Documentation Skills Contracts in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 212 274 238
Rank change year-on-year +62 -36 +34
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 124 126 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.97% 0.61% 1.01%
As % of the General category 1.56% 1.11% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 100 161
10th Percentile £200 £215 £320
25th Percentile £350 £304 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £589 £550 £566
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £513
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.97% -0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 20
10th Percentile - £15.13 £59.50
25th Percentile £26.88 £16.50 £61.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.12% -76.55% +52.63%
75th Percentile £30.63 £21.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £35.24 £30.75 £80.33
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £17.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +69.12% -77.33% +50.00%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,944 11,365 13,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.23% 54.72% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,914 6,491 9,285
10th Percentile £213 £205 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £597 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 1,652 782
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.76 £52.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £69.95
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Documentation Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK excluding London

Documentation Skills
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +34 45 £613 +25.64% 59
South East +45 33 £425 -5.56% 77
North West +30 30 £626 +31.79% 41
Midlands +23 21 £400 -8.57% 47
West Midlands +19 20 £400 -11.11% 30
Scotland +2 16 £413 +3.13% 9
Yorkshire +11 12 £563 +12.50% 15
East of England +32 4 £200 -52.94% 29
North East 0 4 £313 -65.16% 3
South West +34 3 £408 -1.21% 13
Northern Ireland - 2 £200 - 4
East Midlands +7 1 £550 +49.66% 16
Wales +1 1 £200 -55.56% 3
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.03%) Confluence
2 5 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.81%) Apache
4 1 (0.81%) CICS
4 1 (0.81%) IIS
4 1 (0.81%) nginx
4 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.81%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 9 (7.26%) MS Visio
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.81%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.81%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) iTrent
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.81%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.81%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.26%) Azure
3 5 (4.03%) Collibra
4 4 (3.23%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 4 (3.23%) AWS
4 4 (3.23%) Mimecast
4 4 (3.23%) Serverless
5 3 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (2.42%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.42%) GitHub
5 3 (2.42%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.42%) SaaS
6 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.81%) Akamai
7 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.81%) Figma
7 1 (0.81%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.87%) LAN
2 9 (7.26%) VPN
3 8 (6.45%) WAN
4 6 (4.84%) Firewall
5 5 (4.03%) Network Security
5 5 (4.03%) Unified Communications
6 4 (3.23%) BGP
6 4 (3.23%) DNS
6 4 (3.23%) OSPF
7 3 (2.42%) IPsec
7 3 (2.42%) MPLS
7 3 (2.42%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.42%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.42%) Wireless
8 2 (1.61%) Internet
8 2 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.61%) VoIP
8 2 (1.61%) WebEx
9 1 (0.81%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) DB2
2 3 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.42%) Power BI
3 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.81%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata
4 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) JIRA
2 4 (3.23%) MSI
3 3 (2.42%) GitLab
3 3 (2.42%) JUnit
3 3 (2.42%) Mockito
4 2 (1.61%) AdminStudio
4 2 (1.61%) ER Studio
4 2 (1.61%) ERwin
5 1 (0.81%) Git
5 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
General
1 78 (62.90%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.39%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.68%) Legal
4 10 (8.06%) Finance
4 10 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (7.26%) Banking
5 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.23%) Retail
8 3 (2.42%) Automotive
9 2 (1.61%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Aviation
10 1 (0.81%) Billing
10 1 (0.81%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (15.32%) Architect
2 11 (8.87%) Deployment Engineer
2 11 (8.87%) Tester
3 9 (7.26%) Analyst
4 8 (6.45%) Administrator
5 7 (5.65%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.65%) Desktop Support
5 7 (5.65%) Migration Engineer
5 7 (5.65%) Support Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Consultant
6 6 (4.84%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Network Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Senior
6 6 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (4.03%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.84%) Middleware
2 5 (4.03%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (2.42%) CSS
3 3 (2.42%) Hibernate
3 3 (2.42%) Spring
3 3 (2.42%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.42%) Spring Cloud
4 2 (1.61%) HTML
4 2 (1.61%) REST
5 1 (0.81%) .NET
5 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.81%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.81%) Ajax
5 1 (0.81%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.81%) JMS
5 1 (0.81%) JSON
5 1 (0.81%) Kafka
5 1 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.65%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (5.65%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.03%) SCADA
5 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.81%) CMDB
7 1 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) IBM XIV
7 1 (0.81%) IoT
7 1 (0.81%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.81%) NHS
7 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.81%) PDA
7 1 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 37 (29.84%) Windows
2 13 (10.48%) Linux
3 9 (7.26%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.45%) Windows 10
4 8 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.84%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (4.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (4.84%) Windows XP
6 5 (4.03%) Windows 8
6 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.61%) Unix
8 2 (1.61%) VMS
8 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.81%) AIX
9 1 (0.81%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.81%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.32%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.55%) Agile
3 20 (16.13%) Migration
4 15 (12.10%) Change Management
5 14 (11.29%) Deployment Automation
6 13 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (9.68%) ITIL
8 10 (8.06%) Data Modelling
8 10 (8.06%) Test Management
8 10 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (8.06%) User Stories
8 10 (8.06%) Validation
9 9 (7.26%) Knowledge Transfer
9 9 (7.26%) Microservices
9 9 (7.26%) Process Improvement
10 8 (6.45%) Data Migration
10 8 (6.45%) DevOps
10 8 (6.45%) Project Delivery
10 8 (6.45%) Test Automation
10 8 (6.45%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.32%) SQL
2 9 (7.26%) PL/SQL
3 7 (5.65%) Python
4 6 (4.84%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.03%) Java
6 3 (2.42%) Bash
6 3 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.61%) Perl
8 1 (0.81%) ABAP
8 1 (0.81%) C
8 1 (0.81%) COBOL
8 1 (0.81%) R
8 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.81%) Tcl
8 1 (0.81%) VB
8 1 (0.81%) VB6
8 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (9.68%) Degree
4 11 (8.87%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.42%) CCNP
7 3 (2.42%) CISSP
8 2 (1.61%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.61%) CCIE
8 2 (1.61%) CISA
8 2 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.81%) CCDE
9 1 (0.81%) CCDP
9 1 (0.81%) CRISC
9 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.81%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) QA
2 4 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.61%) GDPR
3 2 (1.61%) NCSC
3 2 (1.61%) PMO
3 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.61%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) COBIT
4 1 (0.81%) COSO
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.81%) GRC
4 1 (0.81%) ITGC
4 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
4 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.61%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.81%) Docker
4 1 (0.81%) KVM
Systems Management
1 19 (15.32%) SCCM
2 6 (4.84%) Grafana
2 6 (4.84%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.03%) HP ALM
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.23%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.42%) Ansible
6 2 (1.61%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.61%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.61%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.61%) ThinApp
6 2 (1.61%) WMI
7 1 (0.81%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.81%) Nagios
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.81%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.81%) Terraform
7 1 (0.81%) VxRail
7 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 23 (18.55%) Oracle
3 13 (10.48%) Cisco
4 8 (6.45%) Splunk
5 6 (4.84%) HP
5 6 (4.84%) MuleSoft
5 6 (4.84%) SAP
6 5 (4.03%) Aruba
6 5 (4.03%) Canon
7 4 (3.23%) Proofpoint
7 4 (3.23%) VMware
8 3 (2.42%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.42%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.61%) Adobe
9 2 (1.61%) Ariba
9 2 (1.61%) Bomgar
9 2 (1.61%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.61%) Mitel
9 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.81%) Fortinet