Documentation Skills Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Documentation Skills
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 16.67% - -
As % of the General category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £425 £505
% change year-on-year +23.53% -15.84% -3.53%

All General Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5 14 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 83.33% 40.00% 56.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 33
10th Percentile - £483 £250
25th Percentile - £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £670 £576
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +16.24% +35.63%
75th Percentile - £750 £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £16.92 £24.59
% change year-on-year +13.65% -31.19% +30.11%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in South Lanarkshire

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
East Kilbride - 1 £550 - 2
Documentation Skills
Scotland

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA