Author Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Author
UK > Work from Home

The median Author daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 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
17 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 275 410
Rank change year-on-year -19 +135 +181
Contract jobs requiring an Author 13 60 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.46% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.49% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 19
10th Percentile - £368 £263
25th Percentile £513 £375 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £650
90th Percentile - £415 -
UK median daily rate £620 £400 £538
% change year-on-year +55.00% -25.58% +30.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 46 1
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.82% +29.41%
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile £43.75 £51.25 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -18.10% +25.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,459 12,123 20,391
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 93.47% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,265 8,119 14,451
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 365 482
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.08 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.50 £28.50 £23.23
Median hourly rate £34.48 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% -8.16% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £78.98
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

Author
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Author trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Author
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Author.

Author daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Author
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Author.

Author hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Author in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) HNC
1 10 (76.92%) HND
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) Desktop Publishing
2 8 (61.54%) XML
2 8 (61.54%) FrameMaker
2 8 (61.54%) SGML
2 8 (61.54%) Publishing
3 6 (46.15%) Aerospace
4 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Automotive
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Windchill
6 2 (15.38%) Teamcenter
6 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (15.38%) Electronics
6 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
6 2 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Governance
7 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
7 1 (7.69%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (7.69%) Service Design
7 1 (7.69%) QA
7 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (7.69%) ITIL

Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (61.54%) FrameMaker
2 2 (15.38%) Windchill
3 1 (7.69%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (61.54%) Publishing
2 6 (46.15%) Aerospace
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Automotive
5 2 (15.38%) Electronics
6 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) SGML
1 8 (61.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Desktop Publishing
2 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
2 2 (15.38%) Logistics
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Governance
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
1 10 (76.92%) HNC
1 10 (76.92%) HND
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
27 Author jobs Nationwide