The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 618 655 711
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +56
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 246 244 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.223% 0.206% 0.139%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.236% 0.217% 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 197 216 168
Average salary £36,000 £33,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.27% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104260 112424 121400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.39% 94.97% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 86734 96496 103078
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Author within the UK.

Author Salary Trend

Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Author over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

Author Salary Histogram

Author
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +29 245 £36,000 +10.76% 28
East of England +53 82 £40,500 +8.00% 6
London +50 78 £36,000 +2.85% 9
South East -1 49 £38,000 -6.98% 9
Cambridgeshire +31 41 £40,000 +14.28% 5
Oxfordshire +1 22 £38,000 +38.18%
Oxford - 22 £38,000 -
Bedfordshire +2 21 £42,500 -
Cambridge +6 20 £40,000 +14.28% 3
Hertfordshire +7 17 £40,000 +6.66% 1
Yorkshire +16 16 £32,500 +25.00% 1
West Yorkshire +4 16 £31,250 +20.19% 1
Leeds +4 16 £31,250 +20.19%
Watford +23 12 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands -15 11 £26,000 -20.00%
Surrey +11 8 £47,500 +15.85%
North Yorkshire - 6 £32,500 -
Harrogate - 6 £32,500 -
Epsom +10 5 £47,500 +5.55%
City of London +7 5 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Buckinghamshire +6 5 £30,500 -12.85% 2
Berkshire -10 5 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Milton Keynes -13 5 £30,500 -12.85% 2
West Sussex -17 4 £24,000 -12.72%
Gatwick - 4 £24,000 -
North West +2 3 £30,000 +13.20% 1
Middlesex 0 3 - -
Birmingham -17 3 £26,000 -25.71%
Merseyside +17 2 £30,000 +50.00%
North East +2 2 £26,000 -20.00%

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 112 (26.86%) HTML
2 99 (23.74%) Finance
3 96 (23.02%) Degree
4 83 (19.90%) MS Office
5 82 (19.66%) XML
5 82 (19.66%) FrameMaker
6 80 (19.18%) CSS
7 78 (18.71%) Microsoft
8 68 (16.31%) Adobe
9 62 (14.87%) RoboHelp
10 51 (12.23%) C++
11 49 (11.75%) Java
12 48 (11.51%) Marketing
13 45 (10.79%) C
14 44 (10.55%) Agile Software Development
15 42 (10.07%) MS Excel
16 39 (9.353%) Electronics
17 36 (8.633%) JavaScript
17 36 (8.633%) Windows
18 35 (8.393%) Photoshop
19 33 (7.914%) C#
20 28 (6.715%) Adobe Captivate
21 27 (6.475%) Scrum
22 26 (6.235%) Workflow
22 26 (6.235%) Computer Science
23 24 (5.755%) Assembly Language
24 22 (5.276%) Publishing
25 21 (5.036%) Adobe Illustrator
25 21 (5.036%) DOM
25 21 (5.036%) Kanban

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 112 (26.86%) HTML
2 82 (19.66%) XML
3 80 (19.18%) CSS
4 21 (5.036%) DOM
5 19 (4.556%) XSLT
6 16 (3.837%) .NET
7 10 (2.398%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.398%) WinForms
8 8 (1.918%) jQuery
9 7 (1.679%) Web Services
10 5 (1.199%) XSL
10 5 (1.199%) SGML
11 4 (0.959%) Flash
12 2 (0.480%) HTML5
12 2 (0.480%) Ajax
12 2 (0.480%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (1.918%) CMS
1 8 (1.918%) SharePoint
Applications
1 83 (19.90%) MS Office
2 82 (19.66%) FrameMaker
3 62 (14.87%) RoboHelp
4 42 (10.07%) MS Excel
5 35 (8.393%) Photoshop
6 28 (6.715%) Adobe Captivate
7 21 (5.036%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (4.556%) XMetaL
9 17 (4.077%) Acrobat
10 16 (3.837%) MS Visio
11 10 (2.398%) Doxygen
12 9 (2.158%) CorelDRAW
13 8 (1.918%) InDesign
14 7 (1.679%) MS PowerPoint
15 6 (1.439%) PaintShop Pro
16 4 (0.959%) Maya
16 4 (0.959%) Adobe After Effects
17 1 (0.240%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.240%) HiPortfolio
1 1 (0.240%) MultiFonds
1 1 (0.240%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.837%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.597%) Intranet
3 6 (1.439%) LTE
3 6 (1.439%) Internet
4 5 (1.199%) 3G
4 5 (1.199%) 2G
5 4 (0.959%) HTTP
6 1 (0.240%) GSM
6 1 (0.240%) UMTS
6 1 (0.240%) DAB
6 1 (0.240%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.837%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.240%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (2.878%) XMLSpy
2 11 (2.638%) Dreamweaver
3 3 (0.719%) Subversion
4 2 (0.480%) WinRunner
5 1 (0.240%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.240%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.240%) Serena SBM
5 1 (0.240%) FogBugz
General
1 99 (23.74%) Finance
2 48 (11.51%) Marketing
3 39 (9.353%) Electronics
4 22 (5.276%) Publishing
5 18 (4.317%) Legal
6 16 (3.837%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.878%) Multimedia
8 7 (1.679%) Advertising
9 5 (1.199%) Banking
9 5 (1.199%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.199%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.199%) Automotive
9 5 (1.199%) Games
10 4 (0.959%) German Language
10 4 (0.959%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.480%) French Language
11 2 (0.480%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.480%) Billing
12 1 (0.240%) Military
12 1 (0.240%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.235%) Computer Science
2 18 (4.317%) Physics
3 17 (4.077%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (2.398%) Mathematics
5 8 (1.918%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.679%) E-Learning
7 6 (1.439%) Statistics
7 6 (1.439%) Graphic Design
8 5 (1.199%) SaaS
9 4 (0.959%) Wiki
9 4 (0.959%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.719%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.480%) Life Science
11 2 (0.480%) Chemistry
11 2 (0.480%) PMI
12 1 (0.240%) W3C
12 1 (0.240%) Firmware
12 1 (0.240%) 3D Graphics
12 1 (0.240%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.240%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.633%) Windows
2 3 (0.719%) Linux
3 2 (0.480%) UNIX
3 2 (0.480%) Solaris
4 1 (0.240%) Windows CE
4 1 (0.240%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (10.55%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (6.475%) Scrum
3 26 (6.235%) Workflow
4 21 (5.036%) Kanban
4 21 (5.036%) Web Application Development
5 18 (4.317%) Time Management
6 16 (3.837%) Project Management
7 15 (3.597%) Analytics
8 14 (3.357%) Content Management
8 14 (3.357%) Software Engineering
9 12 (2.878%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (2.638%) Financial Modelling
11 10 (2.398%) ERP
12 9 (2.158%) Practice Management
12 9 (2.158%) Software Testing
13 8 (1.918%) Business Analysis
14 7 (1.679%) Product Management
14 7 (1.679%) Change Control
15 5 (1.199%) Web Design
15 5 (1.199%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.23%) C++
2 49 (11.75%) Java
3 45 (10.79%) C
4 36 (8.633%) JavaScript
5 33 (7.914%) C#
6 24 (5.755%) Assembly Language
7 16 (3.837%) SQL
8 11 (2.638%) VBA
9 4 (0.959%) VB
10 1 (0.240%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 96 (23.02%) Degree
2 5 (1.199%) HNC
3 4 (0.959%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.719%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.719%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.480%) PhD
5 2 (0.480%) ISEB
5 2 (0.480%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.240%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.357%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.719%) QA
Vendors
1 78 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 68 (16.31%) Adobe
3 2 (0.480%) Twitter
3 2 (0.480%) HP
4 1 (0.240%) Symbian
4 1 (0.240%) Serena
4 1 (0.240%) Perforce
4 1 (0.240%) Intergraph
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
As Technical & Training Author you will be required to design and produce high quality software product documentation to match all releases, user guides, user manuals and training materials...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 28-33k
Posted: 14 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Technical Author / Training Author urgently required by market leading Milton Keynes based firm. As Technical & Training Author you will be required to design and produce high quality software...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 30 - 33k
Posted: 14 June 2013
Watford, South East
Our client a software company based in Watford are currently recruiting a Technical Author.Overall Objective: To produce, develop and maintain a professional and accurate end-user documentation...
E-Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
You will possess strong written communication skills and have a solid academic background to back this up. You should maintain a high standard of written English and have...
ULO Limited
Salary: £16k-£21k on experience
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Working within a team of technical Writers/Authors the candidate will be responsible for; *Creating, updating and publishing the companies documentation for user guides, technical engineers and company...
Volt
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Volt
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £30k
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £30k
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
IT Connections
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £30,000 per annum +Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £28000 to £40000 per annum - Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
E-Resourcing
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 Per Annum £40 ? 55k +bonus + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30k+bonus +VG benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
TRG
Salary: 20000-24000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
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