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 advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 143 142
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 30 71 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 1.25% 1.54%
As % of the General category 1.07% 2.16% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 42 92
10th Percentile £263 £370 £302
25th Percentile £310 £381 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +20.00%
75th Percentile £563 £579 £591
90th Percentile £593 £673 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 4
10th Percentile - £60.60 £45.38
25th Percentile £19.25 £61.00 £45.94
Median hourly rate £20.50 £72.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -71.72% +48.72% -25.57%
75th Percentile £21.75 £75.00 £53.89
90th Percentile - £80.25 £60.88
England median hourly rate £20.50 £72.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -71.72% +34.26% -14.29%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,814 3,293 4,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.50% 58.13% 55.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 2,222 2,869
10th Percentile £210 £231 £220
25th Percentile £355 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 159 213
10th Percentile £12.88 £15.21 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.75 £15.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +150.00% -21.57%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.38 £33.75
90th Percentile £70.24 £74.20 £52.35
England median hourly rate £30.83 £31.76 £21.50
% change year-on-year -2.94% +47.72% +2.14%

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 6 June 2024.

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 6 June 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
Thames Valley -5 10 £500 +2.56% 12
Surrey +10 9 £525 +5.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +24 5 £550 +48.65% 8
Berkshire -14 5 £310 -50.40% 3
West Sussex - 4 £450 -
Middlesex -2 3 £275 -50.00%
Hampshire -26 2 £550 -2.14% 10
Kent - 2 £400 - 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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (10.00%) DHCP
2 3 (10.00%) DNS
2 3 (10.00%) NX-OS
3 2 (6.67%) NAS
3 2 (6.67%) SAN
3 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.33%) WAN
4 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (6.67%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.67%) ClearQuest
3 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Finance
3 5 (16.67%) Marketing
3 5 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) German Language
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Senior
2 5 (16.67%) DOORS Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Software Integration Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Trainer
5 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Middleware
1 2 (6.67%) YAML
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.33%) ADO
2 1 (3.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 5 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.67%) Tandem
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (20.00%) Linux
4 5 (16.67%) Unix
5 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 7 (23.33%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
4 5 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 5 (16.67%) UML
4 5 (16.67%) Validation
4 5 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) C
2 1 (3.33%) C++
2 1 (3.33%) Java
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (10.00%) CCNP
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.67%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) CCIE
5 1 (3.33%) CEH
5 1 (3.33%) CISSP
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (23.33%) vSphere
3 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (10.00%) XenApp
5 3 (10.00%) XenDesktop
6 2 (6.67%) Ceph
6 2 (6.67%) Docker
6 2 (6.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Ansible
1 5 (16.67%) Terraform
2 4 (13.33%) SCCM
3 3 (10.00%) Netcool
4 2 (6.67%) Pacemaker
4 2 (6.67%) Podman
4 2 (6.67%) Rundeck
5 1 (3.33%) HP ALM
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) VMware
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.33%) Cisco
3 4 (13.33%) IBM
4 3 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) Dynatrace
4 3 (10.00%) FireEye
4 3 (10.00%) Infoblox
4 3 (10.00%) Nokia
4 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) Tanium
5 2 (6.67%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.67%) Sun
6 1 (3.33%) HP