Documentation Skills
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | 5.08% | - | - |
| As % of the General category | 7.89% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £210 | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £531 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +8.97% | +2.63% |
All General Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 38 | 59 | 91 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 64.41% | 47.20% | 49.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 30 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £158 | £199 | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | £195 | £259 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £368 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.96% | -33.05% | +13.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £481 | £438 | £735 |
| 90th Percentile | £528 | £509 | £745 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.42% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £20.93 | £18.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.00 | - | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.93 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.58% | +23.38% | +56.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.25 | £35.00 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.25 | £40.25 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £27.21 | £23.82 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.23% | +16.20% | +21.05% |
Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Documentation Skills.
Documentation Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Documentation Skills.
Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | - | 1 | £210 | - | |
| Documentation Skills West Midlands |
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Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: