Technical Author
England > London
The median Technical Author daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 350 | 389 | 480 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | +91 | +93 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 0.024% | 0.011% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.026% | 0.012% | 0.050% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £363 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £375 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -36.17% | +34.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £388 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £650 | £375 | £558 |
| % change year-on-year | +73.33% | -32.74% | +39.38% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title | 11,726 | 16,625 | 25,758 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.45% | 93.24% | 95.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,034 | 12,022 | 18,663 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £444 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £800 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 143 | 336 | 290 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.45 | £16.01 | £18.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.90 | £20.02 | £22.53 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.00 | £27.81 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.26% | -20.54% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £50.75 | £43.75 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.75 | £65.00 | £76.03 |
| England median hourly rate | £30.62 | £36.31 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.67% | -19.32% | +100.00% |
Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in London.
Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in London.
Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Technical Author in the job title.
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Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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: