Technical Writer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Writer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Writer daily rate in Work from Home is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 429 567
Rank change year-on-year +131 +138 -84
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 43 35 47
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 28
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £300 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £445
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -18.54% +18.67%
75th Percentile £520 £514 £525
90th Percentile £585 £650 £550
UK median daily rate £400 £413 £445
% change year-on-year -3.03% -7.30% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £20.60 - -
25th Percentile £23.00 £52.50 £38.50
Median hourly rate £27.00 £55.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.91% +37.50% -
75th Percentile £31.00 £57.50 £41.50
90th Percentile £33.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.09% +37.50% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,649 22,731 42,222
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.30% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,198 16,132 30,684
10th Percentile £325 £360 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 526 567
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.65
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +32.91% +70.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.74 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Technical Writer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Writer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Writer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Writer.

Technical Writer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Technical Writer over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Technical Writer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Writer.

Technical Writer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Technical Writer over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Technical Writer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 23 (53.49%) Intranet
1 23 (53.49%) Finance
2 22 (51.16%) Change Management
3 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (46.51%) Workflow
3 20 (46.51%) User Experience
4 19 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (44.19%) HTML
4 19 (44.19%) JavaScript
5 18 (41.86%) CSS
5 18 (41.86%) JIRA
6 17 (39.53%) Banking
7 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
8 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
9 4 (9.30%) SDLC
10 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
10 3 (6.98%) MadCap Flare
10 3 (6.98%) Degree
10 3 (6.98%) Content Management
10 3 (6.98%) Document Management
11 2 (4.65%) CMS
11 2 (4.65%) Python
11 2 (4.65%) EDMS
11 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
11 2 (4.65%) Web Development
11 2 (4.65%) Agile
11 2 (4.65%) Content Writing
11 2 (4.65%) UX Design
11 2 (4.65%) Confluence

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (4.65%) CMS
1 2 (4.65%) Confluence
1 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (2.33%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.33%) FrameMaker
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Veeva
2 1 (2.33%) Figma
2 1 (2.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (53.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) EDMS
1 2 (4.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (41.86%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 23 (53.49%) Finance
2 17 (39.53%) Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Games
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (44.19%) HTML
2 18 (41.86%) CSS
3 1 (2.33%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.33%) Swagger
3 1 (2.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.33%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) CCTV
1 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.33%) Life Science
1 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.33%) Pharmacovigilance
1 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (2.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Change Management
2 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (46.51%) User Experience
2 20 (46.51%) Workflow
3 19 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (9.30%) SDLC
5 3 (6.98%) Content Management
5 3 (6.98%) Document Management
6 2 (4.65%) Agile
6 2 (4.65%) Content Writing
6 2 (4.65%) Metadata Management
6 2 (4.65%) UX Design
6 2 (4.65%) Web Development
7 1 (2.33%) Android Development
7 1 (2.33%) Biotechnology
7 1 (2.33%) Data Protection
7 1 (2.33%) Project Management
7 1 (2.33%) Service Management
7 1 (2.33%) Time Management
7 1 (2.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (44.19%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.65%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (2.33%) Adobe
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft