Documentation Skills Contracts in the City of London

Documentation Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 144 156
Rank change year-on-year +49 +12 -32
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 31 34 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.40% 0.93% 0.85%
As % of the General category 2.12% 1.50% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 26
10th Percentile £425 £454 £183
25th Percentile £525 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £355
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +54.93% -32.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £511
90th Percentile £788 £915 £605
Central London median daily rate £621 £550 £368
% change year-on-year +12.95% +49.66% -30.00%

All General Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,463 2,267 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.17% 62.21% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,042 1,596 1,777
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £693 £738 £680
90th Percentile £811 £825 £777
Central London median daily rate £563 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 27
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £27.38 £53.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -23.08% +127.50%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the City of London

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the City of London

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the City of London

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the City of London

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.23%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) Azure
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (22.58%) Entra ID
4 6 (19.35%) Mimecast
5 4 (12.90%) AWS
5 4 (12.90%) IaaS
5 4 (12.90%) PaaS
5 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
6 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.23%) GCP
7 1 (3.23%) GitHub
7 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) DNS
3 4 (12.90%) Network Security
4 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.23%) SSL
4 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Katalon Studio
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Finance
3 7 (22.58%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (9.68%) AWS Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Integration Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Lead
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Applications Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
1 3 (9.68%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Equities
2 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 3 (9.68%) Linux
2 3 (9.68%) VMS
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Solaris
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Change Management
2 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) ITIL
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) DevOps
4 6 (19.35%) Data Loss Prevention
4 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
5 4 (12.90%) B2B
5 4 (12.90%) Business Analysis
5 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) SDLC
5 4 (12.90%) TOGAF
6 3 (9.68%) CRM
6 3 (9.68%) Data Security
6 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
6 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) Bicep
3 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Azure Certification
1 4 (12.90%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) KVM
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Citrix
3 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.45%) CyberArk
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle
4 2 (6.45%) Proofpoint
4 2 (6.45%) VMware
5 1 (3.23%) BeyondTrust