Technical Author Contracts in the North of England

Technical Author
England > North of England

The median Technical Author daily rate in the North of England is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 218 244
Rank change year-on-year +41 +26 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.19% 0.017% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.018% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% -6.25% +52.38%
75th Percentile £173 £413 -
90th Percentile £218 - -
England median daily rate £375 £540 £400
% change year-on-year -30.56% +35.00% +21.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,453 5,567 6,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 95.16% 96.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 3,938 5,099
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £382 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £594 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 171 296
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.50 £11.09
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.57 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +64.26% +3.29%
75th Percentile £45.94 £48.86 £31.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £50.39
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in the North of England

Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Author in the North of England

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Author in the North of England

Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Author in the North of England

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North West - 8 £165 - 3
Yorkshire +27 1 £400 +6.67% 2
Technical Author
England

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
1 8 (88.89%) ServiceNow
1 8 (88.89%) SDLC
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (88.89%) Content Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Games

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (11.11%) Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
1 8 (88.89%) Content Strategy
1 8 (88.89%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) ServiceNow