Technical Writer Contract Job Trends in England

Technical Writer
UK > England

The median Technical Writer daily rate in England is £332, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 452 531
Rank change year-on-year -35 +79 +167
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 46 52 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 22
10th Percentile - £313 £300
25th Percentile £243 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £332 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +2.19% -15.79%
75th Percentile £375 £448 £486
90th Percentile £455 £459 £500
UK median daily rate £332 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -17.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £34.35 - -
25th Percentile £35.25 - -
Median hourly rate £38.50 £19.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.48% - -
75th Percentile £40.75 - -
90th Percentile £41.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £19.30 -
% change year-on-year +99.48% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Technical Writer job vacancy trend in England

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Technical Writer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Writer in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Writer in England

Technical Writer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Writer job vacancies in England

Technical Writer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
London -17 19 £331 -5.43% 6
South West +2 11 £450 - 6
South East -23 5 - - 6
East of England - 5 £338 - 7
North of England -51 4 £339 -24.72% 8
North West -24 3 £339 - 5
West Midlands -31 2 - - 1
Midlands -47 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -45 1 - - 2
Technical Writer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 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 England region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 15 (32.61%) Degree
2 14 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (30.43%) MS Visio
3 13 (28.26%) Confluence
4 12 (26.09%) ERP
5 11 (23.91%) Lucidchart
5 11 (23.91%) OCI
5 11 (23.91%) Oracle
5 11 (23.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (21.74%) Change Control
7 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.04%) SDLC
8 6 (13.04%) WebEx
9 4 (8.70%) Agile
9 4 (8.70%) C#
9 4 (8.70%) Change Management
9 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.70%) QA
10 3 (6.52%) .NET
10 3 (6.52%) CMS
10 3 (6.52%) Content Management
10 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
10 3 (6.52%) SAP
10 3 (6.52%) SQL
10 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
11 2 (4.35%) Asset Management
11 2 (4.35%) AWS
11 2 (4.35%) Azure

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (28.26%) Confluence
2 3 (6.52%) CMS
3 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
1 14 (30.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.17%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.91%) Lucidchart
1 11 (23.91%) OCI
2 2 (4.35%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
3 1 (2.17%) IaaS
3 1 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 24 (52.17%) Finance
3 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (26.09%) Manufacturing
5 9 (19.57%) Banking
6 6 (13.04%) Advertising
7 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 2 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) .NET
2 2 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Wiki
2 3 (6.52%) Hedge funds
2 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Genomics
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Linux
1 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) ERP
2 10 (21.74%) Change Control
3 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.04%) SDLC
5 4 (8.70%) Agile
5 4 (8.70%) Change Management
6 3 (6.52%) Content Management
6 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.35%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.35%) Budgeting
7 2 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.35%) Document Management
7 2 (4.35%) Investment Management
7 2 (4.35%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (4.35%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.17%) Data Protection
8 1 (2.17%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) C#
2 3 (6.52%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Bash
3 1 (2.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.17%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Grafana
1 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Oracle
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) SAP
4 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Okta