Documentation Skills Contracts in Hampshire

Documentation Skills
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 103 73
Rank change year-on-year +44 -30 +12
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 15 2 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.81% 0.11% 1.92%
As % of the General category 3.44% 0.29% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 9
10th Percentile £345 £478 £375
25th Percentile £384 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £562
90th Percentile £673 £623 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +43.59%

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 436 692 670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 52.59% 39.41% 51.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 338 446
10th Percentile £200 £299 £239
25th Percentile £397 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £560 £531
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +5.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £628
90th Percentile £650 £738 £708
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 125 70
10th Percentile £19.73 £13.02 £16.18
25th Percentile £32.15 £18.32 £46.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.35 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% -1.12% +169.77%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.30 £68.72
90th Percentile - £70.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -57.78% -10.00% +150.00%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in Hampshire

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in Hampshire

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Hampshire

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in Hampshire

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
Basingstoke - 5 £600 - 11
Southampton - 4 £550 - 17
Farnborough - 2 £444 - 3
Fareham - 1 £450 - 1
Documentation Skills
South East

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) NX-OS
1 1 (6.67%) VoIP
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) DB2
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MSI
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Aviation
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Tester
2 3 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (13.33%) QA Tester
4 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) RPG Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SOX Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Test Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) JSON
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) AS400
1 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (26.67%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Test Management
5 2 (13.33%) User Stories
6 1 (6.67%) Change Management
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) ERP
6 1 (6.67%) IT Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.67%) Validation
6 1 (6.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) RPG
3 1 (6.67%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) CCIE
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) CCDE
5 1 (6.67%) CCDP
5 1 (6.67%) CCNP
5 1 (6.67%) CISA
5 1 (6.67%) CISSP
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) CRISC
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) COBIT
2 1 (6.67%) COSO
2 1 (6.67%) ITGC
2 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
2 2 (13.33%) WMI
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Databricks
3 1 (6.67%) IBM
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) SAP