Technical Writer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Writer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Writer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 721 816
Rank change year-on-year -18 +95 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 16 30 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.049% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.054% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 12
10th Percentile - £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +76.17% +20.63%
75th Percentile £55,000 £90,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £67,125
UK median annual salary £45,500 £70,000 £57,379
% change year-on-year -35.00% +22.00% +27.51%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,472 55,237 67,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.31% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,163 31,304 42,933
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in the UK excluding London

Technical Writer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Writer in the UK excluding London

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Writer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Writer in the UK excluding London

Technical Writer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +39 6 £50,000 -44.44% 1
North West +4 6 £50,000 -44.44%
Midlands +8 5 £35,000 -12.50% 2
East Midlands -16 5 £35,000 -12.50% 1
South East +28 2 £55,000 - 1
East of England +24 1 - - 1
South West -24 1 - - 3
Scotland -63 1 - -
Technical Writer
UK

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Technical Writer 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 permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (31.25%) EDI
2 5 (31.25%) ERP
2 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (31.25%) Git
2 5 (31.25%) Bash
2 5 (31.25%) Information Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (31.25%) Content Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) FrameMaker
3 2 (12.50%) Generative AI
4 1 (6.25%) Automotive
4 1 (6.25%) Quality Management
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) CMS
4 1 (6.25%) PTC
4 1 (6.25%) Windchill
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Cryptography
4 1 (6.25%) Content Management
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) QA

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) FrameMaker
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Automotive
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) EDI
2 2 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Content Strategy
1 5 (31.25%) ERP
1 5 (31.25%) Information Architecture
1 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (31.25%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (12.50%) Generative AI
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (6.25%) Content Management
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Cryptography
3 1 (6.25%) QMS
3 1 (6.25%) Quality Management
3 1 (6.25%) Telematics
3 1 (6.25%) User Experience
3 1 (6.25%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco
1 1 (6.25%) PTC