Author Contracts in the South West

Author
England > South West

The median Author daily rate in the South West is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 169 171
Rank change year-on-year +56 +2 -34
Contract jobs requiring an Author 37 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.16% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.12% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £377 £579 -
25th Percentile £473 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £586 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% - -
75th Percentile £554 £590 -
90th Percentile - £593 -
England median daily rate £375 £533 £406
% change year-on-year -29.58% +31.08% +23.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £51.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - £33.84
% change year-on-year - - -9.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Author in the South West

Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Author in the South West

Author
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Author in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Author in the South West

Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Author in the South West

Author
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Bristol - 29 - - 3
Wiltshire +7 6 £511 -14.07%
Gloucestershire +4 1 £325 -43.67% 3
Devon - 1 - -
Author
England

Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 West region featuring Author in the job title.

1 27 (72.97%) CAD
2 25 (67.57%) XML
2 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
3 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
4 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
5 12 (32.43%) Adobe
5 12 (32.43%) Acrobat
5 12 (32.43%) SGML
5 12 (32.43%) Aerospace
5 12 (32.43%) Data Management
5 12 (32.43%) Animation
5 12 (32.43%) Def Stans
6 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
7 6 (16.22%) Service Management
8 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
9 4 (10.81%) NsoIT
9 4 (10.81%) Swim Lanes
9 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
9 4 (10.81%) Degree
9 4 (10.81%) Use Case
9 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
9 4 (10.81%) Coaching
9 4 (10.81%) User Experience
9 4 (10.81%) HNC
10 3 (8.11%) ITIL
10 3 (8.11%) Business Continuity
10 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
10 3 (8.11%) ArchiMate
10 3 (8.11%) Incident Response

Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (32.43%) Acrobat
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.70%) PTC Creo
3 1 (2.70%) Windchill
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
General
1 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Aerospace
3 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (67.57%) XML
2 12 (32.43%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Animation
2 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) CAD
2 12 (32.43%) Data Management
3 6 (16.22%) Service Management
4 4 (10.81%) Coaching
4 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (10.81%) NsoIT
4 4 (10.81%) Swim Lanes
4 4 (10.81%) Use Case
4 4 (10.81%) User Experience
5 3 (8.11%) ArchiMate
5 3 (8.11%) Business Continuity
5 3 (8.11%) Incident Response
5 3 (8.11%) ITIL
6 1 (2.70%) Content Management
6 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (2.70%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 4 (10.81%) HNC
4 1 (2.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) Adobe
3 1 (2.70%) PTC