Technical Author
UK
The median Technical Author salary in the UK is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 809 | 933 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +124 | +213 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Author | 11 | 98 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.095% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.022% | 0.100% | 0.040% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 57 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £35,000 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41,250 | £38,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £26,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.22% | - | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £39,500 | £53,750 | £54,688 |
| 90th Percentile | £51,950 | £80,000 | £77,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £26,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.82% | -5.56% | -10.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Author
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Author.
Technical Author
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Author over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Technical Author
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +103 | 7 | £26,000 | -38.82% | 17 |
| England | +89 | 7 | £26,000 | -38.82% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +88 | 7 | £48,750 | +8.33% | 10 |
| East of England | +32 | 3 | £26,000 | -42.22% | 3 |
| South East | +71 | 2 | £39,000 | -25.71% | 6 |
| Midlands | +62 | 2 | £58,500 | +67.14% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +57 | 2 | £58,500 | - | 2 |
Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 featuring Technical Author in the job title.
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Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: