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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 135 - 119
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 14 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.541% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.565% - 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £20,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2477 2055 1808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.71% 97.49% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2011 1772 1537
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Writer
West Yorkshire

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Technical Writer Salary Trend

Technical Writer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 25 (89.29%) HTML
2 24 (85.71%) CSS
3 23 (82.14%) JavaScript
4 18 (64.29%) XML
4 18 (64.29%) Finance
5 17 (60.71%) MS Office
5 17 (60.71%) XSLT
5 17 (60.71%) Adobe
6 16 (57.14%) Photoshop
7 8 (28.57%) FrameMaker
8 7 (25.00%) jQuery
9 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (3.571%) TDD
9 1 (3.571%) RoboHelp
9 1 (3.571%) Project Management

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 25 (89.29%) HTML
2 24 (85.71%) CSS
3 18 (64.29%) XML
4 17 (60.71%) XSLT
5 7 (25.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 17 (60.71%) MS Office
2 16 (57.14%) Photoshop
3 8 (28.57%) FrameMaker
4 1 (3.571%) RoboHelp
General
1 18 (64.29%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (3.571%) TDD
1 1 (3.571%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 17 (60.71%) Adobe
Leeds, Yorkshire
Technical Author - Technical Writer Software LeedsMy client a leading financial software provider currently seek a technical author to manage documentation of one of their product lines-You will...
Verticality
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP35000 per annum + Benefits: Health + Good Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will have the following: - Writing / Proof Reading skills - Have a clear and precise writing style - Understand best practice with regard to Technical Documentation - Demonstrable experience of being...
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £25000 to £35000 per annum - Health + Good Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013