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 advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 290 357
Rank change year-on-year -57 +67 -58
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 200 429 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.87% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.94% 1.48% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 259 343
10th Percentile £260 £348 £335
25th Percentile £360 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £698
UK median daily rate £488 £507 £515
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.55% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 8
10th Percentile - £61.00 £33.99
25th Percentile £15.13 £63.75 £43.64
Median hourly rate £20.50 £73.75 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -72.20% +51.28% -15.95%
75th Percentile £21.75 £78.94 £59.79
90th Percentile £25.95 £80.93 £65.51
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -77.33% +50.00% -13.79%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,309 29,073 39,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.24% 59.19% 56.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,732 20,415 27,887
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,778 951 1,301
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.17
90th Percentile £65.40 £71.28 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

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 7 May 2024.

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
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 7 May 2024. 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 -20 98 £550 +0.46% 47
South East -24 32 £450 -10.00% 30
North of England +22 30 £488 -5.16% 26
Midlands +21 19 £425 +6.25% 28
North West +15 17 £475 -7.59% 16
West Midlands +14 15 £450 -5.26% 17
South West +7 12 £360 -10.00% 12
Yorkshire +28 9 £500 -16.67% 6
North East +18 4 £897 +124.24% 4
East Midlands +19 3 £310 -11.43% 11
East of England -26 2 £425 -2.30% 12
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 13 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.50%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.00%) SAP EWM
3 2 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.50%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.50%) Azure
2 34 (17.00%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (15.50%) AWS
4 21 (10.50%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.00%) Power Platform
6 12 (6.00%) GCP
7 10 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (5.00%) PaaS
8 9 (4.50%) GitHub
8 9 (4.50%) IaaS
9 7 (3.50%) Mimecast
10 6 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.00%) Serverless
11 5 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.50%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.50%) AWS CodePipeline
11 5 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.00%) SaaS
13 3 (1.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.00%) Firewall
2 16 (8.00%) DNS
3 11 (5.50%) VPN
3 11 (5.50%) WAN
4 10 (5.00%) LAN
5 9 (4.50%) Network Security
5 9 (4.50%) VoIP
6 8 (4.00%) DHCP
6 8 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.00%) VLAN
8 5 (2.50%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (2.00%) NX-OS
9 4 (2.00%) SAN
10 2 (1.00%) BGP
10 2 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.00%) NAS
10 2 (1.00%) OSPF
10 2 (1.00%) SNMP
10 2 (1.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.50%) Power BI
1 9 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.50%) Amazon QuickSight
3 5 (2.50%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.50%) Big Data
5 3 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.50%) OLAP
5 3 (1.50%) OLTP
5 3 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.00%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.00%) Tableau
7 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.50%) GitLab
2 3 (1.50%) JIRA
2 3 (1.50%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.50%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.50%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 110 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.50%) Finance
3 24 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.50%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (6.00%) Banking
6 10 (5.00%) Marketing
7 5 (2.50%) Advertising
8 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.50%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.00%) Automotive
10 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Legal
10 2 (1.00%) Local Government
10 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.00%) Retail
10 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 41 (20.50%) Architect
2 23 (11.50%) Analyst
3 20 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (9.50%) Senior
5 16 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (7.00%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.00%) Consultant
7 12 (6.00%) Network Engineer
7 12 (6.00%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (5.00%) Project Manager
9 9 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (4.50%) Developer
10 8 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.50%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 6 (3.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.50%) SailPoint
2 9 (4.50%) .NET
3 8 (4.00%) Middleware
4 7 (3.50%) HTML
4 7 (3.50%) LDAP
4 7 (3.50%) XML
5 6 (3.00%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.00%) JSP
5 6 (3.00%) Servlets
5 6 (3.00%) SOAP
5 6 (3.00%) SPML
6 3 (1.50%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.50%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.50%) REST
6 3 (1.50%) YAML
7 2 (1.00%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.00%) HATEOAS
7 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.50%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.50%) Clustering
5 6 (3.00%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.00%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.00%) PMI
6 4 (2.00%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.00%) Equities
8 2 (1.00%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.00%) PKI
8 2 (1.00%) Tandem
9 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 49 (24.50%) Windows
2 25 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 17 (8.50%) Linux
4 15 (7.50%) Windows 10
5 8 (4.00%) Unix
5 8 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.50%) VMS
6 7 (3.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (3.00%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.50%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.50%) Solaris
9 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (20.50%) Migration
3 33 (16.50%) Agile
4 26 (13.00%) ITIL
4 26 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (12.50%) Change Management
5 25 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (10.50%) DevOps
7 19 (9.50%) Computer Science
8 17 (8.50%) Project Management
8 17 (8.50%) Roadmaps
9 16 (8.00%) Data Migration
10 14 (7.00%) Architectural Design
11 13 (6.50%) Cloud Security
11 13 (6.50%) Customer Service
11 13 (6.50%) Validation
12 12 (6.00%) RBAC
13 11 (5.50%) CI/CD
13 11 (5.50%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.50%) PowerShell
1 23 (11.50%) SQL
2 8 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (4.00%) Python
3 7 (3.50%) Java
4 2 (1.00%) C#
5 1 (0.50%) Bash
5 1 (0.50%) Bicep
5 1 (0.50%) Objective-C
5 1 (0.50%) Scala
5 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (21.00%) Degree
2 26 (13.00%) Security Cleared
3 22 (11.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.50%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.00%) CCNP
8 4 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.00%) CBAP
10 2 (1.00%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.50%) CCIE
11 1 (0.50%) CCNA
11 1 (0.50%) CISSP
11 1 (0.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.50%) QA
2 5 (2.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.00%) GRC
4 2 (1.00%) PMO
4 2 (1.00%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (27.00%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (4.50%) vSphere
4 7 (3.50%) KVM
5 6 (3.00%) ACF2
5 6 (3.00%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.00%) IAG
5 6 (3.00%) RACF
5 6 (3.00%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.00%) Docker
6 4 (2.00%) XenApp
7 3 (1.50%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.00%) Ceph
8 2 (1.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (8.00%) SCCM
2 11 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.00%) Terraform
4 6 (3.00%) Ansible
4 6 (3.00%) Autotask
4 6 (3.00%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.50%) Netcool
6 2 (1.00%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.00%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.00%) Pacemaker
6 2 (1.00%) Podman
6 2 (1.00%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.50%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.50%) Nessus
7 1 (0.50%) SCOM
7 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (18.00%) VMware
3 18 (9.00%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.00%) Cisco
4 12 (6.00%) CyberArk
5 11 (5.50%) BeyondTrust
6 10 (5.00%) Citrix
6 10 (5.00%) Oracle
7 6 (3.00%) Apple
7 6 (3.00%) Datto
7 6 (3.00%) SAP
8 5 (2.50%) Databricks
8 5 (2.50%) HP
8 5 (2.50%) IBM
9 4 (2.00%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.50%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.50%) FireEye
10 3 (1.50%) Infoblox
10 3 (1.50%) Nokia
10 3 (1.50%) SolarWinds