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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 27 37
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Documentation Skills 14 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.07% 0.47% 1.15%
As % of the General category 14.43% 0.97% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £390
25th Percentile £425 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £500
75th Percentile £606 - -
90th Percentile £638 - -
North West median daily rate £575 £504 £488
% change year-on-year +14.14% +3.33% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 £31.25 £16.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +89.39% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 97 103 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 48.99% 48.36% 54.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 34 92
10th Percentile £153 £259 £330
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £620 £636
90th Percentile £630 £768 £700
North West median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 40 24
10th Percentile £26.88 - £16.70
25th Percentile £37.91 £16.06 £23.15
Median hourly rate £55.20 £27.75 £47.19
Median % change year-on-year +98.92% -41.20% +62.72%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.10 £58.62
90th Percentile £76.66 £43.41 £76.91
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
% change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +33.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Documentation Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in Lancashire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Lancashire

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Documentation Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 7 £450 -
Burnley -2 5 - -
Chorley - 1 £575 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (35.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) LAN
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support
1 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Procurement Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Service Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
1 5 (35.71%) Windows 8
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) Asset Management
3 5 (35.71%) Business Case
3 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 5 (35.71%) Mentoring
3 5 (35.71%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
3 5 (35.71%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Time Management
4 4 (28.57%) ERP
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) DevOps
5 3 (21.43%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Budget Management
6 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Canon
3 4 (28.57%) Axway
4 3 (21.43%) SAP
5 1 (7.14%) BMC
5 1 (7.14%) Remedy
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.14%) webMethods