Technical Author Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Technical Author
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Technical Author daily rate in Cheltenham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 4.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -31.72%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 120 60 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 96.77% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 41 85
10th Percentile £156 £513 £352
25th Percentile £380 £545 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 £748
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile - - £53.65
25th Percentile £12.43 £55.00 £70.38
Median hourly rate £12.56 £60.00 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year -79.07% -15.49% -16.96%
75th Percentile £24.74 £65.00 £72.06
90th Percentile £52.75 - £74.13
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £32.50 £66.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -50.94% +65.63% -45.21%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Author' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Technical Author job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Technical Author
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Author job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Author job vacancies in Cheltenham

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Technical Author contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Acrobat
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
1 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (50.00%) Confluence
1 3 (50.00%) CorelDRAW
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Document Management
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) XML

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Confluence
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Acrobat
1 3 (50.00%) CorelDRAW
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Document Management
1 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
Technical Author jobs