Documentation Skills
South West > Dorset
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | - | - | 1.39% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 2.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £222 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £222 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £225 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £229 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £231 |
| South West median daily rate | £408 | £413 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.21% | +3.13% | -11.11% |
All General Skills
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 62 | 76 | 106 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 63.27% | 46.06% | 49.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 43 | 33 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £193 | £241 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £325 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £438 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -20.45% | +11.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £750 | £676 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | +11.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 33 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.56 | £11.87 | £14.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.78 | £13.69 | £17.79 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.31 | £15.62 | £56.29 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.98% | -72.25% | +11.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £16.92 | £47.83 | £61.35 |
| 90th Percentile | £17.79 | £57.33 | £69.08 |
| South West median hourly rate | £60.00 | £46.39 | £60.35 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.34% | -23.13% | +34.98% |
Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in Dorset.
Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in Dorset.