What Senior Technical Writing Jobs Ask For
Across 510 open Senior Technical Writing postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, technical-writing, accessibility.
Updated September 18, 2026
603 open Senior Technical Writing postings. The percentages below are measured over the 510 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 50% |
| technical-writing | 31% |
| accessibility | 23% |
| agile | 21% |
| analytics | 15% |
| cloud | 15% |
| api | 14% |
| generative-ai | 13% |
| information-architecture | 11% |
| llm | 10% |
| automation | 10% |
| machine-learning | 10% |
| stakeholder-management | 10% |
| visio | 10% |
| confluence | 9% |
| git | 9% |
| jira | 9% |
| saas | 9% |
| version-control | 9% |
| html | 9% |
| storyboarding | 8% |
| xml | 8% |
| figma | 8% |
| sharepoint | 8% |
| zoom | 7% |
| demand-generation | 7% |
| seo | 6% |
| api-documentation | 6% |
| program-management | 6% |
| prototyping | 6% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| github | 5% |
| css | 5% |
| photoshop | 5% |
| illustrator | 5% |
| sdlc | 5% |
| ci-cd | 5% |
| docs-as-code | 5% |
| gdpr | 4% |
| structured-authoring | 4% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 603 open Senior Technical Writing jobs →
Across all Technical Writing levels
Most Technical Writing postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 1,132
- technical-writing 1,029
- accessibility 540
- agile 385
- version-control 372
- analytics 360
- cloud 354
- sharepoint 302
- visio 267
- confluence 255
- storyboarding 254
- automation 251