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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 237 290
Rank change year-on-year +98 +53 +25
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 294 124 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.99% 0.90% 0.60%
As % of the General category 3.07% 1.38% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 69 89
10th Percentile £350 £272 £266
25th Percentile £413 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +2.38% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £788 £710 £675
England median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -8.26%
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 £64.39 £20.50
% change year-on-year -34.00% +214.11% -70.71%

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 9,561 8,983 11,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.75% 65.02% 63.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,230 5,675 8,396
10th Percentile £343 £327 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £695
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 112 236
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.08 £16.08
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.94 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +21.21% +5.00%
75th Percentile £47.50 £51.50 £51.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £74.38
England median hourly rate £22.85 £29.23 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.83% +12.42% +1.13%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +12 43 £550 -8.33% 8
South London - 10 £505 - 4
West London - 3 £513 - 3
East London - 2 £525 -
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 18 (6.12%) Confluence
2 9 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (1.70%) nginx
4 2 (0.68%) Apache
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Appian
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (7.82%) MS Visio
2 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.68%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.68%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.68%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) Endur
4 1 (0.34%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (0.34%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.79%) Azure
2 40 (13.61%) AWS
3 22 (7.48%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.78%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.10%) GCP
5 15 (5.10%) GitHub
5 15 (5.10%) Serverless
6 14 (4.76%) Amazon S3
6 14 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (4.42%) OpenShift
8 12 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (3.40%) SaaS
11 9 (3.06%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (2.72%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.46%) Firewall
2 15 (5.10%) DNS
3 12 (4.08%) VPN
4 10 (3.40%) SMS
5 6 (2.04%) DHCP
5 6 (2.04%) Network Security
6 5 (1.70%) OpenVPN
6 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.36%) IPv4
7 4 (1.36%) NetScaler
8 3 (1.02%) BGP
8 3 (1.02%) LAN
8 3 (1.02%) VSAN
9 2 (0.68%) MPLS
9 2 (0.68%) SSH
9 2 (0.68%) VLAN
9 2 (0.68%) WAN
9 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.34%) Wireless
10 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.44%) Metadata
3 11 (3.74%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.38%) Power BI
5 6 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.04%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (1.02%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.68%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.68%) Tableau
10 1 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 29 (9.86%) JIRA
2 20 (6.80%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.72%) GitLab
4 6 (2.04%) Git
4 6 (2.04%) Selenium
4 6 (2.04%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.70%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.36%) JUnit
6 4 (1.36%) Mockito
7 3 (1.02%) ERwin
7 3 (1.02%) MLflow
7 3 (1.02%) Postman
8 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.68%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.34%) Appium
9 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.34%) git-flow
9 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
General
1 170 (57.82%) Social Skills
2 102 (34.69%) Finance
3 57 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 27 (9.18%) Banking
6 17 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.76%) Marketing
8 11 (3.74%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.72%) Retail
10 8 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.70%) Back Office
11 5 (1.70%) Law
11 5 (1.70%) Legal
11 5 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.36%) Front Office
12 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.02%) Aviation
13 3 (1.02%) Billing
Job Titles
1 76 (25.85%) Analyst
2 64 (21.77%) Business Analyst
3 47 (15.99%) Architect
4 38 (12.93%) Consultant
5 17 (5.78%) Senior
6 14 (4.76%) Developer
7 13 (4.42%) CyberArk Architect
8 12 (4.08%) Lead
8 12 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 10 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.06%) Banking Analyst
11 9 (3.06%) Banking Business Analyst
11 9 (3.06%) Functional Consultant
11 9 (3.06%) Technical Business Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Data Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Identity Management Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Senior Business Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.72%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.80%) OpenID
2 18 (6.12%) LDAP
3 16 (5.44%) SAML
4 13 (4.42%) .NET
4 13 (4.42%) Kafka
4 13 (4.42%) REST
5 10 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (3.40%) XML
6 7 (2.38%) Middleware
7 6 (2.04%) SOAP
8 5 (1.70%) OAuth
9 4 (1.36%) JSON
10 3 (1.02%) Gherkin
10 3 (1.02%) HTML
10 3 (1.02%) SailPoint
10 3 (1.02%) Spring
10 3 (1.02%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.68%) Vue
11 2 (0.68%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.18%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.06%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.72%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.38%) Replication
7 6 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.70%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.36%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.36%) Equities
10 3 (1.02%) Clustering
10 3 (1.02%) Derivative
10 3 (1.02%) NHS
10 3 (1.02%) PKI
10 3 (1.02%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.14%) Windows
2 12 (4.08%) Linux
3 10 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.04%) Unix
5 4 (1.36%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.34%) Android
6 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (28.23%) Agile
2 61 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (20.41%) DevOps
4 48 (16.33%) Migration
4 48 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (15.31%) CI/CD
5 45 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
7 34 (11.56%) Workshop Facilitation
8 32 (10.88%) Validation
9 31 (10.54%) Analytics
9 31 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (9.86%) Data Mapping
10 29 (9.86%) Requirements Gathering
11 26 (8.84%) Data Modelling
12 25 (8.50%) Business Analysis
12 25 (8.50%) User Stories
13 22 (7.48%) Data Migration
13 22 (7.48%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 52 (17.69%) SQL
2 30 (10.20%) Python
3 20 (6.80%) C#
3 20 (6.80%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.74%) Java
5 8 (2.72%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.38%) Groovy
7 5 (1.70%) Bicep
8 4 (1.36%) Bash
8 4 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.02%) C
9 3 (1.02%) R
10 2 (0.68%) C++
10 2 (0.68%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.34%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.34%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 57 (19.39%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.14%) Degree
4 5 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.36%) CCA
5 4 (1.36%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (1.02%) CCNP
6 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.02%) CISSP
6 3 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.68%) CBAP
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.34%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.50%) QA
2 21 (7.14%) NIST
3 17 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.10%) GDPR
4 15 (5.10%) NCSC
5 8 (2.72%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.04%) PMO
7 3 (1.02%) COBIT
7 3 (1.02%) GRC
7 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.02%) SLA
7 3 (1.02%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.68%) GxP
8 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.68%) IFRS
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.68%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 17 (5.78%) Docker
2 16 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.70%) Squid
5 4 (1.36%) vSphere
5 4 (1.36%) XenApp
5 4 (1.36%) XenDesktop
6 3 (1.02%) Firmware
6 3 (1.02%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.68%) vCloud
8 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (10.88%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.50%) Terraform
3 11 (3.74%) SCCM
4 10 (3.40%) Grafana
5 8 (2.72%) Ansible
6 7 (2.38%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.38%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.70%) Consul
7 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.70%) SCOM
7 5 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.36%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.68%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.68%) logstash
9 2 (0.68%) QRadar
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.34%) Podman
10 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 43 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.80%) Oracle
3 19 (6.46%) Splunk
4 17 (5.78%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.42%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.08%) SAP
6 12 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.40%) Atlassian
7 10 (3.40%) Databricks
8 8 (2.72%) Cisco
9 7 (2.38%) Adobe
9 7 (2.38%) VMware
10 5 (1.70%) Citrix
10 5 (1.70%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.70%) Google
10 5 (1.70%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.36%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.36%) Dell
11 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud