Technical Writer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Technical Writer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Writer salary in Work from Home 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 565 622 841
Rank change year-on-year +57 +219 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Writer 20 30 28
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.058% 0.075% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.079% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 26
10th Percentile £39,500 - £36,875
25th Percentile - £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £120,000 - £75,000
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
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 33,036 38,142 71,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.90% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25,238 27,095 42,472
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 28 May 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 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Technical Writer in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) HTML
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (35.00%) CMS
4 7 (35.00%) Military
4 7 (35.00%) Content Management
4 7 (35.00%) JSON
4 7 (35.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (35.00%) SGML
5 4 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (20.00%) Swagger
5 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
5 4 (20.00%) Copywriting
5 4 (20.00%) Wiki
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Adobe
5 4 (20.00%) Acrobat
5 4 (20.00%) CSS
6 3 (15.00%) XML
6 3 (15.00%) Python
6 3 (15.00%) Electronics
6 3 (15.00%) Git
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Architecture
6 3 (15.00%) Jenkins
7 1 (5.00%) SDLC
7 1 (5.00%) Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) Cryptography

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 7 (35.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Acrobat
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
1 3 (15.00%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Military
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) HTML
2 7 (35.00%) JSON
2 7 (35.00%) SGML
3 4 (20.00%) CSS
3 4 (20.00%) Swagger
4 3 (15.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (20.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Content Management
2 4 (20.00%) Copywriting
2 4 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (5.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (5.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco