The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 20 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 798 821 841
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 53 43 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.051% 0.039% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.041% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 47 42 17
Average salary £32,500 £31,250 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +32.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,650 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £47,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £30,000 £22,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +36.36%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97387 105805 114973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81911 91479 98204
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Writer
UK

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Technical Writer Salary Trend

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Writer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +24 23 £33,250 -11.33% 2
East of England +18 10 £35,000 +2.94%
Yorkshire - 10 £32,500 -
South East +13 7 £35,000 -26.31% 2
North West +4 2 £27,500 +3.77% 1
South West - 1 £32,500 - 3
Technical Writer
UK

Technical Writer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 62 (42.76%) MS Office
2 55 (37.93%) HTML
3 49 (33.79%) XML
4 46 (31.72%) MS Excel
5 44 (30.34%) Adobe
6 39 (26.90%) MS Visio
6 39 (26.90%) Finance
6 39 (26.90%) MS PowerPoint
7 28 (19.31%) Degree
8 27 (18.62%) CSS
9 25 (17.24%) Adobe Captivate
10 24 (16.55%) JavaScript
10 24 (16.55%) Windows
11 19 (13.10%) SQL
11 19 (13.10%) SQL Server
11 19 (13.10%) Twitter
12 18 (12.41%) TCP/IP
12 18 (12.41%) FrameMaker
13 17 (11.72%) XSLT
14 16 (11.03%) Photoshop
14 16 (11.03%) Intranet
15 14 (9.655%) Microsoft
16 13 (8.966%) Agile Software Development
16 13 (8.966%) Content Management
17 11 (7.586%) E-Learning
18 10 (6.897%) Publishing
19 9 (6.207%) RoboHelp
20 8 (5.517%) Acrobat
20 8 (5.517%) Telecoms
21 7 (4.828%) XMetaL

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 55 (37.93%) HTML
2 49 (33.79%) XML
3 27 (18.62%) CSS
4 17 (11.72%) XSLT
5 7 (4.828%) jQuery
6 1 (0.690%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.448%) CMS
Applications
1 62 (42.76%) MS Office
2 46 (31.72%) MS Excel
3 39 (26.90%) MS Visio
3 39 (26.90%) MS PowerPoint
4 25 (17.24%) Adobe Captivate
5 18 (12.41%) FrameMaker
6 16 (11.03%) Photoshop
7 9 (6.207%) RoboHelp
8 8 (5.517%) Acrobat
9 7 (4.828%) XMetaL
10 2 (1.379%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 2 (1.379%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.41%) TCP/IP
2 16 (11.03%) Intranet
3 5 (3.448%) 3G
3 5 (3.448%) 2G
3 5 (3.448%) LTE
4 1 (0.690%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.690%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.690%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.690%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.448%) XMLSpy
General
1 39 (26.90%) Finance
2 10 (6.897%) Publishing
3 8 (5.517%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.138%) Marketing
5 5 (3.448%) Legal
5 5 (3.448%) Advertising
6 3 (2.069%) German Language
7 2 (1.379%) Banking
8 1 (0.690%) Electronics
8 1 (0.690%) Military
8 1 (0.690%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.586%) E-Learning
2 4 (2.759%) Mathematics
2 4 (2.759%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.759%) Derivative
3 3 (2.069%) SaaS
4 2 (1.379%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.690%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (0.690%) Blog
5 1 (0.690%) Kindle
5 1 (0.690%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (8.966%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (8.966%) Content Management
2 5 (3.448%) Project Management
2 5 (3.448%) Scrum
2 5 (3.448%) Time Management
3 4 (2.759%) Software Testing
4 3 (2.069%) Data Management
5 2 (1.379%) Analytics
5 2 (1.379%) Business Development
5 2 (1.379%) Extreme Programming
5 2 (1.379%) Validation
5 2 (1.379%) E-Commerce
6 1 (0.690%) OOP
6 1 (0.690%) OO
6 1 (0.690%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.690%) Programme Management
6 1 (0.690%) Software Engineering
6 1 (0.690%) Risk Analytics
6 1 (0.690%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.55%) JavaScript
2 19 (13.10%) SQL
3 5 (3.448%) Java
4 4 (2.759%) C#
4 4 (2.759%) VB
5 3 (2.069%) C++
5 3 (2.069%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Degree
2 5 (3.448%) HNC
3 4 (2.759%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.069%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.069%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.138%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.069%) QA
Vendors
1 44 (30.34%) Adobe
2 19 (13.10%) Twitter
3 14 (9.655%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.379%) Intergraph
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a Technical Writer with 2+ years of commercial experience creating technical content for software applications... As Technical Writer you will work with software and...
IT Connections
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Founded by a group of eCommerce Platform Veterans, the team (currently 75 people) deliver high-end e-Commerce solutions as well as premium professional services consulting assignments... The...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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
Avon Somerset Wilts Bristol, South West
As a professional company we gladly welcome applications from persons of any age and background and do not intend to discriminate with advert text and terminology.Key words:...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: circa £30-35k + good benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
As a Technical Writer you will be responsible for (but not limited to): *Creating clear, structured, logical and precise documentation for a range of software development tools *Liaise...
Polar Recruitment
Posted: 13 June 2013
London, South East, United Kingdom
Agilisys
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 6 June 2013
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