Technical Writer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 23 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 currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 521 532 560
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 20 33 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.057% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.061% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 11
Average daily rate £350 £288 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -3.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £184 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £448 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £281 £300
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £19.75 £28.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.96%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.75 £28.20
% change year-on-year
- -29.96%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Technical Writer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Technical Writer Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Writer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Writer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +31 18 £350 +21.73%
South East +17 9 £394 +65.78%
London +36 8 £310 +3.33%
Hampshire -5 4 £383 +96.15%
Wales - 2 - -
South Wales - 2 - -
City of London - 2 £329 -
Cardiff - 2 - -
Andover - 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 £388 -
Kent - 2 - -
Surrey +16 1 £400 +39.13%
Paddington - 1 £370 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
South Yorkshire - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £400 -
Maidstone - 1 - -

Technical Writer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 10 (20.41%) Finance
4 9 (18.37%) MS Office
5 8 (16.33%) .NET
6 6 (12.24%) SQL
6 6 (12.24%) Windows
6 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
6 6 (12.24%) SharePoint
6 6 (12.24%) Adobe
6 6 (12.24%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (12.24%) Marketing
7 5 (10.20%) Product Marketing
7 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
7 5 (10.20%) Oracle
8 4 (8.163%) Photoshop
8 4 (8.163%) Linux
8 4 (8.163%) ITIL
8 4 (8.163%) GPRS
8 4 (8.163%) LAN
8 4 (8.163%) PSTN
8 4 (8.163%) VoIP
8 4 (8.163%) WAN
8 4 (8.163%) Wireless
8 4 (8.163%) SAN
8 4 (8.163%) Red Hat
8 4 (8.163%) Acrobat
8 4 (8.163%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (8.163%) 3G
8 4 (8.163%) Oracle Linux

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 8 (16.33%) .NET
2 3 (6.122%) XML
2 3 (6.122%) HTML
3 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET
3 2 (4.082%) REST
3 2 (4.082%) JSON
4 1 (2.041%) COM
4 1 (2.041%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.122%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.041%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 9 (18.37%) MS Office
3 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
3 6 (12.24%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (8.163%) Photoshop
4 4 (8.163%) Acrobat
5 3 (6.122%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (6.122%) InDesign
6 2 (4.082%) FrameMaker
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.163%) GPRS
1 4 (8.163%) LAN
1 4 (8.163%) PSTN
1 4 (8.163%) VoIP
1 4 (8.163%) WAN
1 4 (8.163%) Wireless
1 4 (8.163%) SAN
1 4 (8.163%) 3G
2 1 (2.041%) HTTP
2 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.122%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.041%) GIS
3 1 (2.041%) OLAP
General
1 10 (20.41%) Finance
2 6 (12.24%) Marketing
3 3 (6.122%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.082%) Banking
5 1 (2.041%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.041%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.041%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.041%) Legal
5 1 (2.041%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.041%) Smart Meter
2 1 (2.041%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.041%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.041%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 4 (8.163%) Linux
2 4 (8.163%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (2.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.041%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.041%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.20%) Product Marketing
2 4 (8.163%) ITIL
3 3 (6.122%) Information Security
3 3 (6.122%) Configuration Management
3 3 (6.122%) Risk Management
4 2 (4.082%) Information Management
4 2 (4.082%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (4.082%) Change Control
5 1 (2.041%) Web Development
5 1 (2.041%) ERD
5 1 (2.041%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.041%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.041%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.041%) Service Management
5 1 (2.041%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.041%) ITSM
5 1 (2.041%) Web Design
5 1 (2.041%) Migration
5 1 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.041%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) SQL
2 2 (4.082%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.041%) Java
3 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.041%) C
3 1 (2.041%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (8.163%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.082%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.082%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.082%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) Adobe
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle
4 4 (8.163%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.041%) Reuters
Technical Author / Technical Writer
Wales
Significant demonstrable experience in the creation of documentation, with a significant technical content *Good communicator - able to assess and adjust presentation and content to target audience *Independent-minded -...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Technical Author, Technical Writer, Content Writer
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting content form multiple business areas and being able to convert this into a central SharePoint site on a Global scale.....
Sanderson
Rate: £180 - £225 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Technical Author / Technical Writer / SQL - £Market Rates - Kent
Maidstone, South East
Technical Author / Technical Writer / SQL - £Market Rates - KentTechnical Author with SQL / Data Warehouse knowledge required for an initial 2 month contract based in Kent-Successful candidate must be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Technical Author/ Writer
Edinburgh, Scotland
Our leading client have an opportunity for a Technical Author to join their team for a contract opportunity based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow. Rate Neg.Ideal candidates...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Analyst/Author/Writer - Hampshire
Andover, Hampshire
Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio. -Experience of producing Microsoft Office Document Templates -Demonstrated broad understanding of systems software technologies including Microsoft Windows Server 2003+,...
LA International
Posted: 22 May 2013
Technical Analyst/Author/Writer - Hampshire
Andover, South East
Technical Analyst/Author/WriterAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months+Key Skills: Technical, Author, Writer, Design, Documentation, UNIX, LINUX, Windows, Oracle, Network, SAN, LAN, WAN, VOIP, Army, MOD, Defence, MilitaryRole...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 22 May 2013
Technical Writer - Hampshire
Andover, South East
Technical WriterAndover, HampshireContract Length: 6 months+Key Skills: Technical, Author, Writer, Windows, Unix, Linux, Network, Infrastructure, Oracle, MOD, Defence, Army, MilitaryRole PurposePrimary Purposes... Networks - LAN, WAN, PSTN, VoIP,...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Analyst / Writer
Andover, Hampshire
Key Skills and Experiences: - Demonstrated broad understanding of systems software technologies including Microsoft Windows Server 2003+, Linux variants (Red Hat/Oracle Enterprise Linux)... Networks - LAN, WAN, PSTN, VoIP,...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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