Technical Writer Contract Job Trends in Durham

Technical Writer
North East > Durham

As of 7 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Writer daily rate in Durham.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 0.99% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 92 25 50
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 89.29% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 20 18
10th Percentile £225 £180 £250
25th Percentile £270 £234 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% +12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £578
90th Percentile £600 £560 £622
North East median daily rate £453 £455 £470
% change year-on-year -0.55% -3.19% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 4
10th Percentile £12.90 - -
25th Percentile £13.84 - £11.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £18.97
75th Percentile £53.75 - £27.32
90th Percentile £55.25 - £28.79
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +237.66% -58.32% +44.31%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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 Durham.

Technical Writer job vacancy trend in Durham

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in Durham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in Durham

Technical Writer
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Billingham - 1 - -
Technical Writer
North East

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, 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 Durham region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) CAPA
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
1 1 (100.00%) EDMS
1 1 (100.00%) GAMP
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (100.00%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) EDMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) CAPA
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GAMP
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow