Documentation Skills Contracts

Documentation Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 284 342
Rank change year-on-year -68 +58 -28
Contract jobs citing Documentation Skills 242 540 673
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.93% 0.77%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.59% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 326 444
10th Percentile £260 £369 £350
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £507 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.55% +8.99%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £673 £681 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 13
10th Percentile £15.13 £61.00 £40.14
25th Percentile £16.50 £68.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.33% +50.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £21.75 £80.25 £65.54
90th Percentile £23.15 £83.03 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -76.55% +52.63% -23.39%

All General Skills
UK

Documentation Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,872 33,973 49,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.08% 58.48% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,679 23,569 34,307
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £770 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,928 1,040 1,416
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.92 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.23
90th Percentile £65.40 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -1.72% +55.08% -4.10%

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Documentation Skills in the UK

Documentation Skills
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
England -57 200 £500 -1.38% 166
UK excluding London -28 112 £450 -10.00% 123
London -20 98 £550 +0.46% 50
Work from Home +2 93 £488 -3.85% 55
South East -24 32 £450 -10.00% 28
North of England +22 30 £488 -5.16% 25
Scotland +32 19 £375 -28.57% 10
Midlands +21 19 £425 +6.25% 30
North West +15 17 £475 -7.59% 16
West Midlands +14 15 £450 -5.26% 19
South West +7 12 £360 -10.00% 12
Yorkshire +28 9 £500 -16.67% 5
North East +18 4 £897 +124.24% 4
East Midlands +19 3 £310 -11.43% 11
East of England -26 2 £425 -2.30% 14
Wales +18 1 £450 -18.18% 3

Documentation Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.48%) IIS
3 2 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.24%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 79 (32.64%) Azure
2 38 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (14.88%) AWS
4 24 (9.92%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.44%) Power Platform
6 16 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.20%) GCP
8 10 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (4.13%) GitHub
8 10 (4.13%) PaaS
9 9 (3.72%) IaaS
10 7 (2.89%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.48%) Serverless
12 5 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.07%) AWS CodeBuild
12 5 (2.07%) AWS CodePipeline
12 5 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.46%) Firewall
2 20 (8.26%) DNS
3 12 (4.96%) VPN
3 12 (4.96%) WAN
4 11 (4.55%) Network Security
5 10 (4.13%) LAN
6 9 (3.72%) DHCP
6 9 (3.72%) VoIP
7 8 (3.31%) SSL
7 8 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.48%) SD-WAN
8 6 (2.48%) VLAN
9 5 (2.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 5 (2.07%) NetScaler
10 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.65%) HTTP
10 4 (1.65%) NX-OS
10 4 (1.65%) SAN
10 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.83%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.72%) Power BI
3 7 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
4 5 (2.07%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.24%) Big Data
6 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.24%) OLAP
6 3 (1.24%) OLTP
6 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.83%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.83%) Tableau
8 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Selenium
2 5 (2.07%) Git
2 5 (2.07%) JIRA
2 5 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.07%) WebDriver
3 4 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) GitLab
4 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.41%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.41%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.41%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.25%) Finance
3 27 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.50%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (6.20%) Banking
6 10 (4.13%) Marketing
7 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Advertising
10 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.24%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.83%) Automotive
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Legal
12 2 (0.83%) Local Government
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 45 (18.60%) Architect
2 29 (11.98%) Analyst
3 20 (8.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (8.26%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (7.85%) Senior
5 18 (7.44%) Business Analyst
6 14 (5.79%) Developer
7 13 (5.37%) Consultant
7 13 (5.37%) Network Engineer
7 13 (5.37%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.96%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 10 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (3.72%) Lead
11 8 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.89%) Functional Consultant
12 7 (2.89%) Security Manager
13 6 (2.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.61%) SailPoint
2 9 (3.72%) .NET
3 8 (3.31%) Middleware
4 7 (2.89%) HTML
4 7 (2.89%) LDAP
4 7 (2.89%) REST
4 7 (2.89%) XML
5 6 (2.48%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.48%) JSP
5 6 (2.48%) Servlets
5 6 (2.48%) SOAP
5 6 (2.48%) SPML
6 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.07%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.24%) YAML
8 2 (0.83%) CSS
8 2 (0.83%) HATEOAS
8 2 (0.83%) React
8 2 (0.83%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.02%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.89%) Clustering
5 6 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.48%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.65%) PMI
6 4 (1.65%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.24%) PKI
8 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) Equities
8 2 (0.83%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.83%) Tandem
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.31%) Windows
2 27 (11.16%) Windows Server
3 24 (9.92%) Linux
4 15 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.96%) Unix
6 9 (3.72%) VMS
6 9 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.48%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.07%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (2.07%) Solaris
10 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (21.90%) Migration
3 43 (17.77%) Agile
4 34 (14.05%) DevOps
5 28 (11.57%) ITIL
5 28 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (10.33%) Change Management
6 25 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 20 (8.26%) Computer Science
9 18 (7.44%) CI/CD
9 18 (7.44%) Project Management
10 17 (7.02%) Roadmaps
11 16 (6.61%) Architectural Design
11 16 (6.61%) Cloud Security
11 16 (6.61%) Data Migration
12 14 (5.79%) RBAC
12 14 (5.79%) Secrets Management
13 13 (5.37%) Customer Service
13 13 (5.37%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.40%) SQL
2 25 (10.33%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.37%) Python
4 11 (4.55%) Java
4 11 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.89%) C#
6 5 (2.07%) Bash
7 4 (1.65%) Perl
8 1 (0.41%) Bicep
8 1 (0.41%) Dart
8 1 (0.41%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.41%) Scala
8 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (19.83%) Degree
2 27 (11.16%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.72%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.65%) CCNP
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.83%) CBAP
10 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.41%) CISSP
11 1 (0.41%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.26%) QA
2 7 (2.89%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.65%) PMO
4 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) GRC
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) NIST
5 2 (0.83%) PSD2
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (23.55%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (3.72%) vSphere
4 7 (2.89%) KVM
5 6 (2.48%) ACF2
5 6 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.48%) IAG
5 6 (2.48%) RACF
5 6 (2.48%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.65%) Docker
6 4 (1.65%) XenApp
7 3 (1.24%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.83%) Ceph
8 2 (0.83%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (7.44%) SCCM
2 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.72%) Terraform
4 6 (2.48%) Ansible
4 6 (2.48%) Autotask
4 6 (2.48%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.24%) Netcool
6 2 (0.83%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.83%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.83%) Podman
6 2 (0.83%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.41%) Nessus
7 1 (0.41%) SCOM
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.88%) VMware
3 21 (8.68%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.20%) CyberArk
5 14 (5.79%) BeyondTrust
6 13 (5.37%) Cisco
7 11 (4.55%) Citrix
7 11 (4.55%) Oracle
8 7 (2.89%) SAP
9 6 (2.48%) Apple
9 6 (2.48%) Datto
9 6 (2.48%) F5
10 5 (2.07%) Databricks
10 5 (2.07%) HP
10 5 (2.07%) IBM
11 4 (1.65%) Nintex
11 4 (1.65%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.24%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.24%) FireEye
12 3 (1.24%) Tanium