The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Technical Author role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Technical Author in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Technical Author
Rank 848 862 867
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Author 12 25 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.021% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.022% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 3
Average salary £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
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 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Technical Author Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Technical Author
Salary Trend

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

Senior Technical Author Salary Trend

Senior Technical Author
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technical Author within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -4 12 £41,250 +10.00%
East of England - 12 £41,250 -
Bedfordshire - 7 £42,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 5 £40,000 -
Cambridge - 5 £40,000 -

Senior Technical Author
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Technical Author in their job title.

1 15 (93.75%) FrameMaker
1 15 (93.75%) Marketing
2 11 (68.75%) Content Management
3 8 (50.00%) CMS
3 8 (50.00%) XML
3 8 (50.00%) RoboHelp
4 7 (43.75%) MS Visio
4 7 (43.75%) ISO 9001
4 7 (43.75%) XMetaL
4 7 (43.75%) XMLSpy
5 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (31.25%) MS Office
7 4 (25.00%) Adobe
7 4 (25.00%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (12.50%) LTE
8 2 (12.50%) Multimedia
8 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
8 2 (12.50%) 2G
8 2 (12.50%) 3G
8 2 (12.50%) Project Management
8 2 (12.50%) HTML
8 2 (12.50%) HNC
8 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
9 1 (6.250%) Electronics
9 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
9 1 (6.250%) Degree
9 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
9 1 (6.250%) German Language

Senior Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Technical Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (93.75%) FrameMaker
2 8 (50.00%) RoboHelp
3 7 (43.75%) MS Visio
3 7 (43.75%) XMetaL
4 5 (31.25%) MS Office
5 4 (25.00%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) LTE
1 2 (12.50%) 2G
1 2 (12.50%) 3G
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) XMLSpy
General
1 15 (93.75%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Multimedia
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Electronics
3 1 (6.250%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Content Management
2 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) HNC
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe
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Posted: 16 May 2013