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 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 498 381
Rank change year-on-year +186 -117 +83
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 355 178 401
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.38% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.56% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 240 85 364
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,995 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,939 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £86,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32,132 31,631 37,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.55% 67.24% 60.76%
Number of salaries quoted 17,837 14,371 28,542
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.30%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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
London +81 121 £76,750 +5.86% 53
South East +86 76 £47,750 +0.53% 58
Midlands +45 62 £55,000 +5.77% 26
North of England +24 43 £45,000 -0.84% 37
West Midlands +28 33 £60,000 -4.00% 18
East of England +45 28 £30,370 -23.25% 13
East Midlands +8 28 £45,000 -7.22% 7
South West +22 23 £55,000 +74.60% 22
North West +27 21 £45,000 -0.84% 20
Yorkshire -5 20 £34,000 -19.05% 10
North East 0 2 £61,750 +51.53% 7
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 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.54%) Confluence
4 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 58 (16.34%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Postilion
3 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (36.90%) Azure
2 75 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (10.14%) AWS
4 30 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 29 (8.17%) Entra ID
6 24 (6.76%) SaaS
7 18 (5.07%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.94%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.66%) GCP
9 13 (3.66%) PaaS
10 11 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (2.82%) ChatGPT
11 10 (2.82%) IaaS
12 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.69%) dbt
14 6 (1.69%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (14.08%) Firewall
2 39 (10.99%) DNS
3 34 (9.58%) DHCP
4 30 (8.45%) VPN
5 29 (8.17%) TCP/IP
6 22 (6.20%) VLAN
7 20 (5.63%) LAN
8 15 (4.23%) Network Security
8 15 (4.23%) WAN
9 14 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (3.10%) BGP
11 10 (2.82%) SAN
12 8 (2.25%) OSPF
12 8 (2.25%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.97%) Wireless
14 6 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
15 4 (1.13%) DMZ
15 4 (1.13%) MPLS
15 4 (1.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.35%) Power BI
3 11 (3.10%) Metadata
4 10 (2.82%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.69%) Metabase
6 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.13%) Big Data
7 4 (1.13%) Metadata Repository
7 4 (1.13%) MySQL
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.56%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (3.66%) JIRA
2 8 (2.25%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.69%) Git
4 5 (1.41%) Subversion
5 4 (1.13%) Postman
6 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.56%) Selenium
6 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.56%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 192 (54.08%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.25%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (21.41%) Finance
4 36 (10.14%) Legal
5 32 (9.01%) Banking
6 27 (7.61%) Retail
7 20 (5.63%) Law
7 20 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (5.35%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.66%) German Language
10 11 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.25%) Automotive
12 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.97%) Electronics
14 5 (1.41%) Back Office
14 5 (1.41%) Billing
14 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.41%) Publishing
15 4 (1.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 73 (20.56%) Analyst
2 58 (16.34%) Senior
3 34 (9.58%) IT Support
4 31 (8.73%) Architect
5 25 (7.04%) Business Analyst
5 25 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (6.76%) Lead
7 19 (5.35%) Network Engineer
7 19 (5.35%) Support Engineer
8 18 (5.07%) IT Analyst
9 17 (4.79%) Service Analyst
10 15 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.66%) Security Engineer
11 13 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.66%) Service Desk Analyst
12 11 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.10%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.82%) Infrastructure Support
13 10 (2.82%) IT Engineer
13 10 (2.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.54%) REST
2 7 (1.97%) .NET
3 6 (1.69%) PySpark
4 5 (1.41%) Middleware
5 4 (1.13%) HTML
5 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.13%) OAuth
5 4 (1.13%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.13%) OpenID
5 4 (1.13%) React
5 4 (1.13%) SAML
5 4 (1.13%) XML
6 3 (0.85%) CSS
6 3 (0.85%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.85%) SOAP
7 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Laravel
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (4.51%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.23%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.66%) Low-Code
6 11 (3.10%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.10%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.54%) Life Science
8 9 (2.54%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.25%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.25%) Clustering
9 8 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.41%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.87%) Windows
2 38 (10.70%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.35%) Linux
4 5 (1.41%) VMS
5 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.85%) Debian
6 3 (0.85%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (16.90%) ITIL
4 57 (16.06%) Agile
5 47 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (12.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (9.58%) AI
8 33 (9.30%) Analytics
9 32 (9.01%) Change Management
10 29 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (7.89%) Roadmaps
12 27 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 26 (7.32%) Data Analysis
13 26 (7.32%) Process Improvement
14 25 (7.04%) Incident Response
14 25 (7.04%) Project Delivery
14 25 (7.04%) Validation
15 24 (6.76%) Business Analysis
15 24 (6.76%) Customer Service
15 24 (6.76%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.83%) SQL
2 34 (9.58%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.32%) Python
4 12 (3.38%) C#
5 10 (2.82%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.69%) Java
6 6 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.69%) VBA
7 4 (1.13%) Bash
7 4 (1.13%) PHP
8 2 (0.56%) Bicep
8 2 (0.56%) C
8 2 (0.56%) C++
8 2 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) R
9 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.28%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (24.23%) Degree
2 34 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.76%) CISSP
4 21 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (5.92%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.79%) CCNP
7 15 (4.23%) CISM
8 12 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.38%) Numerate Degree
9 10 (2.82%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.54%) CCIE
10 9 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.25%) CEH
11 8 (2.25%) IIBA
11 8 (2.25%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.25%) PMP
12 7 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.97%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.63%) SLA
4 18 (5.07%) GDPR
5 17 (4.79%) QA
6 12 (3.38%) NIST
7 9 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.25%) GRC
8 8 (2.25%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.97%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.41%) MiFID
12 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.85%) COBIT
13 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.85%) PMO
14 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 64 (18.03%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.23%) Hyper-V
2 15 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.41%) Firmware
5 4 (1.13%) Docker
6 3 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.56%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.28%) Ceph
8 1 (0.28%) Lustre
8 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (4.79%) SCCM
2 12 (3.38%) Terraform
3 11 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.41%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.41%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.13%) Ansible
7 4 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.85%) cPanel
8 3 (0.85%) Grafana
8 3 (0.85%) Nagios
8 3 (0.85%) Nessus
8 3 (0.85%) Plesk
8 3 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.56%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 127 (35.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.61%) VMware
3 26 (7.32%) Cisco
4 18 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.94%) SAP
6 12 (3.38%) Citrix
6 12 (3.38%) SolarWinds
7 11 (3.10%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.10%) Veeam
8 10 (2.82%) CheckPoint
8 10 (2.82%) F5
8 10 (2.82%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.82%) Pega
9 9 (2.54%) Alteryx
10 8 (2.25%) Anaplan
10 8 (2.25%) Databricks
10 8 (2.25%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.25%) UiPath
11 7 (1.97%) Blue Prism
11 7 (1.97%) iManage