Documentation Skills Contract Job Trends in Preston

Documentation Skills
Lancashire > Preston

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 6.98% 1.92% 3.57%
As % of the General category 13.33% 2.70% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £630 - -
25th Percentile £703 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £798 - £475
75th Percentile £884 - £488
90th Percentile £900 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £770 - £338
% change year-on-year - - -32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.79 -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £63.79 -

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 45 37 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 52.33% 71.15% 73.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 15
10th Percentile £258 £313 £216
25th Percentile £453 £419 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +43.33% -
75th Percentile £678 £623 £463
90th Percentile £784 £726 £540
Lancashire median daily rate £539 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +3.41% -0.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 24
10th Percentile £34.57 £19.20 £16.21
25th Percentile £40.54 £24.76 £37.63
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +37.96% -34.17% +9.07%
75th Percentile £42.82 £37.00 £52.79
90th Percentile £54.10 £55.71 £76.91
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +9.07%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in Preston

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

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

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Preston

Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (50.00%) NIST