The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the 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 Technical Author in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Technical Author
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank623713553
Rank change year-on-year
Up+90Down-160
Matching permanent IT job ads258152203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.214 %0.124 %0.213 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.226 %0.132 %0.228 %
Number of salaries quoted239140165
Average salary£32,500£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14 %-6.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£21,500£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,000£40,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.35 %-2.85 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Technical Author
Demand Trend

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

Technical Author Demand Trend

Technical Author
Salary Trend

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

Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Author over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Technical Author Salary Histogram

Technical 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 Technical Author within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+77245£32,500-7.14 %
South EastUp+565£37,500-
South WestUp+4051£26,000-25.71 %
BristolUp+4345£26,000-25.71 %
East of EnglandUp+1243£37,500+2.04 %
East MidlandsUp+3037£30,500+79.41 %
LondonDown-2031£35,000-4.76 %
DerbyshireUp+2526£30,000+71.42 %
DerbyNew entry-26£30,000-
CambridgeUp+723£35,000-5.40 %
CambridgeshireNo change023£35,000-5.40 %
BerkshireDown-522£40,250-5.29 %
ScotlandUp+2013£34,500-1.42 %
HertfordshireUp+1913£38,750+19.23 %
SurreyDown-2113£41,750+4.37 %
West SussexUp+1310£27,500+34.14 %
BedfordshireDown-38£42,500+13.33 %
EdinburghNew entry-8£32,500-
NottinghamshireUp+187£23,500+38.23 %
NottinghamUp+127£23,500+38.23 %
HorshamNew entry-7£27,500-
HampshireDown-86£46,500+32.85 %
GloucestershireDown-85£28,000-6.66 %
LivingstonNew entry-5£34,500-
LeicestershireNew entry-5£31,500-
SussexNew entry-5£27,500-
West LothianNew entry-5£34,500-
MidlandsUp+44£32,500-18.75 %
North EastDown-44£32,500-7.14 %
North WestDown-264£30,000+15.38 %

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1141 (30.13 %)XML
2132 (28.21 %)Adobe
3113 (24.15 %)FrameMaker
497 (20.73 %)HTML
584 (17.95 %)MS Office
679 (16.88 %)Aerospace
679 (16.88 %)Degree
778 (16.67 %)Microsoft
874 (15.81 %)RoboHelp
958 (12.39 %)MS Excel
1053 (11.32 %)Acrobat
1148 (10.26 %)Publishing
1246 (9.829 %)Finance
1340 (8.547 %)SAP
1439 (8.333 %)SGML
1538 (8.120 %)QA
1635 (7.479 %)Marketing
1734 (7.265 %)MS Visio
1831 (6.624 %)Adobe Captivate
1929 (6.197 %)XMetaL
2028 (5.983 %)Internet
2127 (5.769 %)CMS
2224 (5.128 %)Photoshop
2323 (4.915 %)Legal
2422 (4.701 %)Windows
2521 (4.487 %)Adobe Illustrator
2620 (4.274 %)Agile Software Development
2620 (4.274 %)Telecoms
2719 (4.060 %)Scrum
2719 (4.060 %)Time Management

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1141 (30.13 %)XML
297 (20.73 %)HTML
339 (8.333 %)SGML
415 (3.205 %)Web Services
513 (2.778 %).NET
610 (2.137 %)CSS
610 (2.137 %)SOAP
79 (1.923 %)XSL
86 (1.282 %)ASP.NET
95 (1.068 %)REST
102 (0.427 %)XSLT
102 (0.427 %)Flash
102 (0.427 %)JSP
111 (0.214 %)J2EE
111 (0.214 %)XHTML
111 (0.214 %)WinForms
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (5.769 %)CMS
22 (0.427 %)SharePoint
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1113 (24.15 %)FrameMaker
284 (17.95 %)MS Office
374 (15.81 %)RoboHelp
458 (12.39 %)MS Excel
553 (11.32 %)Acrobat
634 (7.265 %)MS Visio
731 (6.624 %)Adobe Captivate
829 (6.197 %)XMetaL
924 (5.128 %)Photoshop
1021 (4.487 %)Adobe Illustrator
1117 (3.632 %)InDesign
1216 (3.419 %)Paint Shop Pro
138 (1.709 %)QuarkXPress
138 (1.709 %)CorelDRAW
146 (1.282 %)MS PowerPoint
153 (0.641 %)3ds Max
161 (0.214 %)Pro/ENGINEER
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (5.983 %)Internet
214 (2.991 %)Intranet
310 (2.137 %)TCP/IP
44 (0.855 %)ATM
53 (0.641 %)Wireless
62 (0.427 %)Firewall
71 (0.214 %)2G
71 (0.214 %)IMAP
71 (0.214 %)4G
71 (0.214 %)PABX
71 (0.214 %)Radio Access Network
71 (0.214 %)LAN
71 (0.214 %)SDH
71 (0.214 %)3GPP
71 (0.214 %)WAN
71 (0.214 %)3G
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (3.205 %)SQL Server
23 (0.641 %)EDMS
32 (0.427 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (2.778 %)Eclipse
24 (0.855 %)Team Foundation Server
32 (0.427 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.214 %)Balsamiq Mockups
41 (0.214 %)Subversion
41 (0.214 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
179 (16.88 %)Aerospace
248 (10.26 %)Publishing
346 (9.829 %)Finance
435 (7.479 %)Marketing
523 (4.915 %)Legal
620 (4.274 %)Telecoms
717 (3.632 %)Electronics
816 (3.419 %)Multimedia
910 (2.137 %)Manufacturing
107 (1.496 %)Automotive
116 (1.282 %)Pharmaceutical
124 (0.855 %)Advertising
124 (0.855 %)Retail
124 (0.855 %)Games
124 (0.855 %)Military
124 (0.855 %)German Language
133 (0.641 %)Japanese Language
133 (0.641 %)French Language
133 (0.641 %)Spanish Language
133 (0.641 %)Banking
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (3.632 %)Mainframe
215 (3.205 %)Mathematics
314 (2.991 %)SaaS
413 (2.778 %)E-Learning
512 (2.564 %)Web 2.0
610 (2.137 %)Management Information System
610 (2.137 %)Chemistry
79 (1.923 %)Statistics
87 (1.496 %)Physics
96 (1.282 %)Graphic Design
96 (1.282 %)Biology
96 (1.282 %)Life Science
96 (1.282 %)NHS
96 (1.282 %)Wiki
105 (1.068 %)Copywriting
105 (1.068 %)NPfIT
114 (0.855 %)3D Graphics
123 (0.641 %)Open Source
123 (0.641 %)New Media
123 (0.641 %)Embedded Systems
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (4.701 %)Windows
29 (1.923 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (4.274 %)Agile Software Development
219 (4.060 %)Scrum
219 (4.060 %)Time Management
312 (2.564 %)CAD
411 (2.350 %)Project Management
411 (2.350 %)Data Management
411 (2.350 %)Content Management
58 (1.709 %)Bioinformatics
58 (1.709 %)Web Development
58 (1.709 %)Workflow
67 (1.496 %)Document Management
67 (1.496 %)Product Management
76 (1.282 %)SEO
76 (1.282 %)Technical Architecture
76 (1.282 %)Validation
76 (1.282 %)Information Management
85 (1.068 %)Service Management
85 (1.068 %)ITIL
94 (0.855 %)Software Engineering
103 (0.641 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (3.632 %)JavaScript
212 (2.564 %)SQL
212 (2.564 %)Java
39 (1.923 %)VB
46 (1.282 %)C#
54 (0.855 %)C++
63 (0.641 %)C
63 (0.641 %)Assembly Language
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
179 (16.88 %)Degree
211 (2.350 %)Security Cleared
39 (1.923 %)SC Cleared
39 (1.923 %)HND
48 (1.709 %)HNC
56 (1.282 %)PhD
63 (0.641 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (8.120 %)QA
22 (0.427 %)SLA
31 (0.214 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1132 (28.21 %)Adobe
278 (16.67 %)Microsoft
340 (8.547 %)SAP
45 (1.068 %)Quark
53 (0.641 %)Progress
53 (0.641 %)Vignette
61 (0.214 %)Perforce
61 (0.214 %)Google
61 (0.214 %)Facebook
61 (0.214 %)Apple