Docs as Code Contract Job Trends in England

Documentation as Code
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Docs as Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 482 529
Rank change year-on-year -107 +47 +102
Contract jobs citing Docs as Code 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.008% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.009% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -31.82%
UK median daily rate - £500 £375
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -30.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £46.25
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £46.25
% change year-on-year - - -15.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Docs as Code falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,679 21,999 31,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.05% 91.35% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,608 14,249 20,517
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,238 979 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.76 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.60 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.93 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%

Docs as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docs as Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Docs as Code job vacancy trend in England

Docs as Code
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Docs as Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Docs as Code

Docs as Code
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docs as Code within the England region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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
South West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Docs as Code
UK

Docs as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Author
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Author
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Author
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft