Technical Writer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Technical Writer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Writer salary in Work from Home is £41,000 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 583 643 807
Rank change year-on-year +60 +164 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 7 32 24
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.021% 0.074% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.077% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 18
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £52,500 £53,689
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% -2.22% +3.25%
75th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £56,000 - £75,000
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,462 41,558 65,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.10% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,940 29,452 41,851
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,503 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,600
90th Percentile £92,500 £99,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Technical Writer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Writer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Writer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Writer.

Technical Writer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Technical Writer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Technical Writer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (57.14%) Swagger
2 4 (57.14%) CMS
2 4 (57.14%) Content Management
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Data Structures
2 4 (57.14%) HTML
2 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Adobe
2 4 (57.14%) Acrobat
2 4 (57.14%) JSON
2 4 (57.14%) Copywriting
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (57.14%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Acrobat
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) JSON
1 4 (57.14%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Content Management
1 4 (57.14%) Copywriting
1 4 (57.14%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Product Management
2 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 1 (14.29%) SDLC
2 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco