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 remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 251 322
Rank change year-on-year -5 +71 -28
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 91 219 330
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.62% 0.92% 0.75%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.57% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 144 240
10th Percentile £363 £329 £400
25th Percentile £450 £408 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £567 £623
90th Percentile £664 £641 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 6
10th Percentile - £62.50 £45.63
25th Percentile £16.50 £70.00 £47.19
Median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.33% +37.61% -16.79%
75th Percentile £17.50 £78.75 £64.41
90th Percentile £28.00 £80.25 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £72.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -76.55% +34.26% -14.29%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,542 13,924 24,405
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.36% 58.50% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,627 9,798 17,878
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £788 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 312 336
10th Percentile £14.06 £18.63 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.97
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +40.00% +55.56%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.53 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £31.80 £30.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +6.00% +25.00% +14.01%

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 27 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 27 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 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.30%) Confluence
3 2 (2.20%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.10%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.10%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.10%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.10%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.67%) Azure
2 14 (15.38%) AWS
3 12 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.09%) Power Platform
5 10 (10.99%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (10.99%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (7.69%) Entra ID
7 6 (6.59%) GCP
8 5 (5.49%) PaaS
9 4 (4.40%) IaaS
9 4 (4.40%) Power Automate
9 4 (4.40%) PowerApps
10 3 (3.30%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.20%) GitHub
12 1 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
12 1 (1.10%) SaaS
12 1 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.38%) Firewall
2 6 (6.59%) DNS
3 4 (4.40%) SAN
3 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.30%) Network Security
5 2 (2.20%) BGP
5 2 (2.20%) NAS
5 2 (2.20%) OSPF
5 2 (2.20%) SNMP
5 2 (2.20%) VoIP
5 2 (2.20%) VPN
6 1 (1.10%) DHCP
6 1 (1.10%) DSL
6 1 (1.10%) DWDM
6 1 (1.10%) Internet
6 1 (1.10%) LAN
6 1 (1.10%) MPLS
6 1 (1.10%) SDH
6 1 (1.10%) WAN
6 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.10%) Big Data
3 1 (1.10%) GIS
3 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Rational DOORS
1 5 (5.49%) Selenium
1 5 (5.49%) WebDriver
2 4 (4.40%) JIRA
3 3 (3.30%) Bitbucket
3 3 (3.30%) GitLab
4 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 26 (28.57%) Finance
3 11 (12.09%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.79%) Banking
5 8 (8.79%) Marketing
6 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.10%) Automotive
8 1 (1.10%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Architect
2 12 (13.19%) Senior
3 10 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (7.69%) Analyst
4 7 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 6 (6.59%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.59%) Security Manager
5 6 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.49%) Consultant
6 5 (5.49%) Coordinator
6 5 (5.49%) Developer
6 5 (5.49%) Integration Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Network Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Integration Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Software Integration Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) .NET
1 4 (4.40%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.30%) Middleware
3 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.20%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.20%) YAML
4 1 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.10%) ADO
4 1 (1.10%) Ajax
4 1 (1.10%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.10%) CSS
4 1 (1.10%) HATEOAS
4 1 (1.10%) HTML
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.10%) React
4 1 (1.10%) REST
4 1 (1.10%) WCF
4 1 (1.10%) Web Services
4 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.20%) Cyberattack
2 2 (2.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.20%) Tandem
3 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.10%) PKI
3 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (1.10%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.78%) Windows
2 12 (13.19%) Unix
3 9 (9.89%) Linux
4 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.10%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) DevOps
1 20 (21.98%) Migration
2 19 (20.88%) ITIL
3 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (10.99%) Agile
5 10 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.89%) Data Migration
6 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (8.79%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (8.79%) Test Automation
8 7 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (7.69%) Change Management
9 6 (6.59%) Data Modelling
9 6 (6.59%) High Availability
9 6 (6.59%) Process Improvement
9 6 (6.59%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.59%) Test Scripting
9 6 (6.59%) Test Strategy
9 6 (6.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.99%) SQL
2 7 (7.69%) C#
3 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.40%) Python
4 2 (2.20%) Ruby
5 1 (1.10%) Bicep
5 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (18.68%) Degree
2 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.49%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
3 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.30%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.10%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.10%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.10%) MCP
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.30%) QA
3 2 (2.20%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.20%) NIST
3 2 (2.20%) PSD2
4 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.79%) Docker
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.40%) vSphere
4 3 (3.30%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.20%) Ceph
5 2 (2.20%) KVM
5 2 (2.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Ansible
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.30%) SCCM
2 3 (3.30%) Terraform
3 2 (2.20%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.20%) Pacemaker
3 2 (2.20%) Podman
4 1 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.10%) Nessus
4 1 (1.10%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.10%) Puppet
4 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.79%) VMware
3 4 (4.40%) Nintex
3 4 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.30%) Atlassian
4 3 (3.30%) BeyondTrust
4 3 (3.30%) Citrix
4 3 (3.30%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.30%) Tanium
5 2 (2.20%) CA
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco
5 2 (2.20%) F5
5 2 (2.20%) Qualys
5 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.20%) Sun
6 1 (1.10%) Databricks
6 1 (1.10%) Netskope
6 1 (1.10%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.10%) Splunk