Documentation Skills Contracts in Edinburgh

Documentation Skills
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 88 118
Rank change year-on-year +26 +30 -8
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 12 22 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.47% 1.71% 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.97% 2.37% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 8
10th Percentile £310 £439 £444
25th Percentile £363 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £507 £538
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -5.77% +31.10%
75th Percentile £388 £558 £617
90th Percentile £393 £575 £658
Scotland median daily rate £400 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -23.81% +1.45% +23.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 - £46.27

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 610 928 1,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.75% 72.27% 75.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 674 1,079
10th Percentile £187 £245 £230
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £554
90th Percentile £679 £625 £632
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 7 14
10th Percentile £14.60 £14.83 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £20.02
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +64.63% -47.18% -21.75%
75th Percentile £60.75 £31.34 £52.50
90th Percentile £66.30 £51.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £18.50 £26.85
% change year-on-year -1.24% -31.10% +45.14%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in Edinburgh

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in Edinburgh

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Edinburgh

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in Edinburgh

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Selenium
1 5 (41.67%) WebDriver
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Automation Tester
1 5 (41.67%) Tester
2 4 (33.33%) Coordinator
3 2 (16.67%) Project Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (41.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
2 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
3 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Business Agility
5 2 (16.67%) Coaching
5 2 (16.67%) Community of Practice
5 2 (16.67%) Epics
5 2 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
6 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Change Control
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Information Management
6 1 (8.33%) Lean Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C#
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) Nintex