The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Author in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 71 72 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author 23 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.112% 0.841% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.237% 0.877% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 0
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.79%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1028 912 839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.40% 95.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 915 775 789
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Author
East of England

Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Technical Author Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Author
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled with Technical Author in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 8 (33.33%) CorelDRAW
2 8 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (29.17%) XMetaL
3 7 (29.17%) MS Visio
3 7 (29.17%) ISO 9001
3 7 (29.17%) XMLSpy
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) MS Office
5 2 (8.333%) HNC
5 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 2 (8.333%) HTML
5 2 (8.333%) Content Management
5 2 (8.333%) 3G
5 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.333%) 2G
5 2 (8.333%) LTE

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled with Technical Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) HTML
Applications
1 24 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 8 (33.33%) CorelDRAW
2 8 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (29.17%) XMetaL
3 7 (29.17%) MS Visio
4 5 (20.83%) MS Office
5 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) 3G
1 2 (8.333%) 2G
1 2 (8.333%) LTE
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) XMLSpy
General
1 7 (29.17%) Marketing
2 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.333%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) 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...
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Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Circa £40,000 - £45000 + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013