Documentation Skills Contracts in Scotland

Documentation Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 127 135
Rank change year-on-year +25 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 28 36 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.26% 1.26% 1.14%
As % of the General category 1.94% 1.92% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 31 24
10th Percentile £338 £440 £201
25th Percentile £363 £500 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% -0.87% +26.22%
75th Percentile £700 £557 £538
90th Percentile £780 £575 £604
UK median daily rate £488 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -5.06% -0.29% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.20
25th Percentile £16.50 - £44.26
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £46.27
75th Percentile £17.50 - £48.03
90th Percentile - - £48.94
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -77.33% +50.00% -13.79%

All General Skills
Scotland

Documentation Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,447 1,878 2,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.86% 65.71% 71.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 1,387 1,837
10th Percentile £181 £232 £217
25th Percentile £363 £405 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £548
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 29 41
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £16.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate £19.34 £21.26 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -17.64% -9.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £58.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £68.50 £67.50 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £29.83 £35.00 £21.66
% change year-on-year -14.79% +61.61% -3.74%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in Scotland

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in Scotland

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in Scotland

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in Scotland

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh +25 12 £375 -26.29% 7
Glasgow +11 10 £740 +5.71% 2
Dundee - 3 £400 -
South Lanarkshire - 3 £700 -
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (21.43%) Confluence
3 4 (14.29%) IIS
4 3 (10.71%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (14.29%) Power Automate
3 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) HTTP
1 8 (28.57%) SSL
1 8 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 7 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 7 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 4 (14.29%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Git
2 7 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (21.43%) JIRA
4 5 (17.86%) Selenium
4 5 (17.86%) WebDriver
5 4 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Automation Tester
2 5 (17.86%) Java Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Tester
3 4 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Python Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Linux Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Unix Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Applications Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Java Applications Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Project Officer
5 2 (7.14%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (7.14%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.57%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Payments Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) REST
2 5 (17.86%) AngularJS
2 5 (17.86%) Twisted
3 3 (10.71%) .NET
3 3 (10.71%) .NET Remoting
3 3 (10.71%) JSON
3 3 (10.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
1 8 (28.57%) Unix
2 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) DevOps
2 9 (32.14%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
3 8 (28.57%) Migration
4 7 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (21.43%) Low Latency
6 5 (17.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
6 5 (17.86%) Test Scripting
6 5 (17.86%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
8 3 (10.71%) User Experience
8 3 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (7.14%) Coaching
9 2 (7.14%) Community of Practice
9 2 (7.14%) Data Protection
9 2 (7.14%) Epics
9 2 (7.14%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) Bash
1 8 (28.57%) Java
1 8 (28.57%) Perl
1 8 (28.57%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) C#
2 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.86%) SQL
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) F5
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Nintex