The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 20 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 209 218 197
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 7 13 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.134% 0.218% 0.322%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.140% 0.227% 0.341%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 17
Average salary £32,500 £41,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.15% +4.37%
UK excluding London average salary £32,750 £31,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+5.64% -8.82%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4989 5727 4985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.39% 95.91% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4010 5032 4357
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Author
South East

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Author Salary Trend

Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Author across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 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
Dorking - 3 £32,500 -
Epsom +16 1 £47,500 +5.55%
Guildford - 1 £27,500 -
Leatherhead - 1 £23,500 -
Author
South East

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (46.67%) Adobe
2 6 (40.00%) RoboHelp
3 5 (33.33%) C++
3 5 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (26.67%) Graphic Design
4 4 (26.67%) Game Development
4 4 (26.67%) Games
4 4 (26.67%) Maya
4 4 (26.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (26.67%) Web Design
4 4 (26.67%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (26.67%) Flash
4 4 (26.67%) Photoshop
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) FrameMaker
5 3 (20.00%) MS Office
5 3 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (13.33%) Automated Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
6 2 (13.33%) HP
6 2 (13.33%) WinRunner
7 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
7 1 (6.667%) Finance
7 1 (6.667%) Publishing
7 1 (6.667%) CSS
7 1 (6.667%) XML
7 1 (6.667%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (6.667%) HTML
7 1 (6.667%) VBA
7 1 (6.667%) Marketing

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (26.67%) Flash
2 1 (6.667%) HTML
2 1 (6.667%) CSS
2 1 (6.667%) XML
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) RoboHelp
2 4 (26.67%) Photoshop
2 4 (26.67%) Maya
2 4 (26.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (26.67%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 3 (20.00%) MS Office
3 3 (20.00%) FrameMaker
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) WinRunner
2 1 (6.667%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (26.67%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Web Design
1 4 (26.67%) Game Development
2 2 (13.33%) Automated Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (6.667%) Network Planning
3 1 (6.667%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Adobe
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) 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