Technical Writer Contracts in London

Technical Writer
England > London

The median Technical Writer daily rate in London is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 461 575
Rank change year-on-year +92 +114 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 21 30 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.11% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 16
10th Percentile £325 £363 £258
25th Percentile £381 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £445 £650 £506
90th Percentile £556 - £525
England median daily rate £400 £506 £440
% change year-on-year -20.99% +15.06% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £37.45 - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £42.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £36.25 - £30.25
% change year-on-year - - -19.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,498 25,529 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,487 27,116
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 291 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.80 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in London

Technical Writer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Writer in London

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Writer in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Writer in London

Technical Writer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Writer in London

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Technical Writer 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 London region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (23.81%) Web Development
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Android Development
3 4 (19.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (19.05%) Unreal Engine
3 4 (19.05%) User Experience
3 4 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) Android
3 4 (19.05%) Open Source
3 4 (19.05%) Confluence
3 4 (19.05%) Content Management
3 4 (19.05%) Games
4 3 (14.29%) CMS
4 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (14.29%) Figma
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.52%) Design Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (9.52%) Python
5 2 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) Degree
5 2 (9.52%) Social Media
5 2 (9.52%) GitHub

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (19.05%) Confluence
2 3 (14.29%) CMS
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Figma
2 2 (9.52%) GitHub
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Games
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (19.05%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) JSON
2 1 (4.76%) OpenAPI
2 1 (4.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (9.52%) Social Media
2 1 (4.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (23.81%) Web Development
3 4 (19.05%) Android Development
3 4 (19.05%) Content Management
3 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) Open Source
3 4 (19.05%) User Experience
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) Design Thinking
6 1 (4.76%) Content Writing
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.76%) Data Science
6 1 (4.76%) Fintech
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.76%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) C++
2 1 (4.76%) Go
2 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility