Documentation Skills Contracts

Documentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 284 352
Rank change year-on-year -70 +68 -43
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 255 563 677
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.94% 0.76%
As % of the General category 1.01% 1.61% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 345 445
10th Percentile £260 £369 £350
25th Percentile £363 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% -0.39% +14.44%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £600
90th Percentile £679 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 13
10th Percentile £15.13 £60.60 £40.14
25th Percentile £16.50 £65.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.33% +50.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £21.75 £80.25 £65.54
90th Percentile £40.18 £82.62 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -76.55% +52.63% -18.10%

All General Skills
UK

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 requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -37 206 £500 -2.34% 147
UK excluding London -33 124 £450 -10.00% 111
London -13 100 £550 +0.46% 46
Work from Home +10 99 £490 -6.67% 57
South East -20 34 £450 -10.00% 30
North of England +28 29 £488 -7.14% 25
Scotland +24 27 £400 -22.03% 11
Midlands +6 19 £425 +6.25% 24
North West +5 16 £475 -9.52% 17
South West +14 15 £413 +3.13% 8
West Midlands +13 14 £420 -11.58% 16
Yorkshire +22 9 £500 -16.67% 4
East Midlands +18 4 £368 +5.00% 8
North East - 4 £897 - 4
East of England -14 2 £425 -2.30% 12
Wales +15 1 £450 -18.18% 2

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.53%) IIS
4 5 (1.96%) Confluence
5 2 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.78%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.39%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 81 (31.76%) Azure
2 40 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (14.51%) AWS
4 25 (9.80%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.06%) Power Platform
6 17 (6.67%) GCP
7 16 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.53%) GitHub
9 9 (3.53%) IaaS
9 9 (3.53%) PaaS
10 7 (2.75%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.35%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.35%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.96%) AWS CodeBuild
12 5 (1.96%) AWS CodePipeline
12 5 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.73%) Firewall
2 22 (8.63%) DNS
3 12 (4.71%) SSL
4 11 (4.31%) Network Security
4 11 (4.31%) VPN
4 11 (4.31%) WAN
5 9 (3.53%) DHCP
5 9 (3.53%) LAN
5 9 (3.53%) VoIP
6 8 (3.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 8 (3.14%) HTTP
6 8 (3.14%) NetScaler
6 8 (3.14%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.35%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.35%) VLAN
8 4 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.57%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.78%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.53%) Power BI
3 6 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.96%) Amazon QuickSight
4 5 (1.96%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.78%) Big Data
7 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.78%) OLAP
7 2 (0.78%) OLTP
7 2 (0.78%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.78%) Tableau
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.31%) Git
2 9 (3.53%) JIRA
3 7 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.35%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (2.35%) Selenium
5 5 (1.96%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (1.96%) WebDriver
6 3 (1.18%) GitLab
6 3 (1.18%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.39%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.39%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.39%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.78%) Finance
3 25 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (6.27%) Banking
6 11 (4.31%) Marketing
6 11 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.35%) Advertising
9 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.18%) Legal
10 3 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.78%) Automotive
11 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.78%) Local Government
11 2 (0.78%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (18.82%) Architect
2 32 (12.55%) Analyst
3 24 (9.41%) Solutions Architect
4 21 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (7.84%) Developer
5 20 (7.84%) Senior
6 19 (7.45%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.49%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.10%) Consultant
8 13 (5.10%) Network Engineer
9 11 (4.31%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.75%) Functional Consultant
13 7 (2.75%) Lead
13 7 (2.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.75%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.06%) SailPoint
2 12 (4.71%) REST
3 10 (3.92%) .NET
4 9 (3.53%) XML
5 8 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.75%) HTML
6 7 (2.75%) LDAP
6 7 (2.75%) Middleware
7 6 (2.35%) .NET Framework
7 6 (2.35%) JSP
7 6 (2.35%) Servlets
7 6 (2.35%) SOAP
7 6 (2.35%) SPML
8 5 (1.96%) ARM Templates
8 5 (1.96%) Twisted
9 3 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.18%) YAML
10 2 (0.78%) .NET Remoting
10 2 (0.78%) JSON
10 2 (0.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.75%) Clustering
5 6 (2.35%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.35%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.18%) PKI
8 3 (1.18%) PMI
8 3 (1.18%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) Equities
9 2 (0.78%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.78%) NHS
9 2 (0.78%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 59 (23.14%) Windows
2 30 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.59%) Linux
4 16 (6.27%) Unix
5 15 (5.88%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.53%) VMS
6 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.35%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.96%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (1.96%) Solaris
10 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (22.35%) Migration
2 52 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (17.25%) Agile
4 38 (14.90%) DevOps
5 30 (11.76%) ITIL
6 29 (11.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (10.20%) Change Management
7 26 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (9.02%) CI/CD
8 23 (9.02%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (7.45%) Project Management
10 18 (7.06%) Architectural Design
10 18 (7.06%) Computer Science
11 16 (6.27%) Cloud Security
11 16 (6.27%) Roadmaps
11 16 (6.27%) Secrets Management
12 15 (5.88%) Application Security
12 15 (5.88%) Business Analysis
13 14 (5.49%) Data Migration
13 14 (5.49%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.16%) SQL
2 29 (11.37%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.88%) Java
3 15 (5.88%) Python
4 14 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.53%) Bash
6 8 (3.14%) Perl
7 6 (2.35%) C#
8 1 (0.39%) Bicep
8 1 (0.39%) Dart
8 1 (0.39%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (16.86%) Degree
2 27 (10.59%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.57%) CCNP
8 4 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.78%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.78%) CBAP
10 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.39%) CCNA
11 1 (0.39%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.45%) QA
2 8 (3.14%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.57%) PMO
4 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 2 (0.78%) GRC
5 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.78%) NIST
5 2 (0.78%) PSD2
5 2 (0.78%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (22.75%) Active Directory
2 27 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (3.53%) vSphere
4 6 (2.35%) ACF2
4 6 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.35%) IAG
4 6 (2.35%) RACF
4 6 (2.35%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.96%) KVM
6 4 (1.57%) Docker
6 4 (1.57%) XenApp
7 3 (1.18%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.78%) Ceph
8 2 (0.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (7.45%) SCCM
2 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.14%) Terraform
4 6 (2.35%) Ansible
4 6 (2.35%) Autotask
4 6 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (2.35%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.18%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.18%) Netcool
5 3 (1.18%) WSUS
6 2 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.78%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.78%) Podman
6 2 (0.78%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.39%) Nessus
7 1 (0.39%) SCOM
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.12%) VMware
3 23 (9.02%) ServiceNow
4 17 (6.67%) CyberArk
5 16 (6.27%) BeyondTrust
6 12 (4.71%) Cisco
6 12 (4.71%) Oracle
7 11 (4.31%) Citrix
8 9 (3.53%) F5
9 7 (2.75%) SAP
10 6 (2.35%) Apple
10 6 (2.35%) Datto
11 5 (1.96%) HP
11 5 (1.96%) IBM
12 4 (1.57%) Nintex
12 4 (1.57%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.18%) Databricks
13 3 (1.18%) Dynatrace
13 3 (1.18%) FireEye