The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 153 150 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 4 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% 0.116% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.135% 0.123% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Technical Writer Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +1 4 - -
Technical Writer
UK

Technical Writer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Product Management
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) RoboHelp
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) FrameMaker
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Perforce
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Solaris
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (33.33%) CSS

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (100.00%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) CSS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) RoboHelp
1 4 (66.67%) FrameMaker
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Solaris
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Product Management
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Perforce