Technical Author
UK
The median Technical Author daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 440 | 643 | 785 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +203 | +142 | -114 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author | 135 | 39 | 53 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.31% | 0.070% | 0.061% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.34% | 0.074% | 0.063% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 24 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £341 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £158 | £362 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £533 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.58% | +33.13% | -6.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £395 | £613 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £650 | £560 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £368 | £375 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | -6.25% | +30.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 69 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £39.15 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £40.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £55.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.82% | +29.41% | +40.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.50 | £57.50 | £44.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.25 | - | £44.65 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.00 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author.
Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author.
Technical Author
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +183 | 129 | £375 | -31.19% | 29 |
| UK excluding London | +144 | 125 | £368 | -2.00% | 30 |
| East of England | +65 | 68 | £375 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +154 | 63 | £463 | -22.92% | 11 |
| South West | +35 | 36 | £511 | -7.05% | 10 |
| North of England | +29 | 9 | £165 | -56.00% | 3 |
| North West | - | 8 | £165 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | +26 | 6 | £455 | -24.17% | 4 |
| South East | +13 | 6 | £390 | +9.86% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 5 | £550 | -8.33% | 1 |
| London | +84 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 1 | £400 | +6.67% | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £360 | - | 3 |
Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Technical Author contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Technical Author in the job title.
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Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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