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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Author role in IT jobs within the Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Author
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank101110
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads53
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.333 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£29,000£31,667
Average salary£31,600£33,333
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Average maximum salary£34,200£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,283£32,179
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads15032002
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.973 %0.893 %
Salaries quoted13991834
Average minimum salary£31,522£30,876
Average salary£35,419£34,258
% change on same period last year+3.38 %
Average maximum salary£39,317£37,640
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Technical Author UKTechnical Author
UK

Technical Author
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Author across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Technical Author Salary Trend

Technical Author
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Author across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Wales Technical Author Salary Histogram

Technical Author
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WalesUp+85£31,600-5.19 %
Technical Author UKTechnical Author
UK

Technical Author
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

15 (41.67 %)MS Visio
15 (41.67 %)FrameMaker
24 (33.33 %)Degree
24 (33.33 %)Computer Science
24 (33.33 %)Document Management
24 (33.33 %)SGML
24 (33.33 %)HTML
24 (33.33 %)Java
24 (33.33 %)XML
33 (25.00 %)MS Excel
33 (25.00 %)Microsoft
33 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
33 (25.00 %)Pensions
33 (25.00 %)Telecoms
33 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
42 (16.67 %)Adobe
42 (16.67 %)Acrobat
51 (8.333 %)Apache
51 (8.333 %)J2SE
51 (8.333 %)J2EE
51 (8.333 %)Ant
51 (8.333 %)Paint Shop Pro
51 (8.333 %)Wiki
51 (8.333 %)IP Telephony
51 (8.333 %)Subversion
51 (8.333 %)Java SE
51 (8.333 %)Java EE

Technical Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)SGML
14 (33.33 %)HTML
14 (33.33 %)XML
21 (8.333 %)J2SE
21 (8.333 %)J2EE
21 (8.333 %)Java SE
21 (8.333 %)Java EE
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Apache
Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (41.67 %)MS Visio
15 (41.67 %)FrameMaker
23 (25.00 %)MS Excel
32 (16.67 %)Acrobat
41 (8.333 %)Paint Shop Pro
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)IP Telephony
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Ant
11 (8.333 %)Subversion
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Pensions
13 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Computer Science
21 (8.333 %)Wiki
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)Document Management
23 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
23 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Java
Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (33.33 %)Degree
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft
22 (16.67 %)Adobe