Technical Writer Contracts in Manchester

Technical Writer
North West > Manchester

As of 7 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Writer daily rate in Manchester.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.10% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
75th Percentile - - £559
90th Percentile - - £565
North West median daily rate - - £550

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 887 1,366 1,776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 95.19% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 920 1,320
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% -
75th Percentile £561 £575 £600
90th Percentile £677 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 79 53
10th Percentile - £12.50 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.00 £14.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.32 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.02% +63.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.80 £65.55
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £32.90 £27.70
% change year-on-year -11.02% +18.75% +10.80%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Technical Writer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in Manchester

Technical Writer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Technical Writer in Manchester

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Technical Writer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus