Technical Writer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 71 job postings with the title “Technical Writer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is technical writing, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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+How many Technical Writer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 71 job postings with the title “Technical Writer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Technical Writer jobs require?
Across Technical Writer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are technical writing, Git, Markdown, Python, docs-as-code.
+Which cities are hiring the most Technical Writer?
As of 2026-06-11, Technical Writer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Bengaluru, Paris, Tel Aviv, Bristol.
+Is Technical Writer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 71 Technical Writer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Technical Writer postings is technical writing, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Technical Writer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Technical Writer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| technical writing | 48 | 67.6% |
| Git | 35 | 49.3% |
| Markdown | 28 | 39.4% |
| Python | 26 | 36.6% |
| docs-as-code | 22 | 31.0% |
| API documentation | 21 | 29.6% |
| GitHub | 21 | 29.6% |
| CI/CD | 15 | 21.1% |
| information architecture | 13 | 18.3% |
| JavaScript | 13 | 18.3% |
| Java | 12 | 16.9% |
| Kubernetes | 11 | 15.5% |
| HTML | 10 | 14.1% |
| JIRA | 10 | 14.1% |
| Postman | 9 | 12.7% |
Top metros hiring Technical Writer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | 7.0% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 5.6% |
| Paris | 3 | 4.2% |
| Tel Aviv | 3 | 4.2% |
| Bristol | 2 | 2.8% |
| Cobleskill | 2 | 2.8% |
| Greece | 2 | 2.8% |
| London | 2 | 2.8% |
| New York City | 2 | 2.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Technical Writer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Technical Writer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-06-11
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- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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