England Technical Writer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Writer
Location Altrincham Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chatham Cheshire Devon East of England England Exeter Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames London Manchester Merseyside North West North Yorkshire Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton Staffordshire Stockport Surrey Sussex Swindon Tunbridge Wells UK West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	773	883
Rank change on same period last year	+110
Matching permanent IT job ads	95	108
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.045 %
As % of the category below	0.061 %	0.052 %
Salaries quoted	80	79
Average minimum salary	£29,878	£29,849
Average salary	£32,396	£32,105
% change on same period last year	+0.90 %
Average maximum salary	£34,915	£34,360
UK excluding London average salary	£31,228	£31,432
% change on same period last year	-0.64 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	154722	206827
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	85.91 %	87.12 %
Salaries quoted	128929	166324
Average minimum salary	£38,959	£40,590
Average salary	£42,568	£44,340
% change on same period last year	-3.99 %
Average maximum salary	£46,177	£48,090
UK excluding London average salary	£38,057	£39,434
% change on same period last year	-3.49 %
Technical Writer UK

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Writer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Writer across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	+72	41	£32,484	+1.00 %
London	+69	19	£37,533	+10.39 %
North West	+26	12	£31,333	+1.07 %
South West	+15	11	£28,375	-18.92 %
East of England	-3	7	£34,714	+8.08 %
West Midlands	-	4	£25,000	-
Yorkshire	+10	1	£27,000	+12.50 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 72 (28.57 %) Degree 2 51 (20.24 %) HTML 3 47 (18.65 %) QA 4 41 (16.27 %) XML 5 36 (14.29 %) Marketing 6 35 (13.89 %) FrameMaker 7 33 (13.10 %) RoboHelp 8 26 (10.32 %) Microsoft 8 26 (10.32 %) Photoshop 9 24 (9.524 %) C++ 9 24 (9.524 %) Java 10 19 (7.540 %) ISO27001 11 18 (7.143 %) Mapinfo 12 17 (6.746 %) MS Excel 13 16 (6.349 %) ISO17799

13 16 (6.349 %) Information Security 14 15 (5.952 %) SOAP 14 15 (5.952 %) WebServices 15 14 (5.556 %) Finance 16 13 (5.159 %) Education 16 13 (5.159 %) CA Clarity 16 13 (5.159 %) Time Management 17 12 (4.762 %) Mathematics 18 11 (4.365 %) Pensions 18 11 (4.365 %) Publishing 18 11 (4.365 %) Adobe Illustrator 18 11 (4.365 %) Acrobat 18 11 (4.365 %) Quark 18 11 (4.365 %) QuarkXPress 18 11 (4.365 %) FreeHand

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 51 (20.24 %) HTML 2 41 (16.27 %) XML 3 15 (5.952 %) SOAP 3 15 (5.952 %) WebServices 4 7 (2.778 %) J2EE 5 5 (1.984 %) CSS 6 3 (1.190 %) Middleware 6 3 (1.190 %) UIQ 7 2 (0.794 %) RenderWare 7 2 (0.794 %) XHTML 7 2 (0.794 %) OpenGL 7 2 (0.794 %) COM 7 2 (0.794 %) .NET 8 1 (0.397 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 2 (0.794 %) Apache
Applications 1 35 (13.89 %) FrameMaker 2 33 (13.10 %) RoboHelp 3 26 (10.32 %) Photoshop 4 17 (6.746 %) MS Excel 5 13 (5.159 %) CA Clarity 6 11 (4.365 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 11 (4.365 %) FreeHand 6 11 (4.365 %) Acrobat 6 11 (4.365 %) QuarkXPress 7 10 (3.968 %) MS Office 7 10 (3.968 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 10 (3.968 %) MS PowerPoint 8 9 (3.571 %) MS Visio 9 3 (1.190 %) AutoCAD 10 1 (0.397 %) Doxygen	Business Applications 1 3 (1.190 %) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.381 %) Internet 2 5 (1.984 %) HTTP 2 5 (1.984 %) Wireless 3 1 (0.397 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.397 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (2.381 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 7 (2.778 %) Eclipse 2 3 (1.190 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (0.794 %) Ant 4 1 (0.397 %) PVCS	General 1 36 (14.29 %) Marketing 2 14 (5.556 %) Finance 3 13 (5.159 %) Education 4 11 (4.365 %) Pensions 4 11 (4.365 %) Publishing 5 10 (3.968 %) Telecoms 6 9 (3.571 %) Electric 7 8 (3.175 %) Health 7 8 (3.175 %) Electronics 8 5 (1.984 %) Games 9 4 (1.587 %) Military 9 4 (1.587 %) Banking 10 2 (0.794 %) Auditing 10 2 (0.794 %) Graphic Design 10 2 (0.794 %) Construction 11 1 (0.397 %) Financial Institution 11 1 (0.397 %) Government 11 1 (0.397 %) Insurance
Miscellaneous 1 12 (4.762 %) Mathematics 2 7 (2.778 %) Computer Science 3 3 (1.190 %) Wiki 4 1 (0.397 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.397 %) French Language 4 1 (0.397 %) Physics	Operating Systems 1 9 (3.571 %) Windows 2 5 (1.984 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (1.190 %) Linux 4 1 (0.397 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (6.349 %) Information Security 2 13 (5.159 %) Time Management 3 9 (3.571 %) Product Marketing 3 9 (3.571 %) EDA 4 7 (2.778 %) Load Testing 5 6 (2.381 %) Security Testing 6 4 (1.587 %) Integration Testing 7 3 (1.190 %) Software Engineering 7 3 (1.190 %) Agile Software Development 7 3 (1.190 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (1.190 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (0.794 %) Migration 8 2 (0.794 %) Configuration Management 8 2 (0.794 %) Project Management 8 2 (0.794 %) Service Management 8 2 (0.794 %) Business Analysis 8 2 (0.794 %) Network Design 8 2 (0.794 %) Penetration Testing 9 1 (0.397 %) Continuous Integration 9 1 (0.397 %) Manual Testing	Programming Languages 1 24 (9.524 %) C++ 1 24 (9.524 %) Java 2 9 (3.571 %) C 3 7 (2.778 %) SQL 4 5 (1.984 %) C# 5 3 (1.190 %) Python 6 2 (0.794 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 72 (28.57 %) Degree 2 3 (1.190 %) Postgraduate 2 3 (1.190 %) MCSE 2 3 (1.190 %) CCNA 2 3 (1.190 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (1.190 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 47 (18.65 %) QA 2 19 (7.540 %) ISO27001 3 16 (6.349 %) ISO17799 4 3 (1.190 %) Basel II
Vendors 1 26 (10.32 %) Microsoft 2 18 (7.143 %) Mapinfo 3 11 (4.365 %) Quark 4 9 (3.571 %) Adobe 5 3 (1.190 %) Oracle 5 3 (1.190 %) Symbian 6 2 (0.794 %) IBM 6 2 (0.794 %) Vignette