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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Author
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank118129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.105 %0.290 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£320
Average daily rate-£320
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£297
% change on same period last year-14.08 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.06
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.31£25.87
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads28613788
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.046 %3.835 %
Daily rates quoted584830
Average minimum daily rate£323£334
Average daily rate£344£350
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted331369
Average minimum hourly rate£20.47£23.34
Average hourly rate£21.90£24.83
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.32£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Technical Author EnglandTechnical 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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
West YorkshireUp+83--
Technical Author EnglandTechnical Author
England

Technical Author
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

14 (23.53 %)HNC
14 (23.53 %)HND
14 (23.53 %)PRINCE2
14 (23.53 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (17.65 %)FrameMaker
23 (17.65 %)MS Visio
23 (17.65 %)NHS
23 (17.65 %)XML
32 (11.76 %)Java
32 (11.76 %)Electronics
32 (11.76 %)Telecoms
32 (11.76 %)Education
32 (11.76 %)CorelDRAW
32 (11.76 %)Programme Management
32 (11.76 %)Quality Management
41 (5.882 %)QA
41 (5.882 %)ZigBee
41 (5.882 %)Government
41 (5.882 %)Health
41 (5.882 %)Publishing
41 (5.882 %)Wireless
41 (5.882 %)BT
41 (5.882 %)Project Management
41 (5.882 %)OO

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (17.65 %)XML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (17.65 %)MS Visio
13 (17.65 %)FrameMaker
22 (11.76 %)CorelDRAW
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)Wireless
11 (5.882 %)ZigBee
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Electronics
12 (11.76 %)Telecoms
12 (11.76 %)Education
21 (5.882 %)Government
21 (5.882 %)Health
21 (5.882 %)Publishing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)NHS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)PRINCE2
14 (23.53 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (11.76 %)Programme Management
22 (11.76 %)Quality Management
31 (5.882 %)OO
31 (5.882 %)Project Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (11.76 %)Java
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (23.53 %)HNC
14 (23.53 %)HND
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)BT