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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 229 287
Rank change year-on-year +100 +58 -2
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 370 119 108
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 0.94% 0.60%
As % of the General category 3.48% 1.40% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 72 79
10th Percentile £320 £278 £300
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% -1.14% -
75th Percentile £625 £626 £650
90th Percentile £779 £750 £699
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.25 - £37.08
Median hourly rate £33.12 £65.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -49.05% +70.36% -45.49%
75th Percentile £41.94 - £39.23
90th Percentile £62.83 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £28.75 £20.50
% change year-on-year +89.57% +40.24% -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 10,629 8,501 11,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.36% 67.21% 63.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,919 5,751 8,070
10th Percentile £350 £331 £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 £708 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 137 253
10th Percentile £17.85 £16.39 £15.60
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.96%
75th Percentile £47.69 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £28.00 £29.00 £27.51
% change year-on-year -3.45% +5.43% -21.41%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +7 45 £550 -6.38% 9
South London -6 12 £516 -14.08%
West London - 4 £513 - 1
North London -1 1 £495 +73.68%
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 25 (6.76%) Confluence
2 15 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.89%) nginx
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.54%) 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 19 (5.14%) MS Visio
2 15 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Notion
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
3 4 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.81%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.54%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.54%) Shopify
6 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.27%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 86 (23.24%) Azure
2 65 (17.57%) AWS
3 24 (6.49%) Serverless
4 23 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.68%) Amazon S3
5 21 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
5 21 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (5.68%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.41%) GCP
6 20 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (4.86%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (4.59%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (3.78%) GitHub
11 14 (3.78%) OpenShift
12 12 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (3.24%) SaaS
13 11 (2.97%) Power Automate
14 9 (2.43%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.19%) Firewall
2 17 (4.59%) DNS
3 16 (4.32%) VPN
4 12 (3.24%) Network Security
5 10 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.16%) SMS
7 7 (1.89%) OpenVPN
8 6 (1.62%) BGP
8 6 (1.62%) DHCP
9 5 (1.35%) NetScaler
9 5 (1.35%) OSPF
10 4 (1.08%) IPv4
10 4 (1.08%) LAN
10 4 (1.08%) WAN
11 3 (0.81%) VLAN
11 3 (0.81%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.54%) SSH
12 2 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.95%) Metadata
2 14 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.24%) Power BI
4 10 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (1.62%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.35%) Big Data
7 5 (1.35%) Data Vault
8 4 (1.08%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.08%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.81%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.81%) Tableau
10 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 39 (10.54%) JIRA
2 21 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.43%) Git
4 8 (2.16%) GitLab
5 7 (1.89%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.89%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.35%) Selenium
7 3 (0.81%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.81%) Postman
8 2 (0.54%) JUnit
8 2 (0.54%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.54%) Mockito
8 2 (0.54%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.27%) Appium
9 1 (0.27%) ERwin
9 1 (0.27%) NUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 217 (58.65%) Social Skills
2 121 (32.70%) Finance
3 80 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.89%) Banking
5 34 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.78%) Investment Banking
7 14 (3.78%) Marketing
8 11 (2.97%) Retail
9 9 (2.43%) Legal
10 7 (1.89%) Front Office
11 5 (1.35%) Aviation
11 5 (1.35%) Back Office
11 5 (1.35%) Law
12 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.81%) Billing
13 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (25.41%) Analyst
2 81 (21.89%) Business Analyst
3 78 (21.08%) Architect
4 33 (8.92%) Consultant
5 23 (6.22%) Developer
6 21 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (5.41%) Senior
8 15 (4.05%) Lead
9 13 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (3.51%) CyberArk Architect
10 12 (3.24%) Technical Architect
11 11 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (2.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 9 (2.43%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.16%) Banking Analyst
14 8 (2.16%) Banking Business Analyst
14 8 (2.16%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
14 8 (2.16%) Identity Management Analyst
14 8 (2.16%) Security Architect
15 7 (1.89%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.49%) OpenID
2 20 (5.41%) LDAP
3 17 (4.59%) SAML
4 14 (3.78%) .NET
5 13 (3.51%) Kafka
5 13 (3.51%) REST
6 10 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (2.43%) Middleware
7 9 (2.43%) XML
8 6 (1.62%) OAuth
8 6 (1.62%) SOAP
9 5 (1.35%) FHIR
9 5 (1.35%) JSON
10 4 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (1.08%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.08%) JMS
10 4 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (1.08%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.76%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.97%) CMDB
9 10 (2.70%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.89%) Replication
12 6 (1.62%) Equities
12 6 (1.62%) NHS
13 5 (1.35%) Client/Server
14 4 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 4 (1.08%) Educational Technology
14 4 (1.08%) FMCG
15 3 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.38%) Windows
2 13 (3.51%) Linux
3 10 (2.70%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.08%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (23.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (21.62%) Agile
3 68 (18.38%) DevOps
4 61 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 55 (14.86%) Migration
5 55 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (12.97%) CI/CD
7 47 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 43 (11.62%) Data Modelling
9 41 (11.08%) Validation
10 40 (10.81%) Analytics
11 38 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (10.27%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (10.27%) User Stories
12 37 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
13 34 (9.19%) AI
14 33 (8.92%) Acceptance Criteria
15 32 (8.65%) Requirements Gathering
16 30 (8.11%) Data Governance
17 29 (7.84%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (15.68%) SQL
2 44 (11.89%) Python
3 26 (7.03%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.68%) C#
5 11 (2.97%) Java
6 7 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.62%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.35%) Bash
8 5 (1.35%) Groovy
9 3 (0.81%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.81%) Bicep
9 3 (0.81%) C
10 2 (0.54%) Korn
10 2 (0.54%) R
11 1 (0.27%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.27%) Go
11 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (23.24%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.68%) Degree
4 9 (2.43%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.35%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.35%) CCA
5 5 (1.35%) CCNP
5 5 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.35%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (0.81%) CISSP
6 3 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.81%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.54%) CBAP
7 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.54%) VCAP
7 2 (0.54%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.03%) NIST
2 22 (5.95%) QA
3 18 (4.86%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.51%) GDPR
4 13 (3.51%) NCSC
5 9 (2.43%) PMO
6 7 (1.89%) HL7
7 6 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.62%) SLA
8 4 (1.08%) COBIT
8 4 (1.08%) PSD2
8 4 (1.08%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.81%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.54%) DICOM
10 2 (0.54%) GRC
10 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.54%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.51%) Docker
3 9 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.89%) Squid
5 5 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.35%) XenApp
5 5 (1.35%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.08%) vSphere
7 3 (0.81%) Firmware
8 2 (0.54%) vCloud
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (10.27%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.65%) Terraform
3 18 (4.86%) SCCM
4 17 (4.59%) Grafana
5 13 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.24%) Ansible
7 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.89%) Consul
9 7 (1.89%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.35%) SCOM
10 5 (1.35%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.81%) QRadar
12 2 (0.54%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.54%) logstash
12 2 (0.54%) Puppet
12 2 (0.54%) Salt
12 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.27%) Opsview
Vendors
1 51 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.76%) Oracle
3 22 (5.95%) Splunk
4 19 (5.14%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.86%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.78%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.24%) Databricks
7 12 (3.24%) VMware
8 9 (2.43%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.43%) Citrix
8 9 (2.43%) SAP
9 8 (2.16%) Google
9 8 (2.16%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.89%) Cisco
10 7 (1.89%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.89%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.62%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.35%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.35%) Charles River
12 5 (1.35%) Fortinet