Technical Writer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Technical Writer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Writer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 141 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £540 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% - -
South East median daily rate £350 £540 £350
% change year-on-year -35.19% +54.29% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £19.15 - -
25th Percentile £19.37 - -
Median hourly rate £19.99 - -
75th Percentile £20.84 - -
90th Percentile £21.21 - -
South East median hourly rate £19.99 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,527 2,756 3,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.09% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 1,906 2,270
10th Percentile £206 £313 £189
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in the Thames Valley

Technical Writer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Technical Writer in the Thames Valley

Technical Writer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Writer in the Thames Valley

Technical Writer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Berkshire -15 3 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £350 -
Technical Writer
South East

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) EDMS
1 3 (60.00%) Document Management
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata Management
1 3 (60.00%) Veeva
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Biotechnology
3 1 (20.00%) Life Science
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) EDMS
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmacovigilance
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Document Management
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Biotechnology
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree