Documentation Skills Contracts in England

Documentation Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 342 301
Rank change year-on-year +117 -41 +43
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 289 197 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.19% 0.54% 0.85%
As % of the General category 1.86% 0.93% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 152 253
10th Percentile £270 £260 £357
25th Percentile £403 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.20%
75th Percentile £625 £589 £600
90th Percentile £717 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 23
10th Percentile - £15.13 £60.20
25th Percentile £26.88 £16.16 £61.75
Median hourly rate £28.75 £20.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.24% -71.72% +34.26%
75th Percentile £36.39 £27.00 £77.63
90th Percentile £53.30 £31.88 £80.85
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £17.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +69.12% -77.33% +37.61%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,525 21,200 28,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.07% 57.67% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 13,624 19,796
10th Percentile £285 £280 £315
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 701 1,809 896
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.98 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £17.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.50 £31.96
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% -4.57% +48.65%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.91 £60.22
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.74 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +44.44%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in England.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in England.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
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 Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
London +90 145 £523 -4.91% 160
North of England +39 51 £600 +23.08% 60
South East +52 36 £450 -5.26% 63
North West +28 35 £626 +28.41% 38
Midlands +20 28 £400 -14.67% 46
West Midlands +21 24 £400 -17.95% 31
Yorkshire +18 13 £600 +20.00% 18
South West +42 9 £325 -29.73% 15
East of England +27 7 £450 - 20
East Midlands +9 4 £450 +22.45% 13
North East +1 4 £313 -65.16% 4
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 26 (9.00%) SharePoint
2 22 (7.61%) Confluence
3 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.04%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.04%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.69%) Apache
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.35%) CICS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.35%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.35%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 19 (6.57%) MS Visio
2 15 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.35%) InDesign
6 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (3.81%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.38%) CA PPM
3 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.04%) Sprinklr
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.35%) OpenText MBPM
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 53 (18.34%) Azure
2 42 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.69%) AWS
4 24 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 22 (7.61%) SaaS
6 14 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (4.50%) Amazon S3
7 13 (4.50%) Amazon SQS
7 13 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.50%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.46%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.08%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.08%) Serverless
10 5 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.73%) Collibra
10 5 (1.73%) GCP
10 5 (1.73%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.23%) Firewall
1 18 (6.23%) WAN
2 17 (5.88%) LAN
3 15 (5.19%) VPN
4 14 (4.84%) DNS
5 13 (4.50%) Network Security
5 13 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (4.15%) BGP
7 11 (3.81%) OSPF
8 9 (3.11%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.42%) Multicast
10 6 (2.08%) MPLS
10 6 (2.08%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.08%) Wireless
11 5 (1.73%) HTTP
11 5 (1.73%) POP3
11 5 (1.73%) SMTP
11 5 (1.73%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.73%) VoIP
12 4 (1.38%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.88%) Power BI
2 15 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.46%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.42%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.42%) Tableau
7 5 (1.73%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.73%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.38%) Metadata
9 3 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.04%) Big Data
10 2 (0.69%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 34 (11.76%) JIRA
2 8 (2.77%) Git
3 4 (1.38%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.38%) ERwin
3 4 (1.38%) MSI
3 4 (1.38%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.04%) JUnit
4 3 (1.04%) Selenium
5 2 (0.69%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.69%) GitLab
5 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) TestNG
5 2 (0.69%) TestRail
5 2 (0.69%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.69%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.35%) Maven
6 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 175 (60.55%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (16.96%) Finance
4 35 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.96%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (7.27%) Banking
7 13 (4.50%) Legal
8 9 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.77%) Retail
10 7 (2.42%) Marketing
11 6 (2.08%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.73%) Games
12 5 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.38%) Arabic Language
13 4 (1.38%) Czech Language
13 4 (1.38%) Military
13 4 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.04%) Law
14 3 (1.04%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (18.34%) Architect
2 43 (14.88%) Analyst
3 33 (11.42%) Consultant
4 23 (7.96%) Developer
5 22 (7.61%) Business Analyst
6 18 (6.23%) Security Architect
7 17 (5.88%) Senior
8 16 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.84%) Support Engineer
10 13 (4.50%) Tester
11 10 (3.46%) Administrator
12 9 (3.11%) Deployment Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Network Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Desktop Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Desktop Support
13 8 (2.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Lead
13 8 (2.77%) Migration Engineer
14 6 (2.08%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.15%) REST
2 9 (3.11%) .NET
3 8 (2.77%) HTML
3 8 (2.77%) Web Services
4 7 (2.42%) CSS
4 7 (2.42%) JSON
4 7 (2.42%) SOAP
5 6 (2.08%) Bootstrap
6 5 (1.73%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.73%) CSS3
6 5 (1.73%) LDAP
6 5 (1.73%) Middleware
6 5 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.38%) Kafka
8 3 (1.04%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.04%) React
8 3 (1.04%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.69%) Node.js
9 2 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.69%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.23%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.54%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.84%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (4.50%) CSOC
6 11 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.42%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.42%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.73%) CMDB
10 5 (1.73%) SCADA
11 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.38%) NHS
11 4 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 52 (17.99%) Windows
2 21 (7.27%) Linux
3 14 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.81%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.73%) Windows 8
6 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.73%) Windows XP
7 4 (1.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.04%) Unix
9 2 (0.69%) Android
9 2 (0.69%) Solaris
9 2 (0.69%) VMS
9 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.35%) SUSE
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (20.76%) Agile
3 42 (14.53%) Migration
4 35 (12.11%) DevOps
5 31 (10.73%) Roadmaps
6 29 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (10.03%) ITIL
7 27 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (9.00%) Validation
9 25 (8.65%) Change Management
10 24 (8.30%) Project Management
10 24 (8.30%) User Experience
11 23 (7.96%) Data Modelling
11 23 (7.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 21 (7.27%) Use Case
13 18 (6.23%) Data Migration
13 18 (6.23%) Process Improvement
13 18 (6.23%) Scrum
14 17 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.96%) SQL
2 22 (7.61%) Python
3 20 (6.92%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.84%) PL/SQL
5 10 (3.46%) C#
6 9 (3.11%) Java
7 4 (1.38%) Perl
8 3 (1.04%) Bash
9 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.69%) R
9 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.69%) VBA
10 1 (0.35%) ABAP
10 1 (0.35%) COBOL
10 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.35%) Go
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.35%) Tcl
10 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.38%) Degree
4 22 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.81%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.11%) CCNP
8 7 (2.42%) CCIE
8 7 (2.42%) CISSP
9 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.38%) PMP
11 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.04%) CCNA
11 3 (1.04%) CISM
11 3 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.04%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.69%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (0.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.84%) QA
2 7 (2.42%) NIST
3 6 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.38%) SLA
6 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.04%) GDPR
6 3 (1.04%) GRC
6 3 (1.04%) NCSC
7 2 (0.69%) PMO
7 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.69%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.35%) COBIT
8 1 (0.35%) COSO
8 1 (0.35%) ITGC
8 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.35%) MiFID
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (12.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.38%) Docker
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.04%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.04%) vSphere
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (6.92%) SCCM
2 12 (4.15%) Ansible
2 12 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.11%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.77%) Terraform
5 6 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.73%) Grafana
6 5 (1.73%) HP ALM
6 5 (1.73%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.04%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.69%) Puppet
9 2 (0.69%) ThinApp
9 2 (0.69%) WMI
9 2 (0.69%) WSUS
10 1 (0.35%) Nagios
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 80 (27.68%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.42%) Oracle
3 24 (8.30%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.96%) Splunk
5 22 (7.61%) Cisco
6 13 (4.50%) SAP
7 9 (3.11%) VMware
8 8 (2.77%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.42%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.08%) MuleSoft
10 6 (2.08%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.73%) Arista
11 5 (1.73%) Aruba
11 5 (1.73%) Canon
11 5 (1.73%) HP
12 4 (1.38%) AlgoSec
12 4 (1.38%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.38%) Guidewire
12 4 (1.38%) Proofpoint
12 4 (1.38%) Tufin