Documentation Skills Contract Job Trends in London

Documentation Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 234 293
Rank change year-on-year +102 +59 -7
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 329 121 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.10% 0.90% 0.57%
As % of the General category 3.30% 1.37% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 67 86
10th Percentile £315 £257 £300
25th Percentile £423 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £650
90th Percentile £788 £720 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.62 - £37.08
Median hourly rate £40.78 £65.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -37.26% +70.36% -32.47%
75th Percentile £41.94 - £39.23
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £29.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +46.55% +41.46% -71.72%

All General Skills
London

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,976 8,855 11,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.70% 65.55% 63.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,495 5,656 8,377
10th Percentile £350 £326 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 115 257
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.57 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.52 £26.88 £18.79
Median hourly rate £28.78 £39.00 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +31.22% +4.28%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.61 £73.69
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% +18.38% -12.61%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in London

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in London over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in London

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
Central London +20 48 £538 -10.42% 18
South London -2 11 £519 - 3
West London - 4 £513 - 4
East London - 2 £525 - 3
North London -3 1 £495 +94.12%
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (6.69%) Confluence
2 15 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.82%) nginx
4 5 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Appian
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (7.29%) MS Visio
2 18 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Notion
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.22%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (1.22%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.61%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.61%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.61%) Shopify
5 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.30%) Endur
5 1 (0.30%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 77 (23.40%) Azure
2 52 (15.81%) AWS
3 23 (6.99%) Dynamics 365
4 21 (6.38%) Power Platform
5 20 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.47%) Serverless
7 17 (5.17%) GCP
8 16 (4.86%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.86%) Entra ID
9 15 (4.56%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.26%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (3.65%) GitHub
13 11 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (3.04%) Power Automate
14 10 (3.04%) SaaS
14 10 (3.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.60%) Firewall
2 16 (4.86%) DNS
3 13 (3.95%) VPN
4 10 (3.04%) SMS
5 9 (2.74%) Network Security
6 8 (2.43%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.82%) DHCP
7 6 (1.82%) OpenVPN
8 5 (1.52%) BGP
8 5 (1.52%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.22%) IPv4
10 3 (0.91%) LAN
10 3 (0.91%) OSPF
10 3 (0.91%) VSAN
11 2 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
11 2 (0.61%) MPLS
11 2 (0.61%) VLAN
11 2 (0.61%) VXLAN
11 2 (0.61%) WAN
11 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.08%) Metadata
2 17 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.34%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (3.04%) Power BI
5 8 (2.43%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.22%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.22%) Data Vault
9 4 (1.22%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (1.22%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (10.33%) JIRA
2 21 (6.38%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.74%) GitLab
4 7 (2.13%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.82%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.82%) Git
5 6 (1.82%) Selenium
6 4 (1.22%) JUnit
6 4 (1.22%) Mockito
6 4 (1.22%) Postman
7 3 (0.91%) ERwin
8 2 (0.61%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.61%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.30%) Appium
9 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.30%) git-flow
9 1 (0.30%) Locust
9 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
General
1 191 (58.05%) Social Skills
2 114 (34.65%) Finance
3 65 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.64%) Banking
5 30 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.56%) Marketing
9 13 (3.95%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.74%) Retail
11 7 (2.13%) Front Office
11 7 (2.13%) Legal
12 5 (1.52%) Back Office
12 5 (1.52%) Law
12 5 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.22%) Aviation
13 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.22%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 81 (24.62%) Analyst
2 69 (20.97%) Business Analyst
3 61 (18.54%) Architect
4 41 (12.46%) Consultant
5 20 (6.08%) Developer
6 19 (5.78%) Senior
7 18 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.26%) Lead
9 13 (3.95%) CyberArk Architect
10 11 (3.34%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.34%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 9 (2.74%) Banking Analyst
11 9 (2.74%) Banking Business Analyst
11 9 (2.74%) Data Analyst
11 9 (2.74%) Functional Consultant
11 9 (2.74%) Technical Business Analyst
12 8 (2.43%) Senior Business Analyst
12 8 (2.43%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.43%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.38%) OpenID
2 19 (5.78%) LDAP
3 15 (4.56%) Kafka
3 15 (4.56%) REST
3 15 (4.56%) SAML
4 14 (4.26%) .NET
5 11 (3.34%) XML
6 10 (3.04%) Middleware
6 10 (3.04%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (2.13%) SOAP
8 6 (1.82%) JSON
9 5 (1.52%) OAuth
10 4 (1.22%) FHIR
10 4 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (1.22%) JMS
10 4 (1.22%) Spring
10 4 (1.22%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.91%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.91%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.81%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.43%) Replication
7 7 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.82%) CMDB
8 6 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.82%) Educational Technology
8 6 (1.82%) Equities
8 6 (1.82%) NHS
9 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.52%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.22%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.22%) Clustering
10 4 (1.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.12%) Windows
2 11 (3.34%) Linux
3 10 (3.04%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.13%) Unix
5 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.53%) Agile
2 72 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 64 (19.45%) DevOps
4 55 (16.72%) Migration
4 55 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 49 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (13.37%) CI/CD
7 38 (11.55%) Data Modelling
7 38 (11.55%) User Acceptance Testing
8 37 (11.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 34 (10.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 34 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 32 (9.73%) Analytics
10 32 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (9.73%) User Stories
11 30 (9.12%) Validation
12 29 (8.81%) Business Analysis
12 29 (8.81%) Change Management
12 29 (8.81%) Data Mapping
13 27 (8.21%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.33%) SQL
2 36 (10.94%) Python
3 22 (6.69%) C#
4 19 (5.78%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.26%) Java
6 9 (2.74%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.13%) Groovy
8 6 (1.82%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.91%) Bash
9 3 (0.91%) Bicep
9 3 (0.91%) C
10 2 (0.61%) C++
10 2 (0.61%) R
10 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.30%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.30%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.30%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 66 (20.06%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.99%) Degree
4 6 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.52%) CCA
5 5 (1.52%) CCNP
5 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (1.22%) CISSP
7 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.61%) CCIE
8 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.69%) QA
2 20 (6.08%) NIST
3 17 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.86%) GDPR
5 14 (4.26%) NCSC
6 9 (2.74%) Data Quality
7 8 (2.43%) PMO
8 4 (1.22%) COBIT
8 4 (1.22%) HL7
8 4 (1.22%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.91%) GRC
9 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.91%) SLA
10 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.61%) GxP
10 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.61%) IFRS
10 2 (0.61%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.17%) Docker
3 8 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.82%) Squid
5 5 (1.52%) XenApp
5 5 (1.52%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.91%) Firmware
7 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.61%) vCloud
9 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.51%) Terraform
3 17 (5.17%) SCCM
4 14 (4.26%) Grafana
5 10 (3.04%) Ansible
5 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.04%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.43%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.82%) Consul
7 6 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.52%) SCOM
8 5 (1.52%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.91%) QRadar
10 2 (0.61%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.61%) logstash
11 1 (0.30%) Opsview
11 1 (0.30%) Podman
11 1 (0.30%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.21%) Oracle
3 23 (6.99%) Splunk
4 17 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.56%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.95%) CyberArk
7 11 (3.34%) Atlassian
7 11 (3.34%) SAP
8 10 (3.04%) Databricks
8 10 (3.04%) VMware
9 9 (2.74%) Cisco
9 9 (2.74%) Citrix
10 7 (2.13%) Adobe
10 7 (2.13%) Bloomberg
10 7 (2.13%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.82%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.82%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.52%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.52%) Charles River
12 5 (1.52%) Dell