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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 338 475
Rank change year-on-year -44 +137 -63
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 429 342 307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.78% 0.42%
As % of the General category 0.98% 1.14% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 275 236 228
10th Percentile £34,600 £32,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -7.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43,621 30,021 41,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 45.84% 68.65% 57.08%
Number of salaries quoted 27,927 15,937 24,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,246 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.80% -8.33%

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 20 August 2026.

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 20 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +27 100 £50,000 -31.03% 60
London -80 91 £70,000 +6.06% 119
North of England -29 78 £55,000 +29.41% 51
Midlands -18 63 £55,000 +29.41% 34
South West -31 56 £42,500 +6.25% 20
North West +12 54 £55,000 +29.41% 34
West Midlands -27 39 £54,000 +8.00% 24
East of England -10 38 £53,000 -1.85% 29
East Midlands -19 24 £60,000 +54.84% 10
Yorkshire -51 21 £57,500 +35.29% 14
North East -61 3 £37,250 +49.00% 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 38 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 28 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.03%) Confluence
4 11 (2.56%) IIS
5 5 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 37 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.17%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.63%) SAP CO
1 7 (1.63%) SAP FI
1 7 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.17%) Infor CloudSuite
2 5 (1.17%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.17%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.70%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.70%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.47%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 114 (26.57%) Azure
2 85 (19.81%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (10.26%) Entra ID
4 43 (10.02%) AWS
5 40 (9.32%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.53%) SaaS
7 13 (3.03%) GitHub
7 13 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.56%) dbt
8 11 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.10%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.86%) Azure Stack
11 7 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.63%) Boomi
11 7 (1.63%) Lucidchart
12 6 (1.40%) iPaaS
12 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.40%) Workato
13 5 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 54 (12.59%) Firewall
2 47 (10.96%) DNS
3 43 (10.02%) VPN
4 30 (6.99%) TCP/IP
5 28 (6.53%) DHCP
6 25 (5.83%) WAN
7 19 (4.43%) Network Security
7 19 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (3.96%) VLAN
8 17 (3.96%) Wireless
9 15 (3.50%) LAN
10 10 (2.33%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.10%) Intrusion Detection
12 8 (1.86%) BGP
12 8 (1.86%) HTTP
12 8 (1.86%) OSPF
12 8 (1.86%) SAN
13 7 (1.63%) VoIP
14 6 (1.40%) NAS
15 5 (1.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.46%) Power BI
2 19 (4.43%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.40%) Looker
3 6 (1.40%) Metadata
4 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.70%) Metabase
6 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.47%) EDMS
6 2 (0.47%) Power Query
6 2 (0.47%) Redis
7 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.23%) Parquet
7 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.06%) JIRA
2 13 (3.03%) Git
3 10 (2.33%) GitLab
4 4 (0.93%) Postman
4 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.23%) Hudson
6 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
General
1 232 (54.08%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (16.55%) Finance
4 46 (10.72%) Manufacturing
5 38 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.83%) Retail
8 22 (5.13%) Law
9 20 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (4.66%) Legal
10 15 (3.50%) Telecoms
11 14 (3.26%) Electronics
12 13 (3.03%) Marketing
13 12 (2.80%) Aerospace
14 10 (2.33%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.10%) Banking
16 7 (1.63%) Front Office
17 6 (1.40%) Military
18 4 (0.93%) Billing
18 4 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (22.14%) Analyst
2 47 (10.96%) Support Analyst
3 42 (9.79%) Senior
4 40 (9.32%) Support Engineer
5 38 (8.86%) Consultant
6 35 (8.16%) IT Support
7 28 (6.53%) Lead
8 26 (6.06%) Applications Support
9 25 (5.83%) Architect
10 23 (5.36%) Business Analyst
11 21 (4.90%) IT Engineer
12 20 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (4.20%) IT Support Engineer
14 17 (3.96%) Applications Support Analyst
14 17 (3.96%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.96%) Systems Analyst
15 16 (3.73%) IT Analyst
15 16 (3.73%) Systems Support
16 13 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
16 13 (3.03%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.66%) Terraform
2 14 (3.26%) REST
3 8 (1.86%) Middleware
4 7 (1.63%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.40%) CSS
5 6 (1.40%) HTML
5 6 (1.40%) Node.js
5 6 (1.40%) SOAP
6 5 (1.17%) EDI
7 4 (0.93%) .NET
7 4 (0.93%) JSON
8 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.70%) Jinja
8 3 (0.70%) Playwright
8 3 (0.70%) Pulumi
8 3 (0.70%) YAML
9 2 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.16%) Driving Licence
1 35 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 16 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (3.73%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.50%) CCTV
4 14 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.33%) PKI
7 10 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.10%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.86%) CMDB
9 8 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.63%) IoT
11 6 (1.40%) Blog
12 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.17%) Online Gambling
12 5 (1.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 93 (21.68%) Windows
2 49 (11.42%) Windows Server
3 30 (6.99%) Linux
4 14 (3.26%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.80%) Apple iOS
6 10 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.10%) CentOS
8 7 (1.63%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.70%) Android
11 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.47%) Rocky
12 2 (0.47%) Unix
13 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.23%) Solaris
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 110 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.29%) Agile
4 53 (12.35%) ITIL
5 44 (10.26%) Business Analysis
5 44 (10.26%) ERP
6 43 (10.02%) Change Management
6 43 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (9.79%) Project Delivery
7 42 (9.79%) Root Cause Analysis
8 38 (8.86%) Customer Service
9 36 (8.39%) DevOps
10 35 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
12 33 (7.69%) AI
12 33 (7.69%) Analytics
13 32 (7.46%) Validation
14 31 (7.23%) Information Security
15 30 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
16 29 (6.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.45%) SQL
2 46 (10.72%) PowerShell
3 39 (9.09%) Python
4 19 (4.43%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.56%) Bash
6 9 (2.10%) C++
7 7 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.40%) C
8 6 (1.40%) C#
9 5 (1.17%) Java
9 5 (1.17%) PHP
10 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.47%) Bicep
11 2 (0.47%) Go
11 2 (0.47%) Groovy
11 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.47%) VBA
12 1 (0.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 57 (13.29%) Degree
2 49 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.80%) HND
6 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.86%) CCNA
7 8 (1.86%) CCNP
7 8 (1.86%) CISSP
7 8 (1.86%) SAP Certification
8 7 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.17%) ACCA
9 5 (1.17%) HNC
10 4 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.93%) CIMA
10 4 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (6.06%) QA
3 17 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (3.26%) GDPR
5 10 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (2.10%) SLA
7 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.40%) NIST
9 5 (1.17%) GRC
9 5 (1.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 4 (0.93%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.93%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.93%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.47%) NCSC
12 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (13.29%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.06%) Hyper-V
3 23 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.26%) Firmware
5 12 (2.80%) Docker
6 6 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.17%) vSphere
8 3 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.70%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.47%) KVM
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.80%) Ansible
4 10 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.86%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.40%) Nagios
6 6 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.17%) SCCM
8 4 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.93%) Podman
9 3 (0.70%) Argo
9 3 (0.70%) Puppet
9 3 (0.70%) VxRail
9 3 (0.70%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.47%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.23%) Grafana
11 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 142 (33.10%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.93%) Cisco
3 30 (6.99%) VMware
4 21 (4.90%) SAP
5 20 (4.66%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.80%) JD Edwards
7 12 (2.80%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.56%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.10%) Aruba
9 9 (2.10%) Dell
9 9 (2.10%) Google
10 8 (1.86%) Juniper
10 8 (1.86%) Veeam
11 7 (1.63%) Citrix
11 7 (1.63%) Sophos
12 6 (1.40%) iManage
12 6 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.40%) Oracle
13 5 (1.17%) Splunk