What Senior Technical Writing Jobs Ask For
Across 622 open Senior Technical Writing postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, technical-writing, analytics.
Updated October 15, 2026
719 open Senior Technical Writing postings. The percentages below are measured over the 622 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 53% |
| technical-writing | 34% |
| analytics | 22% |
| accessibility | 22% |
| cloud | 21% |
| api | 19% |
| agile | 17% |
| automation | 16% |
| saas | 16% |
| git | 15% |
| generative-ai | 14% |
| machine-learning | 13% |
| llm | 11% |
| information-architecture | 10% |
| api-documentation | 10% |
| prompt-engineering | 10% |
| figma | 9% |
| stakeholder-management | 9% |
| yaml | 8% |
| confluence | 8% |
| version-control | 8% |
| visio | 8% |
| xml | 8% |
| html | 8% |
| jira | 8% |
| design-patterns | 7% |
| storyboarding | 7% |
| seo | 6% |
| zoom | 6% |
| sharepoint | 6% |
| structured-authoring | 6% |
| demand-generation | 5% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| copywriting | 5% |
| css | 5% |
| prototyping | 5% |
| javascript | 5% |
| github | 5% |
| photoshop | 5% |
| sdlc | 5% |
"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 719 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 1,370
- technical-writing 1,219
- accessibility 656
- cloud 500
- analytics 479
- version-control 445
- agile 394
- storyboarding 347
- api 329
- automation 322
- sharepoint 322
- html 306