Technical Author Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Author daily rate in the UK excluding London is £368 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 438 502
Rank change year-on-year +156 +64 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 113 14 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.058% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.061% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 7 5
10th Percentile - £285 £355
25th Percentile £158 £319 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -6.25% +32.01%
75th Percentile £399 £557 -
90th Percentile £547 £584 £430
UK median daily rate £375 £438 £400
% change year-on-year -14.29% +9.38% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.00 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £42.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,260 22,774 29,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.07% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 15,954 20,879
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
East of England +65 52 £375 - 4
South West +50 36 £511 -12.75% 6
North of England +48 9 £165 -56.00% 5
South East +16 9 £395 +11.27% 7
North West - 8 £165 - 3
Midlands +44 7 £360 -31.43% 2
West Midlands +36 5 £550 +4.76% 1
East Midlands - 2 £345 - 1
Yorkshire +26 1 £400 +6.67% 2
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 73 (64.60%) XML
2 60 (53.10%) SGML
3 52 (46.02%) HNC
4 49 (43.36%) HND
5 48 (42.48%) Publishing
5 48 (42.48%) Desktop Publishing
6 28 (24.78%) Social Skills
7 27 (23.89%) CAD
8 21 (18.58%) Microsoft Office
8 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
9 19 (16.81%) Security Cleared
10 12 (10.62%) Def Stans
10 12 (10.62%) Data Management
10 12 (10.62%) Degree
10 12 (10.62%) Animation
10 12 (10.62%) Adobe
10 12 (10.62%) Acrobat
10 12 (10.62%) Aerospace
11 8 (7.08%) Automotive
11 8 (7.08%) Agile
11 8 (7.08%) Electronics
11 8 (7.08%) Software Engineering
11 8 (7.08%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.08%) ServiceNow
11 8 (7.08%) SDLC
11 8 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (7.08%) Content Strategy
12 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
13 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
13 5 (4.42%) Service Management

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (18.58%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (10.62%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.88%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.88%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.88%) IaaS
1 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) 5G
1 2 (1.77%) Wireless
2 1 (0.88%) Network Security
General
1 48 (42.48%) Publishing
2 28 (24.78%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.62%) Aerospace
4 8 (7.08%) Automotive
4 8 (7.08%) Electronics
5 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.77%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (64.60%) XML
2 60 (53.10%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.62%) Animation
2 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.88%) SCADA
4 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.48%) Desktop Publishing
2 27 (23.89%) CAD
3 12 (10.62%) Data Management
4 8 (7.08%) Agile
4 8 (7.08%) Computer Science
4 8 (7.08%) Content Strategy
4 8 (7.08%) SDLC
4 8 (7.08%) Software Engineering
5 5 (4.42%) Service Management
6 4 (3.54%) Biotechnology
6 4 (3.54%) Chemistry
6 4 (3.54%) Coaching
6 4 (3.54%) Mentoring
6 4 (3.54%) Swim Lanes
6 4 (3.54%) User Experience
7 3 (2.65%) ArchiMate
7 3 (2.65%) NsoIT
7 3 (2.65%) Use Case
8 2 (1.77%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (1.77%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 52 (46.02%) HNC
2 49 (43.36%) HND
3 19 (16.81%) Security Cleared
4 12 (10.62%) Degree
5 8 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) Def Stans
2 4 (3.54%) GMP
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.88%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.62%) Adobe
3 8 (7.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.88%) PTC