Technical Author Jobs in Scotland

Technical Author
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Author salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 279 - 249
Rank change year-on-year - - -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author 8 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% - 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £42,500 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile - - £31,250
90th Percentile - - £35,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,492 4,293 5,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 90.28% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,331 2,944
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,058
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in Scotland

Technical Author
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in Scotland.

Salary trend for Technical Author in Scotland

Technical Author
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the Scotland 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 4 £50,000 -
Aberdeen - 2 £45,000 - 2
Glasgow - 1 - -
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Technical Author 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 permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) FrameMaker
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe
1 7 (87.50%) RoboHelp
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Cryptography

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 7 (87.50%) FrameMaker
1 7 (87.50%) RoboHelp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco