Hybrid/Remote Docs as Code Contract Job Trends

Documentation as Code
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 337 - 330
Rank change year-on-year - - +127
Contract jobs citing Docs as Code 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% - 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.29%
UK median daily rate - £500 £375
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -30.23%
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 median hourly rate - - £46.25
% change year-on-year - - -15.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,099 8,735 12,747
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.02% 91.34% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,136 5,951 8,580
10th Percentile £350 £330 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -2.10% -3.31%
75th Percentile £619 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 213 571
10th Percentile £17.74 £13.79 £14.88
25th Percentile £31.98 £18.22 £24.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.89 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.21% -16.53% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%

Docs as Code
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docs as Code and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Docs as Code job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Docs as Code
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docs as Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docs as Code

Docs as Code
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docs as Code.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docs as Code

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Author
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Author
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Author
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft