Technical Author Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first 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 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Author
Rank 642 637 714
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author 218 267 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.202% 0.221% 0.127%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.214% 0.233% 0.135%
Number of salaries quoted 169 248 144
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.08%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £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%

Technical Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 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 within the UK.

Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Author over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 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 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
England -3 216 £35,000 +10.23%
East of England +33 75 £38,250 +2.00%
London +50 52 £35,000 -
South East -11 47 £38,000 +1.33%
Cambridgeshire +13 38 £32,000 -8.57%
Oxfordshire +10 26 £38,000 +38.18%
Oxford - 26 £38,000 -
Bedfordshire +3 22 £42,500 -
Yorkshire -2 22 £32,500 +21.49%
Cambridge -4 22 £35,000 -
West Yorkshire +15 20 £31,875 +32.81%
Leeds -3 19 £32,500 +35.41%
West Midlands -8 11 £25,000 -23.07%
Hertfordshire +2 10 £40,000 -
City of London +14 9 £32,000 -20.00%
Berkshire -10 7 £47,500 +26.66%
Watford +20 6 £40,000 -
Harrogate - 6 £32,500 -
North Yorkshire - 6 £32,500 -
Surrey +8 5 £32,500 -22.15%
Hampshire +1 4 £45,000 -3.22%
East Midlands -33 4 £27,500 -9.83%
Essex - 4 £40,000 -
North West +1 3 £31,250 +4.16%
Nottingham -4 3 £27,500 +17.02%
Nottinghamshire -4 3 £27,500 +17.02%
West Sussex -14 3 £24,000 -12.72%
Basildon - 3 £42,500 -
Gatwick - 3 £24,000 -
Dorking - 3 £32,500 -

Technical Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 92 (26.90%) Degree
2 87 (25.44%) Finance
3 85 (24.85%) HTML
4 82 (23.98%) MS Office
5 75 (21.93%) FrameMaker
6 74 (21.64%) XML
6 74 (21.64%) Adobe
7 51 (14.91%) Microsoft
8 46 (13.45%) CSS
9 45 (13.16%) RoboHelp
10 43 (12.57%) Java
11 41 (11.99%) Marketing
12 40 (11.70%) C++
13 36 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
14 35 (10.23%) C
15 34 (9.942%) Adobe Captivate
16 31 (9.064%) Windows
16 31 (9.064%) MS Excel
16 31 (9.064%) Electronics
17 30 (8.772%) JavaScript
17 30 (8.772%) Photoshop
18 27 (7.895%) Physics
19 26 (7.602%) Computer Science
20 23 (6.725%) C#
20 23 (6.725%) Workflow
20 23 (6.725%) Publishing
21 21 (6.140%) XSLT
22 19 (5.556%) Telecoms
23 18 (5.263%) Legal
23 18 (5.263%) Scrum

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 85 (24.85%) HTML
2 74 (21.64%) XML
3 46 (13.45%) CSS
4 21 (6.140%) XSLT
5 10 (2.924%) DOM
6 9 (2.632%) .NET
7 7 (2.047%) ASP.NET
7 7 (2.047%) WinForms
8 6 (1.754%) jQuery
9 4 (1.170%) XSL
10 2 (0.585%) COM
11 1 (0.292%) Web Services
11 1 (0.292%) SGML
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.339%) CMS
2 5 (1.462%) SharePoint
Applications
1 82 (23.98%) MS Office
2 75 (21.93%) FrameMaker
3 45 (13.16%) RoboHelp
4 34 (9.942%) Adobe Captivate
5 31 (9.064%) MS Excel
6 30 (8.772%) Photoshop
7 16 (4.678%) MS Visio
7 16 (4.678%) Adobe Illustrator
8 15 (4.386%) Acrobat
8 15 (4.386%) XMetaL
9 9 (2.632%) Doxygen
10 8 (2.339%) InDesign
10 8 (2.339%) CorelDRAW
11 4 (1.170%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.292%) HiPortfolio
1 1 (0.292%) MultiFonds
1 1 (0.292%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.971%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.386%) Intranet
3 5 (1.462%) LTE
4 4 (1.170%) 3G
4 4 (1.170%) 2G
4 4 (1.170%) HTTP
5 2 (0.585%) Internet
6 1 (0.292%) GSM
6 1 (0.292%) UMTS
6 1 (0.292%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.971%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.292%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (2.339%) XMLSpy
2 2 (0.585%) WinRunner
3 1 (0.292%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.292%) Eclipse
General
1 87 (25.44%) Finance
2 41 (11.99%) Marketing
3 31 (9.064%) Electronics
4 23 (6.725%) Publishing
5 19 (5.556%) Telecoms
6 18 (5.263%) Legal
7 12 (3.509%) Multimedia
8 5 (1.462%) Advertising
8 5 (1.462%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.462%) Automotive
9 3 (0.877%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.877%) German Language
10 2 (0.585%) French Language
10 2 (0.585%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.585%) Law
10 2 (0.585%) Billing
10 2 (0.585%) Banking
11 1 (0.292%) Retail
11 1 (0.292%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.895%) Physics
2 26 (7.602%) Computer Science
3 15 (4.386%) Mathematics
4 13 (3.801%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (1.754%) Statistics
5 6 (1.754%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.462%) E-Learning
6 5 (1.462%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.170%) Wiki
8 3 (0.877%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.877%) SaaS
9 2 (0.585%) Life Science
9 2 (0.585%) Chemistry
10 1 (0.292%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.292%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.292%) Firmware
10 1 (0.292%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.064%) Windows
2 8 (2.339%) Linux
3 2 (0.585%) Solaris
3 2 (0.585%) UNIX
4 1 (0.292%) Windows CE
4 1 (0.292%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
2 23 (6.725%) Workflow
3 18 (5.263%) Scrum
4 15 (4.386%) Content Management
5 13 (3.801%) Kanban
5 13 (3.801%) Web Application Development
6 11 (3.216%) Time Management
7 9 (2.632%) Software Testing
7 9 (2.632%) Software Engineering
7 9 (2.632%) Project Management
8 7 (2.047%) ERP
9 6 (1.754%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (1.754%) Business Analysis
9 6 (1.754%) Product Management
10 5 (1.462%) Change Control
10 5 (1.462%) Analytics
11 4 (1.170%) Requirements Engineering
11 4 (1.170%) Data Management
11 4 (1.170%) Practice Management
12 3 (0.877%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 43 (12.57%) Java
2 40 (11.70%) C++
3 35 (10.23%) C
4 30 (8.772%) JavaScript
5 23 (6.725%) C#
6 17 (4.971%) SQL
7 15 (4.386%) Assembly Language
8 4 (1.170%) VB
9 3 (0.877%) Python
9 3 (0.877%) Perl
9 3 (0.877%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.877%) Ruby
10 1 (0.292%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 92 (26.90%) Degree
2 4 (1.170%) HNC
3 3 (0.877%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.877%) DV Cleared
3 3 (0.877%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.585%) PhD
4 2 (0.585%) ISEB
5 1 (0.292%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.632%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.585%) QA
Vendors
1 74 (21.64%) Adobe
2 51 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.585%) Twitter
3 2 (0.585%) HP
4 1 (0.292%) Intergraph
4 1 (0.292%) Perforce
4 1 (0.292%) Symbian
Technical Author - Watford - Permanent
Watford, South East
See below for more details of the role; Overall Objective: To produce, develop and maintain a professional and accurate end-user documentation suite for the Practice Management range...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Author
Watford, Hertfordshire
The company works with some of biggest firms in the world and is a Microsoft Gold Partner... You will be working within the company's practice management domain.
Proteus Europe
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author - Software, Leeds
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will have the following: - Writing / Proof Reading skills - Have a clear and precise writing style - Understand best practice with regard to Technical Documentation - Demonstrable experience of being...
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £27500 to £35000 per annum - Health + Good Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author - Software, Leeds
Leeds, Yorkshire
Technical Author - Technical Writer Software LeedsMy client a leading financial software provider currently seek a technical author to manage documentation of one of their product lines-You will...
Verticality
Salary: GBP27500 to GBP35000 per annum + Benefits: Health + Good Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Author - Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: - Proven experience working as a Technical Author / Technical Writer - Experience of common tools such as Framemaker, Acrobate, MadCap Flair etc - Knowledge/Understanding of modern web...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits, 25 holidays
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Technical Author - SDK documentation, C / C++ / Java APIs, Acrobat, Framemaker, growing Co, Cambridge, to £40k + and excellent benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Software Technical Author, SDK documentation, C / C++ / Java APIs, Acrobat, Framemaker, growing company, CambridgeThis is a great opportunity for a bright, self-motivated Software Technical Author to join...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k+ and excellent benefits
Posted: 18 April 2013
Technical Author
London
This is an excellent opportunity for a technical author to develop their career with an award-winning software company. You will be responsible for producing single-sourced, customer-...
Edissero Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Author - Finance
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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
Technical Author - Finance
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
Technical Author - Finance
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Technical AuthorLocation: Cambridge, CambridgeshireSalary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefitsTechnical Author required to join a global financial modelling software company based in Cambridge. As a Technical Author...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Author - Finance
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
Technical Writer / Technical Author
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
An excellent opportunity has arisen within a leading organisation based in Cardiff. The organisation requires a Technical Writer / Technical Author to join its thriving team environment during a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Author
City, London
My client a leading financial software solutions provider with offices in the City, London seeks an experienced Technical Author. The role will involve being responsible for the creation...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to £38k + benefits
London
Reporting to the Head of Procedures you will be responsible for producing technical documentation for our client’s financial legacy system migration... Experience of working with SharePoint... Kent,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £37,999 to £38,000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior Technical Author
Bedfordshire
You will need experience of FrameMaker as well as exposure to WebWorks, MS Office Visio, XMLSpy, Webworks, XDocs, XMetal or similar would be advantageous... Participate in ensuring that...
Firway Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Circa £40,000 - £45000 + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Author - scientific software, FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Captivate, Cambridge, to £32k plus excellent benefits
Cambridge
You will have: - A good degree in a relevant subject from a top university - Demonstrable commercial experience in technical writing and in planning, estimating, and delivering software documentation -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £32k plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Technical Author - Cutting Edge Trading Software Development
London
My client is one of the world's leading (and most technically advanced) developer of trading software of the investment banking and hedge fund industry with an exciting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Author - software, Cambridge, London, Author-it, RoboHelp
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Minimum requirements: - Good degree in a relevant technical discipline - Relevant experience of testing embedded systems - Self starter - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to multitask - Excellent attention to...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + superb package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Technical Author - software, Cambridge, London, Author-it, RoboHelp, finance, to £45k + superb package
Cambridge / London, East Anglia
Role: To ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless development team continues to meet the relevant requirements and high standards expected.The role will involve working...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + superb package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Author, writer, documentation, software development
London
The Technical Author will have a working knowledge of at least one object oriented programming language, such as Java, c# or C++, however they will not be expected...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + package
Posted: 15 May 2013
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