Author Contracts in England

Author
UK > England

The median Author daily rate in England is £368 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 614 727
Rank change year-on-year +215 +113 -139
Contract jobs requiring an Author 132 32 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.066% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.070% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 26
10th Percentile - £344 £338
25th Percentile £158 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £545 £400
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +36.25% +21.21%
75th Percentile £399 £650 £469
90th Percentile £547 - £550
UK median daily rate £368 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -30.00% +31.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33.59
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £33.84
75th Percentile £47.50 - £34.09
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -21.82% +37.50% +32.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Author
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Author in England

Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Author in England.

Daily rate trend for Author in England

Author
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Author in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Author in England

Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Author in England.

Hourly rate trend for Author in England

Author
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +73 68 £375 - 2
South West +38 37 £495 -12.16% 11
North of England +38 9 £165 -56.00% 4
North West - 8 £165 - 4
South East +23 7 £390 +8.33% 8
Midlands +22 7 £360 -31.43% 3
West Midlands +23 5 £550 +4.76%
London +91 4 - - 6
East Midlands - 2 £345 - 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £400 +6.67%
Author
UK

Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Author in the job title.

1 90 (68.18%) XML
2 76 (57.58%) SGML
3 68 (51.52%) HNC
4 65 (49.24%) HND
5 64 (48.48%) Publishing
5 64 (48.48%) Desktop Publishing
6 31 (23.48%) Social Skills
7 27 (20.45%) CAD
8 22 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 21 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
9 21 (15.91%) Security Cleared
10 13 (9.85%) Data Management
11 12 (9.09%) Degree
11 12 (9.09%) Animation
11 12 (9.09%) Adobe
11 12 (9.09%) Acrobat
11 12 (9.09%) Aerospace
11 12 (9.09%) Def Stans
12 9 (6.82%) SDLC
12 9 (6.82%) Agile
13 8 (6.06%) Electronics
13 8 (6.06%) Software Engineering
13 8 (6.06%) Computer Science
13 8 (6.06%) Automotive
13 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
13 8 (6.06%) ServiceNow
13 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (6.06%) Content Strategy
14 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
14 6 (4.55%) Service Management

Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.76%) CMS
1 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (9.09%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.76%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.76%) Azure
1 1 (0.76%) IaaS
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
1 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) 5G
1 1 (0.76%) Network Security
1 1 (0.76%) Wireless
General
1 64 (48.48%) Publishing
2 31 (23.48%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 8 (6.06%) Automotive
4 8 (6.06%) Electronics
5 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.79%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.79%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.76%) Games
7 1 (0.76%) Marketing
7 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (68.18%) XML
2 76 (57.58%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Animation
2 4 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.76%) SCADA
4 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.48%) Desktop Publishing
2 27 (20.45%) CAD
3 13 (9.85%) Data Management
4 9 (6.82%) Agile
4 9 (6.82%) SDLC
5 8 (6.06%) Computer Science
5 8 (6.06%) Content Strategy
5 8 (6.06%) Software Engineering
6 6 (4.55%) Service Management
7 5 (3.79%) User Experience
8 4 (3.03%) Biotechnology
8 4 (3.03%) Business Continuity
8 4 (3.03%) Chemistry
8 4 (3.03%) Coaching
8 4 (3.03%) Mentoring
8 4 (3.03%) NsoIT
8 4 (3.03%) Swim Lanes
8 4 (3.03%) Use Case
9 3 (2.27%) ArchiMate
9 3 (2.27%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 68 (51.52%) HNC
2 65 (49.24%) HND
3 21 (15.91%) Security Cleared
4 12 (9.09%) Degree
5 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.76%) CISA
6 1 (0.76%) CISM
6 1 (0.76%) CISSP
6 1 (0.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Def Stans
2 4 (3.03%) GMP
3 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 22 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.09%) Adobe
3 8 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.76%) PTC
4 1 (0.76%) SAP