This is the first in a series of pieces that examine trends in the technical writing job market over the past decade. Long-time readers of this blog will know I have been keeping track of technical writer job postings from Indeed.com for a while now. Indeed.com was the first job aggregator website and has beenRead More
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The End of the Technical Writer? 2.0
For just shy of six years, I have been keeping track of the number of technical writer job postings on indeed.com—the largest job aggregator website in the United States. With the exception of a brief surge in technical writing job postings in late 2015/early 2016, there has been a steady decline in technical writer jobRead More
Technical Writing Jobs Back on the Rise in U.S.
Update March 12, 2015: Just wanted to note that the upward trend in Technical Writer hires continues, and in fact for this month (March 2015) I have just recorded the highest number of job postings for Technical Writers since I started keeping track of things three years ago. Expect an update on this and moreRead More
DITA Takes Flight: Some Evidence of DITA Maturity
As mentioned in the previous article there is steady growth in the job market for technical writers with DITA experience. What’s interesting is that there are further signs that DITA usage within firms is maturing, indicating that DITA is now out of the “early adoption” phase. The last time I did a DITA jobs surveyRead More
DITA Experience Rules, FrameMaker Usage Declines Further, DocBook is Dead
Job postings seeking DITA experience continue to grow while FrameMaker usage continues to decline. DocBook as a viable technical writing standard in the job market is dead. While it is clear that the majority of firms out there are still asking their writers to create their content in an unstructured manner, there is a clearRead More
Who is Hiring DITA Technical Writers?
In a previous article I looked at job descriptions for Technical Writers where “DITA” was mentioned and found that they comprised about 4% of all such jobs in the United States. That number is significant given that FrameMaker is mentioned in 10% of all such Technical Writer jobs listed on the Indeed.com site, given thatRead More
How Many Technical Writer Jobs are Looking for DITA Experience?
4% …and growing. About half-a-year ago Mekon colleague Rachel Johnson asked me whether I knew what percentage of technical writing jobs out there are DITA-related. I said I didn’t know, and became intrigued with finding the answer to that question. While I have a lengthy list of companies using DITA, I wondered what percentage thatRead More