North East Technical Author Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts within the North East 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.

Technical Author
Location Abingdon Aylesbury Basildon Berkshire Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Crawley Derbyshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Midlands East of England England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Redditch Scotland Slough South East South West Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	61
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.206 %	0.120 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£281	£263
% change on same period last year	+6.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.90	£24.74
% change on same period last year	+0.63 %
Job Titles North East
Matching contract IT job ads	486	835
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.781 %	0.897 %
Daily rates quoted	98	231
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£327
Average daily rate	£318	£338
% change on same period last year	-5.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.93	£24.76
Average hourly rate	£18.25	£26.65
% change on same period last year	-31.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.57	£28.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Technical Author 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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 North East region.

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 North East region.

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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 North East 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.

Location	Rank 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
Tyne and Wear	-	1	-	-

Technical Author England