UK demand for Technical Writers and Technical Authors has softened slightly in October 2026, according to our latest monthly jobs survey. Our October survey suggests a 3.4% decline in advertised vacancies across comparable LinkedIn and Reed searches, compared with September. While this points towards a modest slowdown in recruitment, the contract market remains relatively stable,… Read more »
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UK Technical Writer and Technical Author Jobs Trends – September 2026
On the comparable sources, the September 2026 results looks very similar to August, with a slight softening in permanent/open vacancies. September doesn’t show a major deterioration in demand for technical communicators. It’s another broadly stable/slightly down month, with permanent vacancies edging lower but the contract Technical Author indicator strengthening. One interesting corroborating signal is the… Read more »
UK Technical Writer and Technical Author Jobs – August 2026
Our August 2026 survey suggests that the UK employment market for Technical Writers and Technical Authors remains broadly stable, although slightly softer than it was in June. We estimate there are currently around 4,300-4,500 Technical Writer, Technical Author, and closely related vacancies in the UK. This compares with approximately 4,500 vacancies in June 2026, suggesting… Read more »
Cherryleaf UK Technical Writer/Author jobs indicator – July 2026
Here are the July 2025 results for our monthly survey tracking hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. Between June and July, the underlying market appears to have eased only slightly (around 2%), with LinkedIn partially offsetting declines on traditional job boards. Source June 2026 July 2026 Change Stepstone (Totaljobs only) 215 Writer /… Read more »
AI in technical communication: the experiment is over, but the working method is still missing
Cherryleaf’s 2026 survey of AI in technical communication reveals technical communicators are no longer asking whether AI has a place in documentation work. Most are already using it. In our 2026 survey, 62% of the respondents said they use AI regularly or daily in their role. Only 8% said they do not use it at… Read more »