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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.
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3 months to 23 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Technical Writer |
| Rank |
521 |
532 |
560 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
4 |
2 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
£19.75 |
£28.20 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
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| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
- |
£19.75 |
£28.20 |
| % change year-on-year |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Technical Writer Jobs Demand TrendThis 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 Daily Rate TrendThis 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 HistogramThis 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 Hourly Rate TrendThis chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Writer within the UK.
Technical Writer Top 17 Contract LocationsThe 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.
Technical Writer Top 30 Related IT SkillsFor 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.
Technical Writer Top Related IT Skills by CategoryFor 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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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