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 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 244 288
Rank change year-on-year +115 +44 +2
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 366 109 105
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.16% 0.86% 0.58%
As % of the General category 3.49% 1.29% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 66 79
10th Percentile £334 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £650
90th Percentile £753 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £34.42 - -
25th Percentile £36.37 - £37.08
Median hourly rate £40.78 £65.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -37.26% +70.36% -45.49%
75th Percentile £59.35 - £39.23
90th Percentile £69.79 - -
England median hourly rate £57.30 £28.75 £20.50
% change year-on-year +99.30% +40.24% -72.67%

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 10,492 8,432 11,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.95% 66.91% 63.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,837 5,699 8,152
10th Percentile £350 £336 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £786 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 137 251
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.58 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £47.69 £53.75 £48.92
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £25.77 £30.00 £26.40
% change year-on-year -14.10% +13.64% -24.57%

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 2 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Documentation Skills in London over the 6 months to 2 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Documentation Skills in London

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 2 April 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 +16 46 £550 -4.35% 15
South London -3 12 £516 -14.08% 1
West London - 3 £513 -
East London 0 1 £525 -10.26% 1
North London -1 1 £495 +83.33%
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 24 (6.56%) Confluence
2 16 (4.37%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.91%) nginx
4 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (5.46%) MS Visio
2 17 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Notion
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.09%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (1.09%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.82%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.55%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.55%) Shopify
6 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.27%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 88 (24.04%) Azure
2 65 (17.76%) AWS
3 24 (6.56%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.28%) Serverless
5 22 (6.01%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (6.01%) GCP
6 21 (5.74%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (5.46%) Amazon S3
7 20 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.83%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 12 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (3.28%) GitHub
12 11 (3.01%) Power Automate
12 11 (3.01%) SaaS
13 9 (2.46%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.92%) Firewall
2 17 (4.64%) DNS
3 15 (4.10%) VPN
4 11 (3.01%) Network Security
5 10 (2.73%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.46%) SMS
7 7 (1.91%) OpenVPN
8 6 (1.64%) BGP
8 6 (1.64%) DHCP
9 5 (1.37%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.37%) OSPF
10 4 (1.09%) IPv4
11 3 (0.82%) LAN
11 3 (0.82%) VXLAN
12 2 (0.55%) MPLS
12 2 (0.55%) SNMP
12 2 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.55%) VSAN
12 2 (0.55%) WAN
12 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.01%) Metadata
2 14 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.55%) Power BI
4 10 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.91%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.37%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.09%) Big Data
10 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.82%) Tableau
12 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (10.38%) JIRA
2 21 (5.74%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.19%) Git
4 7 (1.91%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.91%) GitLab
4 7 (1.91%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.37%) Selenium
6 3 (0.82%) Postman
7 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.55%) JUnit
7 2 (0.55%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.55%) Mockito
7 2 (0.55%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.27%) ERwin
8 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.27%) NUnit
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 213 (58.20%) Social Skills
2 126 (34.43%) Finance
3 78 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (12.84%) Banking
5 33 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.46%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.37%) Investment Banking
8 16 (4.37%) Marketing
9 12 (3.28%) Retail
10 9 (2.46%) Legal
11 7 (1.91%) Front Office
12 6 (1.64%) Back Office
13 5 (1.37%) Aviation
13 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.09%) Law
15 3 (0.82%) Billing
15 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (25.96%) Analyst
2 82 (22.40%) Business Analyst
3 76 (20.77%) Architect
4 33 (9.02%) Consultant
5 23 (6.28%) Developer
6 21 (5.74%) Senior
7 20 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.83%) Lead
9 13 (3.55%) CyberArk Architect
10 11 (3.01%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (3.01%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.01%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.73%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 9 (2.46%) Banking Analyst
12 9 (2.46%) Banking Business Analyst
13 8 (2.19%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 8 (2.19%) Identity Management Analyst
14 7 (1.91%) Azure Architect
14 7 (1.91%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.28%) OpenID
2 20 (5.46%) LDAP
3 16 (4.37%) SAML
4 14 (3.83%) .NET
4 14 (3.83%) REST
5 13 (3.55%) Kafka
6 11 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (2.73%) Middleware
7 10 (2.73%) XML
8 7 (1.91%) SOAP
9 6 (1.64%) OAuth
10 5 (1.37%) FHIR
10 5 (1.37%) JSON
11 4 (1.09%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (1.09%) Gherkin
11 4 (1.09%) JMS
11 4 (1.09%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
12 3 (0.82%) Node.js
12 3 (0.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.74%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.10%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.83%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.01%) CMDB
6 10 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.91%) Replication
9 6 (1.64%) Equities
9 6 (1.64%) NHS
10 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.09%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.20%) Windows
2 11 (3.01%) Linux
3 10 (2.73%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.37%) Unix
5 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (22.68%) Agile
3 68 (18.58%) DevOps
4 61 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 55 (15.03%) Migration
5 55 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (12.84%) CI/CD
7 45 (12.30%) User Acceptance Testing
8 43 (11.75%) Data Modelling
9 40 (10.93%) Analytics
10 39 (10.66%) Validation
11 38 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (10.38%) User Stories
11 38 (10.38%) Workshop Facilitation
12 37 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
13 34 (9.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (9.02%) AI
15 31 (8.47%) Acceptance Criteria
15 31 (8.47%) Business Analysis
16 30 (8.20%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 58 (15.85%) SQL
2 42 (11.48%) Python
3 27 (7.38%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.74%) C#
5 12 (3.28%) Java
6 7 (1.91%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.64%) Groovy
7 6 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.09%) Bash
9 3 (0.82%) Bicep
9 3 (0.82%) C
10 2 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.55%) Korn
10 2 (0.55%) R
11 1 (0.27%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.27%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (23.22%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.04%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.74%) Degree
4 9 (2.46%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.37%) CCA
5 5 (1.37%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (1.09%) CCNP
6 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.09%) CISSP
7 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.55%) CCIE
8 2 (0.55%) CISM
8 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.55%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.55%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.83%) NIST
2 23 (6.28%) QA
3 18 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.10%) GDPR
5 13 (3.55%) NCSC
6 10 (2.73%) PMO
7 7 (1.91%) SLA
8 6 (1.64%) HL7
8 6 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.09%) COBIT
9 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.09%) PSD2
9 4 (1.09%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.82%) GRC
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.55%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.55%) Docker
3 9 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.91%) Squid
5 5 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.37%) XenApp
5 5 (1.37%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.09%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.09%) vSphere
7 3 (0.82%) Firmware
8 2 (0.55%) vCloud
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.74%) Terraform
3 18 (4.92%) SCCM
4 16 (4.37%) Grafana
5 12 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.01%) Ansible
6 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.91%) Consul
8 7 (1.91%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.37%) SCOM
9 5 (1.37%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.82%) QRadar
11 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.55%) logstash
11 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.27%) Opsview
12 1 (0.27%) Salt
12 1 (0.27%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 51 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.38%) Oracle
3 22 (6.01%) Splunk
4 21 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.92%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.83%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.28%) VMware
8 11 (3.01%) Databricks
9 10 (2.73%) SAP
10 9 (2.46%) Atlassian
10 9 (2.46%) Citrix
11 8 (2.19%) Google
11 8 (2.19%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.91%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.91%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.64%) Cisco
14 5 (1.37%) Adobe
14 5 (1.37%) AppDynamics
14 5 (1.37%) Charles River
14 5 (1.37%) Palo Alto