Author Job Trends in England

Author
UK > England

The median Author salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 647 654
Rank change year-on-year +43 +7 +290
Permanent jobs requiring an Author 13 32 26
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.025% 0.066% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.072% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 15
10th Percentile - £40,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% +23.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £60,000 £59,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% +21.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Author
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Author' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Author job vacancy trend in England

Author
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Author job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Author job vacancies in England

Author
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Author in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Author in England

Author
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +9 5 £40,000 -27.27% 8
North of England 0 5 £65,000 +8.33% 2
North West +16 3 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Yorkshire -15 2 £47,500 -
South East +33 1 £42,500 -6.59% 5
East of England +24 1 £40,000 - 5
London - 1 £85,000 - 2
Author
UK

Author Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Author 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Author in the job title.

1 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
1 3 (23.08%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
2 2 (15.38%) Data Vault
2 2 (15.38%) Document Management
2 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 2 (15.38%) HND
2 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (15.38%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) CMS
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.69%) Confluence
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) FrameMaker
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Google Docs
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience

Author Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) CMS
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (7.69%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
2 1 (7.69%) Google Docs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Publishing
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
2 2 (15.38%) Document Management
2 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) HNC
1 2 (15.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe
1 1 (7.69%) Google