Documentation Author Contract Job Trends in the North West

Documentation Author
England > North West

As of 24 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Documentation Author daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Documentation Author 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.083% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £360 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
England median hourly rate £73.75 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,208 2,176 2,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 93.03% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,156 1,758
10th Percentile £214 £265 £275
25th Percentile £358 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £678 £650 £675
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 155 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.41 £16.15
25th Percentile £19.29 £17.72 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -17.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £51.02 £46.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.16 £70.44 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +39.11%

Documentation Author
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Documentation Author' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Documentation Author job vacancy trend in the North West

Documentation Author
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Documentation Author job vacancies in the North West

Documentation Author
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Author within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 2 - -
Documentation Author
England

Documentation Author Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, Documentation Author contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Documentation Author in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management

Documentation Author Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management