The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Writer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Writer
Rank 798 851 850
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 60 45 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.056% 0.037% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.039% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 54 37 19
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +38.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £27,900 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Technical Writer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Technical Writer Salary Trend

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Writer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Technical Writer Salary Histogram

Technical Writer
Top 24 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 UK 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
England +48 56 £32,500 -
London +38 22 £32,500 -3.70%
Yorkshire - 14 £32,500 -
West Yorkshire - 14 £32,500 -
Leeds - 14 £32,500 -
East of England +4 11 £35,000 +2.94%
Cambridgeshire 0 9 £35,000 +2.94%
Cambridge -2 8 £35,000 +2.94%
North Yorkshire - 6 £32,500 -
Harrogate - 6 £32,500 -
Edinburgh +1 4 - -
Scotland -3 4 - -
North West - 4 £28,250 -
City of London +10 3 £27,500 -4.34%
South East +5 3 £37,500 +33.92%
Liverpool - 3 £26,500 -
Merseyside - 3 £26,500 -
South West +5 2 £36,250 +28.31%
Wiltshire - 2 £36,250 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £37,500 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £37,500 -
Swindon - 2 £36,250 -
Oxford - 2 £37,500 -
Manchester - 1 £40,000 -

Technical Writer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 69 (45.39%) MS Office
2 59 (38.82%) HTML
3 52 (34.21%) XML
4 49 (32.24%) MS Excel
5 48 (31.58%) Adobe
6 43 (28.29%) Finance
7 42 (27.63%) MS Visio
8 39 (25.66%) MS PowerPoint
8 39 (25.66%) Degree
9 28 (18.42%) JavaScript
10 27 (17.76%) Adobe Captivate
11 26 (17.11%) CSS
12 25 (16.45%) Windows
13 22 (14.47%) FrameMaker
14 21 (13.82%) SQL
14 21 (13.82%) SQL Server
15 20 (13.16%) TCP/IP
16 19 (12.50%) Microsoft
16 19 (12.50%) Photoshop
16 19 (12.50%) Twitter
17 18 (11.84%) Intranet
18 17 (11.18%) Agile Software Development
19 16 (10.53%) XSLT
20 13 (8.553%) RoboHelp
21 12 (7.895%) Content Management
22 11 (7.237%) E-Learning
22 11 (7.237%) Telecoms
23 10 (6.579%) Project Management
23 10 (6.579%) Marketing
24 9 (5.921%) Acrobat

Technical Writer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 59 (38.82%) HTML
2 52 (34.21%) XML
3 26 (17.11%) CSS
4 16 (10.53%) XSLT
5 6 (3.947%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.289%) CMS
Applications
1 69 (45.39%) MS Office
2 49 (32.24%) MS Excel
3 42 (27.63%) MS Visio
4 39 (25.66%) MS PowerPoint
5 27 (17.76%) Adobe Captivate
6 22 (14.47%) FrameMaker
7 19 (12.50%) Photoshop
8 13 (8.553%) RoboHelp
9 9 (5.921%) Acrobat
10 6 (3.947%) XMetaL
11 1 (0.658%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.316%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 18 (11.84%) Intranet
3 4 (2.632%) 3G
3 4 (2.632%) 2G
3 4 (2.632%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.632%) XMLSpy
General
1 43 (28.29%) Finance
2 11 (7.237%) Telecoms
3 10 (6.579%) Marketing
4 8 (5.263%) Publishing
5 5 (3.289%) Legal
5 5 (3.289%) Advertising
6 3 (1.974%) German Language
7 1 (0.658%) French Language
7 1 (0.658%) Military
7 1 (0.658%) Banking
7 1 (0.658%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.237%) E-Learning
2 8 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 5 (3.289%) SaaS
4 4 (2.632%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.316%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.658%) Derivative
6 1 (0.658%) Social Media
6 1 (0.658%) Kindle
6 1 (0.658%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.658%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.45%) Windows
2 3 (1.974%) UNIX
2 3 (1.974%) Linux
3 2 (1.316%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.18%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (7.895%) Content Management
3 10 (6.579%) Project Management
4 9 (5.921%) Scrum
5 6 (3.947%) Product Management
5 6 (3.947%) Analytics
6 5 (3.289%) Time Management
7 4 (2.632%) Financial Modelling
7 4 (2.632%) Software Engineering
7 4 (2.632%) Software Testing
7 4 (2.632%) Risk Management
8 3 (1.974%) Data Management
9 2 (1.316%) Bug Management
9 2 (1.316%) Validation
9 2 (1.316%) Business Development
9 2 (1.316%) Digital Marketing
10 1 (0.658%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (0.658%) Risk Analytics
10 1 (0.658%) TDD
10 1 (0.658%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.42%) JavaScript
2 21 (13.82%) SQL
3 4 (2.632%) VB
3 4 (2.632%) C
4 2 (1.316%) C#
4 2 (1.316%) C++
4 2 (1.316%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (25.66%) Degree
2 4 (2.632%) HNC
2 4 (2.632%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.974%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.974%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.289%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.658%) QA
Vendors
1 48 (31.58%) Adobe
2 19 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.50%) Twitter
3 4 (2.632%) Perforce
4 2 (1.316%) Intergraph
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
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
An excellent opportunity has arisen within a leading organisation based in Cardiff. The organisation requires a Technical Writer / Technical Author to join its thriving team environment during a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 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
London
The role & responsibilities: *Assisting estimator and writing technical report on methodologies for tender submissions *From tender enquiry documents, review the scope of works and specifications *Help determine construction...
Computer People
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013