Documentation Author Contract Job Trends in England

Documentation Author
UK > England

The median Documentation Author daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 516 525
Rank change year-on-year -118 +9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Documentation Author 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.004% 0.004% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 42,748 25,384 30,473
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 91.33% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,582 16,362 19,224
10th Percentile £325 £281 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,383 1,348 1,536
10th Percentile £14.94 £13.62 £14.56
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

Documentation Author
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Documentation Author' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Documentation Author job vacancy trend in England

Documentation Author
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in England

Documentation Author
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in England

Documentation Author
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 Documentation Author within the England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 -42 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £425 - 2
Documentation Author
UK

Documentation Author Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, Documentation Author contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Documentation Author in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Docs as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Documentation Author Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Docs as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft