Documentation Skills Contracts in the South East

Documentation Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 176 134
Rank change year-on-year +62 -42 +11
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 40 31 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.28% 0.55% 1.41%
As % of the General category 2.12% 1.12% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 29 46
10th Percentile £314 £263 £260
25th Percentile £380 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £597 £563 £575
90th Percentile £688 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 17
10th Percentile - - £60.60
25th Percentile - - £61.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - £80.25
England median hourly rate £39.32 £21.70 £70.00
% change year-on-year +81.20% -69.00% +29.63%

All General Skills
South East

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 common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,887 2,769 3,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.42% 48.79% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,504 2,237
10th Percentile £209 £213 £245
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £721
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 340 163
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.42 £18.32 £22.20
Median hourly rate £19.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.78% -10.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.60 £63.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.33 £73.47
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.99% +30.28%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the South East

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the South East

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the South East

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the South East

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
Thames Valley +30 19 £425 -22.73% 28
Hampshire +44 15 £525 -4.55% 27
Berkshire +24 13 £400 -31.03% 18
Buckinghamshire +14 6 £450 -18.18% 10
Surrey +21 3 - - 20
Kent +1 2 £313 -21.88% 9
West Sussex +4 1 - - 3
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (10.00%) Confluence
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.50%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.50%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.50%) BGP
2 1 (2.50%) IPsec
2 1 (2.50%) LAN
2 1 (2.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) NX-OS
2 1 (2.50%) OSPF
2 1 (2.50%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.50%) VoIP
2 1 (2.50%) VPN
2 1 (2.50%) WAN
2 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle Database
3 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.00%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.50%) DB2
4 1 (2.50%) GIS
4 1 (2.50%) Metadata
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.50%) Spatial Data
4 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) MSI
3 2 (5.00%) AdminStudio
4 1 (2.50%) ER Studio
4 1 (2.50%) ERwin
General
1 27 (67.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.00%) Automotive
5 2 (5.00%) Legal
5 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Aviation
6 1 (2.50%) Billing
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Consultant
2 4 (10.00%) Tester
3 3 (7.50%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Administrator
4 2 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (5.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Developer
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Operations Specialist
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle Architect
4 2 (5.00%) QA Tester
4 2 (5.00%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.50%) AS400
2 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Linux
2 4 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (7.50%) VMS
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (27.50%) Agile
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (12.50%) Project Management
4 5 (12.50%) Test Management
5 4 (10.00%) Business Case
5 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.00%) Change Management
5 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (7.50%) Exploratory Testing
6 3 (7.50%) Migration
6 3 (7.50%) Performance Testing
6 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.50%) Security Testing
6 3 (7.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) RPG
3 1 (2.50%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) DV Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.50%) Degree
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.00%) CCIE
6 2 (5.00%) CCNP
7 1 (2.50%) CCDE
7 1 (2.50%) CCDP
7 1 (2.50%) CISA
7 1 (2.50%) CISSP
7 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) PMO
1 3 (7.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.00%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.50%) COBIT
3 1 (2.50%) COSO
3 1 (2.50%) ITGC
3 1 (2.50%) RMADS
3 1 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) SCCM
2 3 (7.50%) Ansible
3 2 (5.00%) Data Guard
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (5.00%) ThinApp
3 2 (5.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Oracle
2 5 (12.50%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) Red Hat
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco
4 3 (7.50%) VMware
5 2 (5.00%) Ivanti
6 1 (2.50%) Aruba
6 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.50%) Databricks
6 1 (2.50%) ESRI
6 1 (2.50%) IBM
6 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto