Technical Writer Jobs in England

Technical Writer
UK > England

The median Technical Writer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 877 1117
Rank change year-on-year +77 +240 -249
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 36 32 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.037% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.040% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 26
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,625 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £88,750 £67,188
90th Percentile £120,000 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% +33.33% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

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

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Writer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Writer in England

Technical Writer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Writer in England.

Salary trend for Technical Writer in England

Technical Writer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Writer in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Writer in England

Technical Writer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Writer within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
East of England +5 10 £45,000 - 2
London +146 9 £80,500 +15.00% 4
North of England +44 8 £50,000 -44.44%
North West +3 7 £50,000 -44.44%
Midlands -4 5 £35,000 -12.50% 1
East Midlands -14 5 £35,000 -12.50%
South East +1 2 £55,000 - 4
Yorkshire +78 1 £65,000 -
South West -28 1 - - 3
Technical Writer
UK

Technical Writer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 England region featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) HTML
3 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) Git
3 8 (22.22%) JSON
3 8 (22.22%) CMS
3 8 (22.22%) Content Management
4 7 (19.44%) Military
4 7 (19.44%) SGML
4 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (16.67%) XML
6 5 (13.89%) EDI
6 5 (13.89%) ERP
6 5 (13.89%) Project Management
6 5 (13.89%) Knowledge Management
6 5 (13.89%) Content Strategy
6 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (13.89%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (13.89%) Swagger
6 5 (13.89%) Bash
6 5 (13.89%) Information Architecture
7 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (11.11%) Data Structures
7 4 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
7 4 (11.11%) Copywriting
7 4 (11.11%) Wiki
7 4 (11.11%) CSS

Technical Writer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (22.22%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Acrobat
2 2 (5.56%) FrameMaker
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.78%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Git
2 3 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) Postman
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Military
3 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Finance
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (30.56%) HTML
2 8 (22.22%) JSON
3 7 (19.44%) SGML
4 6 (16.67%) XML
5 5 (13.89%) EDI
5 5 (13.89%) Swagger
6 4 (11.11%) CSS
7 1 (2.78%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 4 (11.11%) Wiki
3 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Content Management
2 5 (13.89%) Content Strategy
2 5 (13.89%) ERP
2 5 (13.89%) Information Architecture
2 5 (13.89%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (13.89%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (13.89%) Project Management
3 4 (11.11%) Copywriting
3 4 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 3 (8.33%) Computer Architecture
5 2 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (5.56%) Generative AI
5 2 (5.56%) Migration
5 2 (5.56%) SDLC
6 1 (2.78%) Agile
6 1 (2.78%) Mathematics
6 1 (2.78%) Quality Management
6 1 (2.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Bash
2 3 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Adobe
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) PTC