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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Author
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6982
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.217 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£210
Average daily rate-£218
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£263
% change on same period last year+6.81 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.90
Average hourly rate-£17.65
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.90£24.74
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Technical Author East of EnglandTechnical Author
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Technical Author Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+171--
Technical Author East of EnglandTechnical Author
East of England

Technical Author
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

16 (42.86 %)Programme Management
25 (35.71 %)Finance
33 (21.43 %)Microsoft
33 (21.43 %)LIMS
33 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
33 (21.43 %)Agile Software Development
33 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
42 (14.29 %)Management Information System
51 (7.143 %)Multimedia
51 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
51 (7.143 %)Adobe
51 (7.143 %)MS Office
51 (7.143 %)ASP
51 (7.143 %)XML
51 (7.143 %)Flash
51 (7.143 %)MS Excel
51 (7.143 %)Education
51 (7.143 %)Government
51 (7.143 %)Hyperion Essbase
51 (7.143 %)FrameMaker

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)ASP
11 (7.143 %)XML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Office
11 (7.143 %)MS Excel
11 (7.143 %)FrameMaker
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)Hyperion Essbase
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (35.71 %)Finance
23 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (7.143 %)Education
31 (7.143 %)Government
31 (7.143 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)LIMS
22 (14.29 %)Management Information System
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (42.86 %)Programme Management
23 (21.43 %)Agile Software Development
23 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
31 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (21.43 %)Microsoft
21 (7.143 %)Adobe