The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 18 June 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 133 136 110
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 17 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.650% 0.183% 0.331%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.681% 0.188% 0.341%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 6
Average salary £31,250 £24,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.20% +11.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,300 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2498 2127 1762
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.45% 97.39% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2000 1775 1486
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Author
West Yorkshire

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Author Salary Trend

Author
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 29 (78.38%) HTML
1 29 (78.38%) CSS
2 25 (67.57%) JavaScript
3 24 (64.86%) Finance
4 22 (59.46%) XML
5 19 (51.35%) XSLT
6 18 (48.65%) Photoshop
6 18 (48.65%) MS Office
6 18 (48.65%) Adobe
7 11 (29.73%) FrameMaker
8 7 (18.92%) jQuery
9 5 (13.51%) RoboHelp
10 2 (5.405%) Degree
11 1 (2.703%) Graphic Design
11 1 (2.703%) Service Delivery
11 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
11 1 (2.703%) Product Management
11 1 (2.703%) Publishing

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 29 (78.38%) HTML
1 29 (78.38%) CSS
2 22 (59.46%) XML
3 19 (51.35%) XSLT
4 7 (18.92%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (48.65%) Photoshop
1 18 (48.65%) MS Office
2 11 (29.73%) FrameMaker
3 5 (13.51%) RoboHelp
General
1 24 (64.86%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (2.703%) Service Delivery
1 1 (2.703%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (67.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) Degree
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Adobe
View Author jobs Nationwide