The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex 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 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 78 - 96
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 3 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.307% - 0.478%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.315% - 0.505%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
Average salary £42,500 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £31,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -8.82%
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
953 1354 1189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.54% 97.20% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 823 1105 983
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Author Salary Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basildon - 2 £42,500 -
Author
East of England

Author
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) RoboHelp
2 4 (44.44%) Change Control
3 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) E-Learning
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
4 2 (22.22%) Adobe
4 2 (22.22%) Acrobat
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 (22.22%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) RoboHelp
2 2 (22.22%) Acrobat
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
General
1 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Change Control
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe