Documentation Skills Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Documentation Skills
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 39 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +23
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.01% 0.29% 0.44%
As % of the General category 1.91% 0.53% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.21%
75th Percentile - - £188
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £535 £255 £388
% change year-on-year +109.80% -34.19% -18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £24.07 - -
25th Percentile £27.10 - -
Median hourly rate £33.30 - £16.00
75th Percentile £39.60 - -
90th Percentile £42.69 - -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 - £60.00

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 209 187 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 52.78% 54.36% 71.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 60 93
10th Percentile £170 £274 £161
25th Percentile £359 £423 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £634 £585 £553
90th Percentile £688 £626 £633
East of England median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 61 182
10th Percentile £13.33 - £13.41
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £17.50 £16.85 £17.62
90th Percentile £24.82 £28.93 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £20.15 £20.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +0.75% +8.11% -7.64%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Documentation Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Documentation Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Documentation Skills in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Cambridgeshire

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Cambridge -8 2 - - 2
Peterborough - 1 - -
Documentation Skills
East of England

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (25.00%) Stateflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MS Access
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CANoe
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Data Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Ontologist
1 1 (25.00%) Process Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linked Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) BPMN
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Ontologies
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) RDF
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow