The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Writer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 204 - 206
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.075% - 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% - 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £30,000 £22,750
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +31.86%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4978 5853 5093
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 93.77% 94.30% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3982 4924 4272
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Writer
South East

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Writer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Writer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Writer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Technical Writer Salary Trend

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Writer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Technical Writer Salary Histogram

Technical Writer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Hungerford - 3 £32,500 - 2
Bracknell - 1 £50,000 -
Technical Writer
South East

Technical Writer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region 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 IT job ads sampled with Technical Writer in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe
2 2 (33.33%) Acrobat
2 2 (33.33%) RoboHelp
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Blog

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region 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 IT job ads sampled with Technical Writer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Acrobat
1 2 (33.33%) RoboHelp
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
1 1 (16.67%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
Hungerford, Berkshire
The ideal Technical Writer must be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: Ideally 2 years experience of working as a Technical Writer / Technical Author and ideally...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £30,000 per annum +Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
This is a superb opportunity for a talented QA Technical writer to participate in the creation and maintenance of product help files, document software application functionality and also...
The People Network
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013