Technical Writer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Technical Writer
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Writer daily rate in the City of London is £346, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 122 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.047% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.051% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £316 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.11% - -
75th Percentile £370 £475 -
90th Percentile £388 - -
Central London median daily rate £360 £450 -
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,630 1,976 2,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.34% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,210 1,849
10th Percentile £326 £363 £356
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -10.30%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Writer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Technical Writer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in the City of London

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in the City of London

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Technical Writer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Micro Frontends
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
2 1 (20.00%) ProductWriter
2 1 (20.00%) SQL

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Micro Frontends
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft