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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts within the Reading 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Author
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6776
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.361 %0.103 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£297
% change on same period last year-14.38 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.31£26.18
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads831973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.170 %0.983 %
Daily rates quoted249347
Average minimum daily rate£332£339
Average daily rate£351£360
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted62149
Average minimum hourly rate£23.25£25.21
Average hourly rate£25.22£26.59
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.19£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Technical Author BerkshireTechnical Author
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Technical Author Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Author
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

18 (42.11 %)Finance
26 (31.58 %)Security Cleared
34 (21.05 %)SC Cleared
43 (15.79 %)Banking
43 (15.79 %)CRM
43 (15.79 %)MS Visio
52 (10.53 %)ITIL
52 (10.53 %)MS Excel
52 (10.53 %)Vignette
52 (10.53 %)Government
52 (10.53 %)Business Analysis
61 (5.263 %)Marketing
61 (5.263 %)Project Planning
61 (5.263 %)Web Development
61 (5.263 %)Graphic Design
61 (5.263 %)Migration
61 (5.263 %)Construction
61 (5.263 %)Service Delivery
61 (5.263 %)WebServices
61 (5.263 %)Java
61 (5.263 %)MS Office
61 (5.263 %)Middleware

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.263 %)WebServices
11 (5.263 %)Middleware
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (15.79 %)MS Visio
22 (10.53 %)MS Excel
31 (5.263 %)MS Office
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (42.11 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Banking
32 (10.53 %)Government
41 (5.263 %)Marketing
41 (5.263 %)Graphic Design
41 (5.263 %)Construction
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)Security Cleared
24 (21.05 %)SC Cleared
33 (15.79 %)CRM
42 (10.53 %)Business Analysis
42 (10.53 %)ITIL
51 (5.263 %)Project Planning
51 (5.263 %)Web Development
51 (5.263 %)Service Delivery
51 (5.263 %)Migration
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)Java
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.53 %)Vignette