Technical Author Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Author
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Author daily rate in Work from Home is £550 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 279 433 593
Rank change year-on-year +154 +160 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Author 62 22 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.089% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.093% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 11
10th Percentile - £350 £325
25th Percentile - £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £597 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +49.37% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £650 £481
90th Percentile - - £600
UK median daily rate £360 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -31.43% +31.25% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 1 2
10th Percentile - - £39.15
25th Percentile - £52.50 £40.13
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +29.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £48.75 £57.50 £44.13
90th Percentile £51.25 - £44.65
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Technical Author
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Author in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Author trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Author
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Author.

Technical Author daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Author
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Author.

Technical Author hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Author Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Author in the job title.

1 47 (75.81%) XML
2 36 (58.06%) HND
3 35 (56.45%) HNC
3 35 (56.45%) Publishing
3 35 (56.45%) SGML
3 35 (56.45%) Desktop Publishing
4 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
5 13 (20.97%) CAD
6 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
6 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
7 8 (12.90%) Automotive
7 8 (12.90%) Agile
7 8 (12.90%) Software Engineering
7 8 (12.90%) Electronics
8 3 (4.84%) Finance
9 2 (3.23%) Juniper
9 2 (3.23%) Cisco
9 2 (3.23%) Fortinet
9 2 (3.23%) F5
9 2 (3.23%) Security Hardening
9 2 (3.23%) Arista
9 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Workshop Facilitation
10 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.61%) Runbook
10 1 (1.61%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (1.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack

Technical Author Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Azure
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) 5G
1 1 (1.61%) Intranet
1 1 (1.61%) Wireless
General
1 35 (56.45%) Publishing
2 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Automotive
3 8 (12.90%) Electronics
4 3 (4.84%) Finance
5 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Marketing
6 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (75.81%) XML
2 35 (56.45%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack
1 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
1 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (56.45%) Desktop Publishing
2 13 (20.97%) CAD
3 8 (12.90%) Agile
3 8 (12.90%) Software Engineering
4 2 (3.23%) Security Hardening
4 2 (3.23%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (1.61%) Change Management
5 1 (1.61%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (1.61%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (1.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (1.61%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 36 (58.06%) HND
2 35 (56.45%) HNC
3 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) Arista
2 2 (3.23%) Cisco
2 2 (3.23%) F5
2 2 (3.23%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.23%) Juniper