The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 17 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 389 378 391
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author 47 65 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.213% 0.274% 0.132%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.225% 0.287% 0.140%
Number of salaries quoted 29 59 30
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.08%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20893 22619 21470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.89% 95.19% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 17337 19571 18458
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Author across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxfordshire +10 26 £38,000 +38.18%
Berkshire -10 7 £47,500 +26.66%
Surrey +8 5 £32,500 -22.15%
Hampshire +1 4 £45,000 -3.22%
West Sussex -14 3 £24,000 -12.72%
Buckinghamshire -7 1 £30,500 -7.57%
Technical Author
England

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 22 (27.16%) Workflow
2 20 (24.69%) C++
3 17 (20.99%) Degree
4 15 (18.52%) Java
4 15 (18.52%) RoboHelp
5 13 (16.05%) HTML
5 13 (16.05%) C
6 12 (14.81%) MS Office
7 9 (11.11%) Acrobat
8 8 (9.877%) Mathematics
8 8 (9.877%) Telecoms
9 7 (8.642%) XMetaL
9 7 (8.642%) C#
10 6 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.407%) Physics
10 6 (7.407%) Statistics
10 6 (7.407%) Computer Science
11 5 (6.173%) Adobe
11 5 (6.173%) XML
12 4 (4.938%) Microsoft
12 4 (4.938%) Requirements Engineering
12 4 (4.938%) Software Testing
13 3 (3.704%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (3.704%) MS Excel
13 3 (3.704%) Publishing
13 3 (3.704%) FrameMaker
13 3 (3.704%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (2.469%) Advertising
14 2 (2.469%) Validation
14 2 (2.469%) Scrum

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 13 (16.05%) HTML
2 5 (6.173%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.235%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (18.52%) RoboHelp
2 12 (14.81%) MS Office
3 9 (11.11%) Acrobat
4 7 (8.642%) XMetaL
5 3 (3.704%) Adobe Captivate
5 3 (3.704%) MS Excel
5 3 (3.704%) FrameMaker
6 2 (2.469%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (2.469%) WinRunner
General
1 8 (9.877%) Telecoms
2 3 (3.704%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (3.704%) Publishing
3 2 (2.469%) Advertising
4 1 (1.235%) Electronics
4 1 (1.235%) Military
4 1 (1.235%) Marketing
4 1 (1.235%) French Language
4 1 (1.235%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.877%) Mathematics
2 6 (7.407%) Physics
2 6 (7.407%) Statistics
2 6 (7.407%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.469%) Life Science
3 2 (2.469%) Chemistry
4 1 (1.235%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Workflow
2 6 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (4.938%) Software Testing
3 4 (4.938%) Requirements Engineering
4 2 (2.469%) Test Scripting
4 2 (2.469%) Automated Testing
4 2 (2.469%) Validation
4 2 (2.469%) Scrum
4 2 (2.469%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.235%) Network Planning
5 1 (1.235%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (24.69%) C++
2 15 (18.52%) Java
3 13 (16.05%) C
4 7 (8.642%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (20.99%) Degree
2 2 (2.469%) PhD
2 2 (2.469%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.235%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (6.173%) Adobe
2 4 (4.938%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.469%) HP
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
Epsom, Surrey
Technical Author required to join a global financial modelling software company based in Surrey... Experience of writing software help guides, installation guides and tutorials ideally for analytics / modelling...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013