Technical Author Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Author daily rate in the UK excluding London is £360 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 270 429 486
Rank change year-on-year +159 +57 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 126 17 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.073% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.078% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 6
10th Percentile - £296 £291
25th Percentile £158 £343 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £395 £577 -
90th Percentile £550 £595 £419
UK median daily rate £360 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -31.43% +31.25% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -21.82% +29.41% +40.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,742 21,812 29,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.30% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,203 20,621
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,269 1,109 1,458
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Technical Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Author in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Author in the UK excluding London

Technical Author
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Author within the UK excluding London 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 +37 36 £511 -9.27% 11
North of England +38 9 £165 -56.00% 4
North West - 8 £165 - 4
Midlands +23 7 £360 -36.00% 3
South East +23 6 £390 +9.86% 8
West Midlands +24 5 £550 -2.22%
East Midlands - 2 £345 - 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £400 +6.67%
Technical Author
UK

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Technical 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 89 (70.63%) XML
2 76 (60.32%) SGML
3 68 (53.97%) HNC
4 65 (51.59%) HND
5 64 (50.79%) Publishing
5 64 (50.79%) Desktop Publishing
6 27 (21.43%) CAD
6 27 (21.43%) Social Skills
7 21 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 21 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
8 19 (15.08%) Security Cleared
9 12 (9.52%) Degree
9 12 (9.52%) Animation
9 12 (9.52%) Def Stans
9 12 (9.52%) Adobe
9 12 (9.52%) Acrobat
9 12 (9.52%) Aerospace
9 12 (9.52%) Data Management
10 8 (6.35%) Electronics
10 8 (6.35%) Agile
10 8 (6.35%) Automotive
10 8 (6.35%) SDLC
10 8 (6.35%) ServiceNow
10 8 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (6.35%) Software Engineering
10 8 (6.35%) Computer Science
10 8 (6.35%) Content Strategy
11 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
12 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.97%) Service Management

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.79%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (9.52%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.79%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.79%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.79%) IaaS
1 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) 5G
1 1 (0.79%) Network Security
1 1 (0.79%) Wireless
General
1 64 (50.79%) Publishing
2 27 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 8 (6.35%) Automotive
4 8 (6.35%) Electronics
5 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.79%) Games
7 1 (0.79%) Marketing
7 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (70.63%) XML
2 76 (60.32%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.52%) Animation
2 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.79%) SCADA
4 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.79%) Desktop Publishing
2 27 (21.43%) CAD
3 12 (9.52%) Data Management
4 8 (6.35%) Agile
4 8 (6.35%) Computer Science
4 8 (6.35%) Content Strategy
4 8 (6.35%) SDLC
4 8 (6.35%) Software Engineering
5 5 (3.97%) Service Management
6 4 (3.17%) Biotechnology
6 4 (3.17%) Chemistry
6 4 (3.17%) Coaching
6 4 (3.17%) Mentoring
6 4 (3.17%) Swim Lanes
6 4 (3.17%) User Experience
7 3 (2.38%) ArchiMate
7 3 (2.38%) NsoIT
7 3 (2.38%) Use Case
8 2 (1.59%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (1.59%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 68 (53.97%) HNC
2 65 (51.59%) HND
3 19 (15.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (9.52%) Degree
5 8 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.52%) Def Stans
2 4 (3.17%) GMP
Vendors
1 21 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.52%) Adobe
3 8 (6.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.79%) PTC