Documentation Skills Contracts in Lancashire

Documentation Skills
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 26 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 10 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.71% 3.08% 1.65%
As % of the General category 11.36% 4.72% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile - £200 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile - £488 £531
90th Percentile - £548 £535
North West median daily rate £626 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +31.79% -9.52% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.75 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £30.63 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 88 127 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 50.29% 65.13% 50.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 54 85
10th Percentile £330 £313 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +13.29%
75th Percentile £615 £714 £675
90th Percentile £663 £781 £733
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 50 10
10th Percentile £20.37 £14.68 £19.11
25th Percentile £25.29 - £39.81
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £47.79
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -66.39% +17.87%
75th Percentile £40.20 £35.23 £53.26
90th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £57.43
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in Lancashire

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in Lancashire

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in Lancashire

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Preston +1 5 - - 2
Burnley -3 5 - -
Documentation Skills
North West

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Administrator
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 5 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 8
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 5 (50.00%) Business Case
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 5 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Time Management
2 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Canon