Technical Author Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Author
England > London

The median Technical Author daily rate in London is £513, 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 408 356 402
Rank change year-on-year -52 +46 +73
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.034% 0.024% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.026% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £350 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +33.33% -36.17%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £388
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £638 £375
% change year-on-year -29.41% +70.00% -32.74%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,599 11,739 16,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 93.37% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,021 8,044 11,935
10th Percentile £350 £345 £325
25th Percentile £426 £429 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £684
90th Percentile £755 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 147 328
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.37 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.09 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +23.64% -23.61%
75th Percentile £63.21 £50.75 £45.18
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.01
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £37.18
% change year-on-year +54.61% -18.24% -17.38%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Technical Author job vacancy trend in London

Technical Author
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Author in London

Technical Author
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Author job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Author job vacancies in London

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Central London - 1 - -
Technical Author
England

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

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 London region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Okta
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Okta
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow