3 month contract - Milton Keynes - Software Development. My client require a Technical Author to join their systems development team. As Technical Author you will be responsible...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £200 - £275 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Author
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Our award-winning, high-technology client is looking for a technical author to write topic-based, technical content for their customers’ designers, developers and engineers. This is a...
Edissero Ltd
Rate: £On application
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author
Preston, Lancashire
The Individual. The following will be necessary of the successful candidates: *Familiarity with Technical Publications specifications (ASD S1000D, Def Stan 00-60) *Proven IT skills particularly with MS...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £21 - £22 per hour + NEG
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Author
London
They are now undertaking a multi-year programme to deliver Basel III regulatory capital reporting and control requirements. The technical Authors role will be to provide a complete...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £500.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer / SQL - £Market Rates - Kent
Maidstone, South East
Technical Author / Technical Writer / SQL - £Market Rates - KentTechnical Author with SQL / Data Warehouse knowledge required for an initial 2 month contract based in Kent-Successful candidate must be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Technical Author - Investment Banking Risk Systems
London
The Risk Engines team within Risk Technology develops strategic risk engines and frameworks for calculating Market and Credit Risk models and associated measures. The purpose of this role...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author/Analyst
City of London
Technical author / analyst Technical author required to write clear and concise descriptions of technical concepts for this investment bank and following a major change program to perform a...
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: neg
Posted: 3 May 2013
Technical Author
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Review of Test equipment drawing packs, including schematics, BOMs, AUTOCAD drawings and Ground Equipment Manuals against delivered hardware... Following review, undertake the formal release of the documentation through...
Experis Engineering
Rate: £30 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013
Systems Analyst/Technical Author - Contract
Hampshire, South East
The successful Systems Analyst/Technical Author will have extensive experience: - Working within an IT environment (working with web applications) - Broad conceptual conversance of IT technologies - Knowledge of web...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author- Basel II
City of London
Tier one investment bank requires specialist technical author to work within risk. As an experienced technical author you will be tasked with a full circle review and update...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £550 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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