Author Contracts with Work from Home Options

Author
UK > Work from Home

The median Author daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 447 593
Rank change year-on-year +164 +146 -149
Contract jobs requiring an Author 63 24 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.094% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.098% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 11
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile - £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +35.00% -8.57%
75th Percentile - £650 £463
90th Percentile - - £475
UK median daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 0 2
10th Percentile - - £39.15
25th Percentile - - £40.13
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile £48.75 - £44.13
90th Percentile £51.25 - £44.65
UK median hourly rate £43.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Author
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Author trend for jobs with a WFH option

Author
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Author.

Author daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Author
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Author.

Author hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Author in the job title.

1 47 (74.60%) XML
2 36 (57.14%) HND
3 35 (55.56%) HNC
3 35 (55.56%) SGML
3 35 (55.56%) Publishing
3 35 (55.56%) Desktop Publishing
4 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
5 13 (20.63%) CAD
6 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
7 8 (12.70%) Electronics
7 8 (12.70%) Agile
7 8 (12.70%) Software Engineering
7 8 (12.70%) Automotive
8 3 (4.76%) Finance
9 2 (3.17%) F5
9 2 (3.17%) Security Hardening
9 2 (3.17%) 5G
9 2 (3.17%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (3.17%) Arista
9 2 (3.17%) Marketing
9 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
9 2 (3.17%) Wireless
9 2 (3.17%) Juniper
9 2 (3.17%) Cisco
9 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.59%) Intranet
10 1 (1.59%) Change Management

Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.59%) Azure
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) 5G
1 2 (3.17%) Wireless
2 1 (1.59%) Intranet
General
1 35 (55.56%) Publishing
2 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.70%) Automotive
3 8 (12.70%) Electronics
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (3.17%) Marketing
5 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (74.60%) XML
2 35 (55.56%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
1 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
1 1 (1.59%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (55.56%) Desktop Publishing
2 13 (20.63%) CAD
3 8 (12.70%) Agile
3 8 (12.70%) Software Engineering
4 2 (3.17%) Security Hardening
4 2 (3.17%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (1.59%) Change Management
5 1 (1.59%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (1.59%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (1.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (1.59%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 36 (57.14%) HND
2 35 (55.56%) HNC
3 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) Arista
2 2 (3.17%) Cisco
2 2 (3.17%) F5
2 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.17%) Juniper