Documentation Skills Contracts in England

Documentation Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 289 347
Rank change year-on-year -65 +58 -41
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 197 414 553
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.88% 0.79%
As % of the General category 0.92% 1.49% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 263 370
10th Percentile £260 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 28 10
10th Percentile - £58.50 £44.46
25th Percentile £15.13 £62.13 £47.19
Median hourly rate £21.70 £71.25 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.54% +31.94% -15.95%
75th Percentile £30.31 £75.00 £57.42
90th Percentile £33.13 £80.48 £61.45
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £72.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -76.55% +33.03% -13.49%

All General Skills
England

Documentation Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in England.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in England.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -28 94 £543 -1.36% 36
North of England +13 35 £500 +2.56% 30
South East -35 26 £475 -5.00% 38
Midlands +20 24 £488 +25.81% 18
North West +11 22 £488 -2.50% 19
West Midlands +19 18 £488 +23.81% 11
South West -2 12 £463 +1.09% 12
Yorkshire +8 8 £525 +5.00% 9
North East +11 5 £897 +79.39% 2
East Midlands +9 5 £368 +5.00% 7
East of England -26 4 £450 +3.45% 10
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.54%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) IIS
5 1 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.51%) Smallworld
Applications
1 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.02%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.02%) Maya
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.02%) NUKE
5 1 (0.51%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.51%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.02%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.02%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.02%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.98%) Azure
2 31 (15.74%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (14.21%) AWS
4 19 (9.64%) Entra ID
5 16 (8.12%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.60%) GCP
7 12 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (4.57%) PaaS
9 8 (4.06%) IaaS
10 6 (3.05%) GitHub
10 6 (3.05%) Mimecast
11 4 (2.03%) SaaS
12 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.52%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.52%) Serverless
13 2 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (1.02%) AWS CodeBuild
13 2 (1.02%) AWS CodePipeline
13 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.24%) Firewall
2 13 (6.60%) DNS
3 12 (6.09%) VPN
3 12 (6.09%) WAN
4 11 (5.58%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (5.08%) LAN
5 10 (5.08%) VoIP
6 7 (3.55%) SD-WAN
6 7 (3.55%) VLAN
7 5 (2.54%) DHCP
7 5 (2.54%) SAN
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (2.03%) Network Security
8 4 (2.03%) NX-OS
9 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.02%) BGP
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.02%) NAS
10 2 (1.02%) OSPF
10 2 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.08%) Power BI
1 10 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.54%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.52%) Big Data
5 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.52%) OLAP
5 3 (1.52%) OLTP
5 3 (1.52%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.51%) GIS
7 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.06%) JIRA
2 6 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (2.54%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.52%) GitLab
5 2 (1.02%) ClearCase
5 2 (1.02%) ClearQuest
5 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 110 (55.84%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.89%) Finance
3 32 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.68%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (8.12%) Banking
6 10 (5.08%) Marketing
7 5 (2.54%) Advertising
7 5 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.54%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.02%) Automotive
10 2 (1.02%) Games
10 2 (1.02%) Local Government
10 2 (1.02%) Retail
11 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.51%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (18.78%) Architect
2 24 (12.18%) Analyst
3 20 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (10.15%) Senior
4 15 (7.61%) Business Analyst
5 14 (7.11%) Consultant
5 14 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (6.09%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.08%) Developer
8 10 (5.08%) Project Manager
9 9 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (4.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.55%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
12 6 (3.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.57%) .NET
1 9 (4.57%) SailPoint
1 9 (4.57%) XML
2 8 (4.06%) Middleware
3 7 (3.55%) HTML
3 7 (3.55%) LDAP
4 6 (3.05%) .NET Framework
4 6 (3.05%) JSP
4 6 (3.05%) Servlets
4 6 (3.05%) SOAP
4 6 (3.05%) SPML
5 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.52%) REST
5 3 (1.52%) YAML
6 2 (1.02%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.02%) HATEOAS
6 2 (1.02%) IDoc
6 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.02%) PySide
6 2 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.12%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.60%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.06%) Clustering
5 7 (3.55%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.05%) Mainframe
7 5 (2.54%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.03%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.52%) PMI
10 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.02%) Animation
10 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.02%) Equities
10 2 (1.02%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.02%) Motion Graphics
10 2 (1.02%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 51 (25.89%) Windows
2 25 (12.69%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.64%) Linux
4 18 (9.14%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.09%) Unix
6 7 (3.55%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.54%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.54%) Solaris
8 5 (2.54%) VMS
9 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.51%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.51%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (18.78%) Migration
3 27 (13.71%) Agile
3 27 (13.71%) ITIL
3 27 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (12.69%) Computer Science
5 24 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (10.66%) Change Management
7 19 (9.64%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (8.63%) Project Management
9 16 (8.12%) DevOps
10 15 (7.61%) Data Migration
11 14 (7.11%) Roadmaps
12 13 (6.60%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (6.09%) Business Case
13 12 (6.09%) Customer Service
13 12 (6.09%) Data Modelling
13 12 (6.09%) Validation
14 11 (5.58%) Analytics
14 11 (5.58%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.68%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.15%) SQL
3 10 (5.08%) Python
4 8 (4.06%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.55%) Java
6 2 (1.02%) C#
7 1 (0.51%) Bicep
7 1 (0.51%) C
7 1 (0.51%) C++
7 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.51%) Scala
7 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (24.87%) Degree
2 22 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.61%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.06%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.03%) CCNP
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.51%) ACCA
11 1 (0.51%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.51%) CBAP
11 1 (0.51%) CCNA
11 1 (0.51%) CEH
11 1 (0.51%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.08%) QA
2 5 (2.54%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.02%) PMO
4 2 (1.02%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) GRC
System Software
1 51 (25.89%) Active Directory
2 23 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.57%) Docker
3 9 (4.57%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (4.06%) vSphere
5 7 (3.55%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.55%) KVM
6 6 (3.05%) ACF2
6 6 (3.05%) IAG
6 6 (3.05%) RACF
7 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.02%) Ceph
8 2 (1.02%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.51%) XenApp
9 1 (0.51%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (7.61%) SCCM
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.06%) Terraform
4 7 (3.55%) Autotask
4 7 (3.55%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (3.55%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (3.05%) Ansible
6 3 (1.52%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.52%) Netcool
7 2 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.02%) Nessus
7 2 (1.02%) Pacemaker
7 2 (1.02%) Podman
7 2 (1.02%) Rundeck
7 2 (1.02%) SCOM
8 1 (0.51%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 34 (17.26%) VMware
3 14 (7.11%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.08%) Cisco
5 9 (4.57%) BeyondTrust
5 9 (4.57%) CyberArk
5 9 (4.57%) Oracle
6 8 (4.06%) SAP
7 7 (3.55%) Citrix
7 7 (3.55%) Datto
8 6 (3.05%) Apple
8 6 (3.05%) Tanium
9 5 (2.54%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.54%) Databricks
9 5 (2.54%) IBM
9 5 (2.54%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.03%) HP
10 4 (2.03%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.52%) CA
11 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint