Technical Author Contracts in the South East

Technical Author
England > South East

The median Technical Author daily rate in the South East is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 213 258
Rank change year-on-year +37 +45 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.049% 0.037% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.039% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £259
25th Percentile - £513 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £525 £288
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% +82.61% -30.72%
75th Percentile - £538 £308
90th Percentile - - £323
England median daily rate £423 £380 £456
% change year-on-year +11.18% -16.71% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.73
Median hourly rate - - £43.98
75th Percentile - - £45.23
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £48.72 £43.98
% change year-on-year -1.48% +10.78% +105.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,765 5,103 7,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.33% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,261 3,359 5,196
10th Percentile £245 £208 £225
25th Percentile £400 £381 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £613
90th Percentile £685 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 247 278
10th Percentile £16.45 £16.00 £12.93
25th Percentile £26.81 £23.00 £17.82
Median hourly rate £57.50 £51.42 £37.13
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +38.49% +48.52%
75th Percentile £72.36 £67.50 £63.44
90th Percentile £75.16 £76.53 £72.88
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £29.38
% change year-on-year -11.11% +53.19% +46.88%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in the South East

Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Technical Author in the South East

Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Author in the South East

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Thames Valley +21 1 £850 +61.90%
Berkshire - 1 £850 -
Sussex - 1 - -
Technical Author
England

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 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 South East region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe