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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 527 604 609
Rank change year-on-year
+77 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author 57 32 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.130% 0.060% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.140% 0.063% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 53 31 39
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,400 £41,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.79%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Author
England

Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Author across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Technical Author Salary Histogram

Technical Author
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +8 9 £32,000 -32.63%
Technical Author
England

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 49 (56.32%) Finance
2 40 (45.98%) HTML
3 33 (37.93%) XML
4 32 (36.78%) Degree
5 31 (35.63%) MS Office
6 23 (26.44%) Java
7 22 (25.29%) Adobe
8 20 (22.99%) Microsoft
8 20 (22.99%) Adobe Captivate
9 19 (21.84%) C++
10 18 (20.69%) C#
10 18 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
11 17 (19.54%) Publishing
11 17 (19.54%) FrameMaker
11 17 (19.54%) C
11 17 (19.54%) SQL
11 17 (19.54%) SQL Server
11 17 (19.54%) CSS
11 17 (19.54%) Windows
11 17 (19.54%) TCP/IP
12 15 (17.24%) Intranet
12 15 (17.24%) Scrum
13 14 (16.09%) Legal
13 14 (16.09%) MS Excel
13 14 (16.09%) Web Application Development
13 14 (16.09%) Kanban
14 12 (13.79%) DOM
15 9 (10.34%) Marketing
15 9 (10.34%) Time Management
16 8 (9.195%) Business Analysis

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 40 (45.98%) HTML
2 33 (37.93%) XML
3 17 (19.54%) CSS
4 12 (13.79%) DOM
5 2 (2.299%) Web Services
6 1 (1.149%) XSL
6 1 (1.149%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.299%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (35.63%) MS Office
2 20 (22.99%) Adobe Captivate
3 17 (19.54%) FrameMaker
4 14 (16.09%) MS Excel
5 7 (8.046%) Doxygen
5 7 (8.046%) MS Visio
6 2 (2.299%) Photoshop
6 2 (2.299%) XMetaL
6 2 (2.299%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.149%) MultiFonds
1 1 (1.149%) HiPortfolio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) TCP/IP
2 15 (17.24%) Intranet
3 3 (3.448%) LTE
4 2 (2.299%) 2G
4 2 (2.299%) 3G
5 1 (1.149%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.149%) Internet
5 1 (1.149%) GSM
5 1 (1.149%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.149%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.299%) XMLSpy
2 1 (1.149%) Subversion
General
1 49 (56.32%) Finance
2 17 (19.54%) Publishing
3 14 (16.09%) Legal
4 9 (10.34%) Marketing
5 5 (5.747%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.448%) Banking
7 2 (2.299%) Law
8 1 (1.149%) French Language
8 1 (1.149%) Advertising
8 1 (1.149%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.598%) Physics
2 3 (3.448%) SaaS
2 3 (3.448%) Wiki
2 3 (3.448%) E-Learning
3 2 (2.299%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.299%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.149%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.149%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.54%) Windows
2 3 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (17.24%) Scrum
3 14 (16.09%) Web Application Development
3 14 (16.09%) Kanban
4 9 (10.34%) Time Management
5 8 (9.195%) Business Analysis
6 3 (3.448%) Content Management
6 3 (3.448%) Data Management
7 2 (2.299%) Asset Management
7 2 (2.299%) CAD
7 2 (2.299%) Wealth Management
7 2 (2.299%) Change Control
7 2 (2.299%) Product Management
8 1 (1.149%) Computer Security
8 1 (1.149%) Agile Project Management
8 1 (1.149%) ArchiMate
8 1 (1.149%) Risk Analytics
8 1 (1.149%) Analytics
8 1 (1.149%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (1.149%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) Java
2 19 (21.84%) C++
3 18 (20.69%) C#
4 17 (19.54%) C
4 17 (19.54%) SQL
5 2 (2.299%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.149%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.149%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 32 (36.78%) Degree
2 2 (2.299%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.448%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 22 (25.29%) Adobe
2 20 (22.99%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.149%) Perforce
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
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
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
London
Extensive benefits include an incentive scheme, PMI including family cover, employee dental cover, Pension, keep fit allowance and holidays... Venturi markets include Business Intelligence, Development IT & Legal IT.
Venturi
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 24 May 2013