Technical Author Contracts in England

Technical Author
UK > England

The median Technical Author daily rate in England is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 507 703
Rank change year-on-year +34 +196 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 47 60 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.15% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 36
10th Percentile £352 £275 £281
25th Percentile £375 £328 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £380 £456
Median % change year-on-year +11.18% -16.71% +7.35%
75th Percentile £481 £547 £528
90th Percentile £750 £593 £575
UK median daily rate £423 £385 £430
% change year-on-year +9.74% -10.47% +6.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.73
Median hourly rate £48.00 £48.72 £43.98
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +10.78% -
75th Percentile - - £45.23
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £48.72 £43.98
% change year-on-year -1.48% +10.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 29,030 36,960 63,318
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.61% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,760 25,616 44,920
10th Percentile £300 £295 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,096 1,418 1,593
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.22 £19.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £45.11 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% +50.35% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £44.50 £28.70
% change year-on-year -21.35% +55.05% +43.50%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in England

Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Author in England

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Author in England

Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Author in England

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
London +51 23 £450 +28.11%
Midlands +14 9 £368 -38.75% 4
South West +5 8 £750 +36.36% 6
West Midlands +10 6 £350 -41.67% 4
East of England +13 3 £625 +78.57%
East Midlands - 3 £425 -
South East +35 2 £850 +61.90% 1
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 November 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 across the England region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 9 (19.15%) MS Visio
3 9 (19.15%) Agile
4 8 (17.02%) Unix
4 8 (17.02%) Windows
4 8 (17.02%) Linux
4 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
4 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
5 7 (14.89%) Confluence
5 7 (14.89%) EMC
6 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (10.64%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) User Experience
7 5 (10.64%) SDLC
8 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.51%) Knowledge Management
8 4 (8.51%) Degree
8 4 (8.51%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (8.51%) Dell
8 4 (8.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (8.51%) Rubrik
8 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
9 3 (6.38%) User Research
9 3 (6.38%) VxRail
9 3 (6.38%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (6.38%) Police
9 3 (6.38%) SAN

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.89%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.15%) MS Visio
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.13%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Rubrik
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) NAS
1 3 (6.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Banking
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
2 3 (6.38%) Police
2 3 (6.38%) Retail
3 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.13%) Legal
3 1 (2.13%) Military
3 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) XML
2 1 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) EMC VMAX
2 2 (4.26%) FMCG
3 1 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Linux
1 8 (17.02%) Unix
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Agile
2 5 (10.64%) Project Management
2 5 (10.64%) SDLC
2 5 (10.64%) User Experience
3 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (8.51%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
4 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
4 3 (6.38%) Information Architecture
4 3 (6.38%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.38%) Prototyping
4 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.38%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (6.38%) Test Management
4 3 (6.38%) User Research
4 3 (6.38%) Visualisation
5 2 (4.26%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (4.26%) Decision-Making
5 2 (4.26%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Degree
3 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) EMC NetWorker
1 4 (8.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (6.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) EMC
3 4 (8.51%) Dell
4 2 (4.26%) Adobe
5 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow