Documentation Skills Job Trends in England

Documentation Skills
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Documentation Skills in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Documentation Skills over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 512 381
Rank change year-on-year +227 -131 +107
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 391 204 316
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 0.37% 0.70%
As % of the General category 1.28% 0.58% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 257 108 273
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £85,704 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +14.55% -8.33%

All General Skills
England

Documentation Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 30,518 34,941 29,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 62.00% 62.76% 64.66%
Number of salaries quoted 17,095 16,937 21,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,106 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Documentation Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Documentation Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Documentation Skills job vacancy trend in England

Documentation Skills
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Documentation Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Documentation Skills

Documentation Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Documentation Skills in England over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Documentation Skills in England

Documentation Skills
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Documentation Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 9 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 134 £77,500 +6.90% 59
South East +108 79 £52,250 +30.63% 87
Midlands +68 75 £45,000 - 56
North of England +57 54 £47,500 -9.52% 76
West Midlands +50 40 £52,500 -17.65% 31
East Midlands +31 34 £43,750 +2.94% 24
North West +49 26 £39,750 -22.06% 37
East of England +43 26 £32,500 -19.25% 40
Yorkshire +14 26 £47,500 -9.52% 36
South West +35 18 £55,000 +48.65% 31
North East +10 2 - - 4
Documentation Skills
UK

Documentation Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (6.39%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.32%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 61 (15.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.58%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.77%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Endur
7 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 126 (32.23%) Azure
2 67 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.95%) AWS
3 35 (8.95%) SaaS
4 31 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 22 (5.63%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.12%) IaaS
7 18 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (4.35%) PaaS
9 13 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.81%) GCP
10 11 (2.81%) GitHub
11 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.05%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.53%) ChatGPT
12 6 (1.53%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.53%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.00%) Firewall
2 33 (8.44%) DNS
3 28 (7.16%) DHCP
4 25 (6.39%) TCP/IP
4 25 (6.39%) VPN
5 21 (5.37%) LAN
6 16 (4.09%) Network Security
6 16 (4.09%) VLAN
7 12 (3.07%) BGP
8 10 (2.56%) WAN
9 9 (2.30%) OSPF
9 9 (2.30%) SAN
10 7 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.53%) DMZ
11 6 (1.53%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (1.53%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.53%) VoIP
11 6 (1.53%) Wireshark
12 5 (1.28%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.37%) Power BI
3 16 (4.09%) Tableau
4 15 (3.84%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.05%) Metadata
6 6 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.02%) Metabase
7 4 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.51%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.26%) Big Data
10 1 (0.26%) DB2
10 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.26%) MySQL
10 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 17 (4.35%) JIRA
2 6 (1.53%) Git
3 5 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.02%) Postman
5 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.77%) Subversion
6 2 (0.51%) GitLab
6 2 (0.51%) Selenium
6 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 199 (50.90%) Social Skills
2 93 (23.79%) Finance
3 76 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.25%) Legal
5 26 (6.65%) Banking
6 24 (6.14%) Law
7 21 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (5.12%) Retail
9 13 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.07%) Advertising
10 12 (3.07%) Back Office
10 12 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.81%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.56%) German Language
13 8 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.79%) Marketing
15 5 (1.28%) Electronics
15 5 (1.28%) Publishing
16 4 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 101 (25.83%) Analyst
2 63 (16.11%) Senior
3 32 (8.18%) Business Analyst
4 30 (7.67%) Lead
5 29 (7.42%) Architect
6 23 (5.88%) Network Engineer
7 21 (5.37%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (4.86%) Data Analyst
9 19 (4.86%) IT Support
9 19 (4.86%) Service Analyst
10 17 (4.35%) Data Quality Analyst
10 17 (4.35%) IT Analyst
10 17 (4.35%) Quality Analyst
11 16 (4.09%) Developer
12 14 (3.58%) Consultant
12 14 (3.58%) Infrastructure Support
12 14 (3.58%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.07%) XML
2 8 (2.05%) .NET
3 5 (1.28%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.28%) HTML
3 5 (1.28%) REST
4 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.02%) OAuth
4 4 (1.02%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.02%) OpenID
4 4 (1.02%) React
4 4 (1.02%) SAML
5 3 (0.77%) CSS
5 3 (0.77%) JSON
5 3 (0.77%) PySpark
6 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.51%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.51%) Kafka
6 2 (0.51%) Middleware
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.60%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.58%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.32%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.07%) NHS
7 11 (2.81%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.56%) CMDB
8 10 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.30%) Life Science
9 9 (2.30%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.79%) Clustering
10 7 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.28%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.28%) IoT
12 4 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (17.39%) Windows
2 32 (8.18%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.39%) Linux
4 5 (1.28%) Debian
4 5 (1.28%) Mac OS X
4 5 (1.28%) Unix
5 4 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.51%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (18.16%) Agile
3 63 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (14.07%) ITIL
5 50 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (12.28%) Validation
7 41 (10.49%) Migration
8 38 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (9.21%) DevOps
10 30 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (7.67%) Change Management
11 29 (7.42%) Incident Response
11 29 (7.42%) Project Delivery
11 29 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (7.16%) Analytics
13 27 (6.91%) Business Analysis
13 27 (6.91%) Computer Science
13 27 (6.91%) Customer Service
13 27 (6.91%) Roadmaps
14 26 (6.65%) AI
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.60%) SQL
2 32 (8.18%) Python
3 31 (7.93%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.60%) C#
5 12 (3.07%) Java
6 9 (2.30%) C
7 8 (2.05%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.53%) VBA
9 5 (1.28%) Bash
9 5 (1.28%) PHP
10 4 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.77%) Bicep
11 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.51%) C++
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) R
13 1 (0.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 100 (25.58%) Degree
2 48 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.91%) CISSP
5 26 (6.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (6.65%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (5.37%) CCNP
7 18 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (4.09%) CISM
8 16 (4.09%) Numerate Degree
9 15 (3.84%) DV Cleared
10 13 (3.32%) CCIE
11 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
12 8 (2.05%) CCSA
12 8 (2.05%) CCSE
12 8 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.79%) CEH
13 7 (1.79%) HNC
14 5 (1.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.74%) Data Quality
2 34 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.84%) GDPR
3 15 (3.84%) NIST
3 15 (3.84%) SLA
4 13 (3.32%) ISO 9001
5 12 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.07%) QA
6 9 (2.30%) SOC 2
7 8 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.79%) MiFID
9 5 (1.28%) GRC
9 5 (1.28%) PMO
10 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.02%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.51%) COBIT
12 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.51%) UCITS
System Software
1 55 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.37%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.53%) Firmware
5 5 (1.28%) Kamailio
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.02%) Docker
7 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Lustre
8 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) vCloud
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.09%) SCCM
2 14 (3.58%) Terraform
3 12 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.28%) Ansible
6 5 (1.28%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.02%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.02%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (1.02%) Grafana
8 3 (0.77%) cPanel
8 3 (0.77%) Nessus
8 3 (0.77%) Plesk
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool
9 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.26%) SCOM
9 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 132 (33.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.91%) Cisco
3 25 (6.39%) VMware
4 14 (3.58%) CheckPoint
4 14 (3.58%) F5
4 14 (3.58%) Oracle
5 9 (2.30%) Fortinet
6 8 (2.05%) iManage
6 8 (2.05%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.05%) SolarWinds
6 8 (2.05%) Veeam
7 7 (1.79%) Blue Prism
7 7 (1.79%) Pega
7 7 (1.79%) Qualys
7 7 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.53%) Citrix
8 6 (1.53%) Intapp
8 6 (1.53%) Juniper
9 5 (1.28%) Darktrace