Documentation Skills Contracts with Work from Home Options

Documentation Skills
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 249 328
Rank change year-on-year -8 +79 -39
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 92 225 329
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.63% 0.93% 0.74%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.58% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 146 233
10th Percentile £363 £384 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £623
90th Percentile £650 £654 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -4.08% +9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 7
10th Percentile - £58.70 £45.75
25th Percentile £16.50 £70.94 £48.13
Median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.33% +27.12% -4.84%
75th Percentile £21.75 £79.13 £65.54
90th Percentile £27.05 £80.33 -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -77.33% +37.61% -12.80%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Documentation Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,615 14,219 24,287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.83% 58.66% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 10,044 17,734
10th Percentile £325 £363 £354
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 321 334
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.58
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +49.48% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.75 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

Documentation Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Documentation Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Documentation Skills.

Documentation Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Documentation Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Documentation Skills.

Documentation Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Documentation Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.09%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.09%) IIS
2 1 (1.09%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.09%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.09%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (30.43%) Azure
2 13 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.87%) AWS
3 10 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 8 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.35%) GCP
5 4 (4.35%) IaaS
5 4 (4.35%) PaaS
5 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
5 4 (4.35%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.26%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.17%) GitHub
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.39%) Firewall
2 11 (11.96%) DNS
3 4 (4.35%) DHCP
3 4 (4.35%) Network Security
3 4 (4.35%) SAN
3 4 (4.35%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.17%) BGP
4 2 (2.17%) NAS
4 2 (2.17%) OSPF
4 2 (2.17%) SNMP
4 2 (2.17%) VoIP
4 2 (2.17%) VPN
5 1 (1.09%) DWDM
5 1 (1.09%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.09%) Internet
5 1 (1.09%) LAN
5 1 (1.09%) MPLS
5 1 (1.09%) SDH
5 1 (1.09%) WAN
5 1 (1.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.09%) GIS
3 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Rational DOORS
1 5 (5.43%) Selenium
1 5 (5.43%) WebDriver
2 1 (1.09%) GitLab
2 1 (1.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) Finance
3 12 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (8.70%) Marketing
5 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.43%) Banking
6 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Front Office
9 1 (1.09%) German Language
9 1 (1.09%) International Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (16.30%) Architect
2 14 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (11.96%) Senior
4 6 (6.52%) Analyst
4 6 (6.52%) Consultant
4 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
4 6 (6.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Automation Tester
5 5 (5.43%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.43%) Coordinator
5 5 (5.43%) Developer
5 5 (5.43%) Integration Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Network Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Software Integration Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 5 (5.43%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) .NET
1 4 (4.35%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.26%) Middleware
3 2 (2.17%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.17%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.17%) YAML
4 1 (1.09%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.09%) ADO
4 1 (1.09%) Ajax
4 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.09%) CSS
4 1 (1.09%) HATEOAS
4 1 (1.09%) HTML
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.09%) React
4 1 (1.09%) REST
4 1 (1.09%) WCF
4 1 (1.09%) Web Services
4 1 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.96%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (3.26%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.26%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.17%) Tandem
4 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.09%) PKI
4 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.09%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (22.83%) Windows
2 9 (9.78%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.43%) Unix
4 4 (4.35%) Linux
5 3 (3.26%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.09%) AIX
6 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.83%) ITIL
1 21 (22.83%) Migration
2 18 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (18.48%) DevOps
4 14 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.04%) Agile
6 10 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence
6 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (9.78%) Data Migration
8 8 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (7.61%) Application Security
9 7 (7.61%) Change Management
9 7 (7.61%) High Availability
10 6 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (6.52%) Data Modelling
10 6 (6.52%) Risk Management
10 6 (6.52%) Security Testing
10 6 (6.52%) Test Strategy
10 6 (6.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) SQL
2 7 (7.61%) C#
3 5 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.17%) Python
5 1 (1.09%) Bicep
5 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.09%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (16.30%) Degree
2 8 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.43%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (5.43%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.17%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.09%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.09%) IBM Certification
7 1 (1.09%) MCP
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.61%) PCI DSS
2 5 (5.43%) QA
3 2 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.17%) NIST
3 2 (2.17%) PSD2
4 1 (1.09%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.35%) vSphere
4 3 (3.26%) Docker
4 3 (3.26%) VMware NSX
4 3 (3.26%) XenApp
4 3 (3.26%) XenDesktop
5 2 (2.17%) Ceph
5 2 (2.17%) KVM
5 2 (2.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 7 (7.61%) SCCM
2 3 (3.26%) Ansible
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.17%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.17%) Pacemaker
3 2 (2.17%) Podman
3 2 (2.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.09%) Nessus
4 1 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (27.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.04%) VMware
3 8 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.61%) Citrix
5 4 (4.35%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (4.35%) CyberArk
5 4 (4.35%) Nintex
6 3 (3.26%) CA
6 3 (3.26%) Cisco
6 3 (3.26%) FireEye
6 3 (3.26%) Qualys
6 3 (3.26%) Tanium
7 2 (2.17%) F5
7 2 (2.17%) IBM
7 2 (2.17%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.17%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.17%) Sun
8 1 (1.09%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.09%) Juniper
8 1 (1.09%) Splunk