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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 574 626 613
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 23 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.053% 0.028% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.030% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 3
Average salary £33,250 £33,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.48% -3.57%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40625 50517 53034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.86% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34197 43879 44601
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Writer
England

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Technical Writer Salary Trend

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
City of London +7 3 £27,500 -4.34%
Technical Writer
England

Technical Writer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 26 (54.17%) Degree
2 25 (52.08%) XML
3 24 (50.00%) HTML
4 22 (45.83%) Adobe
4 22 (45.83%) Adobe Captivate
5 20 (41.67%) TCP/IP
5 20 (41.67%) SQL
5 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
5 20 (41.67%) Windows
6 19 (39.58%) Finance
7 18 (37.50%) Intranet
8 9 (18.75%) E-Learning
8 9 (18.75%) Content Management
9 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
9 7 (14.58%) MS Office
10 6 (12.50%) Marketing
11 5 (10.42%) SaaS
11 5 (10.42%) MS Visio
11 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
12 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
12 4 (8.333%) Scrum
12 4 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (8.333%) Advertising
12 4 (8.333%) CMS
13 3 (6.250%) Publishing
13 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
13 3 (6.250%) Data Management
13 3 (6.250%) ISO 9001
13 3 (6.250%) Photoshop
14 2 (4.167%) FrameMaker

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 (52.08%) XML
2 24 (50.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.083%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.333%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (45.83%) Adobe Captivate
2 7 (14.58%) MS Office
3 5 (10.42%) MS Visio
4 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 3 (6.250%) Photoshop
5 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (4.167%) FrameMaker
6 2 (4.167%) XMetaL
7 1 (2.083%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 20 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 18 (37.50%) Intranet
3 2 (4.167%) 3G
3 2 (4.167%) 2G
3 2 (4.167%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.167%) XMLSpy
General
1 19 (39.58%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Marketing
3 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.333%) Advertising
5 3 (6.250%) Publishing
6 1 (2.083%) Banking
6 1 (2.083%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) E-Learning
2 5 (10.42%) SaaS
3 1 (2.083%) Social Media
3 1 (2.083%) Kindle
3 1 (2.083%) Derivative
3 1 (2.083%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 20 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.75%) Content Management
2 4 (8.333%) Scrum
2 4 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (6.250%) Data Management
4 2 (4.167%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (2.083%) Risk Analytics
5 1 (2.083%) Analytics
5 1 (2.083%) OOP
5 1 (2.083%) OO
5 1 (2.083%) CRM
5 1 (2.083%) Project Management
5 1 (2.083%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (2.083%) C#
2 1 (2.083%) C++
2 1 (2.083%) Java
2 1 (2.083%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (54.17%) Degree
2 2 (4.167%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.250%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 22 (45.83%) Adobe
2 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
London
Reporting to the Head of Procedures you will be responsible for producing technical documentation for our client’s financial legacy system migration... Experience of working with SharePoint... Kent,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £37,999 to £38,000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London, Kent, Beckenham, UK
Technical Author / Technical Writer, London, to £38k + benefitsOur global client currently seeks an experienced Technical Author / Writer for their offices based in London. Reporting to the Head of...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: To £38,000 dependent on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The Technical Author will have a working knowledge of at least one object oriented programming language, such as Java, c# or C++, however they will not be expected...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + package
Posted: 15 May 2013