Most In-Demand Technical Writing Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Technical Writing roles right now are technical-writing, ai, agile — ranked across 4282 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | technical-writing | 518 | +196 |
| 2 | ai | 374 | +125 |
| 3 | agile | 188 | +58 |
| 4 | version-control | 171 | +66 |
| 5 | analytics | 161 | +68 |
| 6 | confluence | 150 | +41 |
| 7 | api | 149 | +46 |
| 8 | cloud | 143 | +50 |
| 9 | automation | 142 | +45 |
| 10 | xml | 136 | +53 |
| 11 | sharepoint | 135 | +47 |
| 12 | visio | 134 | +74 |
| 13 | jira | 129 | +36 |
| 14 | git | 127 | +32 |
| 15 | information-architecture | 109 | +41 |
| 16 | html | 107 | +33 |
| 17 | figma | 94 | +37 |
| 18 | saas | 93 | +34 |
| 19 | photoshop | 88 | +53 |
| 20 | seo | 87 | +33 |
| 21 | typescript | 80 | +28 |
| 22 | madcap-flare | 70 | +32 |
| 23 | docs-as-code | 68 | +29 |
| 24 | cybersecurity | 68 | +34 |
| 25 | api-documentation | 61 | +21 |
| 26 | agentic-ai | 61 | +27 |
| 27 | github | 59 | +15 |
| 28 | python | 53 | +15 |
| 29 | structured-authoring | 52 | +15 |
| 30 | cad | 49 | +5 |
| 31 | stakeholder-management | 48 | +23 |
| 32 | program-management | 47 | +29 |
| 33 | process-improvement | 47 | +33 |
| 34 | css | 46 | +17 |
| 35 | llm | 45 | +10 |
| 36 | generative-ai | 41 | +10 |
| 37 | sdlc | 40 | +10 |
| 38 | scrum | 38 | +16 |
| 39 | javascript | 37 | +6 |
| 40 | fintech | 37 | +9 |