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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 350 474
Rank change year-on-year -18 +124 -35
Permanent jobs citing Documentation Skills 430 336 336
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.77% 0.44%
As % of the General category 1.03% 1.12% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 281 237 259
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 41,842 30,052 43,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.38% 69.19% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 26,711 15,922 27,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +43 110 £50,000 -31.03% 55
London -62 92 £70,000 +7.69% 57
North of England -22 81 £52,136 +22.67% 23
Midlands -26 61 £55,000 +29.41% 19
North West +12 52 £55,000 +18.92% 14
South West -32 46 £42,500 +6.25% 17
West Midlands -27 38 £53,250 +6.50% 9
East of England -16 37 £50,000 -6.10% 8
East Midlands -19 23 £60,000 +41.18% 10
Yorkshire -43 23 £55,000 +29.41% 8
North East -50 6 £45,000 +80.00% 2
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 (8.84%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.26%) IIS
4 11 (2.56%) Confluence
5 5 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 39 (9.07%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.86%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.16%) CorelDRAW
6 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 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 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.70%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.23%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.23%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (26.74%) Azure
2 87 (20.23%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (9.77%) AWS
3 42 (9.77%) Entra ID
4 39 (9.07%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.05%) SaaS
6 16 (3.72%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.26%) GitHub
8 13 (3.02%) dbt
9 12 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.86%) Azure Stack
11 8 (1.86%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.40%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.16%) Boomi
13 5 (1.16%) GCP
13 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
13 5 (1.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 58 (13.49%) Firewall
2 51 (11.86%) DNS
3 46 (10.70%) VPN
4 33 (7.67%) DHCP
5 32 (7.44%) TCP/IP
6 25 (5.81%) VLAN
6 25 (5.81%) WAN
7 19 (4.42%) Network Security
8 18 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (3.72%) Wireless
10 15 (3.49%) LAN
11 11 (2.56%) VoIP
12 10 (2.33%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.09%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (1.86%) BGP
14 8 (1.86%) OSPF
14 8 (1.86%) SAN
15 6 (1.40%) NAS
16 4 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
16 4 (0.93%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.44%) Power BI
2 26 (6.05%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.63%) Metadata
5 6 (1.40%) Looker
5 6 (1.40%) Metabase
6 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.47%) Power Query
8 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.23%) Flink
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Parquet
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.81%) JIRA
2 16 (3.72%) Git
3 14 (3.26%) GitLab
4 7 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.70%) Postman
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.23%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.23%) Hudson
8 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.23%) JMeter
8 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 238 (55.35%) Social Skills
2 85 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (17.21%) Finance
4 44 (10.23%) Manufacturing
5 34 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (6.05%) Retail
8 22 (5.12%) Law
9 21 (4.88%) Legal
10 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (3.02%) Electronics
12 13 (3.02%) Marketing
13 10 (2.33%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.33%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.09%) Banking
15 7 (1.63%) Front Office
16 6 (1.40%) Military
17 5 (1.16%) Advertising
17 5 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 98 (22.79%) Analyst
2 52 (12.09%) Support Analyst
3 43 (10.00%) IT Support
4 40 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 39 (9.07%) Senior
6 37 (8.60%) Consultant
7 30 (6.98%) Lead
8 23 (5.35%) Applications Support
8 23 (5.35%) Architect
9 22 (5.12%) Business Analyst
10 21 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (4.65%) IT Engineer
11 20 (4.65%) Systems Analyst
12 19 (4.42%) Systems Support
13 18 (4.19%) IT Analyst
13 18 (4.19%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (4.19%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
15 16 (3.72%) Systems Support Analyst
16 15 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) ARM Templates
1 9 (2.09%) REST
2 8 (1.86%) Middleware
3 6 (1.40%) JSON
3 6 (1.40%) Node.js
4 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.16%) CSS
4 5 (1.16%) HTML
4 5 (1.16%) Jinja
4 5 (1.16%) SOAP
4 5 (1.16%) YAML
5 4 (0.93%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.70%) .NET
6 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.47%) Kafka
7 2 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.23%) OLE
8 1 (0.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.67%) Onboarding
2 30 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.79%) CCTV
6 12 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.09%) PKI
9 8 (1.86%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.86%) CMDB
9 8 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.40%) Blog
11 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.16%) Mobile Computing
12 4 (0.93%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 101 (23.49%) Windows
2 58 (13.49%) Windows Server
3 37 (8.60%) Linux
4 14 (3.26%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.56%) CentOS
7 9 (2.09%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.93%) Debian
10 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.47%) Android
11 2 (0.47%) Rocky
11 2 (0.47%) Unix
11 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
12 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (26.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (13.72%) Agile
4 53 (12.33%) ITIL
5 45 (10.47%) Change Management
6 44 (10.23%) ERP
6 44 (10.23%) Project Delivery
7 39 (9.07%) DevOps
7 39 (9.07%) Root Cause Analysis
8 36 (8.37%) Business Analysis
8 36 (8.37%) Customer Service
8 36 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (7.91%) AI
10 34 (7.91%) CI/CD
11 33 (7.67%) Analytics
12 32 (7.44%) Incident Management
13 31 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (7.21%) Process Improvement
14 29 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 93 (21.63%) SQL
2 49 (11.40%) PowerShell
2 49 (11.40%) Python
3 19 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 17 (3.95%) Bash
5 10 (2.33%) C++
6 6 (1.40%) C
6 6 (1.40%) C#
6 6 (1.40%) Java
6 6 (1.40%) PHP
7 5 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.47%) ABAP
9 2 (0.47%) Bicep
9 2 (0.47%) Groovy
9 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.47%) VBA
10 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 66 (15.35%) Degree
2 49 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.56%) HND
7 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.86%) CCNA
8 8 (1.86%) CCNP
8 8 (1.86%) CISSP
9 7 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (1.63%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.16%) HNC
10 5 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.93%) ACCA
11 4 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.12%) QA
3 19 (4.42%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.79%) SLA
6 11 (2.56%) GDPR
7 10 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (2.09%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.63%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.40%) NIST
11 5 (1.16%) GRC
11 5 (1.16%) PCI DSS
11 5 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.93%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.93%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.47%) NCSC
14 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 67 (15.58%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.51%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.49%) Docker
5 9 (2.09%) Firmware
6 4 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.93%) vSphere
7 3 (0.70%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.70%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.47%) KVM
9 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.12%) Terraform
3 16 (3.72%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.02%) Ansible
5 8 (1.86%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.86%) Nagios
6 7 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (1.16%) Podman
7 5 (1.16%) SCCM
7 5 (1.16%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.16%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.70%) Argo
8 3 (0.70%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.70%) Puppet
9 2 (0.47%) Grafana
9 2 (0.47%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.23%) Netcool
10 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 149 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.30%) Cisco
3 28 (6.51%) VMware
4 20 (4.65%) Fortinet
4 20 (4.65%) SAP
5 13 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 10 (2.33%) Citrix
7 10 (2.33%) Google
8 9 (2.09%) JD Edwards
8 9 (2.09%) Veeam
9 8 (1.86%) Aruba
9 8 (1.86%) Juniper
9 8 (1.86%) Sophos
10 7 (1.63%) Dell
10 7 (1.63%) Splunk
11 6 (1.40%) iManage
11 6 (1.40%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.16%) Adobe