The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 73 76 75
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 22 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.030% 0.811% 0.354%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.138% 0.844% 0.369%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 3
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £31,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -8.82%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 948 812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.93% 96.05% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 911 805 767
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £56,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Author
East of England

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Author across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Author Salary Trend

Author
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited 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 IT job ads sampled with Author in their job title.

1 22 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 7 (31.82%) CorelDRAW
2 7 (31.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (27.27%) XMetaL
3 6 (27.27%) MS Visio
3 6 (27.27%) ISO 9001
3 6 (27.27%) XMLSpy
3 6 (27.27%) Marketing
4 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 2 (9.091%) HNC
5 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
5 2 (9.091%) HTML
5 2 (9.091%) Content Management
5 2 (9.091%) 3G
5 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.091%) 2G
5 2 (9.091%) LTE

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited 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 IT job ads sampled with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.091%) HTML
Applications
1 22 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 7 (31.82%) CorelDRAW
2 7 (31.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (27.27%) MS Visio
3 6 (27.27%) XMetaL
4 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) 3G
1 2 (9.091%) 2G
1 2 (9.091%) LTE
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) XMLSpy
General
1 6 (27.27%) Marketing
2 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO 9001
Bedfordshire
You will need experience of FrameMaker as well as exposure to WebWorks, MS Office Visio, XMLSpy, Webworks, XDocs, XMetal or similar would be advantageous... Participate in ensuring that...
Firway Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Circa £40,000 - £45000 + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013