Technical Writer Contracts in the North West

Technical Writer
England > North West

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 the North West.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Writer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.047% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% - 0.13%
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
England median daily rate £400 £400 £475
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 1,954 2,594 2,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,603 2,087
10th Percentile £266 £268 £300
25th Percentile £373 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £588
90th Percentile £664 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 301 145
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £14.79
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.27 £32.90 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +18.75% +10.80%
75th Percentile £58.58 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.50 £57.06
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.81
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.69% +77.28%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in the North West

Technical Writer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Technical Writer in the North West

Technical Writer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Writer in the North West

Technical Writer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Manchester - 1 - - 3
Technical Writer
England

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West 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 the North West 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