The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Writer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank - 133 125
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.064% 0.102%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.070% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £208 £206
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £210 £300
% change year-on-year
+84.52% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.75 £28.20
% change year-on-year
- -29.96%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2254 2850 2643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.26% 91.35% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 1009 1009
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 122 184
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Writer
South East

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Writer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Technical Writer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Writer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Technical Writer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Writer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Technical Writer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Writer
Top 1 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical Writer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Technical Writer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical Writer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Technical Writer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET