Author Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 22 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 England region.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 613 614 679
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 229 263 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.225% 0.228% 0.138%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.238% 0.241% 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 179 241 145
Average salary £35,000 £32,001 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £31,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -7.35%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Author
UK

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Author Salary Trend

Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Author across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Author Salary Histogram

Author
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of England +38 77 £40,000 +6.66%
London +63 57 £35,000 +3.70%
South East -4 51 £38,000 +1.33%
Yorkshire +12 23 £32,500 +35.41%
West Midlands -1 11 £25,000 -23.07%
North West -9 5 £30,000 +20.00%
East Midlands -32 3 £27,500 -9.83%
North East +2 1 £24,000 -26.15%
South West -48 1 £45,000 +73.07%
Author
UK

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 92 (24.80%) Finance
2 91 (24.53%) Degree
3 90 (24.26%) HTML
4 79 (21.29%) MS Office
5 78 (21.02%) FrameMaker
5 78 (21.02%) Adobe
6 74 (19.95%) XML
7 55 (14.82%) Microsoft
8 51 (13.75%) CSS
9 50 (13.48%) RoboHelp
10 43 (11.59%) Java
11 42 (11.32%) C++
12 41 (11.05%) Marketing
13 37 (9.973%) Agile Software Development
14 36 (9.704%) C
15 33 (8.895%) Photoshop
15 33 (8.895%) Adobe Captivate
16 32 (8.625%) Windows
17 30 (8.086%) Electronics
18 29 (7.817%) MS Excel
18 29 (7.817%) JavaScript
19 27 (7.278%) C#
20 25 (6.739%) Workflow
20 25 (6.739%) Computer Science
21 24 (6.469%) Physics
21 24 (6.469%) Publishing
22 21 (5.660%) Adobe Illustrator
22 21 (5.660%) XSLT
23 19 (5.121%) Legal
23 19 (5.121%) Scrum

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 90 (24.26%) HTML
2 74 (19.95%) XML
3 51 (13.75%) CSS
4 21 (5.660%) XSLT
5 11 (2.965%) DOM
6 10 (2.695%) .NET
7 8 (2.156%) WinForms
7 8 (2.156%) ASP.NET
8 7 (1.887%) jQuery
9 4 (1.078%) XSL
9 4 (1.078%) Flash
10 2 (0.539%) COM
10 2 (0.539%) Web Services
11 1 (0.270%) SGML
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.156%) CMS
2 6 (1.617%) SharePoint
Applications
1 79 (21.29%) MS Office
2 78 (21.02%) FrameMaker
3 50 (13.48%) RoboHelp
4 33 (8.895%) Photoshop
4 33 (8.895%) Adobe Captivate
5 29 (7.817%) MS Excel
6 21 (5.660%) Adobe Illustrator
7 17 (4.582%) MS Visio
8 16 (4.313%) XMetaL
9 15 (4.043%) Acrobat
10 9 (2.426%) CorelDRAW
11 8 (2.156%) InDesign
11 8 (2.156%) Doxygen
12 4 (1.078%) MS PowerPoint
12 4 (1.078%) Maya
12 4 (1.078%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 1 (0.270%) MultiFonds
1 1 (0.270%) HiPortfolio
1 1 (0.270%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.582%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.043%) Intranet
3 5 (1.348%) LTE
4 4 (1.078%) HTTP
4 4 (1.078%) 3G
4 4 (1.078%) 2G
5 3 (0.809%) Internet
6 1 (0.270%) GSM
6 1 (0.270%) UMTS
6 1 (0.270%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.582%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.270%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (2.426%) XMLSpy
2 4 (1.078%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (0.539%) WinRunner
4 1 (0.270%) Subversion
4 1 (0.270%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.270%) Eclipse
General
1 92 (24.80%) Finance
2 41 (11.05%) Marketing
3 30 (8.086%) Electronics
4 24 (6.469%) Publishing
5 19 (5.121%) Legal
6 15 (4.043%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.235%) Multimedia
8 5 (1.348%) Advertising
8 5 (1.348%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.348%) Automotive
8 5 (1.348%) German Language
9 4 (1.078%) French Language
9 4 (1.078%) Games
9 4 (1.078%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.809%) Banking
11 2 (0.539%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.539%) Law
12 1 (0.270%) Billing
12 1 (0.270%) Retail
12 1 (0.270%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.739%) Computer Science
2 24 (6.469%) Physics
3 13 (3.504%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (3.504%) Mathematics
4 8 (2.156%) E-Learning
5 6 (1.617%) Statistics
6 5 (1.348%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.348%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.078%) Wiki
8 3 (0.809%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.809%) SaaS
8 3 (0.809%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.539%) Life Science
9 2 (0.539%) Chemistry
10 1 (0.270%) Firmware
10 1 (0.270%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.270%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.625%) Windows
2 6 (1.617%) Linux
3 1 (0.270%) Windows CE
3 1 (0.270%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (9.973%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (6.739%) Workflow
3 19 (5.121%) Scrum
4 15 (4.043%) Content Management
5 14 (3.774%) Project Management
5 14 (3.774%) Kanban
5 14 (3.774%) Web Application Development
6 12 (3.235%) Time Management
7 9 (2.426%) Software Testing
7 9 (2.426%) Software Engineering
7 9 (2.426%) Analytics
8 8 (2.156%) ERP
8 8 (2.156%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (1.617%) Change Control
9 6 (1.617%) Business Analysis
9 6 (1.617%) Practice Management
10 4 (1.078%) Financial Modelling
10 4 (1.078%) Requirements Engineering
10 4 (1.078%) Game Development
10 4 (1.078%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.59%) Java
2 42 (11.32%) C++
3 36 (9.704%) C
4 29 (7.817%) JavaScript
5 27 (7.278%) C#
6 17 (4.582%) SQL
7 16 (4.313%) Assembly Language
8 4 (1.078%) VB
8 4 (1.078%) VBA
9 3 (0.809%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.270%) Ruby
10 1 (0.270%) Python
10 1 (0.270%) Perl
10 1 (0.270%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 91 (24.53%) Degree
2 4 (1.078%) HNC
3 3 (0.809%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.809%) DV Cleared
3 3 (0.809%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.539%) PhD
4 2 (0.539%) ISEB
5 1 (0.270%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.695%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.270%) QA
Vendors
1 78 (21.02%) Adobe
2 55 (14.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.539%) Twitter
3 2 (0.539%) HP
4 1 (0.270%) Perforce
4 1 (0.270%) Intergraph
4 1 (0.270%) Symbian
Technical Author
Hertfordshire
You will have a strong background within a Technical Author role liaising with Developers, Consultants and Project Management staff to ensure your product knowledge is up to date...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author - Watford - Permanent
Watford, South East
See below for more details of the role; Overall Objective: To produce, develop and maintain a professional and accurate end-user documentation suite for the Practice Management range...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Author - Software, Leeds
Leeds, Yorkshire
Job Title: Technical Author Location: Leeds, Yorkshire Salary: £27,500 - £35,000 per year + Benefits: Health + Good Pension Technical Author - Technical Writer Software Leeds My client a leading...
Verticality
Salary: £27,500 - £35,000 per year + Benefits: Health + Good Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author - Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: - Proven experience working as a Technical Author / Technical Writer - Experience of common tools such as Framemaker, Acrobate, MadCap Flair etc - Knowledge/Understanding of modern web...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits, 25 holidays
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Author - Writer - Business Software Leeds
Leeds, Yorkshire
Technical Author - Technical Writer Software LeedsMy client a leading financial software provider currently seek a technical author to manage documentation of one of their product lines-You will...
Verticality
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP35000 per annum + Benefits: Health + Good Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Technical Author - Writer - Business Software Leeds
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will have the following: - Writing / Proof Reading skills - Have a clear and precise writing style - Understand best practice with regard to Technical Documentation - Demonstrable experience of being...
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £25000 to £35000 per annum - Health + Good Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author
Bristol, Avon
Core Competencies: * Excellent Author experience * Able to produce comprehensive documentation; * Able to work in a diverse team; * Good team player; * Able to work on own initiative; * Set and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Junior Software Technical Author Cambridge.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you must be degree educated and have an understanding of software... Software knowledge would broadly include Java, C++, OO principles... They use the Adobe packages...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Fab Benefits+Prospects
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author
London
This is an excellent opportunity for a technical author to develop their career with an award-winning software company. You will be responsible for producing single-sourced, customer-...
Edissero Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Author - Finance
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Technical AuthorLocation: Cambridge, CambridgeshireSalary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefitsTechnical Author required to join a global financial modelling software company based in Cambridge. As a Technical Author...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author - Finance
Epsom, South East
As a Technical Author you will help to create and improve user documentation that accompanies their extremely complex software products; to include writing a wide range of technical...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author / Writer - Finance
Epsom, South East
As a Technical Author / Writer you will help to create and improve user documentation that accompanies their extremely complex software products; to include writing a wide range of...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Technical Author - SDK - C/C++/Java - Cambridge - SOC - Linux
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The ideal candidate will have experience in documenting C/C++/Java API's or SDK developer documentation, exposure to the full software product life cycle, experience with Windows...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to £38k + benefits
London, Kent, Beckenham, UK
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to £38k + benefitsOur global client currently seeks an experienced Technical Author / Writer for their offices based in London. Reporting to the Head of...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: To £38,000 dependent on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to £38k + benefits
London
Reporting to the Head of Procedures you will be responsible for producing technical documentation for our client’s financial legacy system migration... Experience of working with SharePoint... Kent,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £37,999 to £38,000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to 200 pd 7 month contrat
London
Reporting to the Head of Procedures you will be responsible for producing technical documentation for our client’s financial legacy system migration... Experience of working with SharePoint... Kent,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £199 to £200 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Technical Author
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
TECHNICAL AUTHOR
Hertfordshire
Proficiency in the use of Windows forms-based and ASP.net/browser-based applications * Possess strong analytical and communication skills and ability to research information * An understanding of...
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £40000 Per Annum benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Technical Author - scientific software, FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Captivate, Cambridge, to £32k plus excellent benefits
Cambridge
You will have: - A good degree in a relevant subject from a top university - Demonstrable commercial experience in technical writing and in planning, estimating, and delivering software documentation -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £32k plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Technical Author - software, Cambridge, London, Author-it, RoboHelp, finance, to £45k + superb package
Cambridge / London, East Anglia
Role: To ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless development team continues to meet the relevant requirements and high standards expected.The role will involve working...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + superb package
Posted: 16 May 2013
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