Docs as Code Contract Job Trends

Documentation as Code
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Docs as Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 521 576
Rank change year-on-year -120 +55 +99
Contract jobs citing Docs as Code 4 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.007% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.008% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -30.23%
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £46.25
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £46.25

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Docs as Code falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41,594 26,332 36,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.70% 91.01% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,970 16,762 23,491
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,502 1,133 2,525
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.29 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.09% -34.02% +8.91%

Docs as Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docs as Code relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Docs as Code job vacancy trend in the UK

Docs as Code
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docs as Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docs as Code

Docs as Code
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docs as Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docs as Code

Docs as Code
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docs as Code within the UK over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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
UK excluding London - 4 - -
England -107 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
South West - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

Docs as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) GitHub
2 2 (50.00%) Anthropic Claude
2 2 (50.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Db2
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Author
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Author
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Author
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Perl
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft