Documentation Skills Contracts in the South West

Documentation Skills
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 142 144
Rank change year-on-year +34 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 3 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.18% 0.47% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.91% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 18
10th Percentile £290 £257 £223
25th Percentile £332 £260 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £477 £497 £526
90th Percentile £515 £505 £588
England median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.67% +1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £46.25 £67.50
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.36% -
75th Percentile - £48.75 £94.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.75 £20.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +40.24% -71.72% +48.72%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 961 1,651 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 51.61% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 989 1,321
10th Percentile £218 £213 £275
25th Percentile £399 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £678 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 269 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 £87.58
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the South West

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the South West

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the South West

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the South West

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wiltshire +30 1 £275 -45.00% 1
Bristol +13 1 - - 2
Gloucestershire +13 1 £540 +12.50% 4
Documentation Skills
England

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Chief Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Manual Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Procurement Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) SAP